The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-04


| available just opposite the State fair
grounds. The college now owns suffi-
cient land for it's present farming needs.
| The Board Of Trustees, with consent OF
| the Governor and Council of State. have
recently purchased the Crawford farm, a
very desirable tract of land adjoining and
jutting into the college farm. Notes for
| this purchase We're given amounting to
| $40, 900 on ten years time.
A $4,000 TEXTILE PLANT FOR $50, 900.
The appropriation of 500 900 by the
last Legislature for a textile building not
being available from the State Treasury,
the Board of Trustees with consent of the
Governor and Council borrowed this
amount and erected and partially equipped
the textile building. A great many do
nations of textile machinery, heating
plant, engine, betting, ETC., ETC., have
been received from manufacturers and
others, until now the textile plant
amounts to fully $4,000. Other dona-
lions are ready to come, as soon as the
college is ready to receive them. An
expenditure of $4,000 additional on our
textile department will equip it fairly
we'll, and enable it to receive additional
donations amounting to $4,000. In this
case the total donations will amount to
S45, 900, and the State will have secured
ct cost of only 100000 textile building
and equipment worth $4,000.
SUMMER NORMAL SCHOOL FOR RU-
PAL TEACHERS.
Recognizing the need of industrial ed
ucation in all our schools and especially
the need of proper training for our rural
school teachers in agricultural and ru-
raj science the college has organized
summer school mainly for rural teach
ers. The school will be held during the
month OF July Board and lodging will
be furnished at cost t$10 for the month"; !;
tuition will be only S.. TIE average cost
to each teacher for teaching and all 9TH
er expenses need not exceed 500. In
! struction will be given in the follow.
| ing lines:
1. Agriculture and nature study, espe.
cially for rural teachers wishing to
/ teach agriculture.
| 9 Manual training Gron and wood.
working. drawing and designing, weaving
and plating, decorating).
| Public school branches, for review
and study of methods.
! 4 Model practice school (methods Of
! teaching and government.)
! 5. College branches languages, litera-
/ ture. mathematics)
/ 6. Child-study, kindergarten and nature
study in reference to child training.
! Z. Music, especially sight singing and
chorus.
The school is for both sexes. Separate
dormitories with proper sanitary con-
veniences are provided for ladies.
A PERMANENT. NORMAL DEPART
MENT.
AS soon as possible there should be
established in connection with the col
lege a permanent normal department de-
signed especially for the training of ru-
raj teachers and for industrial training
of city teachers. A few thousand dol
lars a year would provide such depart
ment, and thus would practically add
another normal school to the States
equipment for the training of teachers.
Lack of competent taachers is the great
est drawback in 6Ar public school sys-
TEN; and this is a very practical and
economical way to help supply them. Be-
sides the general beneftS that such
school would produce, there would be
especial good accomplished in the pre-
paration of teachers along the new lines
OF manual training and rural science,
and the introduction of this instruction
into our public schools.
AN APPROPRIATION OF $4,000 NEEDED
| The following extract from the report
of the Examiners of State Institutions, -
! made after q careful detailed examina-
, ton of the college budget, sets forth
clearly the necessity for increased in
! come to meet the growing needs of the
college:
"The college most urgently needs an in
crease of appropriat ton for it's annual
/ support and maintenance. 1t already has
an enrolment of $50 students, and by
! June the number will exceed 500. But
the annual income is no larger than when
| the enrolment was below 200. To teach
/ this large and continually increasing num-
Der of young men the present force of
teachers is inadequate, and the supply
| of apparatus and teaching material is
! pitifully insufficient. For securing ne
cessary and competent teachers and for
the purchase of teaching apparatus and
| perishable material we consider that an
additional appropriation of at least $15,-
! 600 is absolutely necessary"
THE BURNING OF WATAUGA HALL
On November 90, 1901, 4 disastrous fire
visited the college in the middle of the
night and destroyed it's mess hall, kitch-
en-, and largest dormitory. About 60 stu
dents were forced to go home for lack
| of room. Facing this emergency, which
| threatened almost to close the college
the Board of Trustees resolved to re-
build Watauga Hall on the old founda-
| lions for exclusive use as a dormitory
and, as a protection against future fires
to erect a separate building to be called
4 Pullen Hall for kitchen, mess hall and
| assembly hall. The Governor and Coun-
Gil of State authorized the necessary
loans and contracts for this purpose and
for replacing bedding and furniture de-
stroyed by the fire. In accordance with
this authority loans and contracts have
been made amounting to $46,500 Watauga
Hall is now nearly completed, furnish
dormitory accommodations for $50 stu
dents, instead of Sc as before Fuller
| Hall is in process of construction and
should be finished by June. There will