The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-06
SITE OF THE NORMAL SCHOOL.
REMOVAL FROM ATHENS TO At
LANTA UNDER DISCUSSION.

Che"pness of Board in the NOrmnI's
DormitOry at Athens Has Aroused
Feeling of Hostility Against the
school Among the boarding House
Keepers of the Classic City-Out-
rageOus Price Asked For the Se-
curing of IL sewer Connection.
Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 5-Plans are being
quietly discussed for the removal of the
State Normal Schooi from Athens to At
lanta. Nothing public has yet been said
about the scheme and the announcemenE
that such a move Is contemplated will be-
a great surprise. especially to the people
of Athens. who thought that when the in
stitution was established there 1t would
become native to the soil of the classic
city.
According to the information in possess
sion of the Morning News correspondent,
behind the proposition to take the insti-
tuition away from Athens there is also %
scheme to remove the State archaeological
School from Atlanta to Athens, though
this transfer of institutions is not the
primary idea Of the trustees.
Back of II all Is an antagonsm to the
normal school In Athens. Members of tho
normal school commission. though they
do not want 70 be quoted In the press om
the subject ID not hesitate TO say that
the institution is anything but pleasantly
situated In the classic city and would be-
much better off II located somewhere else.
AS II is, the school has been wonderful
success, about the only thing that the Bla-
lock committee has found worthy of
praise, but there has developed so much
hostility in certain local quarters that the
trustees upon whose Information this arti-
Gle Is based, are almost openly ready to
advocate change.
The hostility" said member of the
commission to-day rs not against tho
| school ITSELF for every one Is bound to-
recognize its worth and success. 1t IL
| against the management, / think, but do
| not understand me as saying or intend
| ing to convey the idea that there could
| be any just or reasonable criticism pass
| ed upon President Bradwell or the admin
| istration OF the Institutional In any way.
| The fact IS il is because President Brad
| well has brought the school down so close
| TO the people and made it so popular with
| the masses that our sailing is not as
| smooth as 1t ought to be. BY making ID
| possible for poor people to attend tho
school, the cost of living in the dormi-
| tories being only nominal. the boarding
| house keepers and others who expected
! at first to reap n harvest off the stu
| dents, are arrayed against it, The conn.,
| a
| dent to attend the university and the nor
| NAL school is unpleasant, and since the
| visit of the Blalock committee and what
| has been said by Mr.. Blalock about the
! necessity of a similar arrangement to ac-
| commodate students at the university this
| spirit Of antagonism to the methods OF
| the normal school has been more notice
| able than ever.
"One of the main troubles
which has brought about tho
| discussion of the advisability
| Of asking the legislature to
| remove the institution from
Athens Is the manner in which
| the school has been bottled up In ITS sani-
| tary arrangements. According to the es-
| innate OF Chairman Quinn OF the building
committee Of the board Of trustees, it will
| cost $4,000 or more to get a sewer con-
| nectlon for the institution under the condi-
tons imposed by the adjacent property
| owners. The trustees have done all they
| could TO bring these parties to reason, but
without result. 1t is still insisted that a
| costly sewer be constructed whereas, but
| for what the trustees think unreasonable
antagonism, If not in fact a scheme To-
| force the state to buy up a lot Of adja-
| cent land, the sanitary arrangements
| could be completed at a nominal cost.
But aside from this opposition and lack
| of sympathy In Athens" said the trustee
| referred to, there are many strong ar
Il
school. In the first place the railroad ia
cilities are better here for students and
they could get better rates. Then the
Psychological school ought to be in Athens
anyway The buildings OF that institution
would suit admirably for the normal
school, and in few years
am sure the attendance would
run up 20 a thousand or more, which
would be better for Atlanta than the few
dozen who attend the Tech now. BY
moving the Tech to Athens something like
$4,000 would be saved each year In pro-
fessors' salaries, and at the same time
the students would get a better course
IN the literary department than they now
get under separate faculties. There would
be "a saving OF one presidents salary also.
and the cry Of competition with regular
foundries ana machine shops which has
been frequently raised against the Tech
by local concerns would be done away
with. So that on the whole do not think
that Atlanta would kick az the change,
especially " the $500 a year which the
city pays the Tech should be declared off
and thousand students brought to the
school instead OF a hundred or so as 40
present. ! cannot say what viii be done
about the matter, but ] would not be at
all surprised to see some developments
along this line when the legislature meets.
We certainly cannot go ahead and maka
the same progress that we have been maxi
Ing with the normal school II we are TO
be hampercd as we now are In Athens"
AZ tho recent meeting OF the trustees.
when the removal Of the institution was
mentioned. Il Is understood that Prof.
Lawton Evans Of Augusta, one OF tho
trustees. said that Augusta would soon
raise $4,000 20 have IL located there.