The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-02-04
Superintendent Crabbe Says
Bowling Green Prices Are
ExtOrtionate.
This City Mentioned as Pos
sible Site.
MIGHT DE GIVEN THE GROUND


western Kentucky Normal should Il
be removed to The Purchase, and ac-
cording TO the opinion of business
men ID would be easy TO raise a bonus
to secure the location OF the state
school. should Its location be changed
from Bowling Green. Every business
man approached was heartily In favor
OF getting the citizens together in an
attempt TO land the school. II is rec
ognized that Paducah has been over
looked by the state In regard 10 dis
trbuting OF state Institutions.
An officer OF the Gregory Heights
Land company. which IS developing
real estate near Wallace park. said
IL could be stated that the company
would be willing to donate a site for
the state school The company has
offered site for the location Of the
county High school. but the state
normal school would be more DESTROYS
according 10 the officer.
The normal school draws students
from all over western Kentucky.
scholarships being given to the honor
pupils OF the county schools. In the
summer the normal school has had a
large attendance of teachers, includ-
ing a number OF Paducah teachers
who have taken summer work.
should the school be secured for Padu
cab many of the teachers In the
schools would be saved the extra ex-
pense OF leaving the city. as well as
drawing teachers into the city.
One business man said: "If there Is
anything Padncah needs II Is colIege
OF normal school. and | myself am
heartily In favor OF trying to secure
the school Paducah should be the
educational center OF western Ken
lucky. and I think the normal school
r. not in an easy accessible location
for western Kentucky II Is TO be
hoped that the citizens can get to-
gether and ofter an inducement for
the normal school"
The location offered by the land
company Is a good one. with street
car service and city water. while
many OF the finest homes are IN that
vicinity. The location offered the
county High school Is on a hill and
healthful.
The Frankfort correspondent OF the
Louisville Herald says:
Owing TO "hold-up" tactics on the
part OF Bowling Green property own
ers II Is not improbable that the West
ern Kentucky Normal school will be
removed from that city TO Paducah
or some other point In western Ken
lucky, where splendid Inducements
will be held out by the municipalities
in order to secure It's location per-
manently, according 10 Prof. j. G.
Crabbe. superintendent OF public in
struction. who returned from Bowling
Green. where he attended a meeting
OF the board OF regents of the insti-
tuition.
The Bowling Green property own
ers are trying 70 work the state" de-
clared Professor Crabbe. 'They are
asking us prices that are simply out
OF all reason for a site for the build
ing. which will be erected with the
$3.50. 600 appropriated by the last
general assembly. Property which is
not worth more than 500 or s125
an acre is held at 5000. and the own
ers refuse to bulge from their figures.
We greatly prefer 10 purchase Pot
ter college, as II offers a magnificent
prospect for the school. but on II, too
a prohibitive figure has been set. The
Potter college people ask $4,000 for
the building and seven or eight acres
OF ground which go with II. Now.
we want about 1875 acres. There is
nice tract lying right behind the col
lege, but the figure that both the col
lege and this tract would cost us, II
we paid the hold-up rates asked. is
s126.D00."
Must Recede From Figures.
Prof. Crabbe was outspoken in de-
ciarlng that unless the people of
Bowling Green show more apprecia-
tion OF the benefit OF having the State
Normal school in their midst. and
proved this appreciation in substantial
form, Il would not be at all UNLIKELY
that the old building and site would
be sold. and the Institution would
move into more appreciative COM
munity.
Over 200 new pupils have been en-
rolled at the school during the past
month, and the attendance is now
over 1,200. said Prof Crabbe. The
board OF regents took steps to en-
large tine curriculum. and II will in
Guide courses of domestic science. ag-