St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-20
NORMAL SCHOOL NEEDS.
Preparatory and General Work to Be
Excluded.
MORE ROOM AND MONEY.
An Increase of the Board of Directors to
Nine Members---0nly 5 Per Cent of
Graduates Have Not Taught.

The State Normal school board met yes
terday. and submitted their biennial report
to Gov McGill. This board is constituted as
follows: ". ). Pattie, president: d. L. Kiehle,
secretary; C. A. Morey, Winona: George Ii.
Clark MankaIo; ". b. Mitchell, ST. Cloud,
and F. C. Kurtz, Moorhead.
President Pattie speaks enthusiastically of
the efficient work. done in these schools, and
the large numpersof weltdisciplined youth
turned our to swell the actual teaching force
of the state. He urges that the school should
Assume as rapidly as possible their peculiar
functions as Normal schools, exclusive of
the.preparatory and general work, which the
condition and circumstances OF the people
make, for the present at least. an ats lutte
necessity. Fir. Pattie emphasizes the fact
that the four Normal schools constitute one
system. and are not separate or antagonistic
Institutions. Their object is TO augment and
elevate the teaching power Of the state: to
fit teachers for better work ii the school
room.
ITO keep these schools up TO their present
state of efficiency even. there must be certain
appropriations made for each by the next
legislature, and while their objects are iden-
teal, their necessities are individual. Some
of these schools will need larger appropri-
tons than others. And it is hoped that the
state having established them, will not fail
to maintain them in the highest state of use
fuliess. 1t is also The opinion of the board
tndI lIe III piOludS Oi Lie uOIi1lal SCAOOA
should be
MADE A PERMANENT LICENSE
for those holding them 10 teach in any of the
common schools OF our state at least 1t is
also the judgment OF the board of normal
directors that It's numbers should be increased
TO nine at least"
President Irwin Shepherd, in his report OF
! the Winona Normal school. gives the enroll
ment for 1858 as 29l. Thiftyf four counties
| of Minnesota and twelve other states are
I b,,u cav IF q of
| PENDANTS are already certifcaed teachers or
! high school graduates - Inconvenience and
| disadvantage TO proper instruction had been
experienced y the large numbers Ill atten-
dance and ali additional instructor is neces-
sary to meet the requirements of the school.
| 81 900 are asked for in addition to the
| annual appropriation. Complaint IS made
| that the salaries OF the teachers are small
! compared with schools of similar grade DO
| the graduates teach:' is a question often
asked. writes Mr.. Shepherd, and he furnishes
| this reply;
since The last biennial report q thorough
| canvass has been made through the class
| historians of the alumni association of the
school. Reliable data has been obtained
| from every class TO an extent which shows
| that the average term or service of all grad
yates has been five and one-half years for
each person, or nearly three times the service
| required by the stale, and about twice the
average term of services Of all other classes
! of teachers. About ) per cent only have not
taught. Nearly all of these have secured
THEIR RELEASE FROM THE PLEDGE
| by paving to the school the full amount of
the tuition for the time they were in attend
! ance Less than per cent have failed to re-
deem their plCd es.'
There is need AT this school of a ladies'
home, and for this a $4,000 Appropriation
| is requested: while $1,000 is necessary to
complete the ornamentation of the school
| grounds.
| Edward Soaring, president of the Mankato
! Normal school, reports 363 pupils Tor 1888.
| This report consists mainly of an essay III
| support of lower grade work in the schools,
and concludes: For the past five years our
building has been largely inadequate for the
| needs of the school. We la;e constantly
felt the want of a larger assembly room.
| more conveniently located, of larger and
| more suitable rooms for the laboratory,
library, natural history museum, for kin
dergarten and for physical training. With
| the additional teachers needed additional
recitation rooms would also be necessary.
earnestly solicit a special legislative ap-
| preparation of S. 900 for erecting and fur
| nishing yn addition to the building, and for
| an increase of $1,000 TO the present annual
income of the school. to provide additional
| Instructors and meet the other necessarily
| growing current expenses"
| President Thomas j. Gray, of the ST. Cloud
| Normal school, states that the great him
| drance TO the growth, of the schools is the
! lack of any legal value in the diplomas, and
! the very low standard of admission to the
| ranks of the profession. There were Id
| students in this school curing the two wears.
| All increased annual income and more room
| are necessary, to meet which $4,000 must
| be appropriated by the Legislature.
President l.. G.. Lord makes report on the
| Moorhead Normal. briefly setting forth that
this school was opened in August last.
Chief Clark. The Christmas
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