Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-28
MAKE BRANCH NORMAL SCHOOL LIKE TUSkEGEE This Is Plan of Trustees Who Inspected Institution
 Here Yesterday.
LARGER BUILDINGS,
 TORE LAND THE NEED
President Futrall of University. Suner- intpndeRt CG0k and Other Officers
 Return Wednesday to Confer
 With Chamber of Commerce.
President J. c. F'utrall of th

President J. c. F'utrall of the
 University of Arkansas, Superintend-
 ent of Public Instruction George B.
 Cook and trustees of the branch nor
 nal for negroes here will return to
 Pine Bluff "Wednesday to confer with
 the members of the Chamber of Com
 merce relative to securing more
 ground for the school to the end that
 the institution may be to Arkansas
 what the Washington Tuskegee insti- tute is to Alabama. The school is at
 present situated on site of twenty
 acres, the total valae being estimated
 n S75,000 or $100, 000. It has become
 1perative that the school have more SMd and it is proposed to dispose of TD present property and secure a kgreater acreage near the city.
 The branch normal, which is a part
 of the University of Arkansas and rep resents the facilities provided by the state for the higher education Of tho negro, was inspected yesterday by President Futrall, Superintendent Cook and Trustees A. B. Banks of For l |dyce, T. A. Turner of Jonesboro and INV. H. Cravens of Little Rock The result was the conclusion that the Ipresent quarters are cramped and [that larger buildings and more land l must be secured
 That the educational authorities will [return Wednesday is due to SecretarS E. B. Bloom of the Chamber of Com |merce, who knew nothing of the con- templated visit of the school meLuntil he read The Graphic yesterday morn ling. Realizing the benefit to Pine Bluff of a $20O0O0 institution on the lines of the Tuskegee institute, and also that it would be impossible to get the members of the Chamber of Com
 perce together on such short notice
 or a conference with President Fut- fall, Superintendent Cook and the oth- CT officials, MT. Bloom urged them to return at later date. President Fut- rall indicated qualification over the interest manifested in the school by the Chamber of Commerce, and con- sented to call another meeting for next Wednesday for conference with the Pine Bluff commercial body.
 Make Negro Better Farmer.
 Prof. Futrall said that the branch normal is sadly in need of much larger building and more ground. He said that the institution is looked to for the negro teachers and this fea- lure alone is being given much con- sideration by the trustees. When the IEew building is secured and the az |ricultural course extended, it will |he large drawing card for the col |lege is the opinion of Prof. Futrall, |Mho said "our main object is to teach |the negro to till the soil properly land not take him away from it.
 President Futrall requested that .the real estate men of the city place |fhe valuation of property and pre- Bent it at the meeting Wednesday. The meeting called for Wednesday Twill be for the purpose of assisting |the university officials in whatever |Nay possible to secure a suit ahle |site, as the improvements contem- |plated would be of much benefit to government and retain the aid receiv- led under the Merrill, Hatch and ctl-