New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-07-12
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until the time he died, and never heard
it charged that he was Turner. In fact
never heard one solitary word said in
regard to whether the man elected was a
Turner or not. And If they happened
to be, is it reason for making rebellion
and for stirring up revolution, if it is
true, as Mr.. Lind says, that the schools
are properly conducted and in the hands
OF competent men. and which know
they are? And as long as that it is the
case, we have no reason to complain.
1t is complained that the teachers
are Turner's or are sons and daughters of
Turner's. don't know whether they
are or not, but they are mostly all, if not
all, citizens of our city, who have received
their education here, at the
University or at the Normal
schools, and they have been selected so
far as I know simply on account of the;
qualifications they possess and nothing
else.
You haven't heard any one say, nor
have heard it said that anyone was re-
fused the position of a teacher in our
public schools, because he wasn't Turn
er. And if there was we would have
heard it before this | think if ANYBODY
had been objected to because he wasn't
Turner or the son or daughter of
Turner, you would have found it out.
The teachers in our public schools
are all competent, and l think our Sup
erintendent is an admirable man. Icon
fess, ladies and gentlemen, that feel
proud when in conversation with the
lawyers who have business with me they
speak in words of plaise of our superin-
tendent and admit as students of the
University that he was one of the best
scholars who has graduated from that
institution. Isay, ladies and gentlemen,
that feel proud of that, I should feel
just as proud of him if he were Catho-
lie or Lutheran, and don't think we
should make war upon him because he
is Turner.
Another charge. heard it from gen.
tleman have the greatest respect for
man who doesn't ordinarily make such
objection unless he considers it good
one-and I will tell you what that OBJ
lection was. And if don't tell it just
as he stated it to me, the gentleman is
here in the hall and want him to make
a correction. believe truth is gre at
deal better than a lie. Well now, what
is the charge? 1t is stated that the sup
erintendenr recommended that person
should be employed in our schools to
teach gymnastics and some other sciences.
My informant objected to it as did also
some of the other members of the Board,
and it was we'll taken. I think if I had
been a member of the school board at
that time, I also should have objected to
it. You have facilities for gymnastic exer-
cises here in this room already, without
introducing 1t into the schools. think
he did just right to oppose it, and when
they objected to it the superintendent
withdrew !. his recommendation. Now
my informant. was saying - suppose
what he intimated was that member who
talked in favor of it should be thrown
out the School Board. Now is that point
we'll taken? Do you think it is? Do you
think it advisable to have the board
constituted of six men whose minds all
run in the same groove, SO that when Il
man says Sc. all the others join in. Or
do you think it we'll to have one man of
strong mind and five figureheads who will
say "Yes'' to anything he says. I don't
think, ladies and gentlemen, we should
have such men. What we want is men of
education, men of progress, men who
should make suggestions to their fellow
members, listen to suggestions made by
fellow members and act upon them as
they think proper. No new system
should be adopted. unless it is good
system. And they should adopt what
they think is of the best interest for our
schools and reject whatever should be
rejected. | respect and honora member
of the school board who acts on his own
opinion. But men differ in regard to
the conduct of schools. It isn't matter
in which all minds harmonic. You don't
find it in any city or two cities or school
that they run their schools alike.
Men think differently and it is proper
that they should.
Now have heard another objection.