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

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very acceptable worlc in teachers' institutes and associations all over the state. As a result of this and of his work in the university. he is well and tavoralily lcnown in llli' nois and honored outside the contines ol' the state. President Felmley is a member ol' the executive committee ol' the National Society for the Scientitic Study of Education and next .luly appears helore the National Iiduca- tional Association at Minneapolis with a paper on the Relation of the lleads ol' the Departments in a Normal School to the Training' School lt is something of a surprise to those not intimately associated with him that he should exhibit such a grasp ol' edu- cational principles and practices. A year ago he was elected president ol' the State Teachers' Association and his ollicial address last winter at Hpringtield was ol' unusual merit. receiving' the greatest praise from all present. its publication a little later in Intelligence brought the highest cotnmendation from no less notalmle an educator than United States Commissioner of Education Wm. F. Harris. C be As a man, President Felmley is hind hearted. lirm, generous, simple in his tastes. 'IIIIGQX approachable and thoroughly honorable. He has a model home and it is frequently thrown open for the delightful entertainment of the students and the faculty. ---'sh fi

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Q not 2 'T 5 e U-1 'U W O 4 2 F3 rJ 6 0 m HE annual chapter for the Index, setting' forth the vear's g'rowth ofthe Normal school. must deal somewhat with the material development of the institution. The Forty-second General Assembly dealt liberally with the State educational institutions. It gave us an increase ot' 3s,ouu in annual appropriation and a Special fund of over SEJJPOH for miscellaneous improvements. The largest single expenditure was for titting' up the laboratory. An Auzoux Manilrin costing' SELTG has been added to the equipment in physiology, The new worli- K he ing' tables of the best material and most substantial construction: are supplied with hot and cold water and fuel gas. The apparatus cases are models of beauty and con' 'HIIGQX venience Under such conditions our girls may be expected to fall in love with physics and chemistry. The library has been provided with electric tixtures, additional shelving' and va- rious conveniences for the use of the librarian About one thousand volumes have been added during' the year. e Besides lavatories and other minor improvements in the gymnasium. 224 lockers with dressing' closets have been provided for the dressing' rooms. Fourteen drinking fountains-four in the gymnasium, six in the main building. four in the training' schoolshave been installed and supplied with water from the city wells. l I