New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-07-20

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facts in the matter and the Review is
surprised that a stranger should be be-
lieved in preference to men who have
made New Ulm what it is and defended.
it in times when its homes were threat
.ened with impending danger.
The special school tax for 1891 in the
three leading towns Of the county was as
follows: New UIm, is SIT mills, Sleepy
Eye, q mills; Springfield 90 FL mills
Does it appear from this that our schools.
are not being run upon an economic
basis
For two years Prof. Nix through skill
full letter writing secured the state aid
when our schools were not entitled to it,
and also lowered the cost Of education per
capita by changing the method of in
str.,ction. Now comes his reward. His
enemies would turn him down and out,
simply because they cannot have their
own way about every thing. Is it right?
Is it just and fair?
When the state board finally withheld
the appropriation the only reason given
was that the number Of pupils was less
than that required by law. The work
of the school was highly commended
and pronounced excellent by the High
School board. Now, what are we to
conclude. Simply this; that the New
Ulm schools are doing just as good
work in the eyes Of the state board now
as they did under the old system and are
doing it at less expense. Why cannot
the voters appreciate this2
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In 1884, the special school tax,includ-
interest and sinking fund, was 90 9-1O
mills; in 1885 it was 90 $40 mills; in
1886 it was 10 ITO mills; in 1887 it
was IS TO naills;in 1888 it was Is
81 mills; in 1889 it. was is 2-1On,ills;
in 1890 it was Is 9-1O mills; and in
1891 it was 185S-1O mills. The in
crease in 1891 was due to the sinking
fund as appears from the official re-
ports, so that the decrease has been
steady, while the progress Of the schools
has been rapid. How do the wonld-be
reformers expect to get around this when
they argue for changes
!
s Mr.. SilYerson, who is member of the
school board and whose solemn duty it
is to attend its meetings, was absent on
Friday evening and it has since come to
light that he spent that time amongst a
crowd of voters, where beer flowed with
unaccustomed frequency, telling them
that the school board was disposing Of
lots without his. knowledge and without
reporting to him the manner in which
the receipts had been handled. Had Mr..
silverson been at the other meeting in
stead, which had been called according to
lawto examine the treasurer's books and
report, he would have heard in the regu-
lar routine of business what had become
of all that money and why the lots had
been sold. Two questions therefore
arise. Had Mr.. silIerson any right by
such statements to make direct slap at
the integrity of such men as Peter Scher-
er, E. g. Koch, +. Fnedmann, Dr..
strickler and +. Burg and has Mr..
silverson any right to criticise the ac-
tions of the Board when he don't attend
the meetings and doesn't keep track Of
what is going on? s.sS
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lne cnle1 Dugg-bear which Messrs. Sill
yerson and Stricken have tried to place
before the people to lead them to change
the present management Of the schools
is that of the annual state high school
appropriation Of 340e. This the schools.
have not been recelving for the past three
years and before the people accept this.
talk it would only be showing justice.
to the accused if the matter was thor
oughly investigated.
Financial reasons, of course, are what
come nearest to the taxpayers. While
not Of 80 much real importance as the
educational welfare Of children they new
ertheless strike deeper and have more
weight. Statistics, therefore, gathered
from the official records, and which per
haps have never been examined closely