The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-10-23
|D0lD COMMENDS
WORK Ming DONE
Women Visitors Make Official
Visit to Girls Home School
Last Week
MORE ROOM IS BADLY NEEDED
Mrs. Fannie French Morse, Sup
erintendent, Heartily Endors-
ed in Every Particular
MORE ROOM is BADLY NEEDED

The Board Of Woman Visitors for
the Home School for Girls of Sank
Centre paid the institution an official
visit Thursday and Friday of last
week. This board is appointed an-
nuaily by the Governor and came into
existence with the law providing for
the segregating of the boys and girls.
training schools under jurisdiction of
the state. - -,-: sE.-..s -
The personnel of the board is Mrs.
Mary L. Stewart, st. Cloud, presi-
dent; Mrs. T. f. Kinney Minneapolis,
Mrs. HI. L. Stark, st, Peter and Mrs.
J. L. Washburn, Duluth. The visit
ing board inspects the Sank Centre
school several times each year. They
havn't any authority to change exist
ing conditions but report their find
ings to the Board of Control, who has
complete charge of the school.
Mesdames Stewart and Stark have
been members of the board since its
inception, and they were sent on an
inspection tour of like institutions
through the East by the late Gov
Johnson, soon after the law was
passed. Nine institutions we're visit
ed, including the one in Massa-
chusetts. At the latter place they
met Mrs. Fannie French Morse, the
superintendent, and they were so
much impressed with her method of
caring for the unfortunate girls
placed in these institutions that they
recommended that she be secured to
take charge of building up the new
school in Minnesota, If possible. In
order to carry out the recommends
lions of the investigating committee
the Board of Control were obliged to
pay Mrs. Morse $1,000 more per year
than she was receiving in the East.
Those who have watched the school
from the beginning are convinced
that the board made splendid i'm
vestment when they secured Mrs.
Morse for the place.
The Herald editor called at the
school last Friday and Mrs. Stewart
in speaking for the board of visitors,
said in part:
"We are enthusiastic in our approx
al of the superintendent and her
methods, and the work being accom-
plished here under the direction of
the Minnesota Board of Control. The
Board otFVisitors aims to cooperate
with the Board of Control in shaping
the policy of the institution, coop
Grating with Mrs. Morse's methods
and splendid system of government
'The condition of the girls shows
very marked improvement from time
to time. The normal life they lead
here and environment enjoyed is well
adapted to improving their mental
physical and spiritual welfare. We
aim to make their lives coordinate
with the lives they will lead after
they once more 60 out into the world.
SIN talking with the girls we find
them without, exception, unusually
codtented and happy, with the most
profound love and respect for Mrs.
Morse and assistants.
THE school is growing so rapidly
that Mrs. Morse has never had the
proper facilities for housing the in
mates and it has been difficult for the
superintendent to attain the best re-:
suits on that account. The Board of
Visitors considers it marvellous that
the work has progressed so admirably
under the crowded conditions and in
adequate facilities. If the people of
Minnesota generally realized the
splendid results being accomplished at
this school they would urge their leg
islators to furnish the required funds
to place the work in the condition it
should be.
"There has been some criticism rel
alive to the cost and furnishing of the
administration building. In the East
ern schools the superintendent has q
separate cottage for her home and the
administration building is used only
for carrying on the business of the in
stitution. In Minnesota the superin-
tendent's apartments are in the adj
ministration building and the state