The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-04
OUR NORMAL SCHOOL.

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The cut as shown above will doubt
less be surprise to many to whom
this paper may come. Students of
twenty years ago will hardly recognize
the sold place" SO many and so
varied have been the improvements.
And to those who are not intimately
acquainted with Bloomsburg's great
school, we beg to say that but few
schools, we believe, have ever enjoyed
so great prosperity.
THE SCHOOLS GRADUATES.
What better proof of excellence
need any school have than to note
the annual increase Of its graduating
classes, provided, always, the standard
of scholarship be rigidly maintained.
The first class to graduate from
Bloomsbury numbered just six mem
bers; the last class, that of 'o5, num-
bered one hundred and fifty-three.
When one casts about making in
quiry of the present home of all these
highly esteemed sons and daughters
of the school, and also, of the entire
number graduated here, he is amazed.
About twelve hundred graduates
have gone from the halls of this
school, and about twelve thousand
young people have, in whole or in
part, been educated here since first
its doors were opened as an institution
of learning.
STATES AND TERRITORIES REPRESENTED
1t is the occasion of no little sur
prise to find that the school has
among its alumni, young people work
ing in Pennsylvania, New York, New
Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, West Virginia,
Virginia, Maryland, Washington, ID.
c., North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Mime
sofa, Missouri, California, Texas,
Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Kansas,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah,
Arkansas, New Mexico, Idaho and
Washington.
Beside this great list of states, our
school may point with pride to far off
India, China, Syria, and Mexico, and
find glad response to her alumni roll
call from the missionary field, for in
these distant lands there are graduates
of old Bloomsburg, laboring in the
spirit of love for the enlightenment
of heathendom.
THE PRESENT ENROLMENT.
Almost every year since the first.
has opened with a greater enrolment
than the preceding one. Last spring
term there were assembled son the
hill" the greatest body Of students
ever gathered there in any one term.
This year more than one-third of
all the counties of our state have
representatives on the enrolment
books, and in addition to the gener-
Gus contributions OF the old Keystone
State, we find Vermont, New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
New York, North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Indiana enrolled.
This is indeed a great showing,
and one that any board of trustees or
faculty may well feel proud Of
FEATURE IN GOVERNMENT.
OF all the many influences apart
from the actual classroom work, that
have contributed to the success
of the school, that of its government
stands out as one of the foremost in
point of influence.
1t has ever been the thought Of
those having in charge the govern
ment of the school, that all influences
should be formative rather than coer-
Give. To build up, or rather to de-
velop character has been the one
great aim of the school. To talk to
young people about goodness in the
abstract, or yet about being good
themselves is one thing, and to
properly environ the boys and girls SC
as to bring them to earnestly desire
the attainment of a strong christian
character for themselves is quite an
other thing.
Just as we 60 to press we are ad
vised that there is now pending q
movement which has in view the or
ganization of a sort of Senate com
posed Of certain students and mem
bers of the faculty, to which shall be
referred all important items OF disci
pline, This argues for a high order
Of things in the matter OF schoo
government.
PROJECTS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
On the side of the intellectual there
are many good things in contempla-
tion for the year. Just nov the Uni
versity Extension Course OF lectures
is being arranged for. Prof. Elsor