St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-08-07

to the whole community and We forbore
to speak Of it publicly hoping and believ.
ing that some one would do something, o,
that the evil would work its own cure.-
We took our own daughter from the
school, and privately made every remon.
STRANGE and appeal in our power, but to no
avail. The school ran out, as people ceas-
ed to send their children.
In addition to this building there is the
principals house, dwelling worth eight
hundred dollars-if finished. out it is not
wcatherboarded, Now, with these buildings
MIR. Norris gets out stunning circular,
calculated to make the public believe there
is great institution oflcarniny here and
to induce persons at a distance to send
their children to it as place of superior
advantages There IS to be Principal,
Preceptress, one Of the best music teach
ers in the State and "a corps of efficient
teachers who are to teach everything un-
der the sun. Now, Mr.. Norris is either a
visionary, or a dishonest man or he never
would have issued such programme Of
false prctcnses. If he is ether. he is un-
fit for u teacher; and the effect of letting
the play go on, without protest, would
simply be to deceive few people at dis
tanee aud teach them, and all whom they
could influence, to distrust and disbelieve
the advertisement Of any future St. Cloud
enterprise--to give US the reputation of a
community Of Humbugs, and so t9injure
the whole business interests Of the place.
But, if there were no other way of
judging, the list of studies set down in
Mr.. Norris circular, would satisfy us as to
the character of the Institute It embra.
ccs "thc Languages, the Higher English
Branches, Bellies lettrcs and Hairwork '!!'
Shades Of old Harvard and of Vale What
foundation for the "future college Of the
North. west!' Just think of Reverend
preacher Of the gospel, "under the pat
ronage of the Conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church Of Minnesota"
coming here to teach our people "Hair
work )" or, to cause it to be taught -
Will there be separate Chair and Pro4es
sorship endowed for this department and
will it embrace champooing, shaving and
hair-cutting? If so, we beg leave to rec
ommend Professor Cromwell for the post.
Then, to complete the system, there should
be Profcssorship Of Porcupine-quill-
work, bead moccasin work and Wampum
belt making, for which our friend Hole
in-the Day would no doubt take pleasure
in recommending Professor. What par
ticular kind of "Hair work" does MIR Nor
ris propose to teach? Will he make hair
bracelets, or hair flowers. If the latter
the Porcupine quill professor must take
rank above him in point Of civilization, for
there is not Chippewa in the State who
would not be shocked to have the dusky
locks Of friend tortured into the carica-
ture of Marigold.
Now, gentlemen and ladies, have pa
ience for we have forgotten all the Ian.
guages We ever knew except a little An,
glo.Saxon. We have q Constitutional
contempt for the three HIS which form
our caption, and insist that St. Cloud
wants teachers who will patiently, per.
sistently and pertinaciously teach the good
old three SIS, Speaking, Silence and Spell.
ling; then, "the celebrated three Rs, Read
in, Ri:cn and Rithmetic" As these pro-
gressed it would be we'll TO add little
Where-work for those who might lack ca.
pacity or taste for the "Hair-work," such
as sohere New Orleans, Philadelphia, Bal
timore, and Soforth are situated-where
about, on the shores Of Baffn's Bay, the
Idsh built New York, and w]sere in Lou.
isianna, the battle of Bunker Hill was
fought. Peter Farley has written severn
books which would be very appropriate t
a maj ority OF the late scholars Of the In
stitute. We do not like to see pyramid
standing on the apex, and insist that w
hold out no inducements to any teache
who does not understand and practice
mental mason work.
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