The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-11
NORMAL SCHOOL
IS OvERCROWOEO;
PROBLEM SERIOUS
Record Enrolment, $40, Necessi-
tates the Turning Away of
Many Applicants.

As the result OF o~vercrowded condi-
tions in the State Normal school in
Upper Montclair, Charles S. Chaplin.
principal. is daily refusing requests for
admission. The school is probably one
OF the most oyercrowded of State edu-
~cational institutions.
Provisions were made to
Gate $50 students. There are now 34s,
When the term opened there were 352
Pupils in the school, but three have
dropped out. According to Mr.. Chalhr,
there Ia no relief in sight, and
conditions, instead of becoming better,
will grow worse.
THE only relief will come by the
Legislature providing a new building
said Principal Chaplin. THAT, of
course, will not be done in time To give
relief his term. The mistake was
made in not building the school :arger.
We have twenty-five acres of land sur
rounding the school. We need a new
building for school purposes and a 1or-
mitory in which young women whit
come a distance can sleep"
How do the conditions compare with
last year?" Principal Chaplin vas
asked
Conditions Worse.
"The school," he answered, twas
overcrowded last term. This year the
conditions are much worse. Up to the
list of September last IL looked as If the
school would be comfortably filled.
From the 1st to the 18th of September
we were flooded with applications. On
September II conditions were such that
ha IN .fs.a 20 ~A-t-+Ar a16tttonn1
pupils. We have 100 new students this
year. There are 1S9 students who were
In the school last term. 1t can safely
be said that at the present rate we will
have a registration of at least 450 next
year.
"In Tune we will graduate a class of
forty-eight."
The large influx of new students has
caused complications. In the assembly
room on the top floor of the building
desks ave been doubled and placed
in the aisle and along side OF the plat
form. Even then there is not enough
desks for all the students. Another
serious condition confronted the prin-
cipal n faculty shortly after the term
opened. 1t was found that there We're
not enough text books, and additional
books were ordered. 1t was ten days
O9IOIG Il6y dFTlNeu. III The meantime
a number. of the students were forced
to remain behind, to some extent, in
their studies.
The various class rooms are also over
crowded. The botany class, one of the
largest of the school, has difficulty in
getting accommodations. Gymnasium
classes are constantly in session.
Despite the overcrowded conditions,
the young women have good times.
The gymnasium is an attraction for
all. It Is under the direction of Miss
Ruth w. Smith and Miss Rebecca
Ross.
Geological Class.
The geological class is probably one
of the most interesting in the school.
During the early part of September
the young woman caught many but
terf1ies and insects. Among the more
enthusia site members of the class are
Miss Marion Conklin, Miss Elizabeth
Chambers, Miss Bessie Burgess and
Miss Marie Hennes. Miss Conklin las
been particularly active in obtaining
specimens for the class.
The enterting class mas organized
and elected the following: Miss Marion
Wilson. president; Miss Marion Wes-
ton, vice-president; Miss Dorthea Lau-
terborn, secretary and treasurer.
During the ummer the faculty was
Increased by the following teachers:
Miss Ella Heintling. geography; Miss
Edith Baker, manual training; Miss
Mary l.. Sabourin. drawing: Miss Eliz-
abeth Rusk, psychology; Miss Harriet
E.. Roxbury, methods; Miss Rebecca
Ross. gymnastics; Miss Adele Cain,
physics. !
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ten are young men.