New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-05
Proposition for its Removal Con-
sidered by WatertoWn
Conference.
Board OF Trustees to Visit St.
James Next Week TO Investi-
gate That City's Offer.
Minnesota Synod Will Have Final
Say on Matter at Meeting in
Iune.


4 Congressman Hamnond.s law part
ner, appeared before the pastoral com
ference of the Minnesota Lutheran
Synod at Watertown last week and
made bid for the removal OF the Dr.
Martin Luther seminary, the normal
school for the education of Lutheran
paroehial teachers for the states of
Wisconsin. Minnesota, Michigan and
Nebraska. from this city to theirs.
I The pretext for the bid was the need
OF more room for the institution than
the present facilities afford and the
apparent Indifference Of New Ulm
towards the seminary.
The offer which they had to make
was this: They would guarantee that
the synod could purchase the Park
; hotel in St. James for so, 600. This
is four story brick building, costing
originally. with plumbing and furni
. sure. close on to s125, 0Oo- The hotel
hundred rooms, most OF them with
bath, stands in the center of a land
: plot Of two blocks. and is supplied
with connections for both water and
sewer. The first two floors. it was
claimed, would afford ample aceommo-
dalton for school work and the third
and fourth floors, with their I29 rooms,
would furnish more tlan sufficient
dormitory facilities for the students.
The St, James boosters further init
mated that the people of their town
would be willing to subscribe one half
Of the amount necessary to effect the
purchase of the hotel site.
5 The proposition met with favor and
those who were present from New Ulm
say that If the conference could have
voted on the question the St. james
bid would have been accepted unani-
mously.
The conference, however, was not
: empo wered to act
T This much 1t did, thought author
ICED the board of seminary trustees TIC
z pay d visit to ST. James and make
y thorough investigation as TO the mer.
IL it's of the offer. This board consists
y Of Rev. Andrew Schroedel of st. Paul
d Rev. AIareeht and F. H. RetzIaf O.
: New Ulm. Rev. A. F. Winter of Man
g kato, Fred H Sehweppe of ST. James
: E. q. Buelow of Sleepy Eye, John W
d Booek of Gibbon and Rev. Fred Koch
) Ter of NicolIet. They will go to ST
81 James the first of next week and re
E. port to the board OF college manager:
'i at a meeting to be held in this city OF
s. May 18th. The college board is mad,
u up of men from the various states con
u tributing students to the school, ant
- they, in turn, can do no more thai
III make a report TO the synod, the repre-
L sentatives of which will meet here Il
d June.
What the outcome will be no on
can foresell.
The younger element of the studen
body seems to favor removal. The
II eoncede the beauties of the present col
= lege location. sut they protest agains
the antfqu ated quarters, the lack @
modern sanitary arrangements an
what they are pleased to style the con
tinued disinterestedness. or neglect, @
New Ulm. These, they say. militat
against the institution, and In thi
view they are upheld by not a SINAI
portion of the faculty.
FIJI Retzlaf, who is a member G
the board of trustees. appeared befor
the Commercial club Monday evenin
and presented TO that body the rea
sons that have given rise to the agits
ton for removal.
He was listened to attentively. an
when he had concluded the club vote
to appoint a committee OF five to cor
fer with the college trustees Thi
8 committee consists of Ferd. Crons
Chas. SiIEerson. DIR. StriekIer. H. q
q Somsen and DIR. L. 4. Fritsche.
III They should have the hearty bacE
b ing of the community In their effort
81 to retain the Institution here, and whe
q once the community IS aroused TO Il
8 Importance of the condition that COZ
r fronts them the Review believes ths
removal becomes next TO an imposs
bfIEty
The chief obstacle TO be eEeountere
is the supplying OF the present sd
with water and sewer connection:
This overcome, the synod can hay
little reason for exchanging it's pro-
erty here for an uncertain guantii
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