The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-21
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Livingston Is one of my fayorlte stopping places. as am always sure of the opportunity to talk cattle with lot of myscronies and to talk to lot of attractive young women at the Livingston Normal.
 There is nothing like having a friend at school as well as at court pr, George William Brock, the suo- cessful president, always takes rne Into his hospitable home and ar ranges for me to address the student body, thereby giving me a chance to indulge in my two favorite pastimes. talking and eating.
 If the growth of the University Of Alabama under the leadership of pr. George H. Denny, the wonder worker in the educational field. has created q. sensation, that of Dr. Brock at Livingston has been equally as marked, and this is no derogation of the brilliant and beloved Miss Julia Tutwiier, of blessed memory, whom he succeeded.
 Few people who have not kept in touch with the educational revival in the state have any idea of the strides which Alabama Is making In it's grammar. high. agricultural. normal and It's state institutions at Tusca- loosa and at Auburn. For instance, little more than 10 years back at Livingston no one dreamed that there ever would bs 400 students en- rolled.
 But if the growth in pupils has been increasing, so has the grounds of the colleges and universities. It was only short while ago that the Livingston Normal had only few acres of ground, but at present 1t boasts of owning 8. It certainly did my heart good to be shown tho acre age added, as 1t will give ample space for the students to stroll and play.
 Jnen, DulluiHBS seem to TlSS up over night, as go from one college to another, but not fast enough to take care of the tidal wave of stu dents flowing out of the high schools collegeward. Livingston has two handsome and commodious brick structures, besides buildings of wood, but the new training school will add much to the looks and the convent ence of the institution.
 The building will be 256 feet long on the front section, and will have a second section parallel to the first l5o feet long The two sections will be connected by covered passageway, intervening. The building will con tain 12 cIassrooms, gymnasium in the basement of one section and do- nestle science rooms in the other. Later an auditorium will be added. q hope it will be built with more speed than the one in Birmingham.)
 The new training school will meet great need which the Normal school has felt for some time. When tho public school of Livingston was put under the management of the normal school, the public school building of the town was too small to allow free practice, and at the same time take care of the town high school. The new building will probably be used not only for the elementary school. but as home for the junior high school,
 The Livingston Normal school is now complete in It's organization for the training of teachers for the par ticular lines of the work designated by the state board of education. It having three separate and distinct schools under one management, the Normal school. junior high school and the elementary training school. This gives the children of Livingston and the country about 1t a big educa- tiOnal aQVdntdSt, NhAiu NNNAo a primary department will have the opportunity of a progressive course throughout the elementary, the high school and the Normal school without any break in its work. These advantages are being utilized potn by the town and the county.
 
 have been at pains to set out these facts as every now and then the question as to the value Of the normal schools in Alabama is raised. have visited all four of them, and I unhesitatingly commend the good work being done by them. DTS Brock, wiliingham, Shackelford anu Daugette are all men of vision and vet eminently practical in every way It's a big four that can be depended upon.
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