Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-14
MAYv|LLE
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richer. 1t is an excellent opportunity
for merchants or artisans.
The State Normal.
One of the oldest and best educa-
tional institutions in the northwest
is situated on the north side of May
ville-the State Normal School. Tie
site comprises twenty five acres OF
the choicest location In town. There
are five brick. buildings. the largest
being Palmer Hall, the woman's dor
mitory.
This institution was established BY
the constitutional convention In 1889
and was opened to students In the
winter of 1890. The last graduating
class numbered sixty one. The funds
for the institution is derived from
the state lands. Sections sixteen and
~thirty.six were dedicated to the
school by the state making q total
Of about 10000 acres. *
T.. Buildings.
The main building is made of a
red brick and white Kasota sand
stone and finished in ash, oak, birch
and maple. The recreation room, lib
rary, assembly room etc are very
commodious, we'll lighted and heated
with steam throughout. The basement
Vi the west part is divided into two
gymnasiums-0ne for men and one
for women. They are we'll furnished
with tubs, shower baths and lockers.
The woman's dormit0ry, Palmer
Hall, Is located at tho west end Of
the campus, and has lateiy been fin.
ished at a cost of 100000. The CON-
forts and ,conveniences offered by
this dormitory are not surpassed by
those of any other institution of its
kind In the northwest, and they are
chared by over a hundred women
roomers. The building was named
after Alice Freeman Palmer.
From a $4,000. appropriation Of
The twelfth legislature was erected
. normal school hospital! The use Is
confined to students and members Of
the normal school community. No.
other institution Of this kind In the
state a /, Is 90 well equipped along, this
line. i f&' @h F7af Z.
FIf improvements. Z
Extensive ground improvements
are now under way. They include the
grading. and seeding of the yard, set
ting Of trees and .shrubbery, the lay.
ing Of over 5000 square feet Of con
crete walk, and the Improvement of
athletic fields etc.
Within the last few years three
thousahd dollars have been spent In
adding to the library q collection of
many Of the best books along var.
ious lines. Over two thousand dollars
have been; laid out Id the purchase
Of new furniture and apparatus and
the Improvement Of the laboratories,
f.. The Rural School. +s>.
As provided by the last legislature
the Mayville Normal announces the
new Model Rural school Intended as
an illustration OF what a consolidat.
ed, two teacher rural school should
be.
The purpose Of the Rural School
is to exhibit the best practical
things In the shape of buildings,
grounds. equipment, teachers. course
OF study. methods and management
Of children, and social center activi-
l.es--that Is to maze the school the
source Of helpful suggestion to an
who are Interested in. rural education
and tho development of country life.
AS the Normal announces It in their
t~wenty-third catalogue, while the
Model Rural School 10 to be . two
teacher school and is primarily in
tended as a practical and feasible
ideal Of what Is rapidly coming to be
the most common type Of consolidat-
ed rural school; the one room or
rather the one teacher, rural school
Of which there are nearly 5000 in the
state will not be forgotten, but every
possible effort will be made to i'm
prove upon them"
The Model. Rural School is evidence
of the interest Of the state at large
In promoting rural welfare, and Of
the enterprise on the part of the
Mayville Normal which is the only
institution in the northwest to under.
take the rural school project in q
complete and thorough way.
This normal invites a thorough
comparison with other institutions 81
its kind as to the success Of those
who complete the courses, the equip
ment and the excellence Of its facul-
ty. and the exceptional low cost for
which these advantages may be had.
The cost of a full year at the May
Vile Normal as scheduled by the au.
thOrities is as follows:
Registration fee ........ : 500
Text books fees ......... 3.5
Board and room GIG weeks
at Sc. 80 1900