The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-06
METHODS OF BOARD
OF CONTROL ARE
CRITICIZED
Citizens Assure
Legislative Committees
That the Normal Schools
Should Be Removed From
the Management of the
TriumVirate.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
WINONA, Mimi, Feb. 5.-The mem-
bers of the legislative normal school
committees arrived here this evening at
9: 40 over the North Western road from
Mankato, where they today inspected
the normal school at that place.
Tomorrow they will devote the day
to the Winona normal school. The first
two hours will be devoted to visitation
of classes and from 10 to II the entire
school and visitors will assemble ana
the requests of the school from the leg
islature viii be presented by President
j. f. Millspaugh.
Appropriations are desired for a new
roof for the main building and to in
stall a separate heating plant Appro-
priations for both these objects were
made two years ago, but the amount
allowed was insufficient so nothing
has been done. An appropriation of
100000 is desired to secure a site for
normal home.
Following the presentation of the
needs of the school it is expected
number of the visitors will make ad-
dresses. A number of prominent citi-
zens of Winona will attend the exer-
cises.
Satisfied With Mankato.
| The legislative inspection party left
Mankato this afternoon weTl pleased
with the normal school and its arrange
ments and with few of tke legislators
rather favorably inclined toward more
liberal appropriations.
A majority of the members of the
joint normal school committee visited
a normal school today for the first time,
and If the faculties and student bodies
Of the other schools make as good i'm
pressions on the lawmakers as resulted
from the Mankato visit, the normal
board will find warm champions in ia
Vor of removing their schools from the
financial anagement of the state
board of control among the committee
men of both houses.
President Cooper, cross questioned
by members of the committee this
morning, skillfully parried all ques-
tions calculated to make him declare
against the board OF control, and Di-
rector Clark was particularly anxious
to guard against the dissemination of
any idea of friction between the board
of control and the normal board
Citizens of Mankato and persons
directly interested in the school were
not so reticent about the board of con-
troll, and it would be hard to find any
friend of the Mankato school who does
not heartily favor the Morley bill. re-
moving the state educational institu-
tiOnS from the management of the tri-
umvirate.
The advocates of the board of con-
troll system argue that the law gives
that board only financial supervision
of the institutions. The friends Of the
schools point out that financial man
agement means dictation Of educa-
tlonal policy, as suggestions of the ed
ucatorS may be turned down for finan-
cial reasons and the money used in
different channels.
A case in point illustrates this quite
comprehensively. Last year the man
agement of the Mankato school saved
$3.50 from the legislative appropriation
Figuring on a similar saving this year,
teacher of physical culture was en-
pIoyed, and one or two other important
additions to the teaching staff made,
with the idea that the salaries could
be met from the savings. The board of
control promptly decided that the $3.50
saved reverted to the general fund and
confscated 1T. The teachers have
been hired and must be paid at the ex-
pense of some other department
A manual training department was
denied by the board of control. be
cause the legislative appropriation bill
training" and other schools We're ana
bled to institute the department denied
the Mankato institution.
The committee got hold of these bits
of information by hunting for them,
and they will undoubtedly have their
effect.
The visit to the school this morning
was thoroughly enjoyed by the mem
bers of the legislative party, and ap-
parently enjoyed quite as much by the
student body and the members of the
faculty, who left undone nothing that
would add to the comfort and pleasure
of the "junketers."
The party was taken to the school in
time to participate in the opening ex-
ercises or chapel" at 9:20, and then
spent an hour in a tour of investiga-
ton. The students were again as
sembled in the chapel at II o'clock to
listen to the address of welcome de-
livered by Mayor Currier and speeches
by Senators A. o. Eberhardt, F. H.
Peterson and Henry Barker, and Rep
resentatives George W. Armstrong, B.
S. Bennett and H. E. Fryberger
Van Smith.