The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-24
NUMBER 8.


STATE NORMAL SCH 00L
State Senator Rapenscroft Infroduces 4
BIZ to Locate 1t In OalxlAnsl,
On Tuesday Senator Rayenscroft
introduced in the Senate a bill pro-
viding for the estab blishmenf of q State
normal to be located a Oakland to be
known as State Normal School No.t2
phe bin as introduced carries with it
an approximation of $4,000 for the
erection Of suitable, buildings for the
school s use, and also provides for the
Payment of $4,000 annually from the
State treasury The. bill, In addition
to the above, provides that the citi-
zens of the town shall furnish freeiof
cost to the State suitable site for
the buildings
The lroposition to furnish the site
freeniRefs q with the approval of our
citizens aud should the, bill become 81
law no expenee will be spared by til6s
people III Oakland to present to the
State 4 location for the buildings that
the State ais u whole may be well
'sfsss fsaS fssst sfslss l,sll II sllew.: So.
A BILL, Entitled an Act to add three
additional sections to Article N,
Chapter IL of the Code of Public
General Laws, title Public Edu-
cation" subtitle "State Normal
School, to follow Immediately af-
ter Section 70 of said Article and
to be designated as Sections 79A,
79B, 79C, providing for the estab-
lishment of an additional State
normal school to be located at
Oakland, in Garrett county Mary
land, and appropriating certain
sums of money therefor.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
three additional Sections, be and they
are hereby added to Article II, Chap
ter II of the Code of Public General
Laws, title, "Public Education sub
title, Estate Normal School, to fol-
low Immediately after Section 70 of
said Article and to be designated as
19A, lob and 79C, to read as follows:
79A. There shall be established at
Oakland, in Garrett county, Mary
land, an institution to be known as
State Normal School No. for the in
structiOn of the teachers in the science
of education, the art of teaching, and
the mode of governing schools. Such
institution to be under the control of
the State Board of Education who
shall appoint principal and such as
sistants, male and female, as may be
found necessary, and such principal
and assistants shall respectively re
ceive such salaries and perform such
duties as said State Board may direct
lob. Students of both sexes shall be
admitted to said State Normal School
No. 2; females at the age of sixteen
and males at the age of eighteen years
and the student shall be apportioned
by the State Board of Education
among the several counties and the
City of Baltimore in proportion to
their respective representation in the
General Assembly of the State. The
students shall be selected by the sew
eral Boards of County School Com
missiOners and the Board of Commits
sioners of Public Schools of the City
of Baltimore. They shall be admitted
upon the same terms and conditions,
entitled to enjoy the same privileges
and advantages, and required to po-
sess the same qualifications as are
provided by Sections 70 and n of said
Article governing the State Normal
School in Baltimore; and the sessions
of said State Normal School No. 3
shall be determined by the said State
Board of Education who shall pre-
scribe the course of study and snner-
wise said school in every norticular
not provided for in this Article.
7gG. TO carry into effect the provis-
ions of this Act the sum of thirty
thousand dollars or so much thereof
as NAV be necessary is hereby appro-
pri8tcd ont ofauy monevs i'm thn State
Treasury not oticrwiseapn
for the erection of the reGnisite build
inc, or buildings unOn such site within