The Morris County chronicle., 1908-08-18
new NORMAL
SCHOOL READY
Dedication to Take Place During
Latter Part Of Sep
tenbeT.
"A FINE INSTITUTION.
Ample Ground Will Give
the Students Many Fine
Chances for Rec
reation.
a FINE INSTITUTION.

Governor FOrL, LHe otdI0 IoOe1du -
Education, the State judiciary and
prominent public men throughout New
Jersey will attend the dedication Of the
new state Normal School at Montclair
Heights, which Nis to take place dur
ing the first week in September. The
public demonstration which Is being
arranged to mark the opening of New
Jerseys latest educational institution
will be impressive in character. Formal
addresses commenting upon the build
ing and outlining it's purposes will be
made by the Chief Executive, President
Hays of the State Board of Education
DIR. Charles S, Cbapin, principal OF the
new school and others. Following the
dedication there viii be public receipt
ION, and the big building will be form
ally thrown open to inspection.
With scarcely three weeks remain
ing before the opening, the school is
beginning to assume a businesslike ap-
pearance Workmen are putting on
FINISHING touches to the interior, the
walls are being decorated, floors warm
ashed, and all is practically ready for
the furniture. This Will arrive this
week, and we'll before the end of the
month the new building will be com
plete in every respect Landscape
gardeners began the beautifying of the
rnagnificant stretch of grounds sur
rounding the structure last week Their
work will hardly be finished before the
opening, but by that time some idea
will be obtained of the picturesque
scheme which is to be followed out.
Today, as one approaches the struc-
ure. the situation seems ideal for an
institution such as the new Normal
School. In the opinion of some of the
educators who have visited the spot 1t
could not be bettered, despite the OBJ
Jections of many citizens.
With its Moorish arches, silhouetted
in white against the background Of
green trees the new school stands out
I'm bold perspective high above the fer
tile valley which stretches for miles
In all directions but one. The struct-
ure is impressive; there is harmony In
Its color and there Is not too much
display while good taste prevails In its
every feature. Within, the class rooms
are spacious and well lighted. Mission
style prevails both within and without
out, and the students will file into the
building each morning beneath real
mission bell, bell which served in q
Spanish mission for more than two
centuries, and which was obtained by
Mr.. Edward Russ, of the State Board,
after a great deal of search. The furn-
1ture will be of mission style, the lib
rnry and offices and teachers rooms
being fitted in this manner. The
auditorium. which is the feature room
OF the building, and has a seating ca
pacity OF 700, will be used as a general
study room, being provided with COM
Portable desks and chairs, The lab
aoratcries contain much that Is found in
the largest colleges. Tie manual train
ing department has every convenience,
and then there are large exercise rooms
and lunch rooms in the basement. Be-
sides these, there is the big gymnas-
luu.. which takes up much of the east
wing and Is now being equipped with
the most modern APPARATUS.
J. Outside. the arrangement of the
ing. SIN one way the grounds viii be
laid out a little differently from those
of any other state institution, for they
will be widely used In the work Of the
school. One section Is to be devoted
TO series of gardens, one for each
student. These gardens will be for
nature study, and the girls will learn
first hand of the flowers and plants
of which they viii have to tell in fut-
ure years. Then there will be large
athletic field with track and tennis
courts, all hidden from the outside
world by a box hedge Besides all
this there will be beautiful drives, wide
lawns and pretty flower beds, while
the wooded slopes in the rear of the
school will be cle9red of underb' ush
and converted into a recreation ground
Here summer houses viii be erected
and cozy retreats where the students
may peacefully study in the spring and
fall and eat their lunches when the
weather permits. All told, the grounds
will lend themselves to the most at
tractive treatment There is plan or
foot for the erection of an ornamental
gateway leading to Valley road and for
another leading to Fifth avenue, whi't
the whole twenty-five acres of GROUND
will probably be surrounded by {
fence. A Aagpole $50 feet In height /:
to be erected to the south of th'
building, and one Of the largesf
strirs Of bunting made will b'
flung to the breeze. This will be visible
from Newark on account of its height
But OF the school itself and the lif'
which is to begin there on Septembe
rs little or nothing has been said This
is best told in the words of DR.. Charlie!
&. Chaplin. the principal who arrlv
last Monday and has taken act'v'
charge of the fitting out of the build
ing
Briefly, the school viii be run lik'
those large teacher training schools II
New England. which have a world
wide reputation. The scope of its worl
will be the broadcast; its character th'
highest. Its aim will be to give t
New Jersey schools the best teacher
in the country; to take the New Jer
sey girl and fit her to teach by tn
highest standard. Along with all Q
this will come the establishment of |
series of training schools. which vii
act in conjunction with the norma
institution. Eventually there will com
the establishment of dormitories o.
the property, and this at no grea
time in the future.
Educators who have Inspected tn
school declare that within two year
dormitories win have to be built If tn
school is to accomplish what is hope
for it, The necessity for them is self
evident, for with large number Q
students coming from widely separ
ated territory the work of the institu