The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-04
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL OPEN.
THE ATTENDANCE OF TEACHERS
EXPECTED TO REACH 200.

New COnvenienccs and an Enlarged
Faculty Provided by the stat.
President BrndweH Expects 500
Teachers to Enroll During the
session-ProbabIc Trainer For the
State Univcrsity's Foot hall Team.
An Annex For Lucy Cobb.
Athens Ga, March 3.-The State Nor
NAL School opened its third annual ses-
sion this morning at 9 O'Clock, when over
100 teachers, from every section of Geor-
gia, assembled in the old Rock college
building. Many teachers are arriving
on each incoming train and the attend
auce will probably reach 200 by Saturday
night.
The normal school this year greets its
pupils with water facilities, fire protec-
ton, electric lights, an increased state ap-
preparation, new recitation rooms and an
enlarged faculty, and every facility is at
hand to make the years record one of
great brilllancy and good effect.
The workmen finished putting in 80 tn
candescent lamps yesterday, and they
were turned on last night. The new dor
mitory rooms will not be completed be-
fore June So large has become the at
tendance that an additional matron has
had to be secured. Mrs. Torrey of Elber-
ton has been selected for that position.
The faculty of the State Normal School
now consists of President Bradwell Profs.
Euler b. Smith. Boutwell, Graham. y.
c. Branson, d. l.. Earnest and F. ].
orr, Misses Susie Newton, Annie Linton,
Valera Fraser and Ida Young. Prof.
Orr, who is now in Philadelphia will
not return until April /.
President Bradwell believes that fully 500
teachers will enroll at the normal school
during the present session. and that the
only question is that of providing accom-
modations for all who seek admittance.
He bases his belief upon the fact that the
opening attendance this year is double
that of preceding years and that he has
received letters from fully 600 teachers in
curing about the school, and the major
ity of them expressing an intention to at
tend the State Normal School during this
session.
The captain and manager of the univer-
sity foot ball eleven will decide definitely
Friday night upon a trainer for the team
this fall. II was thought at one time
that Church of Princeton would be the
trainer, but it is believed now that Nc
Carthy of Brown will be selected. Nc
earthly was assistant coach for Brown
last year and made a fine record.
Homer Johns, 0he celebrated techno-
logical school base ball player, has ma
circulated as a student of the University
of Georgia, and will strengthen the var
sity base ball team very much.
Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb, principal of Lucy
COBB institute, is very anxious to build
an annex to the present building in or
der to accommodate all the young ladies'
who desire to attend Lucy Cobb next fall
The majority of the young ladies attend
Ing Lucy Cobb will attempt to secure
from their friends subscriptions of $40
to this fund, and it is believed that work
Will be started on the annex this sum-
mer. The proposed annex is to be a brick
structure to contain fourteen large rooms
Lieut.. Albion Hodgson, United States
navy, is here on a visit to relatives He
Will remain here month and report at
San Francisco for duty as navigation Off
Ger of one of the ships of the white squa-
dron.
The contest over the will of old Mrs.
Elvira Page who left her property to
Miss Sallie Briscoe, who nursed her dur
ing her last illness, has been continued
until next month.
Billups Phinizy is to erect this spring a
large three-story brick building on the
triangular lot on Broad, Oconee and
| Foundry streets.
The Athens Choral Society will present
Friday night at the Presbyterian church
the oratorio, "The Holy City" The
Choral Society has eighty members and
DR. j. p. Campbell of the state universe
ty is the musical director
T. L. Kennedy, the Elberton negro edi-
tor, was carried from Athens Jail to Dan
ielsville yesterday to be tried for assault
with intent to murder. Kennedy's arrest
followed a difficulty brought on by some
thing he published in his paper during
the national election. He was put in Jail
here to escape lynching. He had an op-
portunity to escape Jail Jan. IS along with
six other prisoners, but refused to go.