The Mankato free press., 1906-06-22
Attendance at State Normal.
s'ie Continues 10 Increase. lel
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENTS
They Are Gratifying; President Cooper
is,H Had q, Complaint to- Make; sse
Other Matters.
From Tuesdays Daily.
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Gratifying reports were made by nor
NAL presidents to the board which held Il
meeting in st. Paul yesterday.
A large. almost phenomenal, growth
in the attendance at the schools is shown
by the reports. The st. Cloud normal
reports growth of l2O per cent in four
years. and an increase of 40 per cent
in the number of graduates for the same
time.
The st. Cloud normal, according to
President W. A. ShOemakers report, had
an enrolment of 55l in the normal de-
partment this year, against 254 four
wears ago. An additional l9S in the
model school made a total of 40 en-
rolled this year. The number of gradu
ates was lS2, against 6S four years ago.
The school has nearly outgrown its ac-
commodations and the management has
had to take steps to reduce the possible
enrolment. The report shows that of
the students % per cent were Americans,
% per cent Scandinavians, 10 per cent
Germans, 10 per cent English, per cent
Irish and per cent Scotch.
At the Moorhead normal school, ac-
cording to President f. A. Weld, there
were AS enrolled in the normal school,
making. with the elementary section, a
total enrolment of S97. In his report
he regrets the growth of commercialism
among the students, stating that their
chief object in school is the diploma,
and that in the short course given at the
school it is impossible to teach them the
value of training from a higher stand
point than that of salaries. He also
recommends less practice teaching, for
too much practice teaching, he says, pre-
vents anything like truly model school.
Two years ago the AIoorhead school had
$40 in the normal department and to-
tai enrolment of 664, which included the
model school and the summer school.
IIeSlutlJ f. IL DOlltnHOH VI thc Du-
luth normal reported an attendance of
POP in the normal department, an in
crease of % per cent during the year.
This increase in spite of the higher re-
quirements for admission. He calls at
tentiOn to the need of more room. The
attendance, including the training depart
ment, was 35S. Two years ago the school
had 1872 in the normal department and a
total of 325 including the normal de-
partment.
The AIankato normal according to
President c. H. Cooper's report, had 5l7
in the normal department, an increase of
% in one year. The elementary section
had 354 and the summer school sol, a
total of l,l37. Two years ago the school
had 400 in the normal department, and
302 in the elementary section. Count
ing summer school students and omittine
duplicates makes the total that year 6S2.
The graduates were l37, against 10 two
years ago.
The Winona normal. according to
President G. H. MaXwell's report, had an
enrolment of 3S5 in the normal depart
ment and 266 in the training school, or a
total enrolment of GAL. Two years ago
he normal department enrolled 439 and
the enrolment with the model school was
627. The graduates this year were 100
and two years ago ll9.
The board re elected all the presidents
and all of the teachers that applied for
reelection. At the Mankato normal
Miss Huff, teacher of music; Miss Colyer,
teacher of grammar; Miss Knowlton,
teacher of English, and Miss Bradley
teacher of physical culture, will not re-
turn. Mary Jean Calvin was chosen as
teacher in grammar and Alice Church as
sistant in English and history. The
other places will be filled later.
At the st. Cloud normal Mrs. Gertrude
NJ. Richmond, teacher of algebra; Julia
f. Booth, teacher of composition, and
Marion Anderson have given notice that
they will not return. Their places will
be filled later.
President Cooper complained in his re-
port that the facilities for physical
culture were entirely inadequate and
that for that reason the physical cul
ture course had not been a success. He
thought that school as large as the
Mankato school ought to have some fac
ilities for nhysical training