The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19

. stIuCtufc anu ID very dttTdCtlf
building. In this building are foun
the primary schools of the institu
ton, the instrumental music rooms
and on the second floor rooms 70
the accommodation OF young wo
men. This building is modern II
architecture, heat and lighting.
Miller Hall is a stone and bricl
structure, two stories and is the
home of he young men. 1t will ac
commodate about forty. 1t is equip
ped with bath, parlor and good fur
niture and is heated by the plant al
the administration building.
The training school Is a one-story
brick structure situated in the south
east corner of the campus. There
are study rooms for the grades from
the fourth to the eighth inclusive,
and there are also rooms to be used
by the student teachers. All of the
childres of the Albion valley attend
the training school and are taught
by the student teachers of the in
stitution. During the second quar-
ter of the year 1929 there are
125 of these student teachers.
All of these buildings have been
repaired, calcimined and painted
during the auaumn of 1922. A new
and large boiler was put in the
basement of the administration
building and Miller hall. Each of
the other buildings have their own
separate heating plants. A portion
of the heat for the training school is
electricity.
Each of these buildings is COM
modious, well lighted and well ven
tilated. The recitation rooms are
we'll and amply furnished.
Some six years ago the govern
mentput in an electric line from
Minidoka dam to Albion so that the
school has an excellent lighting
system.
The courses OF study now offered
lead to the permanent life certif-
cate. Students completing satisfac-
torily the first year of the Normal
School are granted first grade nor
NAL certificate, good for three years.
Students completing the two regular
years of the Normal School are
granted a normal school life diplo-
ma.
Albion is situated nine miles from
Declo, to which place a railroad runs
from Burnley; twenty miles from
and twenty miles from Ru-
pert Leading from Albion to all
these places is a most excellent gra-
vel highway and the trip is made |
from Albion to Burley in from forty |
to fifty minutes. There is daily |
stage from Albion to Burley by way |
Of Declo. So excellent a highway is
his between these points that
Turing the year 1921 and 1922 the
stage did net miss a single days
rip.
The Albion valley where the AL
ZION State Normal School is situa
ed is one OF those beautiful little
ALLEYS in Idaho surrounded by a
ange of mountains on the west and
outh and east and the lower range
f foot hills on the north. The valley
las an elevation of about 400 feet.
{ is perhaps some twenty miles in
ength and some 10 miles in width.
n this valley is situated the Albion
tate Normal School on a tract of
hirty-one acres OF land, Just west
T the village OF Albion. Outside of
he campus on which the main
are situated is an excellent
ootball field that has been graded
nd prepared at a heavy expense;
mother field has been prepared for
aseball; there is an excellent ten
is court. A portion of the land is
armed and the produce is used in ,,
he dormitories of the institution.
Attendance More Than Trebled !
i'm Past Three Years
In the past three years. a marked
Icrease in attendance has been a 7
sature of both the regular school :
ear and the summer quarter This {
crease in attendance can best be 1
ppreciated from the tables APP Q
caring below: 4
Regular School Year Enrolment a
DIT the year 19-20---.-.-..--..-..-.91 4
OF the year e
or the year 21-22--------..-.------1S1 !,
Or the year 1929 (est) -----275 s
Summer Quarter Enrolment i
d. summer of 1919---.-.-------.--.255 q,
Or summer of 1s20---.-...---.---..-.339 el
,r summer of 1921---...---..---------341 3
II summer of 922-.---...-----.-4I9 OF
From all indications the enroll ID
snt for 1929 will go beyond the y
innate given above. The opening
rollment at the end OF the first
elk of this school year was 80 per r.
NJ greater than the enrolment
the same time last year. -