The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03
The STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
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Our -eahers will remember thai the
n aguih eni state Normal schDBl build
In Ltd al EmpoEia, was totally de
s;rJyed By fire lS,e in he nl0nih &c OciO-
Der last IL was erected il Iss3. 81 lcOs;
Of about $s5OO0. and Wasnne Oftbe most
slightly and substantial public buildings
in Kansas The Emp0ria people gave
the State the extensive grounds On Whirh
the binding stood. vaiacd al siOOO. eOB-
tribufed $4,000 towards the cOs' &C the
building, and have since donated % il. IN
various ways, Ss!O00, making q total &c
$2l,OO. They tOok lively interest in
the success Of The institution. ltWas the
pride Of EmpOFia, and their Unceasing
efE0Ffs in lis behalf lad contributed ysfy
largely % the decided success IL had won
The QUESTION will naturally arise. Shall
the State Normal School De re-bnil1,
The EmpOfia people will. Of course. ask.
IN appropriation for thai purpose. and
il Is stated that the building can be re
stored. as 10 was originally, Tor frun So
90 % $4,000 n Is urErdth4f the State
: under moral obligations % rebuild the
institution, because Of the large dona-
lions II received and -ccepted from En-
S1ria. And il Il further urged that the
lands brl0aging 20 the schOsIl are being
sold rapidly, and IL will ssIOn b. Selfsus-
tanning. lis yearly income. derived from
the fund accumulated by the sale Of is
lands. il now nearly $500, and will som
rearh $1,000. Hence IL the State ~
PLACES the building. IL u btlIeved By It's
friends that the institufissn can he sIlr-
cessfuliy conducted On the rcvpnnr DO
riyFd from the fund hrl0ngiag % IL, and
which was tlOaaie,l On the schoOl by the
Stafe years agL
The srho0, has been in exis,eace thir-
teen years, AMI had, when thr fire oocur.
red, affainRd q sucneSs ereditable alike tD
the STATE and 90 rs management. II had
eIlucafr,l large numler at trachFrs, and
over twenty-five couniies in the STATE
were rppresenfed, n one time. in its list
Of sfufenis. EmpDria j. q central lnra-
ton. i n healthy toun. and all the sur
rnuniinss Of the institution are admir-
able. There i. in Empnria. Just snch 4
moral sPntiment and Intellectual devTl
opnaent, just such an Interest in elnra-
ton and educational prOgrrss, ~ will
hedge the Institution abDnt with the hes;
possible influences. and insure for il Ihe
mOStencnursging AMI substantial growth
The State mus, m doubt. have q Nur.
nal school. and II this il true every cun-
si,ieraiinn az economy and rgarSl iDr the
ueIlLbeing Of the institution should In
duce 70 % rebuili the institution nj Em-
poriA 10 owns. at that place. n most eK-
cellent ate; the foundations oi the build
Ing DESTROYED By fire can. without tOubt.
ilr usFtl f6T 4 new structure; the State i
under moral obligations tn maintain such
o schlol AZ EmpOTia; and the loraiion
and surnunding of that placr cann"t b.
Supposed.
We hope. therefore, that the Legisla
turf soon Co assemble will trrat this sub
ieCt in q genProus and public-spITite'!
manner, keeping in view the numErous
and unqueStionod aiyaiagPs of the inSti-
tutinn. the obligations of the State -oihe
people of EmpDFia. tho uniOUb:ed al
vaufsgPs of that city n the l0raiinH fOr =
State Normal School. the fine susc.ss
the school has already attained, aRd tho
eConomy ut Eri''Iilsling upon the oil ~i'r
and utilizing the remains of the burned
building. The appropriation asked j.
not. ue think. unreasonable or excsssive.
and u basEd On rTaSons that APPEAL alike
To the public spirit and justice az the
people and tO the material Interests anS.
pride Of the State.