The San Francisco call., 1905-01-20
A NORMAL SCHOOL BUILDING.

ECONOMY sometimes The that denies
r proper building and equipment for the State Normal School
are not SO sumpuous that they can afford any extra
preparing for their profession For this Normal schools are
distributed the State that great majority OF those who
attend them economze by living at home Wnie taxing W
qualified for Normal
training enjoy advantages while living home The Normal
buildings properly equipped while the State has furnished
shelter all for the San Francisco school, and has made no apop
building facts generally known
and they should be widely published inform the people as to the
States duty to this school
order to permit the the School Department
of this let occupy old and dsused one OF
buildings oryone fenced off for the accommodation
of students and the pupils the training schools The location
and accommodations furnished by these old buildings
may judged by that the city School Board needs
them for the Chinese school, and be vacated by the
Twice the Legislature has passed appropriations for site and
close of the and died the Governors hands, after the ad
ournmen The eight bay counties which this school
State The State spent equppng the
Normal schools of the State of which these counties have paid
rely upon charity Francisco School Department which
be partly withdrawn because OF the buildings is
The necessity for trained teachers public schools great
Teaching is longer cach-as-each-can matter Formerly
supposed able teach But edit
cation all of it There must be only knowledge but the
for learning and the ambition to acquire it. In the Normal school
this faculty discovered the lack of demonstrated 1t
faculty that must be present BY nature individual ust
apness the profession of medicine be present
make successful career in either When school is put
teacher how learned who has this faculty the
wasted than
benefited
In this view of the of the work of the
school The highest the
State people providing properly equipped teachers
public schools The whole of the citizenship
depends the work these schools It's quail
absolutely dependent the of teachers the
Normal schools For this of teachers there be
proper provisions and these not secured in building that
standard required Chinese school, With all of
its disadvantages this school last year received 28 per of all
graduates qualified training
Yet is sheltered buildings that have been condemned by the
Board of Health unfit for occupancy the Chinese school
unless extensively reced has been the of raising the
percentage of trained teachers the bay counties from only
squad conditions citizen of California should blush the dark
when he thinks of the States neglect of duty The attendance
of students has been double the capacity squad
those who have sought its instruction under such have
paid high compliment teachers themselves praise
for ideals of their profession
them to its preparation under such conditions
The provision quarters be deferred no longer The
necessity OF urrendering OF the ancient which
the school sheltered brings its needs before the Legislature
FORM This should be naturally the model Normal school of
the State 1t should be fully equipped that alumni of the other
pedagogics 1t should express the dignity and fitness of
building and surroundings the position and the pride of the States
metropolis
We have many thousands Eastern visitors here wear
and the of civilization through schools
kept During
the great held here year party of visitors
the buildings occupied
NAL school and the local asked what With
presence the credit of the answering
that used be brewery but condemned by the Board
Health The commended the vigilance
Health condemned building Now
We should have proper building that need hide
appropriation should passed
ruck the end of the session.