The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-05-20
perior. Professor, in character, intellect


nd honesty.-EDIToR -MoNoPoLIsT.
# he can satisfactorily prove that he knows
lore about the theory Of Normal schools and
Heir modus 0perandi than anybody else, the
professors at Winona will
eat his opinions with at least decent respect,
nd will gladly resign their thankless tasks to
is Immaculate hands. All good citizens will
lin the editor in the wish, quite as sincerely
1t, that school facilities may bt speedily ex-
ended to every child in every town in the
;tate.
Nothing easier, Professor turn over
o the 4O7 districts that went without
chools last year the $1,000 spent in
Normal schools that would give each
chool $500 and that would give those
,oor children three months schooling.
But then your salary! All there's the
'ub !-EDIToR ANrI-MoxoPoHIsT.
But schools without competent teachers are
curse rather than blessing, while the more |
rood teachers we provide the more good
schools will spring up to bless the people.
Here again Professor, we must differ !
rom you. A poor school is better than
no school. 1t is better for the citizen to
know how to read, write and cipher than
to be in utter ignorance. Many great
man has received all his education at
some poor old grand'am's knee who never
heard Of the fire.test. And if the child
rem of Minnesota refuse education until
it reaches them through an apostolical
succession of enlightened beings on whom
you have imposed your sacred hands, we
fear the rising generation will grow up
in total ignorance. There you see, Pro-
fessor, is where we differ. We are ready
to accept the best we can get-a half lAf
is better than no bread but you would
aot have the starving man eat save from
whole loaf, and one baked in Vino
ma bakery by one of your journeymen.-
Ed. ANTI. MoNoPoLIsT.
Every man knows that the existence of the
Normal schools has no more to do with the
inadequate school facilities of which he COM
plains, than has the establishment of the gran
ges or OF that literary and political prodigy,
the ANTI.MoNoPOLIsT itself.
but suppose the ANr1-MoNoPo1Lsr had
drawn out of the State treasury $4,000
of the public moneys which might have
been spent to keep up the schools, would
that alter the case
He knows that the absence Of schools in Ger
tain localities is due to the sparseness of the
populat on and the Indifference of parents, and
that a great majority of his famous "6l ,2O2"
are voluntarily absent from schools already TN
existence at their very doors Give lis the
proof Of that Professor En-. AETI-MoSoP.l
The editor &. ieves at the bad scholarship i'm
Piled in the spelling Of Beautiful and True"
with capital letters, in the Normal School re-
port But if he will study his grammar with
proper care he will learn that qualities and at
tributes, when personi6ed, are to be treated
and spelled as proper names, and are therefore
entitled to the distinction of capital initial let
tiers, at the Normal Schools and every other
good place where accuracy, truthfulness and
honesty are regarded as cardinal virtues
In q "grandlloquent" speech, delivered at
the commencement of the State Normal School
at Winona, June 18, 1861, by Hon. Ignatius
Donnellv, that unselfsh patriot declared that-
mo friend Of his State, his Nation or his race
but will wish we'll 10 the task this institution
has before it. No mind that can reason, bu;
must perceive that the cause Of popular in.
struction is the cause OF popular government
and that without Education, both Liberty ant
Civilization perish" The capital letters il
this extract are Mr.. Donnellys!
A very good sentiment, Professor, and
very we'll expressed: considering that tn,
speaker had never had the benefit Of Nor
NAL training. But it has no connection
with the present discussion. At tina
time We had but one Normal school, an,
all the State gave it was $1,000 per year
now We have three, and they cost US $50,
900 per year. Then normal training wa
modest in its demands, and regarded as
mere incident to the public school sys
tenn; now it has cost us 100000, an,
has grown great and arrogant, insolen
and grasping. Then We had not import
; ed Prof. Phelps. (God help us !! and W
find the Secretary of the Normal Boar
. Saying, in 1851: 1.-THE Board does no
, ask. nor would we recommend, an appre
priation beyond the ability of the STATE
or incons istent Nth the strictsst> econ
| omy in the management of the Norma
School," Then it was regarded as
stepping-stone to the very system We no,
advocate. for, said the Sec0tary of ,h
Board, in the same report ofe186l, "Ou
Normal School will necessitate Norms
Departments in other institutions, s
5 that their scholars may successfully com
: pete with those educated at the Stat
S School.-EDIroR ANrI-MoNoroLrsrl
In view Of MIR. Donnelly's course ~ Senate
|. above, is it violent inference that he is 4
. enemy GOT his State, his nation, and his races
All thinking and honest men will take him
I. his word and Judge him by his acts.
q In conclusion, the frAnkneSs and candor dr
to the iree public discussion Of great publ
$ question impel to say that when legisl'
: tor and editor wantonly, unscrupulously an
uniustly attacks the vital parts Of . system
common schools, on the pretext that, like Z
r other valuable things, they necessarily CO
d something, he will inevitably be suspected
n and righteously charged with being engage