The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-29
TO ACCEPT ST.. OLAF'S
COUNCIL OF UNITED CHURCH
FINALLY SETTLES THE SCHOOL
QUESTION:
FAVOR SEPARATE SCHOOLS
Seminary voted to minneapolis,
Where a site viii BE Selected
and a Building Erected as Soon
Some Feeling Develops During
the Discussion on the Subject.

the Discussion on the Subject.
The council OF, the United church in its
sessions yesterday, considered the school
question again and finally disposed of 1t
for the present by voting to accept St.
Olaf college at Mortified. which has been
operated under the care of tho denomina-
ton for several years, as the college of
the council neconnection with the new
seminary. The proposal for separate
schools was carried through the council
by an overwhelming majority and the
seminary was voted to Minneapolis. A
site will be chosen and a building erect
ed as soon as the arrangements can be
made.
The morning session opened with a
largo attendance and the school question
was again brought up as the first order
Of businesses. The entire forenoon was
devoted to tho debate on the question of
whether the institution to be organized
should combine the college and seminary,
or whether the two schools should be
kept separate. The delegation in favor
of accepting st. Olaf college were much
In evidence and Rev. Johann Olson, Of
St, Ansgar, 10, took an early opportunity
councifs college there. He also desired
the choice Of Mortified for the seminary
and gave a detailed account OF the all
Vantages Of the city for educational pur-
poses. Considerable attention was de-
voted in his argument. to the difficulties
brought forth at q previous session re-
gardtng the transfer of the St. Olaf prop
erty to the council. The institution has
been controlled by a corporal ton and as
an objection to it's Admission as the col
lege OF the. council, the question of
whether safe and legal transfer of the
property could be Obtained was raised.
Rev. Olson was optimistic In his views
and characterized the objections put forth
as 1nconSequent and immaterial
Inc only sensation Of the morning was
but small one In its way and was
sprung by Rev F. A Schmidt. The
clergyman gained recognition in order
TO present his views and opened a scath-
ing harrangue; IN which he branded the
Twin Cities az utterly unfit locations for
Christian edtfeati6nal institutions. He
ceheVed that the air of large city was
INJURIOUS to Christian development and
held that the life which students would
be exposed to, would wear ont their
nerves. distract their attention from the
serious things OF their lives, prevent their
fullest development in their schola stic
pursuits and prove IN the end most nm
desirable. He, believed that students
could pursue their work much more har
mon1ously fn'osuch a city as Northfield
and that the Lord had placed that cf+u
In a.;favorable spot for school r,3rnoSas
lie thought it unwise ard unsafe to tam
per with His manifest plans
Inc transfer Of tine ST Olaf nronertv
as proposed at the previous DAYS SEES
SION, was branded as dishonorabla hy
n.ev. nj g Holm. He declared 1t to be
utterly wrong and foolish. ST do NOT
see, he declared; how we ran vota for
suen5ca plan and not feel; a sense of
shame" This statement met With +ba
entlre- dlsappra voi=Sof Rev j. N. KiIdaI
VINO stated that he. found that he co,11d
vote for the transfer with a clear cor
SCIENCE; lie ADVOCATED the choice of Min
neapoiis as the location of the seminarv
me. ADMISSION of st, Olaf as the college
80 bo Inc councif ENG the policy Of keeping
mat the transfer Of the property could he
inaae without difficulty and ina perfectly
honorable way, by substituting in tbe
81 az, ,ioteS u Incorporation, the word conn
Gil Tor corporation" as at presc,innt
Goulsel Halle Stensland gave a legal
tbn resarelng the transfer, and stated
mat ne believed In having tho +u,o ~.
st1tutions together AS he cjosed %,e III
marks. Rev. j. E. Nord gained the 49,.
Gnu proposed that both the college ana
SEMINARY De placed under the MANAGE
.ieHt' ddd located on twenty-acre natcb
Oh ground somewhere in the Twin Citias
AZ al THIS 1uncture there were MANY cries
Ior vote on the question. President
[1oyme dlsregarded. them for some time
out upon their becoming very prononncad
rose IN his chair and declared that In
case vote were urged without fur
tner consideration, and while the conn
Gil were still perceptably divided. he
WouIo WithdraW as chairman Of the meet
ing. rms measure, silenced the contend
ing factions and qniet was restored. The
debate was again reopened. and many
desuitory arguments were made. Just at
the close Of the morning session a mo-
ton was introduced to the effect that
the vote on the question be postponed m
I'll another year. This did not meet with
approval, and the motion was tabled In
definately - r.
The opening Of the afternoon session
witnessed a continuance OF the mornings
arguments. More sthan twenty Of the
members of the council presented argu
ments against Having the new institutions
in the cities. tie Basis of the debate be-
ing the same practically in all cases. 1t
was the general opin1on of those advocat-
ing this view that cities were immoral,
unfit for mental training grounds and
thoroughly Objectionable. The number Of