The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12
Happy Affair Given Saturday Eve
At Elks' Club Rooms.
REMARKS BY THE VISITORS
Elegant Repast Is Followed BY Brief
Addresses, Legislators Express
Appreciation Of Normal.
tlnin Mondays Daily.

tlhln MOnuay DdnS'
The new model school and gymnas
ium building at the normal was duly
and formally dedicated to the purposes
for which it was intended Saturday
evening. Previous to this, the visiting
members of the legislature were pleas
antly entertained at the Elks club
rooms, where few of the city Of
ficials and leading business men gath
cred to help make the short stay OF
the visitors a pleasant one. An ele-
CANT turkey dinner was served, after
which Mayor Andrews presided as
POSTMASTER and called upon several of
those present for remarks, generally
leaving the toasts to the selection of
the one called upon.
Representative McGarry of Walker
told how the Chippewa Indians had
given him an Indian name meaning
Pat" and how he had stood so ever
since. He wished u normal school,
and owed much to Mankato for show
ing wnat normal does.
President c. II. Cooper expressed
thanks for what the normal had re-
ceived from the legislature in the past,
and said that the school knew how to
use the facilities given it.
Lieutenant Governor Eberhart spoke
facitiously of the abolition of passes,
and quoted: TRY not the pass, dark
lowers the sky overhead" He said
that although last, this school had
generally gotten i'll the end what it
needed i'll the way of good buildings.
The normal schools stand higher than
ever before. Five or six towns i'm the
northern part of the state, where nor
NAL graduates form but four to ten
per cent of the teachers, are asking for
one. He hoped that the Mankato
normal would get a larger and better
dormitory because it must wait two
years more for it. He said that the
great questions at present are not the
tariff and the trusts 50 much as public
health and education.
State Superintendent Schultz spoke
of his home town, st. Peter, as being
hardly on the map except as the home
of governors and perhaps of future
presidents. He hoped that Mankato
would nave many public buildings to ),
dedicate in the future, and would al
ways be glad to come.
Helped One "Woodchuck" Along
Senator Frank Clague told how he
helped to get one "woodchuck' through
the legislature, and that was the APP
preparation for a state park at Mime
opa. He thought that the state had
made very wise move in buying
the park, and told the part that the
late General Flower had in getting
Insert at turn rule-solons at dinner
the bill through. Referring to the fact
that the gathering was being held
III club room, the speaker jocularly
said that he hoped that the members
had not been brought there to give
privileges that were not wanted.
City Attorney Schmitt said that the
legislature would see to it that educa
ton Is well taken care of. Legislation
was needed to change the manner of
selecting those who are to serve on
persons who are not politicians. On
the recent panel drawn for the district
court in this city parties not fit to
serve had been selected by politicians
because they were wanted to get votes
Tor them. The selection of jurors ought
to be taken out of politics.
Senator Garfield Couldn't Understand.
Senator Garfield of Luverne said
that he had expected refreshments that
he did not see. He could not quite
understand. He was glad to see the
patriotic citizens present, and liked to
see local patriotism even to the ex
tent of trying to get money from the
state. He felt great interest in the
normal school, for in years past he
had secured many good teachers for
the Luverne schools after consultations
with the late President Soaring, but
he had not kept in as close touch with
the school in recent years. Il
George Nj. Palmer was given the
subject of good roads and told of the
formation of societies among the farm
ers near this city for improving the
roads. The state could do no better
thing for the people than to encourage
the building of good roads 1t was hard
TO get county boards to appropriate
money sufficient to take advantage of
the states offer to pay one-third.
Next year this county could get So 600
or $4,000 from the state by itself ap-
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would not appropriate tnat much. It
would be splendid thing if the state
would increase the proportion which
it pays.
Pointed Out the "Manias."
Senator Works pointed out the
manias of some of the Mankato peo-
pie present. He said that Aid. Atchi
son was given over to horses and
state fairs, +. Nj. Currier to sweet