The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-12
SCHOOL BOARD GRANTS RE-
QUEST OF MADISON SCHOOL
PROPERTY OWNERS
NO MANUAL TRAINING
ROOMS ARE TO BE BUILT
Franklin School Walls Are in Danger
OF Falling Down and the Board Au-
thorizes Their Repair to Prevent the
Necessity of Closing the School Next
Year.

lty OF Madison school against the ac-
tlon OF the school board in deciding to
pulld a two-room frame building on
the site of the Madison school was
more than successful yesterday. 1t re-
suited not only in the resembling OF
the boards decision, but saved the
board $4,000, proved that there was no
dlfference of opinion between President
Holman and Director Fry on the cues
tlon OF manual training, and possibly
aVerted the closing of the Franklin
school next year. At least it very ma
terially aided all these things.
AS told in yesterdays Globe. an
organized protest was decided on by
property owners around the Madison
school, and delegation of about thir-
ty yesterday appeared before the board
at special meeting and formally en-
tered their protest. The arguments adj
Vanced were in the main the same as
given in T e Glob e yesterday.
Knox Taylor, w. G. Webster, c. J..
DOnahoWer, DR.. J. 3. BrimhaIl and sew
eral others spoke briefly, outlining their
objections to the proposed erection of
frame building on the Madison school
SITE They said that there was too little
vacant land about the school at it was.
ana the erection of the proposed build
ing would do away with the only beau
W spot on the grounds. They thought
as general proposition that green
spots around school buildings should be
preserved, as they were too few, and
they believed that other adjoining lots
would De equally as advanta geouS for
the proposed building as the one select
ed The frame building put on the
corner of the school site would be an
eyeSore, 1t would shout out the light
from the school rooms, and it would
spoil what little beauty the site pos
SeSSed. They submitted that the mem
bers of the board would not permit
Such building to be erected on their
lawns, and they should not permit it to
spoil the beauty of a school lawn. They
oeclared that the sentiment against it
was unanimous in that neighborhood.
and assured the board that if the mem
oers would visit the school they would
themselves agree that the building
should not be put up at that place.
Women Oppose 1t.
Mrs. Hamilton said the women were
all opposed to the scheme, and she
thought that the women of the Civic
league would have little encourage
raent to prosecute their work if the
beautiful tress about the city were to
be cut down, as they had been on the
Madison school corner and the city's
beauty spots despoiled
Ihere was no spirit of bitterness in
the protest, all the speakers saying that
they only wished to present what they
deemed reasonable request, and leave
the decision entirely to the board with
out any attempt at coercion.
When the delegation had gone Presi-
dent Holman said that the board
should certainly not force this building
on the people when they did not wish
1T. Director Fry was of the same opin-
ion. The board was of the unanimous
opinion that, if possible, the request
ought to be granted at once.
Board Rescinds Action.
PRESIDENT Holman then came back to
his original proposition of last week,
that with the complete manual training
equipment of the Central high school,
where there was sufficient room, the
board could get alcng this year without
additional room for manual training
work, even if it was not so handy for
some OF the pupils. Director Fry said
that was just what he had believed all
along. This sudden discovery, that the
apparent difference of opinion between
President Holman and Director Fry at
last meeting was but a misunderstand-
Ing, made the rest easy
Mr.. Fry, who had presented the res
Madison site, moved it's reconsidera-
ton and the board then rescinded it's
action.
Franklin School Dangerous.
Director Savard then called the at
tention of the board to the fact that
the Franklin school needed immediate
attention; that it's front wall was so
dangerously near to falling in that it
had been found necessary to tempOr-
arily brace it to prevent a catastrophe.
This must at once be repaired or the
building must be closed next year. The
repairs, ac~ ording to estimate, will cost
$4,000 The other members of the
board agreed that it would never do to
have the Franklin school closed, and
it would never do to open it without
repairing it, as the walls might tumble
and kill all the children, and inasmuch
as the board had just saved $4,000 by
it's action, the members had no objec-
ton to instructing the committee on
buildings to at once arrange for fixing
the Franklin school.