The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-09-13
From Saturdays Daily.


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From Saturdays Daily.
Twenty young women who have been
teachers in the state public schools
have been disqualified because of APP
parent attempts to alter the credit
marks on their old certificates, and
1.-TWO others have been rejected for
cheating in examination, says The
Minneapolis Journal. =
This action has been taken by the
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton in connection with the examina-
ton for state teachers certificates
that were held in July. When the
examination papers were sent i'm and
the old certificates of the candidates
? were submitted for consideration it
was found that twenty of the certif-
Gates had been altered to show higher
credits than were granted originally.
The changes were easy of detection,
as the state educational department
has complete records of all certificates.
| In one other case it was found that
a certificate had been raised, but
an aunt of the girl who held the GER
titicate, made affidavit that it was
she who had committed the offense
and that the girl knew nothing of it.
On this representation the superin-
tendent withheld action.
Two girls who took the state eX-
animation in one of the northern
counties admitted that they had ex-
changed notes and their certificates
were revoked.
This action of the state superin-
tendent nullifes all former credits in
every case, and any of the girls who
NAV want to teach in future in one
of the state schools must begin all
over again to establish her qualifica-
tions. And even should one of them
succeed in passing the scholarship ex-
aminations, she would be likely to find
difficulty in securing character rec
ommendation from the county super
intendent under whom she had for
merly been employed.
st. James is to have college, as
predicted by The Free Press several
DAYS ago The executive committee
of the United Evangelical church, for
Minnesota, at meeting held in st.
Paul yesterday, unanimously voted to
purchase the Park hotel property in
ST. James for college. A resolution
asking the president of their national
educational committee for permission
to consummate the deal was also pass
ed upon.
President Meyer of the church for
Minnesota, accompanied by w. p.
Rempel of st. James left last evening
for Cincinnati, Ohio, to present the
request The consent of the presi-
dent is merely a matter of form and
the deal is as good as closed.
The citizens of st. James have sub
scribed $500 toward the purchase of
the hotel. The committee was at
work but two days.
Sandol Broncho, young Mexican
Indian from Phoenix, Arizona, has
been in this city and st. Paul for
two weeks looking for Cy Culp, whom
he came north to visit. He has been
unfortunate in not finding his friend.
When he came to Mankato, he learned
that Mr.. Culp, who is employed in
one of the railroad yards, had gone
to st. Paul on vacation. He went
to st. Paul to find him, but there
learned that he had returned to Man
kato. Coming back here today, he
learned that Culp had been in Man
kato looking for him but had gone
to st. Paul again to seek him.
When asked how long he would
stay, Broncho replied that he would
stay long enough to find Culp and
have his visit with him. Broncho
is known among his friends as San
dol Johnson. He is dressed in the
picturesque style of the Mexican and
rolls cigarette with the agility of
his race He is bright young fellow.
The training department of the
state normal school will open Monday,
and in anticipation of this the fac
ulty members who have been away on
vacation are returning. Miss Helen NJ.
Reynolds of Montana. who succeeds
Miss Blaisdell as principal of the
primary department, has arrived and
is settled at the home of P. B. Spar
row. She is teacher of experience
and well fitted for the position.
Miss Margaret Mccarthy of Madelia,
a recent graduate of Carlton college,
has arrived and will succeed Miss