The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-15
THE NORMAL. DoRMAroRIEs

am pleased that my article of last
week on the subject of building dorm
atories out at the State Normal
School, woke up our citizens to the
importance of the matter.
Some tell that no one in Hays
favors it and no use discussing 1t.
That is true as to Hays. But when
the Women's Clubs of the State met
here in Hays. one of the things they
discussed and decided was to ask the
next legislature TO erect dormator1es
at the State Educational Institutions
that IS, Emporia, Manhattan, Pitts
burg Lawrence Hays.
The Legislative Committee have al
ready their bill ready for the Legs
lature asking the state to erect these
dormatories at these State Institu-
tions. If that fails, then another bill
asks the State to issue Educational
Bonds for the amount needed to
build these institutional dormatories,
and collect enough rental from the
students to pay the interest on the
bonds and maybe a reserve fund.
But in every one of their calcuia-
tions they include the Hays State
Normal as one of the Institutions
where to build.
The only way to head that off as
far as Hays is concerned is to elect a
State Senator and a Representative
pledged and able to fight in the Legis-
Iature to have the word HAYS struck
out of the bill. Some one who will
get up and show the Legislators why
HAYS does not want it for ten years
yet. Not oppose the other schools
having dormatories. if they want
them, but to show that Hays is now
pushing to the front and encourage
ing building up the city, and that we
will have enough residences built to
take care of all the students who may
want to come here, and we do not
want dormatories for ten years. Only
in that way can we prevent Hays be-
ing included IN the list.
Commercial men who come to the
Brunswick, go out to the State Nor
NAL to show and sell their goods, but
are quickly told that all purchases
are made by the State Manager at
Topeka. Hays merchants may sell a
needed spool of thread to fill an ach-
ing void, but everything is purchased
by the State Board.
Put up the dormaturies, the furni-
ture, the bedding, the soap, the dishes,
everything would be bought, not of
Hays merchants, but by bids of the
eastern bidders. Some strange woman
would be sent here to run them who
would have no interest in Hays people
or merchants. They would be under
no obligations to Hays people but
represent the state.
Now look on the other siGe-en-
courage people to come to Hays to
build, our yards will sell the lumber
the building material, someone will
sell the lots which gives the lot owner
more money to spend here. The
houses are up, and Hays men would
build, paint and paper and get ready
for occupancy. Then the new owners
would visit our merchants, buy their
carpets, furniture, everything from
the napkin to the furnace. and the
coal man furnish every year the fuel,
and for all time our merchants would
get the trade of these new corners.
And old Hays will double its popula-
ton inside of few years. Then let
our people wake up, kill off the sub
marines before they reach the limits
| of our county, and let Hays prosper
as we all intended when we got the
State Normal located here.
Eastern papers are already having
articles of the proposed new Donna