Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1913-03-20
FULL REPORT
Committee Room


| Austin, Texas, March -. 1913;
Hon. ChesterH. Terrell, Speaker
II House of Representatives.
Sir:-Havinx been appointed
to make full report on House
Bill No. 1875, Bill to be entitled
An Act to provide for the estab-
ishment, maintenance and gov
ernment of State Normal
! School to be located in the city
of Jefferson, Marion County,
Texas, or within one-half mile Of
the corporate limits of said city,
and to be known and designated
as the Northeast Texas Normal
College and making an appro-
II priation therefore.
4 The rapid development of Tex
as and the consequent demand
| for qualified teachers to fill po
i sition of teachers in the public
n schools of the State, makes it i'm.
n possible for the State Normal
II Schools now provided for by law
to turn out sufficient number
I of teachers to fill the increasing
n demand in the State.
Il l conceive it to be the duty of
i the State to provide for the es-
Enlistment of sufficient mum
Der of well equipped schools
to meet the educational demands
of the State and it is imperatively
\ the duty of the State to furnish
necessary schools for the thor
ough preparation of teachers to
fill these positions.
| Educational statistics furnish
US the information that there
are approximately twenty-five
thousand teaches engaged in the
| public schools of Texas. For
i varions reasons, between four
and five thousand teachers quit
| the profession of teaching annu.
| ally. While about 1920 first
| grade certificates were issued by
4 our State Nornals and Colleges
of the first-class for the year
| 1911-1912, it Is nevertheless true
| that the increased demand for
competent teachers is increaS-
ing from day to day. The per
centage of Normal trained teach
ers, in the public schools of the
State is small! as compared to
the total mum Der of teachers en-
ployed in the work and this per-
centage should be rapidly in
creased by the creation of more
State Normal Schools.
1t would seem to be the duty
of the Legislature to consider
! somewhat the geographical loca-
ton of schools created by the
Legislative enactment, for by so
doing the convenience of the
citizens of the State will be ac-
commodated and the cost of edu-
cation will be materially reduced
The Northeastern portion of
Texas, included ia the territory
adjacent to Jefferson, Texas, is
thickly populated. 1t is the
Oldest part of the State. 1t has
the best and purest water; it has
cheap fuel, the health statistics
compares with that of any pOr.
ton of Texas. The citizenship
Of this portion of Texas are vital,
ly interested in education and
patronize all the State educa-
tional institutions, and there is
no State Normal School or any
other State institu ton within a
radius of $50 miles of Jefferson,
Texas.
The bill under consideration
provides liberal donation of
property to the State as an in
ducement to have a State Nor
NAL School located at Jefferson
and the beauty and convenience
of the site rendered, together
with the unusual railroad facili
ties, the well known culture, re-
tinement and law abiding citizen
ship of said city seems to make
it particularly desirable and az.
prOpriate that the Normal School
shall be located at Jefferson, and
therefore | respectfully recon.
mend that it do pass, with com
mittee amendments.