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

to Sank Centre, the Home School, ana
the Herald in their issues OF last
week in commenting on the winter
meeting of the Northern Minnesota
Editorial Association, held in this city
recently. There is glory enough for
all, and the symposium of the stores
written by many of the publishers at
tending are not published so much for
the purpose of self-glorifcation as to
demonstrate to Herald readers that
the publishers of the state are appre-
ciative of hospitality extended to
them, and also that they are willing
to get back of and boost for worthy
state institution when they have an
opportunity to study its work and
methods at first hand.
Robert c. Dunn, publisher of the
Princeton Union, state senator, FORMER
state auditor and once candidate LOT
governor, was the most dlstlngulsnso
editor to speak at the
senidji large largely Of at tSe Northern s
Minnesota Editorial AS,
sociation at Sank Centre on FRIDAY anu
Saturday of last week. 80.
Senator Dunn condemned the NIL. Ia
alive and referendum and recall ano
present primary system as new ian
gled" legislation and was equally as
frank in his conclusion that the staee
was suffering from too much iiquoi
aFor years and years" said MI.
Dunn, I'VE fought out the county OPP
tion question in the legislature. me
other day l got letter from some
Mt
who wanted to know if favored statu-
tory prohibition or constitutions! pro-
hibition and l answered MIN thal i
favored neither. We have the county
option law, for heaven sake lets Try
1T out and not block good legislation
nv this ct ernal liquor agitation:
Mr.. Dunn repeated his ambition, the
greatest, he said he has ever had, LOT
sofa and urged the editors to agitate
in favor of the passage of the propos-
ed constitutional amendment estaD
lishment of a $250.000 revolving 1uno
that may be used for the constructor
of roads. ~
The senator's remarks We're maze AT
a smoker Friday evening. following
BANQUET given in honor OF the WISHING
editors by the citizens OF oaun ,itoiitv
who were generous in their hospltallty.
,The meeting was ably presided over
NV Asa M. Wallace, president. and one
of the best liked members or the asso
Monument and admired citizens OF
Sank Centre To show their apprecla-
ton of the good work ana the nlsh es
TEEN in which he is held, the members
OF the ASSOCIATION presented IT'S d,,r,
Wallace a handsome silver LOVING cup.
THE presentation address was maue Wy
George Ericsson OF the SpooheI NC" ..
Down at Sank Centre the state Is
maA,ns bad girls good. Gir nS+ oeu" re
commit ed for all classes or del!nqueh-
CIV excepting murder. to TINS lnstitu.
ton. Naturally some of the girls Wneh
they arrive at the school, are d Huo
actly what you mlght cali oiip
In fact some of these girls are SO
tough when they arrive tnal lnSy
maze Deaowood DICK look iihs ~,
superintenoent of a Sunday SchOoi.
MANY of these girls start out In ne
mentally deficient. If such girl nap
mems to have a degenerate for Iatner
anu drunKard for a motner y1u ber
see her finish-or what would De net
tinIsn If the state of Minnesota oldn
pick her up and, figuratlveiy speaking
place her in the arms OF that Wonuel
full woman. Fannie F. morse, Wno nas
charge Of the Sank Centre institution.
Mrs Morse is accomplishing as
founding results with these girls. =.
Iou will not believe until you see IL
for yourself-as the editors ala not pc
lieve until they saw for themselves
that these delinquent girls can De
made to do the things they are doing
and are doing voluntarily.
If any worthy young man is LOOKING
for a wife and would be satisfied with
one who knows how to do much with
little; who knows how to change
gloomy house into pleasant, coy
home; one who knows how TO COOK anu
properly serve the most appetlzlng
food at the lowest cost; one who knows
the value of good health and how to
preserve it; one who knows how to live
right and why living right pays big
Joy divluendS; ii such young man
wishes such wife, let him present his
CREDENTIALS to the Industrial Home for
Girls at Sank Centre and if he can find
there a girl who will consent to nave
him. he can thank his lucky stars.
Fannie F. Morse is not only making
bad ylrIs good, but she has the great
esI institution of ready made house.
keepers that the bright sunshine OF
good old Minnesota ever smiled down
on. r
Few taxpayers know of what is be-
ing done at this Sank Centre school.
They do not know that 200 girls, most
ly from demoralized homes, victims OF
tragic circumstances are being brought
by systematic training to reallzatlon
of the seriousness of life; of an under
standing for the first time of the diff
ference between bad and good.
There are 23 buildings on 160 acres.
adjoining Sank Centre. that go to make
up this unique institution. the girls
are not herded together and there are
no dormitories. Eight modern, hre-
proof cottages are filled with girls: Two
new cottages are under construction.
The girls do just as they wish
That may seem strange. 1t Is strange.
There are many strange things about
the success Of this school, but never
theless it is true.
Ihere are no bars at the windows.
The girls. generally speaking. make
their own rules. If they want break
fast at 1880, they have it. If they pre-
fer it at 8, they have it then. If they
prefer to go to bed at o'clock, they
do so. If there is party at one or
the cottages or exercises at the chapel,
they stay up later. Each group of girls
is responsible for her own cottage. In
some instances the cottage matron has
been away for three or four days and
has returned to find all duties proper
1y performed. that decorum has been
maintained by the girls in authority
and that the state has not erred in
placing confidence in this, it's most del
icate class of wards.
Yes, of course, the girls some times
run away. This usually is when they
first come. Generally they are glad to
get back. Often they voluntarily re-
turn. The girls soon learn to like the
institution and to love the mother of
them all, Mrs. Morse. With infinite pa
itence and never. ending tenderness,
the staff of women in charge inculate
a spirit of loyalty and soon the girls
are striving to not only maintain the
reputation of the school. but to make