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A tBrirf ijtetury nf thr Masliington tatr Normal rltool In accordance with the provision of the constitution of the State of Washing¬ ton making ample provision for the education of all children residing within its borders, the first legislature enacted a law in which these words occur: “There shall l. established in the city of Ellensburg, county of Kittitas, a school, to be called the Washington State Normal School, for the training and education of teachers in the art of instructing and governing in the public schools of thi- state. The above act was approved March 28 , i 8 jo, by Clovernor lilisha P. Ferry. The legislature, however, made no provision for a building or for the mainten¬ ance of said school. The Governor appointed W. R. Abrams, Dr. T. J. Newland, 7
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and Fred VY. Agatz all of Ellcnsburg as trustees. They, with the Governor and Superintendent of Public Instruction as ex-officio members, constituted the first board of trustees. W hen the second legislative assembly convened in iSyi. the dire ' etors of the Lllensburg public schools, through the trustees of the Normal, tendered to the state the use of the rooms on the second floor of the public school building, includ¬ ing the assembly room and four class rooms, free of charge, conditioned on the legislature making an appropriation for the maintenance of the school This proposition was accepted, and an appropriation of $1 s.cco made for the main- tcnance 01 the school for a period of two years. Tile following faculty was employed ' : Benjamin F. Barge. Principal. W N 1 ull. Fannie ( Noma, and Row M. Rice. Mrs. Gass was chosen u matron of the dormitory. and a bnck building in the Craig Hill section, now the house ot i Hto Kohler, was secured for that purpose. The school was opened September 7. 1891. A three years course was then of- lercd. and the work of instruction was apportioned to the teachers without anv attempt at establishing departments, Enough high school graduates and teachers of experience entered the school to form a senior class of thirteen members, eleven of whom were graduated at the end of the hrst school year. The training school for the first year was limited to the first grade with Rose M. Rice as model teacher and supervisor. The senior class first observed and afterwards taught in the grade. The school opened without any library and with a very limited amount of apparatus. Principal Barge put ns private library in the school building for the use of the students, and during u year a tew books in addition to text-books were purchased with the main- tenamc fund. I wo literary societies were formed, the Eclectic and the Crescent these societies met for literary work on Friday afternoons and evenings. They arc still in existence, and have kept pace with the evolution of the school, always vying with each other in meritorious work. There were enrolled during the rust year 86 students representing twenty-five of the counties of the state and ranging in age from sixteen to fifty-eight years, the average age of the graduat¬ ing class being 22 and eight thirteenths. K At the beginning of the second year Fannie C. Norris resigned and Efvira Alaiquis was elcctc d to succeed her. There was but little variation in the work¬ ings of the school from the hrst year. Anna L. Steward a student of the school assisted in class work. It was impossible to provide much in the wav of equip¬ ment. 1 he dormitory was abandoned and the students boarded with families of the town or did light housekeeping. An unfurnished room could then l c rented for one dollar a month. A literary society was organized by the faculty and err- tain literary people of the town, which tended to increase local interest in the school. The enrollment increased from 80 to 139. and twenty-three were gra 1- uated at the end of the second year. The legislature of 1893 appropriated $25,000 for the maintenance of the uibhni r Tv n L , -„ 1 ° O ' ,S 95.. and $f«.ooo for the erection of a iiuilding. . N. Hull and Rose M. Kite resigned at the end of the second year the 1acuity was increaseil and departments established as follows: B F Barge Principal. History of Education and School Management; |. H. Morgan. Vice- 1 rmcipal and Mathematics; J. A. Mahan. Natural Science; Elvira Marquis. Fng- hsh ' -rammer. Rlietonc and Literature; Elizabeth A. Cartright, Physical Train¬ ing and Elocution; Christiana S. Hyatt, Principal of Training School; C. H. Knap]) general assistant; Anna L. Steward. Assistant in Mathematics. A room 8
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