The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

fact, but only my belief Of it, :
Meeting Of the state Normal School
Board.
The State Normal School Board held q
special meeting At the rooms of the Su
perinteadent of Public instruction in St.
Paul on the 18th. There were present
President Siblcy and Directors Simpson,
Pitcher, Wright, Niles and Secretary
Burt.
President Sibley made statement Of
the reasons for the failure Of the usual
supplementary appropriations to the Nor
NAL Schools, and Director Simpson pre-
sented lengthy written report recitine
his views of the disastrous conse.
quences that would result from suspend.
ing the schools. The report was received
and placed OH file, when the following
resolution offered by President Sibley
was adopted:
WHEREAS, This board finds itself en-
barrassed by the failure Of the Legisla.
ture at It's last session to make the appro.
priat,ons asked for and requisite for the
support of the Normal Schools; and
WHEREAS, The board would regard the
closing of the schools in consequence of
said failure, as public calamity to be
avoided if possible, therefore
ResCkved, That the resident directors
and principals 0: said schools are hereby
authorized and directed to continue the
said schools in operation 'as heretofore,
exercising the strictest economy in every
particular, until the money applicable to
each Of said schools shall be exhausted.
Provided, that such -hools, or either of
them, may be temporarily closed, and
thereafter reopened, at the discretion Of
the resident director and principal Of said
school, or schools, if required by a lack
of funds to operate them continuously,
and provided further, that no authority
is hereby intended to be bestowed by this
board upon any party or parties to create
any obligation on the part Of the board or
Of the State, beyond the appropriations
already made and applicable to the SUP
port of the Normal Schools.
The bond IF q. o. Pitcher as treasurer
Of the Normal School was received and
placed on file.
Statements were presented showing the
funds applicable to the current expenses
IF the respective schools for the present
year as follows: Winona, $4,000: Man.
kato $4,000; St. Cloud 50, 07O.85.
The report of the committee on en-
plovment Of teachers tov the different
schools was accepted. as follows:
Winona-W. F. Phelps, principal ;
Miss Clara j. Armstrong, Mr.. Charles A.
Morey, Mr.. C. NJ. Boutelle, Mr.. c. j..
Pickert, Mrs. NJ. A. w. Cooley, Miss F..
V. Sharpe Miss NJ. Kimball, Miss D. A.
Browning. assistants; John Manning,
janitor with two vacancies to be filled.
Mankato-D. G. John, Principal; Mr..
c. W. G. Hyde, Miss H. NJ. Phillips, and
Mrs. D. A. Swain, assistants, with two
vacancies to be filled if sufficient funds
can be obtained.
St. .C.oud--D. L. Kiehle, principal;
Miss M. C.. McCumber, Mr.. I. J. Gray
and Miss NJ. Gunderson, assistants, with
two vacancies and janitor to be filled when
funds sufficient can be obtained.
The following resolution by President
Sibley was adopted:
Resolved, That the resident directors
be and are hereby authorized to fix the
salaries of the teachers named in the re-
port of. the committee on the employment
of teachers, provided that in no case shall
| they exceed the amount now paid for
such service.
Adjourned to meet at call of President.