The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-06-16
A FEW CHANGES.
Normal Board Elects the Corps
of Teachers.
A Ninth Grade Added to the Mode
School..-Fiye Cuban Pupils Msy be
Received.

Inc state normal board at its meet
ing in st. Paul Friday elected
teachers for the various schools and
transacted much other business. The
board organized by electing Mr.. Ankeny
president, and standing committees
We're appointed as follows;
Executive Mitchell, Clark, Morey,
Nye
Finance and Accounts = Hammond,
Phelps, Norby, Lewis
Teachers-For Winona, Morey, Ham
mond, Lewis, Ankeny; for Mankato,
Clark Lewis Hammond, 'Ankeny; for
st. Cloud, Mitchell, Phelps, Norby,
Ankeny; for Moorhead, Nye, Norby,
Phelps, Ankeny,
Text Books and Course of Study
Phelps, Lewis, Hammond Norby.
Legislation Lewis, Hammond,
Phelps, Norby.
The report prepared by the presidents
on the course of study was presented.
1t aims to cover the same ground in
high school studies as the high schools
do and add something more than one
years work in theory and practice of
teaching.
Mr.. Phelps objected to four years of
Latin. There were any number OF SUBJ
jects that were better worth the time,
science especially. And if they wanted
languages, Spanish was more profitable.
Too much study of Latin fosters habits
of thought and predisposes to methods
unfavorable to the spirit and processes
that should be found in such school.
The course as recommended shuts out
valuable subjects, leaves no room for
manual training and is inconsistent
with the purpose to devote the schools
to professional training and leaves
academic work in other agencies.
The report was adopted.
Supt. Lewis objected to the list Of
text books on which entrance require
ments were to be based He would add
several others. Mr.. Mitchell was more
pronounced; he thought it was giving
the books named too great advertising.
President Ankeny would not name any
books at all.
President Lord insisted that it was
necessary to be explicit. The commit
tee had reached an agreement only by a
series of concessions and if the board
began to revise the list they would
never get to decision. The report was
adopted with request that the COM
mittee indicate the standards in some
other way.
The four presidents were re elected,
J. F. Millspaugh, of Winona, Z. h.
Cooper, of Mankato, George R. Klee-
berger, of St. Cloud and F. A. Weld,
of Moorhead.
Lists of teachers were adopted on the
report Of the resident directors. The
salary roll amounts to about $50, 600 at
Winona; 500, 900 at Mankato, ranging
from 1915 to 81, 800 ;S21 900 at st. Cloud,
ranging from 500 to $1,000, and S15,
900 at Moorehead ranging from $500 tc
81, 800
Supt. Lewis wanted to know if the
schools had enough margin under thell
lists He didn't want to see the school:
stop because the money ran out, and ne
understood they were figuring on Ger
tain receipts from tuition and sale o.
books which were contingent.
Mr.. Morey confessed to close figuring
but he was reasonably sure they hat
allowed enough to see them through
barring an exceptionally severe winter
and he was willing to take chances OF
having to shorten the term. The schools
than had continuous sessions have drop
ned two or three teachers on that &C
count, and they have assumed smalle
attendance on account of abolishing tn
Q class.
A resolution by Mr.. Phelps wa
adopted authorizing each president t.
accept five Cuban pupils, in the inter
ests of good government in the new de
tendencies, impossible without educa
tion.
A report on model schools was wovel
into a resolution. 1t was voted to max
the model school contain nine grades il
each school, and DIS there were no
enough pupils to go round the presi
dents should be authorized to reduc
the tuition fees in the grades wher
thew were short of material. In Winon
in one grade there are twenty teacher
topractice on twelve poor little children
The rates vary from $40 to Sl2 yeal
and if they were lowered the member
think they could get enough pupil
without decreasing the receipts. MI
Hammond didn't believe it could o
done without authority OF the boarc
and after that was discussed thoroughly
if was decided that the presidents woul
be safe in announcing their terms an
assuming that the board'would ratlf
them. President Ankeny didn't thin
there ought to be such thing as
charge for tuition in public institr
ton, anyway.
Winona reported 1O6 candidates 10
graduation and Mankato "a. st. Clou
has already graduated "a and Moor