The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-04-26
ELECTED PRESIDENT.
DR.. E. w. BOhannOn at the Head
of Duluth Normal.
State Normal Board Chooses Him Over
Tw, nty Other Candidates For
the Position.

The state normal school board held
special meeting Saturday at st.
Paul and elected DR.. Eugene w.
Bohannon Of this city president of the
Duluth normal school, at a salary of
So, 500 year. There were about
twenty applicants for the position, the
names of whom were not divulged by
the members of the board The num-
Der of ballots taken was also kept Sc
cret. DR.. Bohannon was finally elect
ed. He had the best recommendations
from men of rank in educational
circles in this and the eastern states.
DR.. Bohannon is thirty-five years of
age. He graduated from the Indiana
state normal school in the class of
1887. He received the A B. degree
from the university of Indiana in 1890,
and the A. M. degree in 1892. He spent
three years. 1S95-1S9S, at Clark uni
versity at Worcester, Mass, in study
for the degree of doctor of philosophy.
He has served three years in the nor
NAL school in this city. his work being
psychology and pedagogy and director
of the training department. He is
eminently qualified for the position,
and his Mankato friends are pleased to
know that his ability has been recog-
nlzed, while regretting to lose him
and his estimable bride In acquiring
this family, Duluth will be a gamer
in every way. The success Of it's nor
NAL school, which opens for the first
time Sept. list, is assured from the
start
DR.. Bohannon and wife w5re in st.
Paul Saturday, leaving Sunday morn
ing for the east. Members Of the nor
NAL board called on the former at the
hotel and informed him of his cleo
tion. He gave them his acceptance
and expressed his pleasure at his cleo
ton.
The normal board, at it's meeting
Saturday, also unanimously adopted a
resolution placing the board under the
control of the state board of control.
This puts an end to all talk of testing
the validity of certain portions of
the law creating the state board of
control so far as the normal school
board is concerned.
AS the law was originally drawn it
placed all penal and reformatory insti-
buttons under the management Of the
state board of control. 1t was then
amended to include state educational
institutions so far as super visory con-
troll of financial matters When the
bill was finally passed the title was not
changed to include the educatio nal in
situations, and therefore, as regards
them, SO it is argued, it was void,
and had the members of the st ate nor
NAL school board seen fit to take the
matter into court it is claimed that
the defective title would have been
sufficient to keep the board from under
the direction of the state board of
control.
The subject was the first matter
taken up after the meeting had been
called to order by Chairman Ankeny
and was thoroughly discussed for sew
eral hours.
The following committee was ap-
pointed to confer and make arrange
ments with the state superintendent
concerning summer normal work: w.
B. Mitchell of st. Cloud, G. H. Clark
of Mankato, and G. A. Nye of Moor
head. 1t is likely that the co mmittee
will decide to hold summer normal
schools at Mankato and ST. Cloud this
year.
The following committee was ap-
pointed, with power to secure plans,
specifications and bids for repairs and
| new work at the Mankato normal
school: Geo. Fl. Clark, chairman, W.
| S. Hammond of ST. James, and A T.
Ankeny of Minneapolis.