The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05
OVERCOME TEACHER SHORTAGE

ONERGOmE E1CHEh SHOh ALE.
While we write and talk OF the
teacher shortage in the state, we
have right here in Florida a means
for fitting teachers to meet those
needs, and yet, the opportunities
which are presented are by no means
fully utilized.
In the University at Gainesville and
the Florida State Female College we
have two institutions of learning well
fitted to care for the needs of Flor
ida. And during the past few years a
campaign of publicity has been waged
to induce Floridians to send their
boys and girls to state colleges. in
stead Of seeking an education for
them beyond the state confines.
Now comes the news that in spite
of every effort to meet the situation
which has developed, there is not
dormitory room enough at the college
to care. for those who have applied
for adnittance. A recent dispatch
from Tallahassee says:
For a number of years the coll
lege has refused to accept into the
dormitories out-of- Estate students the
shortage of space would be very much
greater than it now is. Some years
ago, when the board ruled that all
space in the dormitories should be
held for Florida girls because the
space was in such demand, the col
lege refused IS out-of-state students
into dormitories. This number, had
the college continued to accept them,
would have increased by this time to
probably several hundred. When the
To
the demands of Florida girls the board
wisely ruled that this being state
institution all available space should
been done for the past four or five
years.
THE college has in the course of
construction some additional dormitory
space. The college is building an
addition to Broward Hall, which will
be completed in a few weeks This
addition will give room for 80 more
students. This space, however has
all been reserved for the coming
year. Also, an addition is being built
to Reynolds Hall. This cannot be COM
pleted until some time next summer
A little more space in the dormitories
will also be available when the in
frmary moves into it's new building,
which is now in the course of con-
struction, and it is expected to be COM
pleted before the school opens in the
fall of 1921.
with this additional infirmary
space and with the addition to Rey-
nolds Hall, the college can accommo-
date 70 more students in 1921, but
this will fall far short of meeting the
demands. The college needs imme-
diately two more dormitories in size
equal to the largest dormitory on the
campus now, if it is in some measure
to provide accommodations for the
young women Of Florida to receive
niger training here.
The great majority of students en-
ter the profession of teaching in some
phase or other. If ample accommoda- |
lions were provided here at the Col |
lege for Women, it would be a great |
help to the public schools of the state, |
since we could then prepare several
hundred more students each year for |
the profession of teaching. The col |
lege has a splendid plant, having a |
large farm and dairy to supply milk |
and fresh vegetables for the tables. |
If more dormitory space and CORE !
spending classroom facilities are pro-
vided, the whole institution could be
of greater Service to the state"
While it is a pity that any young |
men or women in Florida should be |
denied entrance to the colleges for |
lack of space the fact that publicity |
is being given the need for more room |
will probably work to the good of the
An effort will be made to
get the next legislature to appropriate
more money for college maintenance,
and it is to be hoped that, should this |
measure pass, one of The first effects |
will be to so enlarge the dormitory |
space as to make it unnecessary to |
turn away one ambitious young man |
Or woman seeking an education at
either one of the state colleges.