The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25
FROM HUMBLE BEGINNING
HAS BECOME A LEADING
INSTITUTION OF LEARNING
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governing board of the school was
territorial board, governing both the
state normal schools. The territorial
treasurer and superintendent of pub
lie instruction were members ex-of-
ficio. After the two years separate
boards were established Of this
Professor A. n. Taylor wrote recent
ly: "The first board was a joint
board of both normal schools. The
legislature of 1900-1901 passed an act
separating the board, giving each nor
NAL a board with Superintendent R.
L. Long chairman of each board. This
was done by a suggestion of Cover
nor Murphy. Mr. A. A. Dutton and
Mr.. T. E. Pollock were undoubtedly
the real source of Governor Murphy's
action"
Mr.. Pollock recalls with amusement
the occasional visits to the school dur
ing it's early years, of committees from
the territorial legislature. A commit
tee of from five to seven members of
the legislature would arrive in Flag
staff. These were gala occasions.
The normal school would always close
and the children were given a holiday
in their honor The visiting legis-
lators could not but be flattered at
this mark of attention, for how could
they know that the real cause of the
holiday was to prevent the visitors
learning how few pupils were in the
school?
Mr.. Pollock says that it wasn't
long. however, before the schools rep
utation had attracted students in suf-
ficient number to make official visi-
tors welcome without having to close.
In 1902 to 1903 the enrolment was
Al. In 1902 the residence of Mr..
Bunch was rented for a dormitory
and Mrs. S. S. Acker had charge of
it. Early in 1903 the board decided
on the installation of a school library,
the growth of which has been steady
until it is now one of the most COM
plete educational Libraries in the
southwest. There are about 10000
volumes and it is especially rich in
works of education, history, and lit
erature.
In 1908 boys dormitory was built
later named Taylor Hall, in honor of
the first president of the institution.
This dormitory has been increased in
capacity since then. In 1907 a girls
dormitory was authorized which was
was built soon after and named for
Frances H. Bury, who with Mr.. Taylor
were the first members Of the faculty.
In 1911, commodious dining hall was
built In 1918, a special session of the
state legislature appropriated money
for third dormitory which was
named for Miss Mary Morton, now
Mrs. t. E. Pollock, a member of the
faculty in 1910. That same legisla-
ture authorized the building of
heating plant. The growth in build
ing was continuous. The fourth DOR
mitory was built from the appropri-
alton made by the second state legis-
lature in 1915. This was named
Campbell Hall, in honor of Mrs. Hugh
Campbell, widow of State Senator
Campbell, who did so much at various
times in legislative assemblies. Ash
urst auditorium, a beautiful addition
to the original building was erected
in 1917. 1t in turn was named In
honor of United States Senator Henry
F. Ashurst Appropriation for the
excellent new training school was
was made in 1919.
That the development of Flagstaff
did not any more than keep pace with
that of the normal school is indi-
Gated in the following newspaper
comment Of 1908.
"An effort is being made by public
spirited citizens to secure sufficient |
funds to build wagon road from the |
city to the normal school. The mud
is so deep that extra teams must |