The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-02-26

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the required tuition fee. To ak 0
expect the three counties Of Winoua,
Blue Earth and s.earus to purchase
and maintain these Normal Schools 10
- imp1aetieable a. il would be unjust.
The next proposition to sell 70 the
highest bidder, I d. lot think would
amount to anything, :. for the simple
reason that I dotnok believe that par
ties can Be found e either in Boston,
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, OF
any other place, that would buy any
Of this school property and ply une
half Of its cost Is the State; and a
these sales are made BY the bill subject
to the approval Of the next Legislature,
feel that there il no danger Of that
body allowing tho property Of the State
to be given or thrown away. / have
no fears that If tho bill should pass it
would have any other effect than to
embarrass the schools for another year.
l know the oities will never buy this
property !; the counties will never issue
bonds to buy it; and there is no prob.
ability of private parties buying it At
any price the Legislature would ap.
prove Of.
These school buildings cost . good
deal Of money, and are doubtless worth
nearly if not quite Ill they cost for ed
ucatioual purposes; but for anything
else they would be comparatively
worthless. The question Of vested
rights which tho different localitie.
where these schools ate located claim
to have in the property 1 will not dis
cuss ; that having been already very
ably set forth by Senator Berry in h,.
report from the judiciary Committee
There has been great deal s~fd
about tho enormous expense to tho
State in educating these Normal Soheo'
teachers. Now tho expense il not se
great when We come to look apos Is "a
q matter of fact. by the 'Auditor'l
report for 1874, nge %, we.find thai
the. ~,-~~-~.~>
Asssss.d<valuation Of tax
abls property tor 873...$142, 298, 12b OF
mill tx gives st.te......" ISL. 459 81 8;
! I" I" ...... 37,480 OF
The Normal School Board estimate
the amount for tho three schools 70,
current expenses 1t Ss2, 900, five thous.
and dollars less thsn q one-third mil
tax would produce On our taxable prop
erty valuation.
It then follows that \ man paying
taxes on valuation Of $1,000, would
contribute to the support. Of Norma
Schools 335 eep:a. ~:.
| The statis:ics Of Minnesota for 1874
give u IA estimated population Of $50,
459. If We take this as basis of cal
eulation, We find the amount per capit'
required for Il he support Of these
schools to be less than six cents. =
| This would not seem to be a ver1
heavy tax, or to increase very muot
the burdens under which the peopl,
groan, to quote from the remarks Of Til
Senator from Dakota. I, '>:''-.~ :
! The Legislature and tho people
through the State have been in thi
habit heretofore Of looking upon these
schools - local AMI private property be-
longing to the cities in which they ar
situated Now, this is all wrong
These are State iustltutious they ar'
her training schools to prepare teach
ers for the education of her children
aud she should care for and pretec
them as generously and willingly Is sh'
does the Minnesota Reform School
and other State institutions. Thes'
Normal Schools contribute directly t.
the Graded Schools in furnishing train
ed teachers, which ere much needed
and cannot be furnished fast enough
| The Normal School at St. Cloud. i
indispensable. to the counties in that
part Of tho State, some eighteen o.
which are almost dependent. upon tha'
School for trained teachers for thei,
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j. The influence that these trained
teachers have upon. the other CONNER
school teachers u invaluable. Whersv.
or they have gone they have aroused,
desire among the common school teach
ers for higher and moro. extended
knowledge Of the science and art . o.
teaching, and the good e#sots are fell
all through the State. ~ :s-su7 [ :
The other aspects Of this bill hav<
been already fully and ably discussed
BY the gentlemen who have preceded
me, and I now; leave the question, per.
suaded that the wisdom and good sense
Of tho members composing this body
will Induce them to vote-as l shall
tor the indefinite postponement Of THU
bill. 49,, y. - :. so 49,. s.:
B. K. BRUCE, the negro Senator
from Mississippi, WAS born . slave II
Prince Edward county, Virgini,, and
was > porter on Mississippi river steam
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