The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-12-23
REGENTS REFLECT
OFFICERS FOR 1916
ACCEPT THREE GIFTS VALUED AT
MORE THAN $2,10o-FUND
FOR MUSEUM.
EVENTS At STATE CAPITOL
Interesting and Important Happenings
Of the Past Few Days Selected
and Arranged for the conven-
fence Of Busy Readers.

st. Paul.
The board of regents at the Uriyer-
s1ty OF Minnesota has reelected the
officers to serve for 1916. Fred B.
Snyder OF Minneapolis, as chairman
OF the executive committee. The per-
sonnet of the standing committees was
retained.
Three gifts amounting to more than
$2,iU0 were presented to the regents
| and accepted. Furnishings for the
Charlotte S. Winchell cottage, amount
ing to 81 500, were donated by the Min
nesota Alumnae club.
A bronze table commemorative Prof.
A. E. Haynes was accepted by the re-
gents for the university. The tablet
| was presented by almuni of the uni
vel sity who were students of Daddy
Haynes. Many of the contributors
were Spanish war veterans.
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Aids HomebuiIders.
Minnesota homebuilders are getting
state aid on a large SCALE The state
art commission, according to a bulletin
Just issued, has sent cut 1,t00. 900
plans for model farmhouses in the past
"a months. The plans were submitted
by leading architects of the state and
have been sent out at merely a nomi-
nal cost, a service that no other state
government has undertaken to give.
This serviee IL now being extended.
The art commission has been delug-
ed with requests not only for plans,
but for information about building
materials of all kinds, paint, cement
and the like, or what sort Of a heating
plant is best. The Minnesota chapter
of the American Institute Of Architects
has undertaken to render this service
free, through the art commission as an
outlet, 1t is known as the "Architec~
tural and Allied Arts Service Depart
me2t will soon be open to all the peo-
pie of the state. Inquiry of the Mime
sofa state art commission, Old Capitol.
St. Paul, or addressed to 504 Essex
building. Minneapolis, will bring CON-
plete information about the new ser
vice, also about new plans for SO mod
ell village houses, which will be furn-
ish for the mere cost Of the blueprints.
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Jaundice In Minneapolis.
The status of jaund1ce as a disease
has been raised by an unusual epidem~
ic that prevails in Minneapolis, &C.
cording to Dr. H. A. Burns, epidemio-
logist of the state board Of health
with Offices at the University of Min
nesota. Ordinarily the disease is not
considered sufficiently serious to war.
rant special attention, but it's ravages
this year have called the attention,
of medical science to the fact that
little is really known about it.
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Issues Fire Warning.
Christmas trees fires in Minnesota
last year cost loss of between $4,000
and $4,000 and State Fire Marshall
Hargadine in special Christmas tree
Bulletin calls attention to the fact. Ex-
ira precautions this Christmas are re-
quested. In decorating Christmas trees
Hargadine advises the use Of freproof
material Cotton and tinsel he says
are dangerous and a menace to life
and property. Fireproof decorations
are obtainable at all stores.
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Building Certificates Sold.
The State Board of Control has dis
posed of $4,000 worth of educational
building certificates and $4,000 of His
torical society building securities to
the Harris Trust and Savings bank OF
Chicago. For the first named securi.
ties the state receives a premium OF
$3.50 and on the latter $1,100.
The educational certificates draw
per cent and the historical building Sc
curities Az per cent.
X X r
Protest Against Abolition.
A protest against abolition of tho
state normal school board, as proposed
in the plan of a central state board OF
! education, has been made by pres
ent members of the board to the state
/ efficiency and economy commission,
Wn1Cn met at the S-aCe capitol TO 10
eide on it's course of action in framing
plan to recrganize the state govern
ment.
! X X X
To Improve State Schools.
II Minnesota would improve the
quality Of it's rural schools, it should
require the teaching of the fundamen
tails of agriculture in every state aided
school, county and city, In the opinion
of D. D. Mayne, principal of tho
School Of Agriculture, university farm
X X 4
To investigate Child Labor.
w. D. Washburn, chairman of the
Minnesota child labor committee, saya
that this committee expects to employ
a special agent to Investigate the en-
ployment of children less than ten
years old to sing in motion picture
shows. Mr.. Washburn Slid this com
mittee also will investigate cases oa
children under ten years selling pap
ers on the street or engaging III any
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