The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-02-03

vironment in which they live. While
the strictest Of discipline is maintained
the girls are not made to feel that the
law is holding them prisoners. There
are no bars. Each girl has her ind1-
vidual room but there are neither locks
nor bars. There is nothing to prevent
them from running away. and some OF
them do, of course, but the theory is
that the girl who will not stay OF her
own free will in such home and re-
spond to the invitation which the state
holds out to her here to work out her
own reformation and own happiness
is detriment to the school.
Special attention is paid to the health
of the girls and for this reason plenty
of outdoor life is encouraged. The
girls work on a farm, care for the
lawns and roadways in the summer
time, have a bathing beach on the lake,
and every form of outdoor sport. Base
ball seems to be the most popular of
the summer sports, and every one or
the cottages has it's own baseball team.
The cost of the buildings. the farm.
and of the entire institution is about
100000 and there are now some ESQ
girls at the school,
The girls who are proficient are en-
couraged to attend the public schools
in Sank Centre.
After the visitors had made tour
of the buildings they were entertained
at a delicious buffet luncheon served IN
the administration building.
In the evening at ten o'clock the CIT
liens of Sank Centre rendered pan
quet at the Palmer House to the Visit,
ors, following which there came
smoker at the Commercial Club rooms
where many toasts were responded TO
by the visitors. The addresses were
short and to the point AS there were
several members of the legislature
among the newspaper men matters ol
legislation were frequently touched up
on and the session was one Oh inc iiaO ~,
interesting of the klno ever hei ~ hit
address of Bob Dunn was easily the NJ
of the evening. So much so. IN iaCt'
that the Association voted MIN ny
membership the next day, ana 10 Aivaii
nreciation Of the fact that he had IN :
Suced Senator Dunn to come to the
meeting.
The winter meeting of the Northern
Minnesota Editorial Association at
Sank Centre on Friday and SATURDAY
was in every way enjoyabie. me onr
liens of that prosper
Ct Gland Gus city pushed up
JournaI-Press the record of Stearns
county hospitality an
other notch. There were some unus
naIIv GOOD addresses and the visit to
the Girls Home School was Thoroughly
enjoyed. 1t was aside from the pieas
11re of educational value, because the
visiting scribes gained much lnlorIna
tion concerning the purpose and the
success of this really wonderful lhsu
tuition. The banquet by the SoHlilieI
-cial Club of Sank Centre In the even
ing gave the neWSpapermen an oppol ,
tunity to meet the business men or that
CITY which was thoroughly enJoyeu.
The speeches following were or hlgh
quality, and among the speakers were
Fred Schilplin and Harold knutson u
ST. Cloud. Hon. R. c. Dunn of Prlceton'
who made the great hit of the evening
Geo Ericsson of spooner. Rossman OF
Grand Rapids. who has the GIT Q, r sa,,
oratory; Secretary Rutledge, Fariey
Dare of Walker and Will Wllke Oh
Grey Eagle.
The retiring president, Asa wallace,
of Sank Centre, was presented lovins
cup suitably engraved. IN re ;etr t tion
Among the Sank Centre men who
will long be kindly remembered, are
Mayor McGibbon, Asa Wallace, rL ;oi
Cooper president of the comlnerciai
cite who were especially active IN their
efforts to give the editors Sooo lihe.
visit to the Girls Home School at
Sank Centre gives an niust inna,iv
the false economy which occasionally
strikes the legislature. The nrSt COZ
tages were all fire proof, Whlle the IVY
built from the appropriation o. INC los, nn5
Legislature are frame puluinssS; ~nI1
while they are very attractive anu VIZ
built are not in keeping win INC
Others The school is over a mlle from rom
the city and is therefore practlca!y
without fire protectlon. AS rmH II
is now carrying it's own insurance, ~
would have been the business way "
have had the buildings fire proof
The school has present populaIiioEt,
of 26O and the new cottages, WhlcL,
will soon be ready Tor occupa'ioi'
be completely filled. har
Mrs Fannie French Morse and her
able assistants are doing reaily WI :,
,SerfuI work with the girls in their
charge and no institution in the couh .
try has a better record. In It's line Oh
endeavor it stands at the heao % i.s
class in this country. AS ~ en.eo CT
comparatively a new field 1t mas no.
received the credit or support que IL
NV the people generally or by the legls-
lature, but this will come In tile' pe
cause it is backed by real merit.
For ability in their chosen PROBES.
sion. we know of no organization OF
men who compare with the newspaper
nditors who compose the Northern
Minnesota Editorial Asso-
Morris citation, and it is therefore
Tribune not surprising that When
this body of men met at
Sank Centre last Friday and saturday,
the citizens of that progressive town
got a new realization or the import
ant work being done by the edltors IN
advancing the various interests or the
state of Minnesota and of the people
living in the various communities
thereof.
But if the Sank Centre citizens got a
better appreciation of the editors, 1t is
also true that the editors were more
than pleased with the hearty welcome
which was accorded them in Sauk Cen
tire and got a better appreciation or
the work of the Home School for Girls,
of which Sank Centre is so proud.
Aside from the business meetings at
which problems of the craft were dis
.cussed, and the meeting with the bus
mess men when the editors and bust
ness men exchanged serious views as
well as pleasantries, the big event OF
the meeting was the visit to the Home
School for Girls.
This is the states correctional School
for girls and is located about mile
from town on quarter-Sectlon farm
Besides the general buildings, there
are dozen or so cottages which house
from two to three dozen girls apiece
Each cottage lives it's own life and the
girls of one cottage mingle but little
with the girls of the other cottages
Here the girls are not only instructed
in the rudiments of learning, but also
in sewing, baking and household duties
The training given is intensely practl-
cal.
The distinctive feature of the
school is the disciplinary method
or lack of (which is employ
cd under the direction of Mrs. Fannie