The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-12
WEST SIDERs WILL NOT SUBMIT
TO CLOSING THE HUMBOLDT
HIGH SCHOOL.
INSIST 1T is AS NECESSARY
LAS ANY DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL
WORK UNDER THE BOARDS
CONTROL.
Names u Vigorous Committee to
Present Its Views to the Board
of Education.

LleQerta1el nail, Oh Tic w SS7e sAN'
held a large and enthusiastic audience
last evening All of the prominent cltl-
Gems of that section Of the city were
present or sent letters OF regret, anu
the enthusiasm was furnished by the
pupils of the Humboldt high and grad
ed schools.
The meeting was called for the puf-
pose of entering a protest against the
closing of the Humboldt high, ana the
result of three hours talk was the ap-
pointment Of committee OF hVe, con-
sisting of c. s. Schurman, Rev. b G.
Arnett, NJ. j. Williams, r. N. Hare ana
j. H. Jacobson, who will present to the
school board the following resolutions
adopted by unanimous vote:
Whereas 1t has been more than limited that
the school board contemplates the closing or
The Humboldt high school; therefore be it
Resolved, That while we appreciate the oir-
ficult:es of the board of education, we can
closing the Humboldt high school; and there
fore we earnestly urge that this institution De
spared which has been such boon to the
young people of this ward.
Resolved. That the chairman or This meet
ing appoint a committee of five to present the
views of this meeting to the school board.
DR.. Vincent J. Hawkins was elected
as chairman of the meeting, ana
and Charles H. Bronson as secretary.
DR. Hawkins in taking the chair, stat
ed that the occasion was meeting OF
neghbors and residents of the West
side, and that all were interested in
the same object The hard times had
affected ST. Paul as other cities, and
this made it necessary to cut expenses.
The powers had decided that one way
to reduce expenses was by doing away
with branches of the public high
schools. There were other ways of re-
ducing expenses, and the high schools,
and especially the one in the Sixth
ward, should be the last place to COM
mence the retrenchment. A few years
ago the Sixth ward had only popu-
lation of $780, now it numbered over
10000, and to do away with the high
school would be step backward.
F. F. Wilde said the Sixth ward was
mot exempt from taxation and as long
as other wards had branch high schools
the Sixth ward school should not be
closed There was not room enough in
the Central high school to accomo-
date the pupils, and it would be ILL
advised to close the Humboldt school,
If the board looked around, he was sat
listed they would be able to find some
other method of retrenchment. The
board would not dare to close the
school, if the people of the Sixth ward
We're united, and he suggested the ap-
pointment of a committee to so before
the board and protest.
Moyor Doran sent letter of regret.
stating that he was in accord with
the idea of perpetuating the West Side
nigh school, The school board, the
mayor stated, found that economy must
be practised, but he felt confident that
II the matter was properly presented to
the board, the stars and stripes would
still wave over the Humboldt high
school.
r. N. Hare paid Prof Bryant a high
compliment and thought it would be
just as we'll to transfer the scholars in
the central high school to the West
side school. The pepoIe of the ward
were all interested and what was re-
CURED was to go before the board and
lay the matter before them.
M. j. Williams thought there was "a
niger in the woodpile," and was not
sure that it was a case of retrenchment
alone. He desired some one to point
out the facts who was informed The
chair inquired if E. e. Mcdonald was
In the audience and stated that if there
was as Mr.. Williams claimed, mig
ger in the woodpile.'' Mr.. Mcdonald
would be able to inform them. Mr.. Nc
Donald was not present and calls were
made for Assemblyman Dix. That
gentleman informed the audience he
was not Informed as to the colored man
In the Woodpile but he did know there
was a scarcity of funds. He was, how
ever, opposed to any reduction of the
salaries OF the teachers in the graded
SGhools ana also to the closing of the
Humboldt high school, He had NOT
been IN favor of the establishment Of
The school when it was started h,1t
experience had shown that II was all
right He was satisfied that if the board
lad all personal feeling and politica1
pull aside, and did away with some of
the frills and fads taught in the schools
retrenchment could be made witbont
ooing away with the West side high
school. The deficit in the school fnnd
ne SAID, was not as large as the boa nd
tried to make out. The deficit on1v
amounted to about $4,000, and if the
council gave them the Sal 600 wbinh
had been set apart for new buildinga
and sites. a way could be found to
solve the question without CLOSING the
Humboldt high school. '>
There would be no saving in trans
ferring the pupils to the central high
school, but rather an increase, as the
salarles OF teachers in the central high
Schooi We're larger than those pa i'll
on the West side. 1t had been claimed
mat there were an inferior grade oe
Ieachers employed in the Sixth ward
! school. This was not so, and the time
mad gone by when the Sixth ward
CID not get the best of everything.
Ihere was just as much reason to close
the central high school as there was IN
close the Humboldt. He pledged his
best efforts as an official and citizen To
keep the school open. ~
j. A. klmball, in a letter read nro
tested against closing the school ami
said it would be an outrage on the ward
and its interests. If retrenchment was
to be inaugurated he favored CON-
mencing on the high salaried officials.
: j. M. Hawthorne also sent a letter an
nouncing that he was decidedly opposed
to the closing of the school, and would
do all he could to prevent it.
Aid. Bell said there was, or rather
he had, no fear that the West side high
school would be closed. He had talked
with President Zimmerman, of the
BOARD of education, and had been in
1oTmed that, if the board could get the
: sal 1000 which had been set apart for
new buildings and sites, the branch
high schools would not be closed.
w. r. Shaw advanced the opinion
that the central high school was TIL,
better one, and that the Humboldt high
school should be closed. His statement
was greeted with Kisses and groans
from the pupils Of the school, who were
present in numbers.
ProfS. Bryant and F'arnsworth Rev.
S. G. Arnett, j. III. jacobson and Rev.
R. NJ Avison followed, and each spoke
against the closing of the school. Rev.
William Ochler presented figures show
ans that the capacity of the central
Der Of pupils attending the
-cbcol was 900 The, pupiys at