New Britain herald., 1921-06-27
THE NEW NORMAL SCHOOL.

THE NE" NohhAb SShSob. The feeling of satisfaction here that Governor Lake has signed the bill providing s75o,0OO for a new State Normal school in this city. Is uni versal.
 Moreover there need be no shadow cast upon that satisfaction by the fact that the city will have to buy the present Normal School building in order to have the new one here. No money will have to be spent by the city at this time. And yet 1t may be possible that work will be begun upon the new building in the fall.
 All that the state rquires before the s750,00O becomes available. is the assurance by this city that it will buy the old building. No money need be paid for that old building before it is vacated by the Normal school and ready for delivery to the city.
 The old school cannot be vacated and delivered to the city until the new school is completed. One mans Judgment as to when that time will come Is about as good as another's. Certainly is does not seem possible that it will come for a year. possibly two.
 appoint one appraiser; the city will name another and the two will select a third. A fair price will be agreed upon. The city will vote it's willing ness to buy and pay the state for the building now occupied by the Normal School. Then work may be begun on the new buildings. the city making no payments until that new school is finished and the old build ing vacated.
 The new buildings will accomodate practically all the girls and young women in the state who desire to take the course offered. Through the new school the shortage in teachers will now graduating 200 prospective teach CTS a year; we should graduate over twice that number.
 Tn view of the granting of this appropriation by the state for the new Normal School here it should be the duty of the city to cooperate with the State board or education in its desires regarding the other school students in this city in their relation to the Normal school.
 nft hn to Normal students for apprentice work. At present the State owns the Camp School building. but it is prac- tically a city district school. By con- tract with the city normal students are permitted to do apprentice work in that school. Similar arrangements should be made with other city schools if the best results are to be obtained from the location of the Normal here. This cooperation will, undoubtedly. be granted gladly.
 So New Britain may be unqualifiedly glad and enthusiastic over the pro- posed erection of the New school buildings here. And So New Britain | should be eager to show the whole state that 1t Will cooperate in every manner. possible to make it. when completed. the ideal school of its kind. For the gaining of this appropriation for the new school here. which should please not only the people of this city but Of the whole state. great credit should be given Principal Marcus White. Charles Smith. of New Britain. Representatives Richard Covert and Arthur Rutherford. Senator Edward Hall. Senator Charles-M. Bakewell of tho committee on education. Senator Challenge. of the committee on edu- cation and Representative wadsworth of Pennington. who introduced the bill in the House of Representatives.