The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-02-13

fefnS-Sl.5u pef lear Ii ADVANCE.
The Normal School and Sectari
an Influence. and Something
Else Besides L
some Democratic journals. and those
welding 4 liberal lance in religion.
have joined hands in shouting for a
educator, as principal
Of the Normal school They talk as il
Prof John had, in some way. swal-
lowed the Normal school into the
Methodist church. and made Wesley
ans Of all the boys and girls, and saw
thzt they all voted the Republican
{. kei. Why bless your innocent
souls. there is not a Methodist teach
eT in the Manka;o Normal School. ex-
eept Prof. John himself. Miss Phil
liPs Is an EpiscOpalisn, Mrs Swan is
a Congregziionalist. Prof. Dunn is a |
Catholic. Miss McKutchin is a Pres
byteTian. Miss Pattee Is a Universal
ist, and Miss ketchum is not 4 men,
her Of any church. How ON earth
will You sort EN- any betteTi The
institution has been run as 4 pure
educational machine. without a shad-
ow Of sectarian influence manifesting
itself. There never was a bigger
huInbug invented, that this school
is within the circumscribed influence
of any church. Prof. John was select
ed solely upon the ground of his train
ing and scholarship. which fully
equipped him for the position. All
the other teachers were selected in
like manner. Their church prefer
ences were not considered. That this
school has been made the asylum for
broken down preachers. or church
favorites. is villainous falshood.
There is not a single fact in the his
tory of this institution, which will
warrant any honest newspaper In so
saving. or insinuaiing. Nor has any
pupil in il ever been swayed or biased
toward any church. There is one
emphatic truth that these unjust as
Slilants never take into consideration.
Education and religion 50 often 60
hand in hand, that the facts are. that
the various churches have monopo-
u Of educators. This is statistical
fact We don't know how the gen.
tlemen of the liberal lance are going
~ get rid Of il. Boards of trustees
can not evade the fact. Now gentle
men. produce one distinguished, cul-
tured. graduated. qualified educator.
upon whose garments can not he found
the smell Of any church. and we will
produce you twenty equally COM
petent men. every one Of whom Will
he sectarian Of some sort. but all
of whom will have too much good
sense 10 plaster their ecclesiastical
views on the school. suppose. on the
other hand, you advertise for an athe-
list, or a faculty OF the Ingersol sort.
You might as well have the school in
the Sahara desert for all the pupils
YOU will have within its walls. Its
moral character would be as dead as
thrice leached ashes, and its benches
a. empty as il il was pest house for
the small pox. II is positively no
detriment TO such a school TO have
the powerful influence Of the great
churches behind it, but an absolute
benefit. They give it that moral tone
and character, which is at once its
shield and its life.
What sound discretion and public
duty alike require. is, that the princI
pal and teachers alike, shall be select
ed because they are distinctively
qualified as educators. and let their
ecclesiastical relations. if they have
any, adjust themselves as they may
On the other hand. that such IN edu
Gator. so qualified, shall be MethO
dist. Presbyterian, Baptist, Episco
ualian. or any other church man, and
q minister 10 boot. shall in no wise bt
considered a disqualification. The
Ingersolites shall not prescribe a mar
because he believes in the Bible, anC
can preach a good sermon.
There is another maggot in tho
brain Of the Democratic journals, anC
il lies in the back ground of thi:
whole business. They are ashamed
TO confess il, but they want 10 devise
some scheme by which Democrat
can get at the head of the Norma
school. Well here we are disposed Il
lie doubly tolerant. For we are moi
much troubled about their finding al
educated fellow of that sort. AS ;
matter of fact. educators. and especi
ally religious educators. are uniform
~ Republican. We glory in that fact
for il is statistical fact. The pro
fesssorial chairs Of our great univer
sites and colleges, are filed will
learned men, AS a rule, who fear God
and vote the Republican ticket. AnC
in this very fact, our Democratic
friends should find hint that SHOULD
give a rejecting mind exquisite tor
ture. They can chew this cud at thei
leisure, When the Board come u
select a new principal, We hope they
will select an educator" per sc, a
they have done heretofore, and W,
add. confidentially, that we will take
our chances in the statistical table
of educators, that he will DC both /;
member of some solid church. and ;
sound Republican, as the natural in
cident OF 4 contentious and cultured
life.
Collection of Internal Revenue
in this District.
by courtesy of A. e. Smith, collec
tor Of this district, we give, herewith
the amount of taxes collected by tn,
Internal Revenue Department, in this
the frst district of Minnesota, for TIT
year 1879: Beer stamps, s36, 500, .O6
special tax stamps, s37 ,95o.52; tobac
co and cigar stamps. SIS, 1855 .05; spirit