The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04
WILL BE PUNISHED.
Young Men Ransack High School
Building.
School Board Votes to Admit No Scholars
Next Week Who Have Not
Been Vaccinated.

The session of the school board last
evening was not very long one, but it
was enlivened by pyrotechnic dis
play of oratory by Capt. Keysorz that
quite surprised everyone by its warmth
and eloquence The matter came up
over report of serious infraction of
the rules by some high school boys,
made by Supt. Uline. Only five of the
members of the board were present,
Mrs. Smith and Messrs. Fletcher and
Webster being absent.
Mr.. Uline reported that the high
school building had been broken into
by force by some boys of the school
one night two days before the holiday
vacation began. He wished to have
the boys punished, as it would be for
the good of the school to do So They
should be made to feel that the public
has something to say when its property
is broken into and defaced. He sug-
gested that a committee be appointed
to meet the boys and to act with the
superintendent in devising some means
to punish these boys. He suggested
that Capt Keysor be a member of the
committee.
Some one asked what the purpose of
the boys was in breaking into the
building, and Mr.. Uline replied that
it was deviltry.
No one seemed willing to make a
motion to back up the superintendent
in whatever action he might take, or
even to carry out his request.
1t was then that Capt. Keysor arose
and broke the dead silence with his
eloquence. He said that there should
be someone to enforce discipline in the
school. The board had known for
some time that the high school build
ing had been entered. Not long ago
some of the ''high bloods" of the city
came to the building and had a dance
there. He had always been opposed
to throwing the building open for the
young people to desecrate. He had
favored the gymnasium, although his
own gymnastic experience had been
confined to the lumber camps and the
farm. In the present day there have
to be gymnasiums, and he had helped
to equip one, although sometimes it
had gone against his grain. The high
school building cost much money and
is good one. The board pays for a
superintendent and supposes that he
will enforce discipline.
Continuing, Capt. Keysor said that
when the janitor had reported that the
building had been entered, he had or
dered new Yale lock and had sent
Capt. Holmes, who is most high
minded and trustworthy man, to put
it on. Under the instruction received
in this school, the boys stole the keys
from the lock before it could be screw
ed on. "What kind of condition of
things is that2" asked the speaker
1.-THE boys have the keys and the
building is open to the public, to these
high falluting, harum scarum fellows,
and they can do as they please with
it. If we cannot have discipline, let
us close up the schools and send the
children home and not hav them
come here to learn to steal.
President Davis remarked to Capt
Keysor that Supt. Uline has just asked
the board to act in the matter
Capt. Keysor replied that it was the
business of the superintendent to act
and the board to support him.
Mr.. Uline said that this was just
what he wanted. He did not care to
act unless he knew that he was going
to have the backing of the board.
Again there was pause, apparently
no one liking to have the board as
sumo responsibility in the matter.
President Davis said that the matter
would lie in the hands of the superin-
tendent unless the board chose to act
on it, and here the matter was dropped.
President Davis called attention to