St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-18
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board OF Education Meeting
Eighth Ward Contamination.

boaFO OK Education Meeting
Eighth Ward Contamination.
The board OF education .ain consid-
cred the question of site for the South
Side High Sch1Ol yesterday. All OF the
men who offered sites to the board sent
III communications lowering the prices,
with the exceptions OF Laekey & Lackey.
Haywood IL DoSiIart cut their price
from $1,000 to Sl5.5D; E iwarl Russell,
from Sl1.0l0 to $l5.5U0; IheO Basting.
from $4,000 To $4,000; Fitzpatrick, from
$1,000 to Sl3 80. The old course OF
voting Oh each side without result was
! gone over aga n. The second Lackey
site, Oh Twenty-SecOnd street between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth avenue south
was proposed by Mr.. GJertSpn, hut was
not selected. 1t got but four votes out
OF necessary five. The GiIpatrIck site
went the same way. The main. and only,
in fact, objection to that is that it is so
close to the Catholic property. Ii it
were not for that it would be selected
unanimously. ROlfe began TO talk for
the BaStiHg site, away out on twenty
seventh street. H. began to urge that
III five years that site would be nearer
the center Oi population than any of the
others. While lie WAS still talking Mr..
G]eriSen moved to adjourn, and the
board did adjourn.
Before the site question came up g
petition WAS read from citizens of the
Eighth ward, asking that the children
from the Home OF the FriendieSS be not
allowed 10 attend the Lyndale school.
The home Is refOrmat0ry institution,
and the Eighth ward people do not want
their children contaminated by asl0cia-
ton with the home children. The Lyn-
dale school is already Overcrowded, as
was set forth by Mr.. Rolfe. Superitend-
ent Brown spoke tor the home. The chill
dren in the home do not need reform
discipline. They are young children
VINO WIRE taken from houses of asSignd-
ton and prostitution. When they were
IN those communicating homes they were
admitted to the public schools. Now
they are surrounded by goa home infiu-
enceS ana an attempt is made to keep
them from school.
The question is" said Mr. BOwker,
whether these children snail he ri,
lowed To become COOL citizens?"
1t is the duty OF the board of ed
ucaiiOn." said GeorZe w. Cooley in an
swer, ITO protect the puOlic schools
from all communicating Influences.
Mr.. BOwker admits that these chidren
come from immoral houS eS. We object
to having those children mixed up with
our cnllurtn.
IF yOI aIm;t these children to the
public schools from houses of assigna-
ton and prOStitutlOn-tn:l YOU 10 admit
hundreds of them-I don't know why
YOU can't admit them from the Home
for the FriPndeSS. All the children in
the home come from the pnblie schools.
Though God visits the sins or the par
entS OH the children, even to the third
and fourth generations, don't know
whether this BOARD has right to do
that. You'd better leave that Tor God to
do"
Mr.. GjertSen thought the mere fact
that FALLEN women are welcomed in the
home cOmpelS the board to exclude the
children from that institution, MIR.
ROlfe's motion to exclude the children
from the Home for the FriendlasS was
adopted, Jaeger alone voting against it.
This means the exclusion of those now
g0in[ to school from the HON.. rhe
board took this action to establish a
precedent.
The committee on rules asked that
newly appointed teachers and such
others as the superintendent might des-
lgnate be allowed enc day, without loss
OF pay, for visiting other schools. the
board to pay substitute for taxing her
room. Mr.. GjertSen objected to it us
demOrallZlng and expensive. Mr. Brad
ley explained that thiS was an attempt
to regulate by rule an immemurial Gus
tom. a motion 40 thIt effect was lost.
The board thought the two supervisors
should be able to instruct the teachers
VINO need new Ideas To get into line with
the Minneapolis system.