The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-10
TEACHER COLLEGE
CLASSES PROCEED
No L.et-Up In Work of This
Big institution
FIND OF VALUE IN RUINS
Bronze Bust of Former Presi-
dent Soaring Saved; Auto
Club Has Loss

Glasses of the Mankato Teachers
College started out this morning at
eight o'clock with the precision Of
clock work in the five buildings down
town donated for the use OF the school
following the destruction of the col
lege building Sunday. All collese stud
ents are now going ahead with their
work as ii nothing had happened, and
the courses will not be interrupted in
any way, according TO the statement
or President Z. ii. cooper.
During the forenoon the ofnce
equipment was removed from the first
floor OF the Masonic Temple and the
administration Luilding was establish
ed in the Snow building at zig South
Broad street. The lower floor OF tho
building will be used for the business
offices and book rooms, and part OF
the upper floor for the Offices OF Pres
ident Cooper and the dean Of the col
lege. from now on the Masonic Tenn.
pie and the Christian Science church
will not be used.
Address BY Miss Swenson
At assembly this morning the stud
ents of the school who gathered at
the Presbyterian church were ad.
dressed by Miss Anna Swenson, state
inspector of rural schools. Owing to
the fact that no printed programs OF
the course Of study and the places or
holding the classes had been obtained,
President Cooper was busy man for
at time reading notices to acquaint
the students OF what steps had been
taken for their accommodation. 1t was
announced that this mornings assem-
bly, meeting, that the faculty meeting
and dinner planned some time ago for
Thursday night at the Episcopal guild
hall will be held. This will be the first
Of a series of such meetings to be
held for social and professional pur.
poses during the winter.
Some Of the former students OF
Mankato Teachers College were in
deed pleased when they stepped into
the administration building at 21S
! South Broad street to see the bronze
/ bust of former President Edward Scar
| ing setting in a corner. This is the
only one Of. the many memorials
which was saved from the. assembly
hall during the fire Sunds
Kind "Old Prexy Searins," as the
boys who attended the institution sew
eral years ago used to fondly call him,
| Will De pldCSO III d LICu VI uOlOI III
the new hall Of the school on doubt.
and classes of years ago, should they
return to visit tie scenes of their far
away school days, will be pleased to
see among the new memorials the
bust of the man they learned to love
! and respect, while they we're students
Of the institution.
| President G. H. Cooper stated today
that the firemen are It'll working al
the razing of the walls of the building
destroyed. No school will be held in
the elementary building until the
walls are leveled. 1t is thought that
they will be down in time to open the
school tomorrow.
Loss To Auto Club
1t was Learned today that the Man
| kato Automobile club suffered a loss
| Of from $3.50 to 5000 in Sundays fire
at Mankato Teachers College.
Just recently Professor Maurice
Nelson on9 of the faculty members OF
the college, was elected secretary OF
the Mankato Automobile club to sue
coed E. F. Soaring. Professor Mel
son, who had charge of the manual
trat1i1g and print shop of the
institution, took all the records
Of the club to his department at the
school, where he made a cabinet for
the records and stored them there. He
managed to save the records, but a
large number of Rand Mentally maps,
trip maps, auto mobile emb, ems, etc,
were destroyed cntailt7g loss Of
about 5000.