' -*o k X L Wv> fw ^ Biennial Report 1 1 ■ 1 •"■ -■ "■• ■ 1 ■ 1 ■■' = of the " ■ 1 '■■■ : 1 = Trustees of the Western Illinois State Normal School ft ^3 t Macomb, Illinois Board of Trustees. E. H. KINNEY, President . . . S. H. TREGO, Vice-President . . F. R. JELLIFF, Secretary . . J. M. KEEFER, JOHN A. MEAD, . C. V. CHANDLER, Treasurer . ALFRED BAYLISS, Ex-Officio . . Table Grove Clayton . Galesburg Macomb Augusta Macomb Springfield / ERRATA, PAGE i. The total enrollment for 1902-3 should read 523 not 423. In 1903-4, it should read 638 not 658. Report of the Trustees. Macomb, III., Dec. 31, 1904. To His Excellency Richard Yates , Governor of Illinois : In compliance with the law, we, the trustees of the Western Illinois State Normal School, present our Bi- ennial Report. The first year opened September 23, 1902, with an enrollment of one hundred fifty-two students, and closed July 29, 1903, with a total enrollment for the year of three hundred seventy-three students. In addition to the above number of different students enrolled the first year, there were one hundred fifty pupils enrolled in the eight grades of the Training School. The total enroll- ment for all departments for the year 1902 and 1903 was four hundred and twenty-three. The second school year opened September 8, 1903, with an enrollment of two hundred seventy-eight stu- dents, and closed July 29, 1904, with the enrollment for the entire year of four hundred fifty-eight students. The enrollment in the Training School for the second year was one hundred eighty pupils, thus making the total enrollment in all departments six hundred fifty-eight. The school has now entered successfully upon its third 'year. The efficiency and character of the work are steadily improving. 2 Report of the Trustees Counties Represented. Since the opening of the school, the following coun- ties have been represented: Adams Henry Piatt Brown Knox Pike Bureau La Salle Pulaski Carroll Logan Putnam Cass Macoupin Rock Island Christian McDonough Scott Cook Menard Schuyler Fulton Mercer Stark Greene Morgan Will Hancock Peoria Whiteside Henderson Perry Warren Several were enrolled from other states. Graduating Classes. The graduating class the first year contained only two pupils; that for the second year contained seventeen students; our present senior class numbers twenty-nine, and all of these will probably complete their course in June of the current school year. All of our graduates, except two or three, are engaged in teaching, and some- thing over one hundred twenty-five of the students en- rolled in various terms since we opened two years ago, are also teaching in rural or city schools. The present senior class has one principal who resigned a good po- sition to complete his professional training. The aggre- gate teaching experience of the senior class is two hundred twelve months. This does not include their practice teaching in school. The school does not offer any short road to gradu- ation; it established at the beginning the standard pro- Western Illinois State Normal School. 3 grams of study offered in the other State Normal Schools in Illinois. The school adopted the conditions for admission which have been established in the other state schools. If students without the necessary preparatory training have applied for admission, they have been assigned to preparatory classes and required to make the additional preparation necessary to enter successfully upon normal school work. It is the aim of the school to adapt the requirements for admission to the conditions prevailing in this territory, With only two exceptions those who have been graduated here had finished four-year courses in high schools before they entered this Normal School. The number of high school graduates in the senior class hereafter will not form so large a proportion as last year. The present junior class now numbers sixty-one; of that number twenty-four are graduates of four-year high schools; ten of three-year high schools; twenty-sev- en have had less than two years work in high schools, or none at all; they were admitted on second-grade teach- ers’ certificates; they are taking the four-year courses of study, and easily rank in ability and culture with their associates who came to us thru the avenue of high school work. Purpose of the School. The Western Illinois State Normal School aims to prepare its students for the work of organizing, govern- ing and teaching school. To this end it endeavors to give a thoro knowledge of the educational value of the