Jasper County Democrat, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1902 — INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL

The Indiana state normal school at Terre Haute is having Its usually prosperous season. From the organization of the school, thirty-one years ago. there has never been a time when It was not a sucoess. It Is never embarrassed for the necessary funds, since It Is always furnished with pl#hty of money by the state, which realizes the necessity of such an Institution and feels a Just pride in the achievements of the school at Terre Haute. The school Is situated In two handsome and thoroughly up-to-date buildings, each of them four stories in hlght and Ideally arranged for the purposes to which they are applied. Students from every county In the state pour into the school at the beginning of every term, actuated solely by the desire to equip themselves to carry on the work of their chosen profession, that of the teacher, In the very best manner. The school has strong departments In psychology. history, physics, music, Latin and German. The library, consisting of 30,000 carefully selected up-to-date books on all subjects relating in any way to the work covered by the normal course. Is located on the ground floor of the new building and has been arranged with the health and comfort of the* students In view. It was designed originally as a workshop and la used exclusively for serious purpose’s. Owing to a special fund, the school Is enabled to make all necessary purchases of new books and periodicals without delay. No person Is admitted to the school who does not have sufficient education to teach In the public schools of the state after securing the technical training and finishing touches which the normal Is expected to give. During the last year every county In the state, with the exception of two. has been represented In the enrollment. There were 193 students enrolled from Vigo county alone, but these, of course. Included many who merely moved to Torre Haute to secure both the advantages of a normal education and home life. Twelve counties are represented by over thirty students. The gymnasium Is elegantly equipped with modern apparatus for the physical development of all who desire to take advantage of the opportunities presented. Before beginning work In the gymnasium each person Is made to undergo a physical examination, that his training may be made Intelligent. W. W. Parsons Is president of the Institution and an exceedingly strong faculty directs the studies of Indiana’s futfire teachers In her publlo schools. The winter term of the school begins on Jan. 1.