The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-10-06


The FrieZe of this room, too is of lady
slippers, and it is the painting of Mrs.
Yer Blanck, of Duluth. A wonderful
piece of tapestry, 400 years old hangs
from ceiling to floor, and fills the
space between door and door. King
Lear is the impressive subject. A
magnificent mantel is last to be OBJ
served though perhaps first lin impor-
lance. 1t is all of red pipestone, eX-
cept the hearth: which is of polished
Jasper This pipestOne, single quar-
ry furnished immemorial to the In
dams, is still their property, it being
on the rese ryation. 1t IS beautiful
stone in blocks, not all of one color
some are dark red some light, and yet
others dun yellow AS placed in
| the face of this mantel all these col
ors are made effective. In wide de-
| preston above the fireplace are hun
dred pipes of different sizes and styles
made by Indians in the towns where
are the Indian schools. AS further
ornament there is just under the
mantel ledge peace pipe and tomas
| hawk crossed, and over the point Of
crossing tablet of the same material
| is placed, and on it book. 1.-The
Song of Hiawatha." Appreciative
visitors are loath to leaye these eX-
tremely attractive rooms and to say a
| thankful goodbye to the gracious
! hoSteSSeS.
In the large room on this same (up-
peri floor are seen many photographs
of towns and single buildings of Min
neSota and of natural scenery. 1t is
to one studying those things almost
| DC r no of n ifca1f uicif
| OF chief human interest amongthese-
| photographs are those of the educa-
| tiOnal and benevolent Institutions
agement of ladies of the Episcopal
churches of st. Paul, is represented
here by model of the building. OF
the state university there is an i'm
perial photograph, which shows the
group to buildings in all it's nobility
| The board of lady managers take
great interest in the actual educa-
tional exhibit, though it has been
transferred to the Liberal Arts struc-
ture. They expect to take for it sec
Ond it not first award. The state ap-
propriated $1,000 to defray the cost Of
the exhibit. The common schools.
may be left to speak for themselves
but the University of Minnesota
demands few words of eulogy. 1t
is on the true university principle,
and it's system is most comprehensive.
Its location being near the great cities
of St. Paul and Minneapolis, it is in
| full view of the falls of st. Anthony
and otherwise commands interesting
prospects. 1t is seen to advantage in
IL ,s-s1- J H.. essgTS3s NQHtillEr, IL
l.. D., is the president. He asserts
that some of his laboratories are the
best in the world and he boasts that
| the library contains 80, 900 volumes. A
most instructive description of the
university and it's workings is here in
| a thick phamplet, which is freely
given out by the lady secretary, Mrs.
| Hunt. The number and variety Of the
colleges and departments into which
| the university is divided aStOniShed
some of the English and even German
visitors to the exposition. The col
lege Of science, the college of litera-
ture and arts, the college of engineer
ing, metalurgy and the mechanic
arts, the college of agricultural de-
partment of law, the department of
medicine, composed Of three colleges
the college of surgery, OF homoepatic
medicine and surgery. Of dentistry
and pharmacy. The regents of the
university have also in charge the ex-
pertinent station and natural history
survey. These colleges and depart
mentS are not all at one place, con-
cession that was made in the interest
of peace and to assure liberal support.
For the university is absolutely free
to all except in the professional de-
partments. Here also are large pho
tographs of the groups of buildings
at Faribault where the feeble mind
ed are instructed; of the state school
for the deaf, ditto for the blind. all at
Faribault. The reform school atRed
Wing is here in photographs which |
show inside and outside. Then there |
is school for neglected and depend |
ent children-a reform school with
out the faint of penalty. Together
with the four normal schools these
should put Minnesota well to the
front in the line of liberal and benev-
Olent education.