The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-06-17
Board of Regents
Continued from Page |, Sec. 2.


Notwithstanding his opinion. the farm
account on June |, ID, shows profit o
S5l96 for the first five months of thi
year, besides being the necessary mean
of atfording the required agricultural in
struction to the students
(2) He claims that $4,000 was donat
ed tie the city of Richmond for the pur
pose of paving Second street, which
pavement does not touch The property o.
the school. 1t was apparent to your in
spector or he could have ascertained by
most meager investigation, that the side
walks of Second street did not reach the
campus and that the city of Richmond
would not and did not until the Eastern
Kentucky State Normal School donated
the $4,000 appropriated any of its funds
towards the construction of side walk
along Second street to the campus. Be.
fore this was done. the students, both
ladies and gentlemen, had to walk
through the mud ankle deep and over a
poor macadamized road for several
hundred yards along Second street from
! the campus to the sidewalk on said St
constructed by the city. We made that
contribution to the building of this side
walk in order TO conserve the health and
comfort of students who necessarily had
to pass along that street.
(3) Another criticism is the sum of
$4,000 annually paid to the Water Com
pany Of Richmond for four fire hydrants
located on the campus, which expendi-
ture he says, Il certainly object to. ~
When the State acquired the campus
for school purposes, there were no water
mains nearer than 1900 feet to the cam
puS. In order to get protection from
fire, the Board of Regents entered into
contract with the Water & Light Co.
that if would construct main 1900 feet
to the campus and 1900 feet off the cam
puS and put in as many as four hydrants
at convenient and appropriate places on
said campus, that the institution would
annually pay the Water Company 5000
for same. We will continue to give to
the States property this necessary fire
protection and do not doubt that we are
serving the States best interests and
protecting the lives of the students by
so doing.
N The Inspector says; 81 very much
doubt the wisdom of putting the State
in the attitude of owning and operating
a book store" The campus is located
about one-half mile from the business
section of the town. AS matter of con-
venience to the student body and with
view TO giving them books and sup
plies at the cheapest prices possible, the
Board of Regents, after endeavoring to
have them supplied by downtown deal
erS, several years ago installed a book
store and charge the students very
small profit above the cost price OF same
The store has been paying small profit
to the institution and furnishing to the
students whenever they need such books
and supplies at the least possible COST
Such little conveniences as blotterS, pens
and ink, scissors, gymnasium shoes,
blouses, and 81 80 worth of safety razor
blades have been handled by the insti-
tuition. Your Inspector without know
ing the necessity of the same, without
taking the time TO investigate the ne
cessity of it, objects TO the Book Store.
Our experience has taught us that it a
great convenience, and indeed a neces-
sity. He says that some one suggested
to him that the Book Store is maintain
ed in the interest of the American Book
Co. The records OF the Book Store show
that IS, 1878 of books and supplies were
handled since September /, 1912. OF
this sum only SS5437 worth we're pur-
ceased from the American Book Co.
% Your Inspector criticises the bring
ing together of the school superintents
of the Eastern District annually for the
purpose OF discussing the needs of the
common schools. Your Inspector is evil
IDENTIFY not school man, nor conversant
with the conditions in Eastern Ken
lucky. Great good has resulted to the
educational uplift of Kentucky from the
coming together of the school superin-
tendents in annual convocations. They
were able to tell US what was needed,
and thereby aid us to better train the
teachers for their schools. We greatly
regreat the necessity of dircontinuing
such convocations.
(e) Your Inspector objects to the ad-
vertisement of the School in the county
papers and educational journals, intend
ing to leave the impression that the
Board advertises in papers outside of
Kentucky. No advertising was ever
done by the institution in any paper out
side of the State of Kentucky except in
the Kentucky Edition of Cincinnati
paper, which circulates largely in the
counties of Kenton, Campbell, Boone
and Pendleton. Such publicity, through
the medium of the press, has done much
good, and we are heartily in favor of
such methods of telling the people what
we are doing for their teachers.
(O Another item that has distressed
your Inspector very much is the ex-
pense of s444.65 paid out by the Board
of Regents to prevent the spread of
smallpox in the school We submit
that in our judgment it was good in
vestment, because at the time when.
smallpox appeared in the institution
there was an enrolment of more than
jOo, and it meant disbanding of the |
work and reckless exposure of the stu
lent body to the two smallpox patients
who had it and rather than act upon the
standard of wisdom that your Inspector
possesses, the Board took a broader and