The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-02-17
MORE ABOUT NORMAL. SCHOOLS.

MORE About NORMAL. SCHOOLS.
The ST. Paul Dispatch don't like
THE JoyRNXE's' figures oi"last week
on the comparative cost of the Normal
Schools and sbe var;aus ether public in.
stitutions of the, state We scarcely
though. It ~ou'a. @'ccnpar;sons ;s
ol;c2s'tc people who want 10 '6gu&s |
Ga. ,heit OWL ~lttle s:teu.se in ,heir |
own little way. ..'.>%.H. '>,.~
The Dispatch says We have a. right
to include the SIedel Department in
giving the average cost Of pupils H.
the Normal Schools. We can only
answer to this, that We took the Dis.
patch upon its own grounds. 1t had
attacked that department as part Of
the Normal Schools. Here are couple
Of extracts:
1.-THE aggregate attendance in the three
schools last year Was 81, and Of this num-
Der but 313 were training for teachers in
the Normal department. the remainder be-
ing in the so called model classes' which
embrace the residents Of the towns who at
tend simply to obtain the education which
other towns have to provide for their youth
at their own expense"
'"And now will the Times inform US
whether tho tuition fees from these Model
Departments erected the buildings and
pay the current expenses of the machine!
If so. why do We hear these appeals for
lmore; building appropriations, &c."
9: We did not make the Di*pa chs po-
si,ion, we merely answered it from the
position it choose for itself ; very fsl-
lacious one, indeed, We are quite will
,ing,to admit, aud as it admits itself by
its evident attempt, this week to crawl
down. Therefore, a. that paper in
Guided the Model pupils in tho aggre.
gate 0: 817,' and made them tho basis
tor an attack because of additional
builling appropriations being asked for,
We were At liberty to take such aumbez
Of the ,817 as attended the st.
Cloud School and give them share Of
The $4,000 expenditure, as they fad,to
boar their! share Of the blame. Ii this
is not both fair and logical, will the
Dispatch please tell US why it. not7
Dropping the Model department has.
tilys however, the Dispatch prefers te
coo6ue the computation strictly to; the
Normal scholars. Very well; anything
to please our cotemporary. Taking the
- Normal pupils, and the appropriation
rol $4,000, it makes the "cost Of each
Normal pupil for one tern, $50, ii
round aumbers.Y' Then continues thu
D4spatcA:d 4 :::& IL .'.. ;
s.'There being three terms in the year
the annual cost of q Normal pupil woult
he. on this basis, $3.50 per annum."
The Dispatch is decidedly in error
(innocently, We oeiicve, with regard Il
the number Of terms-there being bu'
t'eo in each year. Taking three year,
as, tho graduating period, that papeI
makes the cost Of each teacher at thi
school S64O.* We we're mistaken las
week in stating that three years wer'
required in which to graduate; Prot
Moore informs us, and the circular .
the school SO states, that two years i
the stipulated time. (This would max:
no difference in our former article, a!
none Of The schools save Winona hav.
been in existence even two years) So
to take the Normal pupils alone, (throw
ing in the benefits Of the Model de-
partmcat as So much given the State
by the people Of st. Cloud, y with each
Quo costing $50 per term, the yearly
bill would be $40; or two years, s24(
for graduated, we'll qualified teacher
which VIC submit is m UGH better in
vestment than $515 apiece yearly fo1
Reform School scamps, or $3.50 a-yea1
for State Prison birds. But the DIS
patel seems to think otherwise; for i
says our comparison of last week Gre
auires no reply" after its mastery cx
position noticed above.
This lodging the question will moi
DO! We, demand that the dispatch
and an:i-Normal Members Of the Legis
lature shall give us some good reason
why the Insane Asylum should last
year HAVE received s104, l57.4s; the
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institution
$4,000, and the reform School $780,
894.l6, without, a murmur; while the
St; Cloud Normal School is blam ed b.:
cause it lad $4,000 appropriation
$4,000 Of which it has not received.
V.rtuous members and editors ale
10 . froth Of Indignation over tho ex-
traysganso of the Normal SCHOOLS;
when the three schools Of the State re-
csivei last year about 100000 tess
tiian the Insane Asylum alone; AS
su1i1g The Dispdtch's statements to be
correct, tie thre, schools !, ass i for $780,
gag; tho Hospital fol, tho Insane alone
asks for 100000, Why should: the
Normal Schools be singled out ter this
attalccak, :oh9the ground Of extravasancc ?
1sthe eare Of the minds If the chill:
lrea IF ", State, theirr proper d'rse;
ton and strengthening, Of less iimpor7
lance than the care OF the insane?
Mark! We mako proposition to tho
appropriation for this hnmaue institu-
tion; but We demand that those who
~ Opposing Normal Schools shah
o8er some good reason ,9' FOR their, unjust