New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-27
NORMAL COLLEGE NEEDS MORE ROOM


THE TRUSTEES TO CONSIDER THE ABoLiTloN "F
TIE TRAINING DEPARTMENT.
ri r-....,,,,ra Conrni,tee Of the trustees Of the
>.-al College will meet this afternoon and receive
,h ro,ort from a subcommittee appointed TO m
ves,igate plan for the adjustment OF the framing
renarru1art Of the Normal Coileg" ana me employ
mont Of the space now devoted 20 the teachi"E o.
ohudrAn % Normal students proper ana me c'ass
raining ~ teachers. II is said tina; there VIII
soo, no an insufficient number of teachers ioi me
nubllc schools o. the city, and maj more 'oo" -
e.sad FOR Students in the Normal College
r. Tr,inins Department. which NAV Ie done
-. Ter vas established after the Normal Col
,ago WAS built by an act OF the LEGISLATURE ara j.,
IN foot regular primary and grammar scIoV' o.
,o,,r,eeu classes and kndergartens. gVing in''r"9
49,, - sbou, one thousand pupils. The teachers
w. ha Normal students. who It was supposed
.id ,,nder the supervision OF the college faculty.
., PRACTICAL exnsrience in the actual management
~ classes and in the application OF theories gAl"'i
j., regular Normal work Experience mas s"o"" J.
"a said that on account OF the large hunloei ~
>,>r,,ai students the knowledge gained by any one
v,.1uate was not sufficient 20 be OF much pFac''A'
,-o The trustees now feel thar all the room IN
80, >.o.,,al College Is needed for Normal students.
49, hat a sufficient number Of them can oe graz
o,as e.,h wear 10 supply the teachers required 'l
the public schools. = ..o ,r,s,aA.
Dr Daniel F.. McSweery, one OF me
ssid las, night that the report OF An! P'oD'"'
-, ~ Tho Board in the matter was premature
,rha subcommittee will make report at me m'e'
49,. ,o6av and the subject will then be DISCUSS"
49,. tho I-xecuflve Committee. II the latter COM
n,,tee decides upon some line OF action us recon-
,oenda,ion viii then be presented to the noaro Oh
,rrustees of the college. which Is composed Oh ~,
po,rd of Education and the president OF the COZ
Iooo And even If the full Board deciaea 10 o.
na.s, Win the training department OF inc Norma.
GG""ifsc, ifs action would have TO be approNeu ~
me l,cSueenv declared that he did no, KNOW
what action tho Board would take out ne oo 9e,
W. ,bst /, would soor be confronted WIN ~, nr"
ssesc,Itv in relation 70 the citys schools Aoout
,o,,r hundred teachers were SradIa''g tlDln -
Tornal College last year ana a. OF mem H.
;cnni nlaces In the schools before January NJ
Ia be did not think thar the boara "ogiu nav
- - subs,iflfe teacher by March. The CITY los'S
enc four hundred teachers each year ultousn
desth RESERVATIONS MARRIAGE ana ne NUMB.
~ VSariv graduates from the Normal Col!e2e has
o., o. bon, been able 20 make NJ mis- denciency IN
psst vears There Is now. according 10 DE. NC
sweenv A sudden and greatly increased oemani
for teachers due the rapid CROWN or IN" city
ana mo erection Of more Schoolhouses
This will be much more percepubie within the
nev, two Years as the Building Committee last
vsar gave out contracts for the erection or twenty
new Schools and ten annex school buildings. Each
1v. CLASSES and each class Will require a teacher
The most OF these schools Will have to be finished
bv 1909 The Normal College. DR. McSweeny said
is oyercrowded now and yet from present indica-
lions not more than four hundred teachers will be
graduated this year.