The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28
THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
What Other Papers Say.
Marian t,ountv Record.

10 the beautiful city OF Emporla, Out II Is
state calamity.
Wilson County Citizen.
The loss is estimated at 100000 The
building cost $50, 900. The Normal was
one of the finest structures in Kansas,
and was the pride both of Emporia and
the state.
Hartford Enterprise.
The normal method has been prac-
teal and successful; the school has been
doing q good work. Though a state in
stitutiOn it has not been fostered and en-
couraged in a manner adequate to the re-
suits accomplished. 1t is to be hoped
that the building will be rebuilt at the
earliest practical day, and the good work
of disseminating enlarged and enlight-
ened views go on.
Chase County Leader,
The loss is heavy one, and will be
felt all over this section of the country.
We understand there was no insurance
On the building.
Usage Chronicle.
The state is we'll able to rebuild the
Normal at Emporia, and should do so
for many reasons. The population of
Kansas is rapidly increasing that we need
all the old institutions, and as many new
ones as we can afford to erect. With
ample means, such as the state posses
SEES, we cannot have too many good
schools We should dislike to hear of
any movement looking to the abolish
ment of the Normal at Emporia. 1t has
ever been a credit to us as state, and its
necessity is beyond question.
Topeka Daily Commonwealth.
We see no reason why the normal
school should not be rebuilt in Emporia.
nal school, and if 1t Is rebuilt at all, as
we think il should be, there is every rea-
son why it should be at Emporia. Nor
NAL schools are different from the bene-
ficiary institutions of the state, and the
reasons why they should be together do
not hold in regard to them.
Eureka Herald.
Several months have elapsed since the
disaster by which the Normal school
building at Emporia was destroyed. 1t
was geneSally regarded as a serious loss
TO Emporia, but the more thoughtful
looked upon 1t as a misfortune to the en-
tire state. 1t was a fine building, we'll
adapted to its purposes and in fair way
10 become one ofthe proudest monuments
TO the spirit of intelligence and liberality
in the encouragement extended to insti-
tntions of learning, that has always char
acteriZed our young state. The institu-
ton had received liberal endowment of
lands which though as yet had been OF
little service, would in all probability
have furnished a sufficient sum by care
full and prudent management, to have
placed the school in position of indie
pendence in the future. 1t had already
been cast off by the state, and left to its
own resources. 1t had learned to stand
alone and was giving good promise of a
forward movement at an early day. But
the fire came and in few hours reduced
the building to pile of ruins, and many
supposed that was the end of the EmpO-
ria Normal. Not so, however. The
board of regents met and held council
with DIR. POmeroy, and to the surprise OF
many the announcement was duly made
for the winter term to begin as though
nothing had happened, and that too with
tuition free" Though the fire destroy.
ed the school building it scarcely inter
rupted the progress of the school day
An effort will in all probability be
made at the approaching session Of the
Legislature to secure an appropriation
from that body to aid in restoring the
building. There are many important
reasons why this aid should be extended
The Normal School is a state institution
and is generally conceded to be an i'm
portant one, and vastly essential as val.
liable factor in the progress, development
and upbuilding of our state. 1t can be
restored at Emporia at far less cost to the
state than at any other point. Suitable
grounds are already owned there for the
building, and great deal of the material
necessary for its construction is likewise
on hand. These could not be disposed
of and new grounds and material pur
chased at any other point without serious
loss. AS a point for state Normal
School, Emporia is as centrally and con
veniently located as any in the state, and
we think the most conveniently located
| In addition to these and other reasons
for retaining the Normal at Emporia
that city has erected buildings that afford
| ample accommodation for those who
wish to enter as students at the Normal
1t seems TO us there can be no question
| of the propriety and urgent duty of the
Legislature in making liberal appro
| priation in this direction, and we trus
the members of that body will so fee
and act.
Atchison Daily Champion
Our readers will remember that the
magnificent State Normal school build
ing located at EmpOria, was totally de
strOyed by fire late III the month of Octo
d,
cost of about $50, and was one O.
the most substantial public buildings in
| Kansas. The Emporia people gave the
State the extensive grounds on which
| the building stood, valued at $4,000
contributed $4,000 towards the cost O.
the building, and have since donated t.
| ii, in various ways, $1,000, making {
total of $21, 600. They took lively in
terest in the success of the institution
II was the pride of Emporia, and fheil
unceasing efforts in its behalf had con
tribated very largely to the decided sue
cess it had won.
| The question will naturally arise
| Shall the State Normal school be re
built: The Emporia people will. o
cOuse, ask, an appropriation for tha
purpose, and il is stated that the build
ing can be restored, as it was originally
for from 49,, 600 to $4,000 1t is urged
that the State is under moral obligation:
to rebuild the institution, because of thu
large donations it received and accepted
from Emporia. And it is further urged
that the lands belonging to the schoo
are being sold rapidly, and it will soor
be selfsustaining. Its yearly incom,
derived from the fund accumulated by
the sale of its lands, is now nearly SO,
600, and will soon reach $4,000. Hence
| II INC Otdtc IcpldCcS the DuliQlng. IL Is
believed by its friends that the institu
ton can be successfully conducted or
the revenue derived from the fund be
longing TO it, and which was donated Il
the school by the State years ago.
The school has been in existence thir
teen years, and had, when the fire oc
CURED, attained a success creditabl,
alike to the State and to its manage
ment. 1t had educated large humble
of teachers, and over TWENTY-FIVE coun
ties in the State were represented, at on,
time, in its list of students. Empori.
is central location, is a healthy town
all the surroundings of the institution
are admirable. There is, in Emporia
just such q moral sentiment and intel
lectual development, Just such an In
terest in education and educational prc
gress, as will hedge the institution abou
with the best possible influence, and in
sure for it the most encouraging an,
substantial growth.
The State must, no doubt, have a Nor
NAL school, and if this is true every cor
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