Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-06-18
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STATE NORMAb SCHOOL
spsarfish, So. Dak., May 28th, 1910.
F. L. Cook, President.
An open letter to those thinking of at
tending school away from home.
My Dear Friends:
What are your school plans for next
yeafP Ifit ID your purpose to fit your
selves further for teaching, for advanced
standing in college, or for business, let
me urge you to consider the advantages
offered by the State Normal School at
Spearash, South Dakota.
Here are few Of them:
/. The buildings and equipment cost
about $l75,0O0. Many similar institu-
tions have a greater investment, but the
buildings are extremely well planned
and well kept It is not easy to find
anywhere rooms so bright and home
like, and 30 we'll adapted to their pur-
pose.
2. We have about 80 teachers, all ex-
perts. Several Of them are graduates Of
our great normal schools, and most Of
them have advanced degrees in some Of
our best universities. They know how
to teach. Their hearts are in the work.
8. Excluding the teachers colleges,
it is doubtful if there is q training school
for teachers in the United States that
covers broader field than this one. All
grade work, high school work, CONNER
cial college work, much of the work of
music schools and industrial schools,
and two years of college work are ad-
mirably done here.
4. The Training Department, cover
ing the first eight grades of work, is 30
we'll equipped and 30 skillfully conduct
ed as to afford rare advantages to seniors
fitting themselves for teaching. In vis-
iting so state normal schools, / found
nothing better.
s. A special teacher of domestic
science, one of wood work, one of elocu-
ton, public speaking, and physical train
ing for girls, and additional help in the
commercial department have been Sc
cured. No commercial college can do
more for you than We can do, and the
cost of commercial work here is compar.
atively small. We are putting in new
commercial college furniture.
6. Every hour of college work done
here saves an hour in college and costs
much less. You can fit yourself here
for the junior class in the best colleges.
Why not do the first two years of your
college work here and save several hun.
dred dollars of your money?
7. Sixty new steel lockers and ample
dressing room and bathing facilities are
to be added before fall, to the boys
equipment for Athletics. Our Athletic
grounds are second to none in the State.
8. Our library room is about sixty
feet square and elegantly furnished. We
have $4,000 books and take l25 periodi-
calls. We are just now adding $1,000
worth of books. have never seen an
other secondary school library so well
equipped with reference books. The
library is in charge ofan expert librarian
and an assistant.
8. Expenses are very low. A girl
can secure a delightful home in our
Women's Hall on such terms that her
entire expenses per year for everything
needed in school and Hall will fall be-
low $3.50.
10. Students entering this school are
not required to repeat any work reason
ably we'll done in other schools. We
classify them as far along in our courses
as the credits they bring will justify and
then Of course expect them to make
good. We rarely give entrance exam
nations, but classify whenever possible
on credits of other schools.
Write postal for our beautifully illus
trated new catalogue, the best we have
ever issued. 1t is nearly ready and
gives full information. In addition to
sending catalogue, will gladly answer
questions.
Yours very cordially,
F. L. COOK, President.