branches of learning re- quired to be taught in the public schools; it studies the 4 Report of the Trustees methods and principles of teaching and offers oppor- tunities for systematic observation and practice. Both the thecry and practice of teaching receive careful at- tention. The aim of this school is to change the student’s point of view from that of the student to that of the teacher; to inspire him with the spirit of the true teach- er; to train him to the noblest ideals and best habits of personality, thinking and teaching. Training School. The interest in our Training School where the stu- dents do their practice teaching has steadily increased from the beginning. From the first the school has not been able to accommodate all who applied for admis- sion; and there are now on our waiting list one hundred twenty pupils from Macomb and adjoining districts. More Room Needed. To create, organize and equip a school is not an easy task. We desire to thank you and the members of the General Assembly for the various appropriations to build, equip and maintain the school. The school is now greatly in need of additional room and facilities. With the exception of five rooms the school has been limited thus far to the first floor. The completion of the second and third stories of the main building seems to us imperative. We earnestly request that you ask the next General Assembly to pass an Act appropriating enough money to complete the building. The large at- tendance and the success of the school justify this part of the state in asking for liberal provision for the equip- ment and maintenance of this State Normal School, and Western Illinois State Normal School. 5 we believe that you will be glad to ask the Assembly to so act. Improvement of Grounds. The Normal campus contains fifty-nine acres. While this site presents great natural advantages for school purposes, it was formerly used as a site for a brickyard, and its surface is undulating and uneven, and has therefore required large expenditures for grading and fertilizing, and for tiling of low places. The appropriation made by the last General Assem- bly has enabled us to complete some grading of lawns, to plant a number of native and foreign ornamental trees, to build one cement walk, to put in necessary tile and sewers, and make progress on some of the necessary roadways and drives. Provision should be made for the completion of this work on the campus. The roadways and walks should be completed; the remaining surface should be prepared, and additional planting done. Elements of Agriculture. It is the ambition of the board' and faculty to keep progress with the times, and to provide those facilities that the broader scope of education now makes neces- sary. For this reason we are anxious to introduce cours- es in Domestic Science and in the Elements of Agri- culture. With the proper tiling and concreting of the exten- sive basement of our building, there will be ample room for classes in Domestic Science, and the equipment of 6 Report of the Trustees such a department and the salary of an instructor would be the only additional expense, which would not be ex- cessive. Our grounds are ample for all experimental work and the Elements of Agriculture could be studied with- out large expense. That the teachers be qualified to present at least the rudiments and principles of the branch is being more and more demanded in rural schools. Public Interest. The citizens of Macomb and adjoining vicinity have manifested great interest in the welfare of the school and have co operated with the management in securing its success. Nor has the interest in the school been merely local. The county and city superintendents in the Military Tract have shown commendable interest in the progress of the school. In December, 1903, a number of county superin- tendents met with the faculty and State Superintendent Bayliss and considered means for making the schools more efficient in this part of the state and the work which the Normal School must undertake to do. A second conference of county superintendents was held here November 15, 1904. As an evidence of kindly feeling of this community toward the school, we call your attention to the donation of one thousand dollars by Mr Albert Eads; and to the generous action of the citizens’ committee of Macomb in turning over to the board the balance due on citizens’ subscriptions. These donations enabled the board to Western Illinois State Normal School . 