River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-01-13
NORMAL NOTES
Sounded by the Other Fellows.

NORMAL NOTES
Sounded by the Other Fellows.
The Board Of Regents have decided
to rebuild the Normal School at River
Falls A wise, just and righteous de-
cision.-PoH County Press.
River Falls will keep the Normal
| school, which is right and proper.
Tie movement to remove the same
to Eau Claire was rejected Superior
Hare, Jan /.
Little River Falls is to be deprived
Of her one lamb BY cities having cat
tie on thousand hills. That little
place should not be thus despoiled.
The Board Of Regents should prompt
" announce its purpose to rebuild at
River Falls and thus stop the conten-
tion which is springing up.-1uaaito-
zoe Pilot Dem.
The decision Of tie Board Of Nor
NAL Regents last week to rebuild the
school at River Fails "as soon as
| practicable, will have an excellent
effect In assuring the stability of all
state institutions. If the precedent
i set Of moving them whenever their
buildings burn it viii virtually put
them all on wheels Hhaouatef Regis
10, Dec 80.
The citizens of River Falls have for
twenty years Loyalty supported the
school. The institution was there con
Quoted with success. The attend
ance increased year BY year until dur
ing tile last years every available inch
of space from the basement to the
roof was necessarily used for school
purposes. Jn view Of these facts it
will be hard to find any valid reason
why the school should he removed
from our sister city Nenomo0 1lmcs.
River Falls is one Of the most desfr-
able places for a normal school In the
state 1t is beautifully situated and
| has highly moral and law abiding
class of citizens. Its sanitary arrange
ments are the very best. making the
little city one Of the cleanest and
healthiest in the state. One great
point in favor Of River Falls, and one
upon which too much stress cannot be
laid, is the almost total absence of evil |
Influences for the growing youth who
attend the school Too much consid- |
GRAFTON cannot be given this cardinal |
virtue. Elaeord, Gleaacr.
A stab at River Falls is stab at |
the whole st. Croix Valley. The Nor |
NAL school is the only public institu-
tion in this part of tile state and if it |
goes, there is no human probability Of |
this region ever getting another state |
building Of any kind Tits the only |
distinctiyely rural Normal school in
Wisconsin and to move it to a |
populous city would be a Migrant |
triumph Of might over right The |
country should resent such an on
slaught Of municipal power and rally !
to the support Of the weak against |
the strong, if the stealing process CON
tinues. Hudson Star and Times.
The state board Of regents Of Nor
NAL schools held a meeting at Madi- |
son, Wednesday, and, among other |
things, considered the question Of re-
building the Normal at River Falls. |
A large delegation was present from |
Eau Claire and strong appeal was |
made to locate the school at that |
place. but the board wisely decided to |
rebuild at River Falls This is as it |
should be and the action Of the board |
will receive general commentator.
The work Of construction will begin !
at once and the new building made |
ready for the school by next fall
Dunn County Naas.
We most heartily congrat ulate
River Falls upon the action Of the
State Board Of Normal School Re-
gents, at Madison yesterday Tie |
yote-eight for rebuilding in River /
Fails. and three opposed We were
IN telephone connection with our
sister city last evening, and enjoyed |
with them the ringing Of the bells |
and the bontires and the hilarity suit
cd to the occasion The school be-
longed to River Falls by bonus right |
Of twenty years standing, and any at
tempt to deprive that city Of it's pur-
chase right and ownership, in her mis-
fortune, would he high and red hand
ed, to say the least. The school is
rightly located in every sense: sani-
tary. scenic. away from noise, hustle
and hustle, convenient, central, and |
withal as accessible as need be. We |
know that we reflect the almost unan-
imous sentiment Of our people when
we send cordial congratulations Re
psjljcaa New Richmond
The seeming attempt Of some cit |
les Of the state to snatch the State |
Normal from River Falls should not |
succeed. When the school was To- |
Gated in River Falls. way back in the |
seventies, that town met all the re-
quirements Of the Board Of Regents
and only by meeting these require |
ments, in the shape Of substantial |
money bonus and site, did it secure |
the school. The institution has |
thrived and flourished in that COM |
munity and while unpretentious and |
unassuming 1t has always been a cred |
it to the state and its product will |
compare very favorably with that OF |
other state institutions Of its kind.
The city is admirably adapted for the |
location Of a Normal School and its |
people as a whole make up COM
munity where young people may be
sent away from home with less temp |
tations to immortality and vice than |
in many Of the places who would now
take advantage Of the recent mis-
fortune and rob the handsome little |
city Of its just and fair rights. Let |
the State Normal be rebuilt at River