El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-08
ALPINE WILL HAVE
SUMMER NORMAL
Superintendent E. NJ. Mar
tin, Of Ell Paso Schools,
To Be in Charge.

Alpine, Tex, April S.-Alpine will
have summer normal school this year
+. NJ. Martin, superintendent of the FL
Paso schools, will preside over the ses-
sions. The attendance at a normal
school is made compulsory on teachers
of the state each alternate year and
owing to the Inconvenience that west
Texas teachers have experienced, it Is
believed that the Alpine school will
meet with the general approval of west
Texas educators.
The state law says: Teachers whose
certificates are to be extended and
held valid under the provisions of the
law, shall in no case have their cert1-
ficates extended and continued valid
unless said teachers shall have faith
fully attended the county teachers in
stitute for four days each year, and also
attended for not less than 20 full days
each alternate summer, a summer nor
NAL institute in some county in Texas,
during the validity of their certifl-
Gates
Teachers in the western portion of
Texas are greatly Inconvenience by
this provision although the regulation
is recognized as just and necessary BY
the union of several counties only can
an effort at holding a normal promise
such results as will Justify an endeav-
or which will insure success. Such q
union has been perfected with Ell Paso,
Preside, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Terrell,
Ward and Brewster counties, and prac-
tically all the territory between san
Antonio and Ell Paso will be united in
lending a helping hand to the success
OF the normal to be conducted at Alpine
By the union of a broad territory
of q atIPn6anCe,
Alpine has been able to make provision
for this work which at once insures
success. The best material of the state
has been secured for the faculty. Super
intendent F. NJ Martin, of the FL PaSo
city schools, is TO conduct the work;
superintendent Arthur Lefevre, Dallas,
will be a member of the faculty, and
Hon. F. NJ. Bradley, state superintendent
of public instruction, will contribute
lecture course to be given in connection
with the normal. A faculty of eight
teachers has been chosen, and all grades
of work will be taught, each department
being in the hands of a teacher thor
oughIy competent to make the work in
teresting.
The local committee is busy making
every necessary preparation for the
comfort and pleasure of attending
teachers. A dormitory. hotels, summer
ana private homes are dOunudHl anu
convenient to the school campus in
which teachers will find pleasant homes
and board at a very reasonable rate.
The $4,000 school building is being
completed and equipped. and will be
ready for occupancy before the normal
opens. This building is thoroughly
modern in every detail and undoubtedly
one of the best lighted and ventilated
buildings in Texas.
The normal will open June IS. con-
tinue six weeks and will include pri-
mary. intermediate, high school, and
normal work leading to- all grade GER
tificates. Special advantages will be Of
fered those who wish to take any of
the modern languages.
Tuition for the term is five dollars,
payable on entrance, and one dollar ex-
ira for those who wish to take the
examination for certificates This fee
will give free admission TO a lecture
course OF both general and particular
interest, consisting Of six lectures, one
during each week of the normars con-
tinuance.