Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-07

line railways with numerous branch
lines. Canyon ~ lo,at-d on one of
theHe and nn q branch uf same. put.
ting us less than - hours from cen.
trail and South Texas points. Kansas
city and ~ Paso. Eight passenger
trains arrive and depart here daily.
The other main lineB. within forty.
minute drive from Canon. put nv only
seven hours from wiehim Falls and
fourteen hours from Fort Worth. Dial.
las. oklahoma city and Colorado
Springs Surely such !. location can.
not b. rcgarcd as seriously "inacc,s.
slhle."
AZ 10 poor support. Ii II not quite
'h"r whether your eitorial refers 10
the amount II money which the state
spends here or the patronage the pub.
lio has given the institution A. 20
the former. We have not received ~
course. all that was needed. hut when
u IN considered that the school IN only
entering iis eleventh year the states
Investment here cannot De- rerlously
complained ~. For example. ". have
here the most substantial. best mn.
pointed and largest individual scho. 1
house owned BY the state ~ T.Nns In
addition 10 this We have fiv. other
buildings of value and forty acres ~
land. According to figures recently
complied for thr bcsrd ~ control the
state has an investment value here
slightly In excess ~ 81 0O0. 600. Tho
Thir,y.Slxth Legislature approprlater
tal2ssS.si for the blennlnl perlod er.i.
INK September I. 1891. II IL trii,. TINT
We really need 81 900. 900 fnr the next
biennial period. because the state h1s
NOT seen ~ 10 spend larger sums her.
tofore, but after all VIII n W. consld r
the strain under which olY p.op:e
nave labored for nj least six ~ the ten
wears n the schools lie. We cannot
find u In our hearts 10 complain a
the consideration given Us by-sho Leg.
islature.
In the matter ~ public patronage
and the service rendered the penple Nv
the institution II referred to In the
hhnve quotaiion. then We can point col
the record with genuine pride In com.
phte denial ri the assertion There
have been enrolled to date Gsai indl.
v!duals IN this institution. emitting a
yearly average OF more than two hun.
drcd IN the Observation and Demon.
stfaiion School, n th.s" h.. Included
Considerably more than 1000 people
hhV" received instruction here In ten
wears. This enrolment represents two
thirds 81 the counties ~ Texas ana a
dozen states, though a very larg. Der
cent ~ u has come from the forty
counties ~ the Panhandle.plnlns. In
the light OF Your suggestion az Ca our
proximity % New Mexico Il II inter.
es,ing e. note that less than pei
cen, % this enrolment, cgmc from New
Mexico.
In this connection. toe. Il Is worth
while "a consider that last year. when
enrolment In normal colleges through.
out the United States suffered AMI
Alarming decrease the West TcxasI
State Normal College enjoyed a sub.
staniial growth. making the record on.
rollm.nt 81 sos In the regular session
and s2o In the summer s.fsion. or a
total OF 1895. ,'xclupve ~ more than
900 IN the Observation and Desnonsra.
ton School. Hundreds and even thou.
TN0 " hAtN HtluhfF nave NtfaNut0
the school Tor sevenL years each ana
today are filing Iaades NJ RESPONSE.
hliiy In various sections Of the state.
In the Panhandle, Plains region. no;a.
BILE for the excellence OF Us rural and
town schools. nearly half the teachers
have received all or par; OF their
training at the West Texas State Nor.
nal College.
In another respect. too. the service
OF this Institution has been conspir,i.
Gus. During the ten years Of its life
the standards OF teacher training In
this state have been greatly advanced.
entrance requirements have been
rtandardisod curricula have been com.
pietely rcorganized. standard degree
work has been inauguraied. faculties
and equipment have been greatly ex.
banded and the general educational
pulse has been quickened through the
services of this Institution. know
can say with becoming modesty that
tn all this constructive development