Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-10-01

- AA'AA 81 HAN hFtftfffl Wr lm lower
inE "r raising salaries Also SAYS en-
tir" Board unanimoulsy in favor ,f
! both Constitutional Amendments AMI
also favor movement To- Icnl-thrn col
lex" ~vur>" and grant degrees of 4. y
and \ q; Normal has largest aat
strongest faculty and brightest outI",...
in it, history
T TO TIE PUBLIC Especial
ly uf Richmond and Madison
County
F. " local Regent ul the Eastern
: Kentucky State Normal School. |
think it Is entirely proper fur me
To make hi> public statement
Work and ConGiion of Tie Normal
. On August Ia. 1921. the Nor
NAL School CLOSED the most suC-
Ce~Sful year in IT., history. The
enrolment for the year in the en-
tire Normal WAS lb2S In a.-t,ial at
tendance: uf these. l427 were iu
thr Nornai School proper tuj
which .i6T were male and loss =.
malcl. The curollmcnt IN tlr
Model school WAS lSJf al which
- were maiy and IL; icmalcl.
The law requires the Mo;lcl
NCh'ui tu toe maintained. the pur-
pose being Tor the pupils I'm the
Normal who .Ic bcln. trained q"
become competent teachers. tu DC
able to ~cc and observe, a school
a. model tu follow "a, they gu
forth a. trained teachers irum
the Normal: auj the practice
school l. ior the purpose oi main
tainin" school where teacher
npN do practice teaching under
the supervision ui skilled critic
teachers. who a-quaini ;hc Nor-
NAL School pupils uf their dcii-
cicncics.
When the Normal School WAS
established in 100. there va~ not
a high school in a >ingir COUNT
IN AL Kentucky to which county
l'uNS and girls could 20 and at
tend without paving tuition. Now
there are sos such high schools
III Kentucky. In >uIporiin.
high school here In our Normal
School. the Board ui Regents had
:; double idea: tll Tu Lc a Model
high school. and for the bcnv,it "i
. high school nupi.>. ami i2l To- ard
The people oi Madison county
outside ui Richmond tu provide
high school education ior their
children. and a. the CITY ol RiCh-
Eond already had good high
school. which it> youth cuuli "a
tend. free tuition. AMI a. the
county had no such hign >cliu"l.
we. ri course. gave preference -
the country youth. NC coulj mol
take all of tn pupils who applied
ior admission ~ our space ioT
High School was and i quite I'm
itCd. al>o-dC>irc To emphasize
the fact that NC IN nu SENSE have
desired. or now desire. To- have =
school for the exclusive or for tho
wealthy alone. or for the >uppo>-
ed blucblood: for a. bctwccn. the
blucbiood and the rcdbluod. |
prefer the rSdblootlV,l youth. for
{ il Is upon them Ne DEPEND more
in time of war and. ol peace for
olfcnsc and defense. Increasing
Numbers 'oi our Kentucky youth
come here from other counties
who have no high schools TO al
tend. and such people must have
/ the preference over those who
have high schools uf their own
which they may attend with free
tuition.
/ Our Normal School desires TO
prepare competent teachers, not
only for the graded common
schools OF Kentucky. but also for
the county and city high schools.
Hence the increasing Importance
of the Norcal School being able
to give high school education To
all wOuldbc progressive teachers
who apply foT IT,
Since President Coates has had
charge of our Normal School. VIC
have opened a very thorough EX-
itcnsion Department. During the
past wear we have had S2l pupils
! who could not. because of lack
of funds or other reasons. attend
our Normal school in person and
have taken extension courses and
!. they have all made most satisfac-
tory progress. and will attend our
Normal School to finish their full
courses hereafter.
The last General Assembly. un-.
der the leadership of Hon. George
Colvin, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction. passed some
very wise and long-needed educa-
a. tional legislation. Kentucky
school teachers were among the