The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-22
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE
INDUSTRIES WILL ENGAGE
THE OKi aHOMA LEGISLATURE
Dlring the Coming Session-Normals
Sought by Varous Towns and
Cities Over the state-Plan
n a Year Ago.

tablishmcnt of new state institutions
and the erection Of public buildings
will be- engaging questions for the
legislature during The 1909 session.
A. the last session several instu
tions were created. but no provision
was made for buildings to be owned
10y the state. leaving the schools and
asyums to be operated for the most
part upon the rental plan. Owing to
the absence Of really cash and partly
because no agreement could be reach
ed between ambitious towns as to
locations, the public building question
In the main was passed over No
less than twenty towns wanted state
normal schools. sis others wanted a
normal or something else. and ten
more We're applicants for anything in
sight.
The plan a year ago was 10 os.
tablish three additional normals. all
I'm the eastern part of the stat~- but
this year the favored number is two.
one of these would probably 20 to
III" northern portion. ur Cherokee
country and the other to the southern
or In the Choctaw or Chickasaw
nations. This arrangement is prefer.
red If the normals are bound to come
and as 10 locations would be salts.
factory 10 the educational depart.
ments of the state. The northwest
would be- provided with the Alya
school, the southwest with the Wealth
eriord school, the central district with
the school at Edmond. all of them
being in operation, with new ones in
the northwest and the southwes.
The policy last year was not TO
make new additions to the normal.
on the west side until those allotted
10 the east side were located and
ordered. An appropriation of s1OO. 600
was made for charging the Wealth.
erfori normal, but secured cxecu.
tive approval only upon the contin.
gency that the money was not to he
used until provision hal been made
as referred to. II is probable that this
session of the legislature will see
IN" states policy well outlined and
whether the state wants IN support
live normals or ccntralzn this rea.
ture of the education at one or two
points. II Is yputured that Texas only
has two, Arkansas and Kansas as
many each. whereas Oklahoma has
TALKED of supporting six.
The necessity of ad litional teach.
"rs, however is pointed out by Su.
perintendent Cameron of the depart
ment of education, showing that 5000
more are needed to equip the public
schools, for in Oklahoma there Is a
heavy percentage of children who ney.
er until last year attended any school
OF the 10000 children of scholastic
age in the state 249. 900 are i'm former
Indian Territory and 2il 900 in old
Oklahoma territory. II requires at
least two years 10 secure teachers out
OF a normal course which causes the
educational department TO yenture
that the normal schools should now
De training about 1900 students. In
the existing three normals and the
I-angston College for colored teachers
there ara only $500 and 5000 stu.
dents
Three institutions were located or
assisted by acts of the last
Whitaker Orphan Home
al Pryor Creek the state School of
Mines at Wilburton, ana the Laura 4
LoWery School for the Rlnt al Fort
Gibson. school for Deaf was created
ana by the board Of managers TEN.
''rarilv located at sulphur. These in.
s'llulions merely created" wore tbo
industrial School for Girls and tbo|i
East Oklahoma Hospital for the In
sane the latter act becoming effectyeI
l"ou' the soNernmeuts approval /,
ana both are yct to Dee established h
creation of the temporary penitep.
any came through the board Of con.
rol, which was authorized to brine
'onIicts here from Kansas for roa
NoiN' and preparing material for pub.
lc buildings The department of ed.
''a''on Will join the department oil
'"a'i'Ies ana corrections in urging
'Iormaiory ana Industrial school for
"'orrlgible youths, matter strong.
y recommended by the charity com.
missioner Miss Bernard.
While practically no thought has
'eeh given to where the money is