Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-14
THE SCHOOL FOR LADIES.

The Committee has Another Meeting and
Talk over the Matter, but Adjourn with
out Doing Anything.
A part of the committee having under
consideration the matter of the establish
ment in the city of st. Paul of school
for ladies held meeting at 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, at the rooms of the
chamber of commerce. The only mem
bers present were: Judge Greenleaf
Clark, Gov. Marshall, Rev. Mr.. Thomas,
Rev. D. R. Breed, Gen. Sibley and Albert
Scheffer. After talking the subject over
and considering how to carry out the
idea, it was decided to adjourn till Mon
day morning next, Immediately after the
adjournment of the chamber af COM
MERGE.
Two matters engaged the attention of
those members of the committee that were
present yesterday, and these were, first,
whether the school, if established, should
be day school only: or a boarding
school; and second, where the money is
to come from to establish and maintain
the school after it is established, especially
if it is decided to have a boarding
school,
General Sibley thought it best to limit
the project to day school, at any rate,
at first, and consider about making it a
boarding school afterwards. He thought
that those pupils who attended it at first
would come from the city of st. Paul,
and not from outside the city, and gave
extended reasons for these views. Mr.
Scheffer expressed about the same ideas.
Rev. Mr.. Thomas thought it was doubt
full if money enough could be obtained
for the enterprise, and said that the pro-
iect would come into immediate competi-
ton with ST. Mary's school at Faribault
Rev. Mr. Breed was strongly in favor of
boarding school from the beginning and
would feel that if it was not started that
way great mistake would be made, and
the principal idea of the project would be
ent buildings would be required for a
boarding school than for what was called
day school. He had found that people
were strongly in favor of the project, and
he had had whole block in the city linn
its offered him for the purpose on very
favorable terms. People were wide
awake about the matter. Though he did
not say SO in so many words he evidently
felt satisfied that all the money necessary
could be obtained for the schools.
Gov. Marshall referred to what st. Paul
had suffered in consequence of Mr.. Rihel-
daffer's giving up the excellent school he
had, at one time, well established, on the
corner of St. Peter street and Summit
avenue He regarded it as very essen
tial that it should be made boarding
school from the first. To sustain this
view he called attention to the success OF
st. Mary's school and expressed the
opinion that the time had come when St..
Paul ought to have just such school as
the one proposed.
Judge Clark desired to know how much
money would be required to start such a
school as was contemplated, when the
sum of $50, 900 was mentioned. In this
connection Mr.. Breed suggested that the
whole school building need not be con-
structed at first. They could have aplan
prepared, and then build section at a
time, as the demands of the institution
should make it necessary.
The above is merely an indication of
the general drift of the consultation. 1t
was finally determined to adjourn as
above stated, and in the meantime some
effort will be made to get at some idea
as to whether the people of St. Paul will
give anything towards establishing such
a school.