The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-16

dangerous Illness OF Mrs. Hager's
sister. Mrs. Swan.
Attorney and Mrs. c. f. Phillips,
who were married in st. Paul last
Wednesday. arrived here Saturday
evening and are keeping house at
$50 Fulton street.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. II. Bjustrom
will leave this evening for Florida,
here they expect TO spend three
or four months. They plan TO spend
considerable time ut Fort Meyer In
that state.
Mrs. w G. Hoerr end Mrs. A. r.
Pau. Jr.. returned Saturday night
from Minneapolis. where they spent
several days. While there they wit.
messed the projection of The Gar.
den Of Allah"
Miss Fanny Pitcher will go TO Chi
cago tomorrow to hear Miss Flor.
ence Macbeth who will make her
American grand opera debut. Miss
Macbeth took her first vocal training
from Miss Pitcher.
+. T. Price returned to Mankato
Sunday after spending Saturday at
the factory and Offices of his COM
pany in Minneapolis. He will be at
the Hotel Heinrich all week demon.
strating the new Fire Proof Ac-
count Protection Safe systems.
Winona Independent: James Burke.
brother OF Mrs. ID. +. O'Brien and
well known in Winona. has just been
appointed superintendent OF the Chi
cago terminal division OF the Erie
railroad. Mr.. Burke has been super.
intendent OF roadway. bridges and
buildings for the company at Clevc.
land. o., for some time. The an
nouncement of his promotion was re.
ceived yesterday by Winona friends.
Mr.. Burke and family will move 10
Chicago where they will make their
future home.
John ID. Deets OF Mankato. secre.
tary OF the Southern Minnesota De.
velopment league. and T. ]. Bonallie
OF Tracy, president of the same or.
ganization. have an engagement to
meet the presidents and secretaries
OF the West Central Minnesota De-
velopment association and the North.
ern Minnesota Development associa-
ton in st. Paul at the Frederic hotel
on January II. to talk over n plan OF
co-ordinating the work of the three
bodies. How TO fix certain geograph.
ical boundaries for the work of the
respective organizations. how to har-
monte their engagement dates and
how to have all three bodies work
for the development of the state at
large will be among the problems dis.
cussed.
The following resolution was
adopted unanimously by the Minis.
ters' club ut its meeting this morn.
ing:
For three centuries, American
courts from colonial days to date,
having sanctioned the custom OF the
reading of the Bible i'm American pub
lie schools. and thus by practical
construction, rendered II a constitu-
tional right. we call upon all school
boards, trustees, and teachers to
continue this time-honored custom In
accordance with the will of the
people of their communities.
The right OF representative gov
eminent, being inherent i'm our repub-
lie. and the members of school boards
icing elected by the people to rep
resent them in the management of
our public schools. we believing that
the vast majority of the citizens of
the United States of America. the
state OF Minnesota, and the city of
Mankato are DESTROYS that the Bible
should be read in our pubic schools.
call for the fulfillment OF their will
therein.
The necessity for moral instruc-
tion in our public schools, being i'm.
perative. for the preservation OF the
moral life OF our nation. and the
Bible being the basis of all moral
law. we believe II should be read
without note or comment In our
public schools.
The enemies of our public school
system who declare loudest, that our
public schools are Goddess, irreligious
and immoral are doing all In their
power to render them so, by ex.
GLIDING the Bible. prayer and sacred
songs therefrom. thereby giving
them a PLAUSIBLE excuse for supplant.
ing public schools with their own
sectarian schools and demanding a
share of public funds for the sup
port Of their UNCONVENTIONAL schools
against which we protest, and which
We will Withstand at all times.
I'VE protest against any sectarlan
teaching OF any kind whatsoever: or
any comment upon the Scriptures
read, as well as against the wearing
OF any religious garb or studying OF
any Cathechism OF any denomination,
be II Protestant or Catholic, Jewish
or Gentle or any other In any pub
lie school.
"We call not only for the nominal.
but the actual separation of church
and state In this republic, and we
stand determined tO Dresarva tho