The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-27
SPANISH LANGUAGE
| At A DISCOUNT
Prof. A. De v. Quesada Turned
Down on Proposal TO Teach
Its Beauties


A lengthy executive session of the
committee on schools was. the principal
feature of the regular monthly meet
ing of the school board at the city hall
last night.
The board received communication
from State Superintendent J. w. Oh
sen, concerning the granting Of special
aid to the Ct. Paul Teachers training
school. The board had previously sent
q request for aid to the state high
school board, the regular apportion-
ment of $3.50 for the training school,
having been stricken from the list in
anticipation of insufficient funds.
Supt. Olson replied that he personally
was in favor of granting the aid, but
that he could not speak for the mem
bers of the state board. The school
board. however, is Of the opinion that
the aid will be given, as it is found
that there is no unusual scarcity of
money for the apportionment.
Superintendent of Schools A. j.
Smith called the attention of the board
to the fact that six of the larger schools
possessed rooms In which the enroll
ment was below forty, and suggested
that the arrangements be made where
b. the schools would have at least
fortv-ffve pupils apportioned to the
intendent to make such consolidation
! and Encouragement as he saw fit. in
Guiding transfer Of teachers.
Would Instruct Teachers in Spanish :
Prof A de Verona Quesada, Cuban
and teacher Of Spanish, who says he
has been a private tutor in President
Roosevelt's family; an examiner in
Spanish for the government civil serv-
ice commission; brother of the min
lister plenipotentiary from Spain to this
country, and to have been a general IN
the Cuban army, waited upon the board
to obtain permission to secure room
in one of the schools where he might
call the teachers together and explain
to them the beauties of the pure Cas-
titan tongue, with the end in view. of
securing them as scholars. He spoke
| highly of his own ability as native
/ teacher Of Spanish, saying that the
Minneapolis school board had granted
! him the privilege he strove to secure
from the st. Paul board.
| The school board, however, looked
| askance upon his advances, and despite
| the fact that he offered to pay the jani-
| tor of the school at which he was to
| hold the meeting SO cents for his trou-
BILE in opening the school at night and
remaining there until he had finished,
| the board turned him down on the plea
that there was a standing rule to the
| effect that no advertising was to be al
| lowed upon school premises.
| The board recommended that leave
/ Of absence be granted Miss Minnie
| Pfaender, kindergarten directress of
the Mound park school until after the
! Christmas holidays. Miss Lucy Boil
| ton was transferred from the Mcclellan
to the Douglas school; Miss Grace
Pickett, from the Scheffer to the.Jack-
son school, and Miss Elizabeth Sullivan,
from the Drew to the Whittier school
A leave of absence was granted DR..
| Robinson, principal of the Central high
school, to attend the high school con-
/ ference at Chicago Nov. 1I-12. The
| schools will be closed Nov. "a and 20
| for the Thanksgiving holidays,
Supt. Smiths Suggestion
| Sppt. A. J. Smith, in speaking of the
meeting of the conference COMMITTEES
| to be held on the second Tuesday in
November, said:
eff the conference committee will al
| low the school budget $218,000 for the
| plumbing and heating Of school build
! ings and for the construction Of add1-
tional buildings, we will have enough
| to provide educational accommod ations
| for every child in st. Paul. With this
money we would build eight new rooms
In the First ward, four in the Ninth
| ward, six or eight in the Tenth ward
and eight lin the Seventh ward.