The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-04-22
HOUSE FRIENDLY
TO HOME SCHOOL
WITHOUT DISSENTING VOTE APP
PROPRIATE FUNDS FOR
THREE COTTAGES.
The SENATE NOT SO CORDIAL
TEN-ROUND BOXING CONTESTS
ARE AD-
JOURNMENT TODAY

JOURNMENT TODAY
St. Paul, April 20.-The Minnesota
House recognized the work being
done at the Home School for Girls at
Sank Centre and approved of an
amendment to the institutional bill
granting appropriations for three cot
tages to be added to the school colony.
Not a negative vote was recorded
against the bill.
Representative Frank Minette Of
fered the amendment for three cot
tages instead of two as were provided
in the original bill. The bill as it was
passed would appropriate $45,000 in
stead of $4,000 for the buildings. An
other amendment offered by Mr.. Min
cite provided $4,000 for purchase of
land for the school.
The need of additional buildings
was pointed out by Mrs. Fannie
French Morse, superintendent of the
school, in her report to the State
Board of Control.
"The danger in a large institution
lies not so much in the numbers as in
the proper distribution of those num-
bers," said she. proper housing can
not be neglected without disaster. The
past year our greatest disadvantage
has been inadequate housing. With
our last new cottage occupied, there
is still an overflow. Based on the av-
erage yearly increase, we need three
more family cottages"
The Board of Control in it's budget
asked for $4,000 with which to COM
plete the three cottages desired. 1t is
said the school has eight family cot
tages at present, each with capacity
of twenty girls.
The allowance made by the House
would allow three new cottages to be
started in the next biennial period.
Additional funds can be appropriated
at the 1917 session for completing
them.
Luckily, it might be said, there has
been but one special investigation
conducted during the present session
at the taxpayers cost.
1t was that which sought to dis
place DIR. ]. N. Tate from office as
superintendent of the School for the
Deaf at Faribault. 1t has been said
that the cost of the probe would be
close to $500. The writer knows
that the stenographer's bill alone was
$3.50.
What did the House do with the re-
port?
When Representative A. F. Teigen
: tried 10 bring the rtlut' before the
House for action his motion was vot-
ed down. The report recommended
that DIR. Tate be requested to resign
at the end of the school year and that
the local board be asked to resign at
the end of the school year, and that
the institution be placed under the
state Board of Control.
The money spent on the investiga-
ton and the time of the members was
used to tell the board in charge of the
school something that it already
knew.
1t was learned from a member OF
the board by the writer that the board
realized DIR. Tate is not IAN admins
TRAITOR" Those are the words the
board member used.
Representative Teigen was told that
the Tate matter would be taken care
of by the board if he would not carry
the matter before the house, said the
Board member. But Mr.. Teigen APP
parently did not wish to take the word
of the board and went ahead and got
the investigation started with the re-
suit that the House will probably not
act at all on the committees recon-.
mendations.
Such are the ways of some of the
men who represent the people in the
Minnesota legislature.
The Senate did The House did not
There you have the answer to the
question (which body wanted to re
turn to the convention scheme ?"
The Senate passed the Rustad
Rockne bill, which sought to amend
our primary law. When it reached
the House it died. On motion of San
Y. Gordon, who had a similar bill il
the House, viva voce vote for indef
mite postponment overwhelmingl!
prevailed.
Gwen the legislators are firing O.
the states make-shift election laws
the "head-writer" on the Herald, ;
week ago said. 1t certainly is true tina
some of them wanted change. Blu
the House evidently is satisfied witt