The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-29
GIRLS ALL HERE
Last Batch is Transferred From
Red Wing
ARRIVE ON THURSDAY
Inmates OF Minnesota Home School
dre Now Comfortably Housed
in Sank Centre

The Minnesota Home School for
Girls, for whose location and estab-
lishment the city of Sank Centre la
bored long and earnestly, is now per-
forming its functions. The girls are
all housed in the four fine new cot
tages and everything is moving along
in order.
Sank Centre is proud of this state
institution. A little over four years
ago the first move was made to secure
it for. the metropolis of northwestern
Stearns county. A committee of five
was appointed by the then CONNER
cial Club to go after the institution
and land it for this city if possible.
The committee met with many dis
cOuragementS; some citizens asserting
that the thing couldn't be done: that
it wasn't worth while trying: and
many other arguments of that nature.
But the committee thought other
wise, got busy, staid busy and result
antly the Board of Control chose the
site the city of Sank Centre offered.
Still t h ere were some doubling
Thomases because the state moved
slowly in the matter of letting con-
tracts and erecting the buildings.
But time has demonstrated the wis
dom of the committee and of all those
who believed it would be good thing
to go after the school. A year ago
ground was broken for the cottages
and now the four stand complete and
occupied by the superintendent, the
girls, the teachers and other officials.
A month ago Mrs. Fannie French
Morse, the able and efficient superin-
tendent, brought twenty girls and
the necessary attendants on from Red
Wing and placed them in one of the
cottages. Last week Thursday the
rest of them were brought here, along
with the rest of the officials, and now
all are settled down and things at
the institution are moving along sat-
isfactorily. Much yet remains to be
done in the way of clearing up the
grounds and the erection of addition
al buildings provided for by the Iegis-
lature of 1911, but those things will
be done and done right, all in good
time.
Mrs. Morse went to Red Wing last
week Monday, leaving on the early
morning Flyer, to prepare for the
transfer of all who remained in Red
Wing. 1t took three days to get
things in readiness. Thursday after
noon 43 girls and five teachers and at
tendants boarded special car on the
Milwaukee road bound for Sank Cen
tire. Before leaving, the old quarters
in the building at Red Wing were
cleaned up and left in apple pie order.
and the state can now use them for
such purpose as it desires. The trip
to ST. Paul was made without incl.
dent. Arrived at Minnesota capital
city, there was wait of little over
three hours for the Winnipeg Flyer
which was to pick up the car and
bring it to Sank Centre The club
women of the SANITY City were on
hand with good cheer for the travellers
in the form of warm and friendly
greetings, with plenty of ice cream
and cake as a highly acceptable side
issue. In fact, the girls regarded |
these dainty refreshments as the |
main issue and did full justice to the
yiands.
Promptly at 5:15 the Flyer, with
the special car attached, pulled out |
for Sank Centre. At St. Cloud, where /
the train ma es stop of some ten
minutes, party of club women head
ed by Mrs. George w. Stewart, of the
Board of Lady Managers of the school,
boarded the train and exchanged