St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-13

] II -roved condition of the common
sc--ools.' Duluth is so situated, he said,
| that normal school is necessity at
| that point, in order to offer enlarged
! opportunities to the thousands of peo-
! pie who reside in that city and the
vast country tributary to it. Granted
| that there is an urgent demand for
| more well-trained teachers, Duluth is
| most surely entitled to have this new
F, school established within her borders
Mr.. Schumacher made an earnest
| talk for the bill. He believed a fifth
/ normal would be an absolute necessity
before the building could be erected
and occupied.
| Mr.. Scofield reiterated his statement
that the normals are but state high
schools. Take out the students who
are not in the teachers training class
! es and the buildings would be compar-
atively empty.
! Mr. Tallman called on Mr.. Scofield
! to pay the hats he had promised earlier
| in the debate, and as basis for his
/ demand he cited the fact that 200 ap-
! plicants had been denied admission to
| the st. Cloud Normal because of lack
| OF room. The further fact was dwelt
on that st. Paul and other cities had
been compelled to establish training
schools of their own, because of the in
! adequacy of the few normals to supply
! trained schoolma' ans. In closing, Mr.
Tallman made center shot on the
| short-sighted tactics of country mem
! bers in advocating a false system of
economy.
DR.. Robillard asserted that no per-
CT 20 no HI iii
having first taken a thorough course
of training that will enable them to
apply whatever knowledge thay have
gained in the ordinary schools
Mr.. Dahl argued in favor of the bill,
and thought the scarcity of normal
teachers in rural districts would exist
until more normal schools are built.
Mr.. Boobar desired that Mr.. Dahl
explain to the house the beauties of
the normal homes, which he had thor
oughly examined.
Dahl retorted that whatever in
formation he possessed regarding the
homes was gained under the guild
ance of Mr.. Boobar.
! This ended the debate, and a call
of the house was ordered. When the
call was dispensed with the bill was
passed by vote of rs to II.
The negative votes were cast by
Messrs. Brainerd, Brevig, Dare,
Geissler, Cores, Hoeffken, jacobson,
the two Johnsons, Jones, J. D.; Met
calf, Post, Scofield, Smith, c. A.;
Swanson, Underleak, Woodbridge.
Not Voting-Boxrud, Buck, CHS
holm, Christensen, French, Gerlach,
! Guttersen, Henricks, Juliar, Lock
wood, Meilicke, Mullin, Reeves,
Schroeder, Shell, Sivright, Torson,
Vigen, Vogel.
The normal bill, as passed, provides
! that there shall be established under
! the direction and supervision of the
! state normal board, at the city of Du-
luth, in the county of ST. Louis, a
normal school, to be known as the
state normal school of Duluth; pro-
vided said city shall donate to the
! state suitable tract of not less than
six 60 acres of land, to be approved
by the normal school board, for the To-
cation, use and benefit of said school,
within twelve Q2) months from the
J passage of this act. Provided, further,
j that no money appropriated for. the
| erection of buildings for said school
! shall be expended prior to the year
1896
DULUTH'S FIRST VICTORY
was won just before the noon adjourn
J ment. Mr.. McInnis presented an in
vitation to the house to accompany
the mines and mining committee to
| Duluth and the iron ranges of Mime
sofa. Objection was raised that the
| time to be consumed on the trip was
/, too long, as it proposed to leave Thurs
day at 7:15 and return Sunday morn
ing.
Mr.. McInnis explained that the mines
could not be seen and examined as
| they should be in any less time Nu-
| .nerouS little talks were made in the
| same strain, and the house was re-
minded that there are vast interests
! of the state to be cared for in the re-
gion it is proposed to visit. A roll call
was demanded and the invitation was
accepted with only half a dozen mega
tive votes.
motion was adopted Immediately
to hold evening sessions Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings.
TO LOAN SCHOOL FUNDS.
quired wait of fifteen minutes to
secure enough members to go tc
work on the calendar after the noon
recess. When seventy members had
been rounded up proceedings under
the call were dispensed with, and the
calendar was taken up. The first
bill objected to was S. F. 325, by Mr.
Potter, to submit to vote of the
people an amendment to article s
of the constitution, as follows:
Section 6. The permanent schoo
fund of this state may be invested
In the purchase of bonds of any
county, city or village of this state
but no such Investment shall be
made until approved by the board
of commissioners designated by law
, to regulate the investment Of the
permanent school fund of this state
) nor shall such loan or investment
be made when the issue of which
the same is part would make the en-
, tire bonded Indebtedness exceed 5 PEI
, cent Of the assessed valuation of the
: county, city or village issuing the
same such bonds; nor shall sucl
loans or Indebtedness be made at {
. lower rate of interest than per cen
per annum, nor for shorter period
than five % years, nor for longel
period than twenty coo years.
After running debate, largely mad
up of requests for informa ton, sec.
of the bill was amended so as to pro