Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-03-03
SUMNER NORMAL
Commencing May 22nd.--Indications
Point 20 Record Attendance.
Preparations 60 be Made TO
Handle All Corners.

The summer term Of the South
eastern State Normal School is to
open on the 22nd of May, and last
ten weeks, and President Faulkner
says that indications point to a rec
ord attendance this summer.
Mr.. Faulkner recently attended a
meeting of the Carter County Eeach-
ers' Association at Ardmore. and at
that time was assured that the mem
bers Of the organization would at
tend the summer school in a body
Similar reports from the teachers or
ganizations in other counties indicate
that all over the schools territory the
attendance will be large this season.
The counties that comprise what is
called the Southeastern NormaPs.
territory are Bryan, Atoka, Carter.
Choctaw, Pushmataha, Marshall,
Latimer. Love, lie Flore, McCurtain,
Mcintosh, and Pittsburg.. Bryan,
Atoka, Carter, Choctaw, Pushmataha
and Marshall counties have given as
surance that their teachers will at
tend in a body. 1t is also almost
certain that Latimer County will be
represented in the same proportion,
though no official declaration to this
effect has yet been made.
Last week, in Ardmore, the Issue
was put up to the teachers, as to
whether they would attend at Durant
or Edmond, and the vote in favor of
Durant was almost unonimous
As to tent city, President Faux
.ner says that there will be something
on that order If sufficient number
of the teachers signify their wishes
for that sort of accomm odations.
However, there will be no large num-
Der of tents erected and then wait
for the occupation of them. On the
other hand. if teachers will notify
Mr. Faulkner two weeks before the
commencement of the session and
will inclose the amount of the rent
management will see to it that the
tent is provided and all in readiness,
for the reception of its occupant So
the size of the tent city" will depend
on the number who want the tents
1t has been deemed best to handle
the proposition in this manner, for
the reason that last summer the man.
agement went to the trouble of pre-
pairing a large number of tents. and
quite number of them were not
used, thus entailing a loss. This year
any one whow a tent can have one,
but only those will be provided that
are spoken for in advance, indi-
Gated.
Various methods of caring for the
visitors will be adopted, but in mo-
case will there be the possibility of
exhorbitant charges. Those who are
not taken care of in and about the
school viii be able to secure board
and lodging in private families at
the minimum cost.
Mr.. Faulkner estimates that the
number now definitely promised is
in the neighborhood of nine hundred,
with numerous sections yet to bel
heard from.
In addition to the counties men
toned above as being certain to send
entire delegations, there will be
goodly number from Love, LeFlore,
and McCurtain counties, although
there will not be solid attendance
of teachers from those counties.
The highest attendance of the sum-
mer school was last year when the
enrolment reached $40. This year
is expected to equal fully the record
of 1919, with every probability of
surprising it.