New-York tribune., 1908-10-21
THE GREATER NORMAL
Plans for Fine Ne1c Buildings ON
Present Safe.

If the Board OF Estimate and Apportionn1eht
agrees with the plans now being matured by Presi-
dent Davis OF Normal College, the present ouuiieS
of that institution will be replaced by ne" ones
better suited to the needs OF the city IN "niOH -
stands. -,
..rrba ,Io,s ara tentative as yet" DR.. Davis said
10 a Tribune reporter but have asked Archltect
Snyder of the Department Of Educauoh' " P
pare some drawings. SO that we may HaTo ~
thing definite to lay before the Board OF EStia'o
and Apportionment The city lsn lA- 10 eo.b
most of this site. Stretching as 1t does from "0
stree+ To 6eth street. and from Park avenue 70
Lexington, 1t would hold buildings Whicn "Uuiu ~
accommodate from $500 to 1900 pupis' eCeoo
of course to the height OF the buildings Inc P
emf buildings house less than 1y9o. and these not
comfortably. 49,, ...
.1 don't saw Dr. Davis continued, that these
buildings are actually unwholesome. but the siIi'
would thrive better in & better place. Inc t
tories are dark that experiments hust 70 p
formed by artificial light The halls are -.. u 80
gloomy and SO are of the rooms we ~ '
make the most of the space have, for the roois
were constructed for classes OK forty OF MY
college sections smaller. Inc coneso
odontad tn present needs and the plant being Old
u was built In 1874. beleve-a good deal VI io-l
r,,,s+ he enent in repairs, more than II WouIu US
20 maintain new buildings of much greater SIC
The plans DR.. Davis has in rind inciuu0 -, -
,nps around the four sides OF the square occupieI
by the college, and two duadransleS anu
inside.
.cNo campus7' he was asked.
NO he sad. I'VE won't ask the CITY 70 OuS
land for MS II would be very nice II we coulo
have a square Of college buildings facing another
s-raat SQUARE containing campus out 10 do tii''>
we'd have TO move into the outskirts OF the CITY
land is too valuable here. We shall De SatLSIleo
II we can get new buildings-comfortaole ana aoe-
ouste to the work, and beautiful enough 10 oo
credit to the city
There are about seven hundred and rorty stuueh''
IN the college proper this year, against six nun
dred-odd last year. The high school pupils ana
those in the elementary school, in which the col
Iece students practise teaching make up the eish-
teen hundred housed at 6Sth street and PARK ave
nue There is a large overflow Of Normal CoAese
high school pupils. which is taken care o. ia
annexes in different parts OF the city.
we should like to gather all these under the
one roof or group roofs,' President Davis said
THE city hasn't sufficient accommodations ror us
high school pupils Wadeigh High School is over
flowing and is about to establish an annex IN
nublic school building Each year, too, sees and
will continue to see, larger enrolment in Normal
College proper in spite OF the fact that the demand
for teachers is so great that good many pupils go
from the high school into Of the city training
schools where a teacher is trained in two years
instead Of coming to Normal College, where the
course takes three four years But college
trained women lend dignity TO the teaching body.
and we want a good college for the girls who will
take that course"