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Mr. Stearns then opposed the bill
on the grounds that the amount OF
the appropriation would not provide
such a school as the State needed.
He did not think that the class OF
girls that would attend normal
school located at Burlington or Rut-
land would remain in the State 10
teach The present normals furnish
ed training for girls who could not az
ford to attend school located in
larger place
He showed that the Johnson school
had in a iiyeyear period graduated
nearly as many as the school 40 Ply
mouth, n H., which cost Sl65,000 In
one of the years the Plymouth school
had a large increase in graduates and
be found out this was due to the fact
that a new superintendent of cduca-
tiou was elected 's New Hampshire
that year who worked IN harmony
with the principals of the normal
schools. Ho 'hought this might pos
sihly apply this state.
III UNDER bod chat this was an adj
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experience be had had with other adj
mlnistratiou measures there was no
telling how quickly or what means
would be used TO pass H. He thought
10 was important enough so time
should be taken for it's consideration.
committee had been appointed TO
visit the school at Johnson but had
not done so and he had been told it
was the intention TO report the bill IN
the morning and railroad Ii through.
He hoped this would not be done I'M
Ill the committee had made it's report.
Superintendent Stone, who had in
the meanwhile come in, was asked by
e. d. Collins, professor of pedagogy
at Mlddlebury College, If he knew
what The intent was.
Mr. Stone replied that IT was to es.
tablish q normal school There was
no reference in it to ab0lishing the
two present schools. Asked by Mr..
Stearns II 1t was not the intent of the
committee 10 do away with the pres
eut normals, Mr. Stone replied that
he did not know what the intent of
the committee was.
Professor Collins then presented
some strong arguments against the
benefits that would be derived from
such a school as the bill contemplate
ed. He thought the State would be
better served by schools located In
small places.
G. II. Morrill,. principal Of the Ran
dolph normal school. opposed the bill.
/ He did not like the idea of establish
| ing central school to kill of the
other three schools He said the
| State had no normal school policy and
never had and had no educational pol
icy.
Mr.. Morrill, whose remarks were
quite extended, was followed by Prin-
cipal Allen of the Johnson school.
| He explained conditions at that
school and told of the large amount
of money expended at Johnson by the
town to make the school better on
the strength Of the legislation passed
two years ago.
Principal Leavenwcrth OF the Cas-
Teton normal school told the com.
mittee that the State had not expen-
ded one penny upon the plant up TO
I this year. This year the board OF ed.
ucation had expended a little over ST.
200 for repairs. For this the State
had had the use of the plant for a
years without expense The amount
asked for in the bill, $4,000, would
not replace the plant at Castleton.
Mr. Davis of Island Pond. who rep
resented Brighton two years ago, said
that Legislature had a bin TO appro
PIRATE Sl25O00 for "a normal school
They thought there was Niger iu
the wood pile and searched until they
found him. That Legislature thought
4 the St1te was under obligations 90
maintain, the present schools until
1910 and hc was of the opinion that
this Legislature would find lt less OK
peusive and more advantageous 20
spend the money on The present
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