The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-10
ELIZABETH CITY
NORMAL COLLEGE
Receives Favorable Re-
port From Committee.
MONEY FOR SCHOOLS
Bills For Benefit OF the University
State Normal and industrial Col
Iege and A. & M. College. Call
ing For Large Appropria-
tions, Reported FavorabIY.

preparations for the State University
State Normal and Industrial College
and A. & Nj. College all received fav-
orable reports After disposing of
these bills the committee Jointly con-
sidered the bill providing for the es-
adjustment of a State normal college
for Eastern North Carolina to be To-
Gated al Elizabeth City. The House
committee reported the bill faVoraDly,
but the Senate committee voted upon
il separately, and gave it an adverse
report.
Several gentlemen from Elizabeth
City were present, among whom were:
Prof. S. NJ. Sheep, a prominent educa :
for and president of the Elizabeth CITY
Chamber OF Commerce; Mr.. j. Hay
wood Sawyer. q distinguished attor~
ney; Rev. A. P. TYRE, an able Metho-
dist minister. and Hon. w. NJ. Hin
ton superintendent of schools Tor
Pasquotank county and lifelong
educator, all OF whom spoke IN favor
OF the bill.
The first bill discussed was that
from the House increasing the annuai
appropriation to the State University
to 100000, and to appropriate SoVr-
600 for the erection and equipment
of a laboratory.
Representative Ehringhaus said the
possibility of the amount was not TO
be decided upon by the Education
Committee but by the committee on
approprlations and moved that the
bill be reported favorably The mo-
ton carried unanimously.
The next bill was the II. d. to pro-
Vide for the expense of replacing the
burned dormitory building, laundry
and cold storage of the State Normal
and Industrial College, and TO provide
for a central heating plant, an increase
of $4,000 to the annual appropria-
ton, total appropriation OF $lU6,oOt
Representative Mitchell. of Bertle
made an excellent speech fayorin&
the bill, and moved that it be favor
ably reported. The motion carried
with but one vote in opposition.
The first y. & M. College bill. from
the House, providing that $4,000 ne
appropriated to the college for tae
erection and equipment of light.
power and water plant was next con-
sidered.
Major Graham. of Lincoln. ex-
planned the necessity OF this plant.
and moved that the appropriation be
granted.
The second A. & NJ. College bill
was read, providing for the appro-
priation of 800 TO be annually appro-
priated and $50, 900 to be appropriated
for the construction Of a laboratory
building for instruction in chemistry,
physics and electrical engineering.
Mr.. Glenn, of Buncombe, moved
that both bills be reported faVoraDlY,
and the motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Ehringhaus of PaSquotank.
after the above bills had been dis
posed Of said a representation from
Elizabeth City was present, TO con-
slider the House bill establishing an
Eastern North Carolina State normal
institute, and they were invited to
speak.
The bill provides for the incorpor-
alton of the East North Carolina nor
mai institute, to be established at
Elizabeth City, and an appropriation
of $4,000 is called for. and an an
nual appropriation of $4,000 asked.
Prof s. Nj. Sheep first s@oke. He
said in Eastern North Carolina there
is a great scarcity of school teachers
of any kind. but large majority or
the teachers on account of youthful
ness and lack of preparation, are not
qualified to give such instruction as is
demanded, and the East is CRYING Tor
some remedy. All the county super
intendents i'll that section are con-
stantly writing for teachers but these
cannot be secured who are competent
and efficient to teach. There are 50
few teachers that they have to be I'M
ported fully three-fourtnS IN many
towns, and oft-times the standard of
examination has to be lowered to en-
able them to pass. The object of this
school is to train women to teach.
Trained teachers must be put i'll the
school to demonstrate the value of
public schools and create sentiment
for local taxation for schools.
In ten counties in his section. there
are $50 school houses, and only IL
teachers in those counties had been In
normal college one year, and the
rest had received only an academic
education hundreds of them utterly
unqualified, and really incapable OF
teaching. He said that il this school
were given, if within six or eight years
the eastern section had not been
transformed educationally. it would
be willing to surrender the school. He
read resolutions passed by the boards
of education from q dozen eastern
counties and stated that the move.
ment had the active support of eigh-
teen counties. Relief, he declared, is
imperative, and the State normal IS
the only solution.
Mr. j. Haywood Sawyer followed
Mr.. Sheep. He spoke in regard to the
financial ability OF the State to es-
tablish this school. and said through
the schools the State must achieve it's
highest destiny.
The State Treasury will have, after
deductions shall have been made. ST.
1868, from which appropriations are
to be made. The eighteen eastern
counties last year paid into the State
Treasury $1o3, 229.10 and ali the
counties of the State paid in only ST.
013.39S.24, and the eighteen eastern
counties paid in more than 10 per cent.
OF the entire amount. Then why
should not the eastern counties receive
an equal proportion of the available
sum III the treasury for the casts edu-
cationai institution? normal insti-
tuition in eastern North Carolina is alb
soiutely necessary, and it has been
proven that Elizabeth City is the
proper place for it. He said year in
ana out that section had willingly con-
tributed its quota of taxation but had
never received an appropriation that
amounted 10 anything. and this de-
mand, calling for only $4,000. was
both reasonable and just
Rev. a. p. Tyre said that eastern
North Carolina is the section most