The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-10
An Open Letter to Those Thinking
of Attending School Away from
Home.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

Spearfsh S. d. June 3.-My dear
plans for next year? If it is your
purpose to fit yourselves further for
teaching for advanced standing III
college or for business let me urge
you to consider the advantages Of
fered by the State Normal school AT
Spearfish South Dakota.
Here are few Of them:
I. The buildings and equipment
cost about $4,000. Many similar
institutions have a greater invest
ment but the buildings are ex
tremely we'll planned and we'll kept.
1t is not easy to find anywhere rooms
so bright and homelike and so well
adapted to their purpose.
2. We have about 80 teachers all
experts. Several of them are sradu-
ates of our great normal schools ana
most of them have advanced degrees
| in some of our best universities.
They know how to teach. Their
| hearts are in the work
3. Excluding the teachers col
leges it is doubtful if there is train
ing school for teachers In the United
States that covers a broader tielu
than this one All grade work high
school work commercial college
work much of the work Of music
schools and industrial schools ana
two years of college work are admir-
ably done here.
4. The training department cover
ing the first eight grades of work
is so well equipped and so skilfu!y
conducted as to afford rare advant-
ages to seniors fitting themselves
for teaching. In visiting SO state
normal schools I found nothing be.-
ter
| S. A special teacher of domesti,
science one Of wood work one OF
education; public speaking; and ply
steal training for girls and addition
al help in the commercial depart
ment have been secured No COM
mercial college can do more for you
than we can do, and the cost of COM
mercal work here is comparatively
small. We are putting in new COM
mercial college furniture.
8. Every hour Of college work
done here saves an hour in college
and costs much less. You can fl.
yourself here for the junois class In
the best colleges. Why not do the
first two years Of your college work
here and save several hundred dol
lars of your money?
Z. Sixty new steel lockers and
ample dressing room and bathing
facilities are to be added before ta:l
to the boys equipment for athletics.
our atletic grounds are second to
none in the state.
s. Our library room is about 60
feet square and elegantly Furnished.
We have 10000 books and take 1875
periodicals. We are just now adding
$4,000 worth of books. l have never
seen another secondary school H.
brary so well equipped with refer
ence books. The library is in charge
of an expert librarian and an ASSIST
ant. ~ 49,
.. Expenses are very low. A girl
can Secure delight full home in orr
women's hall on such terms that her
entire expenses per year for every
thing needed in school and hall will
fall below $3.50. - $3.50
10. Students entering this school
are not required to repeat any wetN
Reasonably we'll done In other
schools. We classify them as far
along in our courses as the credits
they bring will Justify and then or
course expect them to make good.
We rarely give entrance examina-
tions but classify whenever pos
sible on credits from other schools.
Write postal for our beautifully
Illustrated new catalog the best We
have ever issued. 1t is nearly ready
and gives full information. In ad-
dition to sending catalog ! will glad
7ly answer questions.
Yours very cordially
F. L. COOK. President.