St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-06
In Search Of Useful Infopma-
ton, They Find Also Some
Pleasure.
Sinking to Sleep in Happi-
ness, They Awake il a
Big Snow Drift.
Hospitality and Good Fellow
ship Gpeets Them Oh
Every Hand.

of some famous jaunts that have fur
nished the participants with all the ele-
ments for very heavy jays. Scandal has
naturally resulted.
Minnesota legislators, it may be said,
| have never acquired bad reputation III
| their trips over its broad acres TO ac-
quire information by personal obSerya-
ton that would enable them TO work
more Understandings for the best inter
eStS of their constituents. Bearing this
fact in mind, a GLOBE man entered
without fear on trip with the normal
school committees of the house and
senate to visit st. Cloud and MOorhead.
The party left st. Paul in a special
| car over the Great Northern last
| Wednesday evening. and comprised the
| following people: Senators Barr, Pro5st-
! field and Keller, of the senate commit
| tee; Chairman Nansant, Representa-
! tiveS Peterson, Guttersen, E. f. COM
stock, German, Moore and Gum, OF the
house committee; Representatives Wall
blom, Holmberg and Hunck, as guests
of the committees; Mrs. Nansant, Mrs.
and Miss Comstock, Misses GOode and
Sellick, Senator" IIohl, of Houston
county: Gen. Butler, the house jan
| itor; Maurice Hickman, senate page,
and the GLOBE representative.
Generous Hospitality
St.Cloud was reached on time, and the
party housed at the Grand Central no.
| tel. An early breakfast preceded the
trip to the normal school. which was
inspected from cellar to garnet under
the direction OF Resident Director
Mitchell, President Carhart, Senator
| Keller and Representative German. All
the classes were visited, and the party
became very much Interested in the
exercises, especially those of the prac-
tice department. The quiet critics so
carefully noting methOuS of teaching
impressed the on-lO0ker5 with the thor
Ough attention paid to details. After
the tour over the building all the pupils
were marched into the assembly hail.
and speeches were he order for an
hour. With room full OF bright
ers, each man was on his
mettle and talked as he never talked
| before Senator Keller and Representa-
tives Holmberg and Vansant plucked
! the laurels OF the occasion for el0-
| ouence, while Senators Barr and ProbSt-
| field and Representatives McGrath, Gut
| terson, Peterson, Comstock. Hunck,
! Gum, WaIlblom, Moore and German
each made short, earnest talks OIL the
| golden opportunities in the grasp OF
| their hearers, who were eXhorted to I'M
prove the precious hours they could
| spend in so excellent school. Sen
| ator'' HOhl and the GLOBE man, Oh
suggestion of Mr.. German. were also
pressed into service by. President Car
hart. Capt. Vansant caught his audi
ence right at home when he remarked
that they could not te expected 10 soar
very high in the scholastic armament
| with only one wing, and assured them
he would endeavor to supply another.
One Merit Of Home.
A bounteous and substantial luncheon
was afterward served in the ladies'
home, which. by the way, the pupils
have asked TO have officially designated
| as Lawrence hall, ill compliment to the
teacher Of methods and superintendent
OF the training school. The tables were
waited on by some of the pupils and
Mrs. NJ. }. Wilson, the Invaluable ma.
iron of the home, took care that all were
made welcome and thoroughly at home.
After luncheon the committee held
business meeting and heard arguments
Ly Director Mitchell, President Carhart
and eX-Lieut. Gov. Gilman as to what
the school required of the legislature to
assure an increase in its usefulness to
all the people of the state.
The party wandered at will over the
city then, some going TO the reformatory
to inspect its workings. In the evening
Mr.. Mitchell rendered them really fine
banquet at the Grand Central. Man
aver Hayward had OutdOne himself Oil
the spread, and ii was enjoyed to the
full. ST. Clouds most prominent cit-
ZenS were present and many of them re-
spOnded to toasts, as did severnl OF the
visitors. A day of work and pleasure
was thus enjoyably ended, and at mid
night the special pulled OLt for Moor
head.
Showed En.
Next morning about o'clock the
party woke up in a snOWdrift. The
train was anchored near AShby in
cut, and there it remained til! we'll
along in the afternoon. Much digging
released the train finally and she moved
out for MoOrhead. During the long
wait the legislators and their. guests
passed the time i'll listening to graphic
stories of early days i'll Minnesota by
Senator PrObSttield, whose life has been
IL verltable romance. in singing
songs. cracking jokes and taking an
occasional peep at the bowling
storm outside. Messrs. Gutterson.
Peterson, Gum and Senator" HOhl
saw TO it that the young ladies did not
want for anything that could be Sc
cured; Capt. VanSant acted up TO the
responsibility of his charge as if again
he was treading the decks OF one OF his
own steamboats,. "Gen.' Butler and
II 70 l,in
their efforts to please; every one of the
ladies took the we'll being of the party
into her own special care, either to in
terest or amuSe, and the one lone re
porter led in singing hymns with his
holiday voice, which was pronounced
too erratic for good effect.
At MOOrhead.
All things have all end. and so did the
snowdrift. At supper time Moorhead
was reached, twelve hours too late to
carry out the programme laid down.
However, all hands, including the
ladies. took carriages for the normal
school, which was gone over under the
wing of President Lord, energetic and
painstaking, assisted by MessrS. Ian
phear. White and Goode. The inspec-
ton over, supper was had at the Jay
Cooke house; then a business meet
Ing vi TIC COlUHlIleG WAS HeIu, |
addressed by men interested in the
welfare of the school; encouraging
words were spoken III reply; parting |
greetings were exchanged, and again |
the visitors took train and went to bed |
with a heart for any tate. No storm
struck their path that night fortu- |
nately, st. Paul was reached only few |
hours late. and at 10 o'clock nearly |
every member of the committee |
answered roll call in the senate or |
house. Barring the snowdrift, not an |
incident Of anV kind Tnarrad |