Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-12
STATE NORMAL BOARD.
Annual Meeting of the Regulators OF the
Horse Decentralization of Principals
and Teachers for the Ensuing Year.

and Teachers for the Ensuing Year.
The annual meeting of the State normal
school board of directors was held in the
instruction at the capitol yesterday, commenc-
ing at 10 A. M, all the members present.
Business was commenced by reading the res
ignation of Prof. D. Q. John, principal of the
Mankato school, which was accepted on the
motion of Mr.. Mitchell, and in connection
Herewith the following resolutions. presented
by Mr.. Burt, adopted:
RESOLVED, That the resignation of Prof. d. @.
John as principal of the Normal school at Man.
kato was undesired by the Normal board, and
accepted only in view of his conviction that he
ought to enter upon another field of education
al service.
Resolved, That the Normal board of directors
will ever be ready to bear witness to his ability
integrity and fidelity in the position of princi-
pal, which he has held with marked credit to
himself and manifest advantage to the Normal
school at Mankato.
Mr.. Pitcher presented the resignation of
Theodore j. Richardson, teacher in the Winona
school, which, after an explanation by Prof.
Shepard of the reasons therefor, was accepted.
A number of applications for positions in
the schools were read and placed on file, when
the board took recess to 2 P. NJ.
The board reassembled at P. NJ.
Director Pitcher presented several applica-
tions for the principalship of the normal school
at Mankato, which were referred to the COM
mittee ON teachers.
1t was ordered that the reports of the COM
mittees to visit the State normal schools be
printed in the annual report of the state su-
perintendent of public instruction.
The committee on plans for improving the
grounds at Winona reported in favor of the
improvement, at an expense estimated at
81, 600.
The committee upon the employment of
teachers reported as follows:
wINoNA SCHOOL.
Principal and instructor in mental science
school economy, and Latin-Irwin Shepard, A.
NJ.
PHYSICAL sciences and higher Mathematics
Clarence M Boutelle.
Methods aud superintendent of practice
teaching-Fannie @. KimbOr.
Geography, physiology and natural history
Martha Breckbill.
English language and literature-Louie M.
Berry.
Vocal music, voice culture and elocution-
Mrs. Blanche D. Mckee.
History, civil government and preparat DRY
studies-Jennie Ellis.
Critic teachers in Model school-Anna g..
Bingham.
MANKAT0 SCHOOL.
Principal etc.-Edward Soaring, late of
Wisconsin.
English literature and mathematics
Helen nj. Phillips.
Drawing, theory and practice of teaching
Mrs. D. A. Swami.
Natural science and penmanship-J. 81.
Dunn.
Grammer and geography-Miss A. McCut-
chen.
ST. CLOUD SCHOOL.
Principal-D. L. Kiehle.
Natural Science-T. J. Gray.
Method Practice and Superintendent of
Model School-lsabel Lawrence.
Latin History and Mathematician. Celia
Higgins.
Geography, Drawing and Mathematics
A. Warner.
Model School-Mary L. Gilman.
RECONSIDERATION NJ. Truman.
The following resolution, offered by Director
Wright, was adopted unanimously by the
board:
Resolved That notwithstanding that the cleo
ton of Prof. Irwin Shepard to the principalship
of the Normal school at Winoha being late in
the season. gave him but short time to prepare
for his year 8 work this board is fully satisfied
and fully endorse him as an able instructor and
take great satisfaction in re-electing him to the
principalship of the school.
communication from Prof. Shepard, of the
Winona school, was received and read, recon-
mending that the State superintendent be re-
quested to appoint State teachers institute,
to be held at the State normal school at Winona
during the month of May, 1851, and also lay
ing down the plan on which the same should be
conducted, said institute to continue in session
not less than three weeks nor more than four
weeks.
The communication elected considerable
discussion, participated in by nearly every
member of the board, covering the whole
ground of State and county institutes, at the
conclusion of which the recommendation was
unanimously adopted.
After talking over matters connected with
the schools in general way and empowering
the president and secretary to prepare a new
order of business the board adjourned.