Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-02-08
Madison. Feb. 3.

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The state board OF normal regents
completed the s.ntannual meeting
yesterday moralng, after taking the
initial steps toward three new state
normal sehao's- Resolutions were
adopted committing the board to new.
schools at Milwaukee. Plattevllle ana
La Crosse. The new schools at Mil
wau&ee and Platteville are eoutemplas,
ed 10 take the places OF old and Goa,
demned buildings and that at Ia
Crosse is 10 be an establishment To
care for the increased demands upon
toe normal school system and serve
particularly that section OF the state.
Senator Morris, a member of the
heard Of regents. offered a resolution,
which was adopted, providing hat il
was the sense of the board that in
view of the growth or public school
interest and the vastly Increased de-
mapds upoa the seven present normal
schools Of the stale. q new and addl,
tjonal normal school should be adde's
% the system as soon as me funds
necessary could be secured. Senator
Morris did this as the first step to,
ward getting u state normal school AZ
La crosse. 1t was well known among
memhers of the board that the l.eces.
stiles of the schools at Milwaukee ana
platteville are SO large and so Urgent
that doubtless IL viii take all the mon
~ that can possibly be secured from
the legislature at this session TO sup.
ply these immediate and emergent de
mands. so that II would be useless at
this time to ask the legislature to ap-
propriate for another school at La
Crosse, The board. however. fully
recognizes the need of an additional
school and the Appropriateness Of 10
eating It mt | a Crosse, and the unanl-
nous adoption of TIE resolution of
Senator Morris resolution places Ia
Crosse in The line of normal school
succession, and a school will be built
there as soon as the state makes tlnan-
cial provision therefor,
A resolutiuc was adopted urging tAe
legislature 10 appropriate money for
making the normal school at Platte
Vile modern and 10 do this will in
volve practically the construction Of
n new bnlding,
Another resolution was adopted de
clarlng il TO be the opinion of the
board that In Wow Of the bad condi-
ton of the normal school In Milwaukee
and the fact that the building had
been condemned ny the local authorit-
les as unsafe. the legislature ought 20
make an approximation sufficient for
the purchase of new site and erSc,
tion of now buildings, and also make
an enactment authorizing the sale Of
the present site.
The rules of the hoard were revised
SO as 70 - In conformity with the
amendments the board had made from
time to time, and also In accordance
with the changes OF conditions and leg.
islation that have come since he last
revision OF tho rules,
The board adopted uniform calcn
dar for all the normal schools and
henceforth the opening, closing and
vacations win fall ON the same date9
Tho normal school finances are In
condition satisfactory 10 the board and
the income Is sufficient TO enable the
board 10 maintain the present efll
cient normal school system hut should
the work OF reconstruction In Milwau-
kee and Plattevillc include enlarge
meut Of the capacity more money viii
have TO be appropriated to cover these
additional expenses II Ia assured
that larger income win have 10 be
provided when the eighth normal
school. presumably at La Crosse. Is
built.