The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-12
THE NEWS At ATHENS.
Water Service Being Extended to the
Normal school Building.

Athens. Ga, Feb. 1.-THE workmen
commenced laying the city water mains to
the state normal school to-day. This
work VIII be finished in one week and
viii cost about $500. of which the city of
Athens contributes $500 Three Are by
drants are to he put in at Rock College
and also a tire-alarm box. The city fur
nishes free the water for fire purposes
and also the services of the city fire de-
partment whenever needed.
The contractors are now at work on the
preparation of a number of new recitation
rooms, and will begin the erection Of a
laundry house next week The contract
Tor the building of a house for President
Bradwell was let yesterday by the COM
mission. and work will start on its con-
struction az once. The third story to the
new dormitory building will not be start
ed until April /.
The normal school has only eight acres
OF ground, which was the gift of the
state University when the institution was
first founded. The school has grown so
rapidly and so many new buildings are
required that the commission finds the
institution sadly in need of more land
II will go before the board of trustees of
the university at their meeting here Sat
ufday, and ask an additional grant of five
acres, winch Will no doubt be forthcom-
President Bradwell is in receipt OF let
ters from So7 teachers, making inquiry
concerning the school OF that number
over 200 say they intend coming to the
normal school this session President
Bradwell is satisfied that over 200 of those
teachers who attended the normal school
last year VIII return this season That
would make the attendance over 400.
President Bradwell believes the attend
ance will be 500 if adequate accommoda
tons can be secured for all who apply for
admission Last year the attendance
was exactly $50.
The Normal school authorities are very
proud OF the statement they are able to
make concerning the expenditure of the
state appropriation. The state gave the
Normal school last year $4,000. With
that sum school was run ten months that
had an attendance of $50 pupils. Thus
the cost per pupil was only $2S 81 per an
| mum, or SO: IS per month. Other education
al institutions in Georgia show a cost per
pupil of $3.50 20 &05 per annum.
President Bradwell says that nearly all
| the teachers who attended the State Nor
maj school last year, now have good posi-
| tons in various schools in Georgia. Thir-
| teen of these teachers are teaching school
| in Ebert county. The demand for male
| teachers exceeds the supply, and President
| Bradwell now has applications for five
| male teachers that he cannot answer, on
| account of the fact that all of the male
| teachers who attended the Normal school
| last year now have positions
President Bradwell and Prof. Euler b.
| Smith leave Monday for Indianapolis,
where they will attend the meeting of the
| National Educational Association Prof.
Smith Is manager of the Georgia depart
| ment of that organization.
| The military feature of the university
! will he brought to the front on March l.
| when Col G. M. Smelling will start the
| University Cadets to drilling regularly
| The college boys have a new organization
| 1t is known as the "Yuk Pail, J." but nobody
knows what that is except its members.
| The county school teachers were paid
| yesterday their salaries for the last quar-
| ter of 1896, aggregating over $1,000.
Claud Payton is still in iai
| on the charge of wife beating
! He is making every effort at reconcilia-
| ton with his wife, who is suing him fol
| divorce. Payton was a student in the uni
| versity law department and stood well in
| his studies 1t is rather singular that
| Judge Foster. member of the law class
| will preside over his committal trial. So,
/ lcitor John ID. Nell. who is a member oil
| the law faculty, will represent the state
| in his final trial, and judge Cobb, a Law
| professor, will preside over his final trial
The firm of Phinizy g. Epson, lessees o.
| the Athens Banner has been dissolved by
| mutual consent G. II. Phinizy retiring
| e. S. Epson will continue to run thu
| paper.
| Rev c. A. Young of Ann Arbor Mich.
has arrived and will begin at once his Bib,
| lectures to the students of the University
| of Georgia.