Illinois State Normal University - Index Yearbook (Normal, IL)

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Zibeilnbcg 7 Elin Qbuilnuls fur Hin 3. 31.31. dial i of i 1 5 HE history of the Normal School has been told more than once in the columns ' l of the Index. All that remains for me is to bring the record down to date. Ei It is my great pleasure to report that the General Assembly, at its lastsession, E treated the old Normal School most considerately. The appropriation for cur- rent expenses was increased about Sfmilltl a year, thus putting it upon a better basis than it has ever been. An additional appropriation for repairs, X wgQ amounting to more than 5fi,OUll was also granted. The Normalites who revisit their whim nmfwr next year will find that the old lady has taken on il a new coat of paint and that the scars which have testitied so eloquently to the butyfetings bthat she has received from the elements will be obliterated and she will appear in all the bloom of youth. The old society halls are too small for the accommodation of the students. When the science department was removed to the stone building the old rooms on the east side were vacated. They are to be thoroughly repaired and decorated and will be given to one of the old societies. A neat parlor will be cut off the north end. thus leaving a hall fully T5 feet long by 30 feet wide. The partition between the old society halls will be removed and the room Iwill be re-arranged so as to correspond to the description given above. Normal Hall is to be changed in certain important particulars, the large platform

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