The log cabin Democrat., 1917-02-02
TEXT OF VISITING COMMITTEE REPORT STATE NORMAL SCHOOL Is Given High COmmendation in Re- port of Joint Visiting Committee
 to Legislature.


 report of the joint committee ap- pointed to visit the Arkansas State Normal School, which was submitted to the legislature yesterday:
 To the Forty-First General Assembly
 of the State of Arkansas:
 We your joint committee, appoint ed by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate to visit and inspect the State Normal School at Conway, Ar kansas, respectfully submit the fol- lowing report and recommendation Value of the Property. Conditions of
 the Grounds and Results
 Accomplished.
 We find that the institution is hap- oily located on an ideal tract of land containing eighty acres donated by the citizens of Conway; that the buildings consist of main building. and girls dormitory, training school, and heating plant together with farm buildings; that this prop erty represents an investment of ap- proximately $55,400 on the part of the state, the farm being donated by the citizens of Conway and surround ing country, and our estimate of the total value of the whole property is considered, conservatively, S15O,0OO.
 We find that the grounds are we'll kept, we'll situated and the trees and shrubs are artistically and we'll plant ed. The campus proper includes about 50 acres, the orchard five acres and the pasture 12 acres. The re- mainder of the land is utilized for farming and gardening purposes. We commend highly the results at tained and the methods used in con- ductlng the farm and garden and in utilizing to the best advantage both for the purposes of instructing the students and for the production of supplies to be used in the dormitory. We also commend the management on the fact that nine pure bred Jersey cows and one registered Jersey male, two draft horses and about 50 head of pure bred Duroc- Jersey hogs have been raised on the farm or acquired by the institution at no expense to the state and they are being used for the instruction of the students as well as production of supplies for the girls dormitory.
 The faculty consists of IA Snstruc- tors with a present enrolment of 3S9 students and a total enrolment of the school since it's founding nine years ago of approximately $500. We are convinced from Investigating tables of comparative statistics that per dollar spent by the state of Ar kansas on her State Normal School greater and better results have been attained than by any other state Normal in the United States of which we have any knowledge We find that the institution as a whole is run in most economical and conserva- time manner and that the greatest possible results are obtained from appropriations heretofore made by the legislature.
 The laboratories are we'll equipped, the courses of study are we'll organ ized and the department of agricul- ture is doing excellent work. All young men are required to take the full course, all young ladies must take at least one course. The de- partments of domestic science de serves special commendation and all young ladies are required to take the course The library consists of ap- proximately 5000 volumes, well se- lected for the character of the work done. We find that the institution is blessed with an exceptionally strong faculty and that the teachers trained therein are trained with the view to actual work in the rural schools and that they return in large to the rural communities to continue their work in the schools. The instructors and employees are on duty II months out of the 12,
 Present Accommodations and
 Growing Needs.
 We find that the girls dormitory will accommodate 100 young ladies and every room is taken, with over 150 young ladies compelled to board in town at an additional expense of from four to six dollars per month for accommodation and conveniences by no means to be compared with those the dormitory affords. No pro- vision is made for a dormitory for young men. We recommend that some provision shall be made where by the president of the institution will have living quarters on the grounds, thus affording better care