Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-24
NORMAL SCHOOL
At MONICLA|R IS
PAST CAPACITY
So Popular Has Institution Be-
come, Principal Chaplin Says,
Students Are Refused.

Principal Charles s. Chaplin. i'll sub
hitting to Governor Fort the annual
report OF the Montclair state Normal
School, gave out u statement at Tren-
ton today made by President James L.
Hays, OF the State Board of Education,
that the success of the school In at
tracing students has exceeded the most
sanguine expectations of the State edu-
catlonal authorities. Mr.. Chapin's re-
port SHOWS 1hat Already there is urgent
necessity for increased accommoda-
tions, several qualihed students hav-
ins ueen refused admission because
thtIe IS no room.
AS showing the crowded condition,
Mr Chaplin states that the assembly
hall, which Is also the only general
rooit, Tor study, is crowded to its ut
mos capacity. with 352 desks and
chairs, The class to be graduated next
June has forty-six members, and to
take their places it is expected that
not less than 100 will apply next Sep
TENDER. In pointing out a possible
remedy for this situation the principal
says:
III the Legislature of 1910 win grant
q suitable appropr alton for placing the
senior class of lao students in the
various public schools that may be had
as practise centres, the capacity OF this
school will be 1852 students, reciting in
the building. and 40 in outside prac-
tise- a total OF 492. Without this ap-
pronriation for practise teaching the
school can admit in September. 1910,
only the n number which viii grad
uate in June. 1910, namely 46. Estimat-
Ing the number Of applicants for Sep
TENDER. 1910. us no greater than that
for September, 1909, namely $50. we
should have to reject III applicants
unless provision is made for practise
teaching.
"Fnr the school year beginning Sep
fenher. 1911. the problem of accommo-
dating students cannot be solved by
outside practise teaching alone. We
are sure to have more applicants than
We can house in Vie present building
The only Dracticahle solution is the
erection of an addition that will ner-
nit the natural increase in the number
of students that may be expected to
come from the populous and rapidly
growing cities and towns of northern
New Jersey.
Though the majority of students are
commuters. SO many wish to board in
Montclair that the problem of suitable
boarding places is a serious one. The
difficulty is largely n of price. Mont
clair is am expensive city in which to
live and the ruling prices for board
are too high for most normal students
10 pay. Moreover, parents are proper
ly anxious that their daughters shall
be surrounded by the right conditions.
moral as we'll as physical. 1t has been
found that it is unsafe 10 recommend
any boarding place without the most
careful Investigation.
1.-THE registrar is now revising the
boarding list. and informs me that il
will be very difficult to secure accom-
modations. suitable in price and other
wise. for a larger number of students
than our present membership. The in
evitable growth of the school, there
fore. will present TO the board for So
Tuition the important subject Of provid-
ing accommodations for the students
who cannot commute without much In
convenience. loss of time, and possible
injury TO health"