The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-02
RIVALRY WILL Be KEEN,
COLLEGE IS BIG Prize
MankatO Has Claims That She
Can Put Forth
WlN0NA WANTS THE SCHOOL
Said That Institution Must Re.
main Where Bishops Resi-
dence Is Located

Several cities have offered induce.
ments for the proposed 100000 col
lege that the Catholics propose to erect
1t is to be a boys and young mems
school
The fact that the gigantic institu-
ton will rank as one of the greatest
in Minnesota and of its kind in the
northwest, naturally will make it
very much sought after by the va
rious cities which can consider them
selves candidates.
The Winona Independent says:
But Winona is the logical place for
the school for various reasons. The
Gate City is the largest in the do
cesc and is the present home of the
bishop who, it is understood, has no
desire to leave here. I'm fact he has
become much attached to Winona and
would much prefer to continue his
headquarters here. The school must
be located i'll the same city as the
bishops home. He is to have super
vision over the school and college and
the grounds.
when the statement OF the bishop
relative to the school was forthcom-
ing in The Independent several weeks
ago, he said merely that the school
was TO be located somewhere in
Southern Minnesota 1t was known
then that Winona was choice but he
could not bind himself to bring the
school hora m 4ha hot
other city III the diocese might make
Il liberal offer OF inducemcnt, the pro-
moter of such Il project could not con
sistently overlook. Winonas oppor-
tunity To bcstir itself i'll an effort to
make an inducemcnt as good OF bet
ter than any other city WAS offered
at that time and the city was awake
TO the situation without Il moments
delay. However, it was necessary that
much of the detailed work, such as
the selection OF the grounds and Sc
curing of the finances, had to be done
quietly Although no definite decision
has been made or announced as to the
site of the school or even the city in
which it is to be located, it is Il
fact that Winona's commercial bodies
have not been sitting by idly while
other cities were bidding on the
school
Competition Has Begun.
The lack OF outward show, how.
ever. has led other cities. including
Rochester, Albert Lea and others, to
Winona in making their bids for the
institution. 1t was denied by the
bishops secretary last evening that
he had been in direct communication
with or had received propositions
from any OF the other contenders. He
admitted, however, that rumOrs of
general activity on the part of the
competitors, principally Rochester,
has reached the Office.
Lone of the Rochester papers, in a
recent issue, called upon its citizens
to take personal interest in the eff
forts to be put forth by the Queen
City in landing the great educational
system of the Catholics of the do
cese. That newspaper termed the
present situation an opportunity for
mcnt in the recent issue of The Cour
ier to the effect that the school would
be located somewhere in Southern
Minnesota i'm the diocese Rochester's
winning phases were clearly de-
fined to the readers of the paper and
it was held up as magnet in Roches
tcr's favor that Bishop Hebron for
merly lived there. Also Rochester has
done much in the way of building
Catholic institutions
Although no public announcement
has reached Winona to the effect that
one of the Drs. Mayo, who have done
great things for Rochester, is inter
ested in the matter, it is rumorcd he
is most anxious to help Rochester get
the giant institution and is willing to
aid i'll a financial way. While no fig
urc has been made public, it is UNI
dcrstood that Rochester aims to raise
100000 as an inducement to secure
the college campus, buildings and
farm, carrying with it the bishops
residence
MankatO Has Some Claims.
Mankato has some claims for this
college that should not be lost sight
of. This is the most advantageously
located city i'll Southern Minnesota
and il is accessible from all points.
It's railroad connections are excellent
there are no better anywhere. There
are beautiful building sites here that
can be obtained at u reasonable iig-
ure. Surely, Mankato has advantages
that could be enjoyed by the college
that no other city can show.
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