The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-22
REPORT OF COMMITTEE
That Visited the State Normal and In
tlStrial College.

HUNtfldi tblltst.
Senator Smith. for the committee of
Inspection. read the report upon the
State Normal and Industrial College.
which was very complimentary 10 the
management and work of that insti-
tuition.
The following extracts are given from
the report:
"a visit to the States college for wo-
men at Greensboro will surprise any
who have not previously visited that in
stitntion. Before our visit of inspection,
probably not a member Of the committee
had Il due appreciation of the magni-
trdc Of this enterprise.
The college owns Ia acres Of land.
| Grouped on about ten acres of it are
six buildings, four of brick and two of
wood. Including about two hundred
pupils in its Practice and Observation
School its enrolment is more thdn six
hundred. The main college building and
the main dormitory are large and hand
some structures, hut even Il casual in
spection impresscs one with the great
need for more room. There is not a
recitation room in the college which is
not used every day by two or more
mittee was Thoroughly impressed with the
crowded condition of the dorintorieS.
In rooms none too large for two stu
dents we found three or four occupants.
But even with this crowding. and with
all trunks in the halls, there are boarding
places for only $50 students. the other
students who come from a distance being
compelled to board in private families
near the college.
There is no general faculty meeting
room in the college building
The library is only twenty by thirty
feet in size, and consequently about one
fourth of the literature belonging to the
library and the literary societies is in
boxes and closets.
The room temporarily used for a gym
nasium is only thirty by forty feet. and
is NOT ut all suited for the purpose, either
in size, location or structure.
The Practice and Observation School
is now taught in dormitory rooms. y
new building for the purpose is an alb
soute and Immediate necessity.
Records taken from the registration
cards of students show that about 20 per
cent of the regular students declare that
they would have gone to no other North
ed the State Normal and Industrial
College. Thirteen per cent say that
they would have attended some other
North Carolina college and give the
names of the respective colleges they
would have attended. while seventeen per
cent are unable to say certainly whether
or not they would have gone elsewhere.
The grounds of the institution are
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siderable expenditure TO make proper
paths and roads over the premises.
The committee spent large part of
tho day visiting The offices of the in
stitution. recitation rooms. dormtory
rooms. dining rooms, kitchen. laundry,
cattle barn. dairy, etc. The books of
the Bursar and complete statements of
the accounts were placed at the disposal
of the committee and every facility of
fered for thorough inspection of each
department.
The members of the committee were
most favorably impressed with all they
saw and especially with the carncstneSS
and spirit of the student body.
1t is a gratifying fact that North Car,
ollna has an institution so well adapted
to the educational needs of its daughters. !
portunity for intellectual culture and
industrial and professional training, and
at such cost does not make these op-
portunities beyond the reach Of the am
bilious girl with limited means.
About one-third of the students who |
have attended this institution each year
nave come without help from parents |
paying their own expenses for board, etc
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ly earned.
twenty students earn their living ex-
washing dishes, preparing tables, etc.