University of North Texas - Yucca Yearbook (Denton, TX)

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A 1lmini5lrulion Progress Under Board of Regents Hli PROGRESS of the Normal College in the last decade has been un- usually pronounced. VVhen the Board of Regents went into oflice in December. 1911, the Norma.l was in its embryo stage-scarcely more than a high school. At that time the entrance requirements called for completion of the eighth gradeg three years' work entitled one to a permanent certificate. The attend- ance in the regular session numbered 782, in the summer session it numbered 902, a total of 1,684 students. There were 3 administrative officers, 22 faculty members, 1 librarian and 3 laborers. The campus consisted of only the main block on which were located the Administration Building, the Science Hall, and the Presidents home. Athletics was comprised of inter-class contests, and was played on the campus. There was no gymnasium and no physical educa- tion was listed in the curriculum. Publications were limited to a small annual, and activities were decidedly few. Then began the effort to standardize the Normals, enlarge their courses, and enable them to discharge fully their obligations by meeting the demands of the public school system of the state. At present, completion of the ninth grade is required for admission to the Normal department, a diploma from a class A high school for entrance to the College department, and four years' above the ninth grade for a permanent certificate. The Training School, offering nine grades, was added in 1914, two years of college work, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 19173 and the Kindergarten and Commercial Department in 1919. The enrollment for the year ending August, 1917, the only year entirely unaffected by war conditions, totaled 3,416, including the regular and summer sessions. Totals for subsequent years range around 2,650. At present there are 6 administrative officers, 2 librarians, 53 normal teachers, 9 training school teachers, 1 nurse, 1 student life secretary and 10 laborers. The campus has been extended to include the block on the south. Two additional plots, joining the last block added on the southwest, are now included for athletic accommoda- tions. Three buildings, the Library, the Manual Arts Building, and the Heating Plant, have been constructed on the original plot, and the new Education Build- ing, together with a music hall, a hospital and a demonstration cottage, are on the new block. Twenty-seven

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