The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-11
TEACHERS MUSE Go WITHOUT RE
PORTS OF THE MINNESOTA EDU-
CATIONAL SOCIETY,
so SECRETARY BERG SAYS.
TELLS PROF.. BOND THE STATE is
$4,000 IN DEBT FOR
PRINTING.
NO MONEY, NO MORE REPORTS.
A Condition of Things Which the
Ten Thousand Teachers Will Not
BE Pleased to Hear.

There may be 49, 900 educators in the
state from the learned and dignifed
normal school president to the demure
little miss who presides over the one
little room in the little red school house.
There may be only 10000, but, how
ever many there are, within a week a
majority Of them will be duly camped
upon the trail of Albert Berg, secre-
tary of state.
Mr.. Berg is suspected Of attempting
to shield himself from the blame which
attaches to a matter in which every
teacher in the state has an active in
terest. The state printing commission,
OF which he is a member, has refused
to print the annual report Of the pro-
ceedlngs of the Minnesota Educational
association, but it is probable that Mr..
Berg will be asked to make some ex-
PLANTATION as to where he draws the
line in printing those of the current
reports which have not yet appeared
in type.
1t u be understood that the last
session OF the Legislature enacted a
law, approved Feb. ~, 1896, which pro-
vides that the state printing commits
sion is authorized and required to pub
l1sh annually as public matter 5000
copies Of the annual report of the Min
nesota Educational association. The
law further provides that copy for the
report shall be furnished the state
printer not later tina Feb. Is, and that
the report when once printed shall be
distributed through the state by the
executive committee of the association
rms year, unless the commission
changes its decision or the legislature
makes special appropriation, the teach
eFs VINO every a receive and read
the papers and other interesting mat
ter IN these reports will not get them.
II AL came about in this wise. Prof
y. II. Bond, general secretary Of the as
Soc1at1on, visited the office of the state
printer a week or more ago armed
Wlth his copy of the report. He saw
poth whitney and Berg. The state
printer looked over the copy and ad-
VIsed condensation, as the matter was
somewhat bulky. Mr.. Bond went home,
cut Off all he could Of the matter. and
visited the capitol again Tuesday.
Mr.. Berg had said the week before
that he did not think he could publish
the report as there was no money
available for the purpose and the state
was at the present time something
like $4,000 in debt for general state
printing. The commission was gotten
together consisting of Auditor Dunn,
Treasurer Koerner and Secretary Berg,
and Mr.. Bono made his request to
the members. He was told that the
committee had conferred about the
matter and that the report would not
be published unless the legislature saw
fit to make a special appropriation. 1t
was Mr.. Berg who made this explana-
ton, as Mr.. Bond supposes. or the
/ part of the whole committee.
Mr.. Bond said he thought 10,000
teachers in the state had some rights
and suggested that if refused a printed
report by the secretary of state, they
would ascertain if there were not some
other way Of accomplishing the result.
The reports have been printed since
the act Of 1885 went into effect, al
though last year Mr.. Bond says his
number Of copies was cut down from
5000, the number provided by law. to
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