The Big Sandy news., 1922-11-24
NORMAL BREACH
SEEN IMPENDING
Deadlock Cannot be Broken
Is Belief; designations
Are Hinted.


Bureiu.J
Frankfort, Ey., Nov 2O-To all dp-
pearonees hopeleS5ly dcadlocked on
The location Of the Eastern Normal
school and approaching show down in
regard 20 opening the Murray school,
The State Normal School Commission
win meet in Lexington next Saturday
morning and has invited the State
Board of 2duCItiOn to confer with it
about the Murray school, the slte for
which the commission selected here
.lst Saturday. ... To-
whether the state Board win ac-
rrpt the invitation could not be learn
"d today. STATE Superintendent George
Calvin has not consulted his assoCiateS
ll-odt II, Attorney General Charles /.
lawson Is out of the city and Serre-
tory of STATE Fred A. Vaughan is sick.
Forty q" ballots have been taken
on rne Site for the Eastern. School
without any town receiving ma iOr-
ty and At the last two sessions the
balloting settled down to.a four-lnd- p
four tie between MOrchgad and Paints
VILE. i. l.. liarmhn Of Eowling Green,
Nas frinE to say thal he viii not vote
for a loration outside Of the SANDY
Valley, believing that the Educational
survey was, correct in it's opinion that
the school A needed there aud con =
riAccd tnnt the establishment Of the
Scho0! at Morrh,ad would leave I2as-
icrn krutucky stll needing Normal
.choul aS much as ever. His opinion
',s shared by Judge Arthur Peter and
Alex G. RIirrt OF Louisville, and Rep
r. rcscn!ativ" W. 5. Wallen of prestons-
rurg has voted unwaveringly for the
sandy valley. ....,
The other four members Chairman
r. G. 0'Roar Of Ennkforl; Sherman
GOCdpaStcr, treasurer of the Kentucky
Jprkry club. former Senator Thomas
\. Combs Of Lexington, and County
Judge +. ". 'SenfL Of Mt. Sterling,
have stood by Morehead Some of the
memberS left here Saturday Impress
I'd with the futility of further efforts
to get together The situation Is preg-
nant with possibilities, including res
gnatiOns and The continuation of the
deadlock until the l924 General As
Srmbly COnvencs. ..E.t. H .~.
The deadlock in itself win not affect
the fortunes Of The school at Murray,
If the problem Of organization 'and
building IS solved. The law nrOvldCs
that If gifts and donations are made,
sufficient to establish one of said
schools, then the sum Of $4,000 Shall
he available for the maintenance and
operation Of said school,"
Promoters OF the Murray school are
working to commit the State to that
project, regardless of what Is done
about the other school Chairman
.nainey II. Wells OF the State Tax
Commission, is taking the lead in this
and. appeared before the commission
saturday with a delegation from his
town, who after closing negotiations
about the bonus ana site, received the
assurance. OF the commission that the
organization of The school would be
taken UP at the next meeting IL
That win bring about show down
between the commission ana the State
Board Of Education The law, which
originally provided for the state
Board Of Education ia attend to the
matter Of selecting sites. was amend
ed to provide for the commission, a
majority Of whom were to be selected
by the Speaker of the House, and it.
retained the word establish" in the
commissions duties while it said "the
arrangement and control when estab-
lished, shall be vested in the state
Eoard Of Education
The Commission is understood to be
willing to name Or. J. w Carr, High
School supervisor under the General
Education Board, as president of the
Institution. DR. Carr declined today
10 say whether he would accept
The presidency has never been of
fered me-" he replied when asked. II
don't mind saying that never have
been an applicant, am not an appli-
cant now.f
State Board Refusea 10 Meet.
Frankfort, Ky. Nov. ~ The state
Board of Education viii not confer