Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-10-17
SOME INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUT EASTERN
Presidents Annual Report For
Year To Regents Shows Its
Splendid Growth

of Eastern Kentucky State Nor
NAL. to the Board of Regents for
the school year 1901, contains
some facts that may Re of inter
est to the readers of the Daily
Register.
The enrolment in the Normal
School for the year 1920 was
l,l5l; for l920-2l il was l.425.
The total enrolment ior 10000
was l.40S: for 192O-2l it was l.
6/9. In addition TO the enrolment
in residence, i'll 1880. there
were IS students in the extension
department: in 1921. there
were 1.o43 enrolled. The to,al
enrolment in 1917 was 1000: in
1918, it was l,l67 in 1910. 400 !:
III 1920, if was 1922. 1t i cX-
pected that the enrolment the
present year in residence will
, reach l.SO0 or 1000. There are
several causes for this increase :
increased interest in education
throughout the state. Il greater
/ demand for trained tcaC hers. eco
nomic conditions. enlarged faCul-
! ~ at Eastern. new departments
and new dornitorics. The attend
ance al the present time. the be
ginning OF the fourth week. is %
per cent larger than il was was at
the close of the first term last
year. Two members OF The fac
ulty at this tine are giving their
whole time to field Xork-Profs
Jayne and Lewis-bui,iing up the
student body, helping normal
students while in service. building
mp the Correspondents depart
mcnt and establishing study cen
tiers.
1t may be OF interest to note
that Eastern will establish such
center whenever as :nanv - ten
teachers can be found who want
the work. These teachers meet
Cncc a week, on SATURDAYS. for
two hours for ten weeks and re-
ceive credits. Requests for the
establishing OF such ccntcrS are
coming i'll frequently. W lille there
are over 500 correspondence courS
eS running i'll charge 81 Prof. /. *.
Robinson.
The size OF Eastern nav be I'M
dcrStood from the fac. that there
are regularly employed 81 teach
crS. IA employees in The busiues,
Office and other departments ui
administration. II employees i'm
the dornitorics. and : general la
borers; i'll all, 66 persons. The
total income from The state the
past year was S127.152.CO: income
from other sources. S2S.O95..j2: =
total income of $50. 2H.o2. Total
operating expenses were Sl55.-
O5o.OS; the cost to The state wa,
SlO4.94OT6: and the Der capita
cost of instruction based on the
total resident enrolment. was
SI5.64. From these figures the
people OF Richmond iuav realize
the size of the Normal school in
their midst; and ii is growing all
the time. (
Eastern - now supporting 10!
departments of instruction. name
y. education. agriculture Eng
lish. history and civicS. Latin and
modern languages. mathematics.
science, art, reading and public
speaking. physical education.
home economics. industrial arts
or manual training. music both
vocal and Instrumental. commerce
library, high school. training,
school, correspondence and extern
sion. These DEPARTING nts extend
through the entire high school
periods and the first two college
years.
The attendance i'll ;he Normal
School from Madison county dur
ing the year 192O-21 has been lS7
students, a little over Is per cent
of the entire Normal attendance.
The other OS counties OF the Nor
mai districts furnished 81 per
cent. The attendance il the Model
School from Richmond and the
country right around Richmond
was Z52 students. The cost to
the state of the Model Training
School for teaching alone during \
the year was S9,S5O, a Der capita Il
cost OF $3S.z7. The entire attend
ance from Richmond and Madison
county was AL pupils or little
over 20 per cent of the total res
ldent enrolment. To the Normal
pupils who have appointments.