The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-12
FIRST WARD WANTS
A NEW HIGH SCHOOL
Mass Meeting Appoints Com
mittee of II to Wait on
School Board Tonight.

At the First ward mass meeting held
| last evening in Salvation Army hall,
913 Payne avenue, under the auspices
OF the improvement association, it was
| decided to ask for the erection of a new
| high school building in a section that
| would accommodate the First and
Second wards and parts of the Third
and Ninth wards, and the effort to be-
| gin fight on Supt. A. j. Smith was
| sidetracked.
1t had been previously agreed that
| the differences that are alleged to ex-
| list between the people and the super
| intendent should not be aired In the
contest for the new school building,
and with this understanding Prof. s..
A. Farnsworth, principal of the Cleve-
land high school, made the principal
address of the evening.
In reviewing the history of the
school, Prof. Farnsworth said that 1877
pupils had graduated since 1897, when
the first class had completed its stu
dies, and this year the class was larger
than ever before, this having been ac-
complished in spite of the fact that
| there had been an almost continual
agitation for the adjustment Of the
school. He did not believe that the
question would be fully settled until
a permanent high school building is
erected in the ward. He continued:
May Misconstrue Statistics.
Statistics can sometimes be con-
strued in an unfair manner In figur-
ing the per capita cost of high school
education in the city the cost of sup
pines and fixtures have been included,
when 1t is a well known fact that the
cost per pupil in a large school for
such purposes is much less than in a
small school. In a school of from $50
TO zoo pupils the per capita cost is
from So to Sc, and in large school of
1000 or more from 81 to 50, but it is
well known fact that educational adj
Vantages are greater in the small
school. Another feature of the discus
sion is that a janitor is charged to the
Cleveland high school, whereas it
would be necessary to have two jan
TORS, even though the high school is
not in the building.
1T is well Known fact that in small
colleges a greater per cent of the
pupils receive an adequate education
than in the big universities, and this
argument applies to the high schools.
The high schools are a distinctive
product of the West, such institutions
Ac1N4A16 DSSu 1nIIOuuCSu mere IOuB D0-
fore such was the case in New York
city, and the West is justly proud of
the result that has been attained
through the schools. I believe that 1t
is the purpose of the people to in
crease the number and efficiency of
such schools, and as the Cleveland
high school is distinctly your institu-
ton, leave the subject with you, be-
lieving that you will, as you have in
tho iCf fhaf f10 foi T1o n
Lindahl Favors New Building.
Alex. Lindahl, school inspector, said
that he was in favor of the erection of
a new high school building in a sec
ton of the ward that would accommo-
date a couple of hundreds students
who are now attending the Central
high school, this plan permitting of the
use of the high school quarters in the
Cleveland building for grade purposes
He thought that if a building suited to
the purposes is erected it would be at
once filled with pupils, who will no
longer have the excuse that the Central
high possesses better facilities.
$50 far as my attitude is concerned"
said Mr.. Lindahl, 1.-The Cleveland high
school will not be taken from this sec
ton of the city with my vote, but
believe that this meeting should de-
clare in favor Of a definite plan and
send to the hearing before the school
board tomorrow evening strong COM
mittee."
Edward Peterson said that he had
talked with number of representa-
tives of the city administration, and
did not believe that the school is in
any danger of being removed, and that,
in fact, so far as ne could learn, the
movement for the erection of a new
building was favored. He thought that
the suggestion of locating the new high
school in the lower part of the ward
was a good one, and would result in
| overcoming the crowded condition of
the Central high school.
Committee Is Appointed.
| The other speakers were: Judge J.
| w. Finehout, Emil Skog, B. s. Osgood,
| l.. W. Fahlgren, David Hammergren,
| Victor Sundberg and H. H. Blinn, all of
| whom expressed sentiments in favor
| of the erection of a new building at
some point that would best accommo-
| date the greatest number of pupils,
| the result being that the following
named were made committee to ap-
| pear before the school inspectors and
| ask that such be done:
! Emil Skog, chairman; John Kronga-
| BILE, Frank Holcomb, Victor Sundberg
| Theo. Nelson, Swan Ponthan, John E
Holt. Charles E. Nyberg, H. H. Blinn
| David Hammergren, L. w. Fahlgren
]. w. Finehout, G. A. Oberg, F. G,
| Nelson, A. Abramson, Louis Ferguson
| c. E. Hillstrom, A. D. Nelson, August
Beckman, G. S. Berg, John o. Linden
Adolph- Skooglund, DR.. Whitney, John
o. Lee, Edward Peterson, Otto .Froi-
seth, Swan Anderson and Andrew
Berg
The outcome is in effect the same as
that of the other meeting held in DIR
Earl's office Tuesday evening, and the
committee was instructed to act with