The log cabin Democrat., 1916-08-11
INDICATIONS FOR
 BIG ATTENDANCE AT ALL LOCAL COLLEGES Good Crop Prospects and Prices Will Make institutions BOOm-BOard-
 ing Facilities Needed.

With an outlook for the best crops Arkansas has produced in several years and prospects of high prices for all agricultural products, the in dications are that all of the educa- tlonal institutions at Conway will en- joy the best attendance in their his tory and will be filled to their ut most capacity. At Hendrix College, Central College and the State Nor mai School more applications for ad- mission have already been received than at the same time on any pre- vious year, and the problem has come to be not of securing students but of caring for those who desire to come
 Dr. J. H. Reynolds of Hendrix Col iege says that every room in the campus dormitories )has long since been reserved, and that he is being forced to return checks almost daily from students who are applying for these rooms. So far, however. pri- vate board has been reserved for all who have made applications. The waiting list for dormitory rooms. Dr. Reynolds said is almost as long as the list of reservations. We are having increasing difficulty, however. Tn securing sufficient boarding ac- commodations for students in places which are provided with modern con- veniences," said Dr. Reynolds. "In former years these conveniences were not looked upon as being so impor- tant, but now we find that almost every student wants to board at a house equipped with water and sewer connections and many of them abso- lutely refuse to stay at place with out these conveniences."
 At Central College Dr. J. w. Con- ger said more reservations have al ready been paid for than were ever before made on the opening day of the college. So far, he has been able to provide accommodations for all applicants, but it is believed that every possible room in the college building will be occupied on the first day. Private board will be obtained by several members of the faculty in order to provide additional room for students. "Our students next year will be of a high class of scholarship than ever before," Dr. Conger said. Almost all of the new students will be high school graduates from the larger towns of the state. We have II reservations from the city of Blytheville, six from Prescott and a large number from Little Rock. Fort smith and Pine Bluff We will have one student from Canada who has never been in this part of the United States, but who has heard of the work done at Central and was so i'm pressed with it that her father has sent me a check and asked that a room be reserved for her"
 The State Normal School is expect ed again to be taxed to it's fullest capacity. Last year the enrolment at the regular session reached 399. and every available foot of space was brought into use to accommodate the large classes. Until more buildings are provided it will be impossible for the attendance to exceed by very many the enrolment of last year, but more inquiries and reservations have been made than at the same time any previous year and it is certain that institution will have as many stu dents as it is able to take care of with it's present facilities.