The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-09
Are Charitable Institutions


to the educational institutions, which
/, shall apply to the institutions as provfd-
ed by the terms of the gift or bequesr
Are Charitable Institutions.
Then after some further discussion of
the law. as to the powers of the board.
the answer alleges:
That the state normal schools are and
ever have been charitable institutions
that the first three normal schools were
for the free education and preparation of
teachers for teaching in the public
schools of the state; that by the terms
Of that act $1,000 was appropriated for
the use of each school, but the S., 600 for
each school could not be made available
until there had been donated to the state
of Minnesota for that particular school
5000 in money and lands, or $1,000 IN
buildings and the support of professors
and teachers. Other conditions were at
tached, among them that the schools
should be located in healthful localities
and convenient to the use of the public
schools; that students should engage to
become teachers in the public schools for
a given length of time.
Under these circumstances many char
itably disposed persons donated over 200
acres of land in Winona county, and
over % plated lots in Winona upon
condition that the first normal school
be located there In addition to this
from $50 to $500 each in money to the in
stitution and many other charitable per-
sons donated books to the number of
nearly LOO volumes, with maps, ETC., to
donated $4,000 for the use of the school
in the free education of teachers.
When the second normal school was es-
tablished at Mankato in 1866, the citi-
zens donated $1,000 in money and large
amount of valuable land. Similar dona-
tons were made at ST. Cloud and at
Moorhead. S. G.. Comstock. being char
itably inclined, donated large tract Of
land to be used as a site for the fourth
normal school located at that place. At
Duluth too citizens donated tract of
very valuable land for the fifth normal
school.
To still further show the character of
the normal schools as charitable institu-
tons it is stated that prior to 1886 more
than 5000 books had been donated to
those schools then in existence.
As to State Expenditure.
The question of stat expenditure for
installation and maintenance of normal.
schools is reviewed somewhat in detail
and it is shown that there has thus far
been appropriated by the state total
of 1902, 14440. on account of the normal
schools.
AS to the financial management of the
schools under the state normal board,
it is shown that for the past fifteen
years the cost of operating these nor
NAL schools has each year exceeded the
amount appropriated by the legislature,
and the legislature has regularly been
obliged to make q deficiency appropria-
ton for each of said years, as follows:
For 1887, s., 665 so; 1888, $1,69291; 1889,
$3.50 -; 1890, s4555. &c. 1891, !. $S5l7 49, 1892
81, 461 So; 1886 s5.6s999; 1881, $s,21515; 1888,
81, 939 A; 1899, $6,727.34;s 1906, s554.94 1901,
1895 80, making a total. appropriation for
such deficiencies, 81. 5546l
THE answer directs attention to law
of 1873, which requires that the state
normal schools shall live within the ap-
preparations made for: them, and the re-
enactment of that same clause in 1877;
and expresses the belief that the board
of control act was passed largely for the
reason that the normal board had from
year to year been disregarding the pro-
visions of law and mourning Indebtedness
in excess of its appropriations.
Usurpation Is Denied.
1t is denied that the board of control
has usurped the offices of the normal
board members, or interfered with them.
1t is also denied that the board of con-
troll has exercised or attempted to exer-
else any right or franchise, to make or
execute contracts for the erection or re-
pair of buildings for the use of the nor
NAL schools
1t is denied that the board of control
claimed the right to say how text books
should be purchased, except that it re-
fused to allow retail stores for the sale
of books to be established at any of the
schools, or the purchase of books TO be
resold or loaned to pupils because the
legislature had made no appropriation for
the purpose, and the book estimates sub
mitted by the institutions were not item
lied, so the board had not sufficient def
mite information upon which to act.
In conclusion the reply goes into de-
tails, and shows that conditions were at
tached to the vouchers sent in connection
with the Duluth normal school which the
board of control could not approve, and
at the request of Secretary Olsen, of the
normal board, they were returned.
Chairman Leayitt was the only member
of the board of control present at the
hearing, and the normal board was rep
resented by President Ankeny and Sec
rotary Olsen. Senators Young, of Apple
ton, and Stockton, of Faribault, were pres
ent part of the time.
After Mr.. Richardson's motion to dis
miss had been denied, he proceeded to the