7 finish and equip five additional rooms, and thus make them serviceable for school purposes. Within Our Income. You will notice from the annual report of our treas- urer that the appropriations made by the last General Assembly have not been exceeded. Owing to the in- complete condition of our building, some unexpected exigencies have arisen, and yet the expenditures have been so guarded that no appropriation has been over- drawn. The school has kept within its income. As a part of this report we give the statement of our treasurer and secretary, which contains an ex- hibit of the receipts and disbursements of the Western Illinois State Normal School for the last two years. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) E. H. KINNEY, President, Table Grove. S. H. TREGO, Vice-President, Clayton. FRED R. JELLIFF, Secretary, Galesburg. J. M. KEEFER, Macomb. JOHN A. MEAD, Augusta. ALFRED BAYLISS, Ex-Officio, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Springfield. Financial Statement. 1 IO Report of the Trustees Statement OF THE Receipts and Disbursements OF THE Western Illinois State Normal School For the year ending December 31, J903* 1903. RECEIPTS. Jan. 1 — Balance on hand $12,245 7 2 Jan. 8 — To term fees 284 00 Jan. 29 — Term fees 239 00 Feb. 21 — State appropriation 8,250 00 Mar. 3 — Term fees 100 00 April 2 — Term fees 77 5 ° April 9 — Term fees 119 50 April 10 — Term fees 75 00 June 25 — Term fees 150 00 June 30 — Term fees 903 00 State appropriation 8,250 00 July 14 — Term fees 51 56 July 28 — State appropriation 9,142 50 Sept. 12 — Term fees 492 50 Sept. 15 — Special appropriations 13,725 00 Oct. 10 — Special appropriations 2,450 00 Oct. 27 — Special appropriations 3,600 00 State appropriation 9, 142 50 Oct. 29 — Term fees 62 00 Nov. 25 — Term fees 50 00 Dec. 26 — Term fees... 48 00 *69,457 78 Western Illinois State Normal School. 1 1 1903. DISBURSEMENTS. Salaries for teachers and employees monthly pay roll. . . $28,445 37 General Fund — On building 2,568 67 For seating .... 112 12 Piano 91 48 Laboratory 766 62 Library 1 70 89 Library furnishings 2,175 2 4 Furnishing principal’s room 30 25 Window shades 765 52 Teachers’ desks . . 206 50 Maps and charts 46 70 Drawing department 58 15 Improvement of grounds 4*463 31 Additional furniture and furnishings 56 78 Telephone 50 00 Safe 166 00 Physical chemical laboratory 218 12 Biological laboratory 778 24 Coal 918 50 Light and gas 229 40 Contingent 425 00 Printing and stationery 1,006 83 Miscellaneous 1,484 74 Trustees „ 1,719 34 Peoria Plumbing & Heating Co. (on contract) 1,000 00 Furnishing temporary rooms 1,500 00 Balance in hands of Treasurer 20,004 OI *69,457 78 The various items of expenditures summarized in this report are all contained, with accompanying vouchers and receipts, in the quart- erly reports of the Treasurer on file in the State Auditor’s office. Report of the Trustees 1 2 Statement OF THE Receipts and Disbursements OF THE Western Illinois State Normal School For the year ending December 31 , J904* 1904. RECEIPTS. Jan. 1 — Balance on hand $20,004 01 Jan. 7 — Term fees 564 00 Jan. 16 — State appropration 9,142 50 Jan. 21 — Money returned for improvement of grounds.. 124 37 Feb. 25 — Term fees 75 00 Mar. 31 — Term fees 390 00 Apr. 16 — Citizens’ committee of Macomb. . 1,806 03 Apr. 23 — State appropration 9,142 5 ° Apr. 11 — Special appropriation 500 00 May 18 — Term fees 156 44 June 21 — Improvement of grounds 8 52 July 16 — Term fees 909 50 Aug. 6 — State appropration 9,142 5 ° Aug. 6 — Special approprations . 7,000 00 Sept. 8 — Term fees 950 00 Sept. 10 — Term fees 165 35 Sept. 15 — Term fees 44 65 Sept. 30 — Special approprations . . 75 ° 00 Sept. 30 — Term fees 70 00 Oct. 11 — Term fees 106 25 Oct. 13 — State appropriation 9, 142 50 Oct. 15 — Term fees 369 63 #7°>5 6 3 75 Western Illinois State Nor?nal School. 13 1904. DISBURSEMENTS. Salaries of teachers and employees — monthly pay-rolls. . $31,755 90 Physical and chemical laboratory 1,090 09 Biological laboratory 486 74 Drawing department 241 15 Library 2,857 39 Additional furniture and furnishings 1,941 22 Song books 150 00 Manual training 899 95 Repairs 284 42 Improvement of grounds 4*369 23 Piano and music .... 243 75 Carpet 37 31 Maps and charts 94 88 Furnishing temporary rooms 1,034 36 Seating assembly hall 170 66 Repairs steam-heating plant 389 12 Miscellaneous 1,171 46 Trustees’ expenses 1,386 07 Catalogue printing and stationery 1,268 47 Coal 2,196 74 Gas and electric light 419 84 Contingent 1,260 20 Gymnasium 263 55 Balance plumbing and heating plant 3,025 42 Lecturers 55 18 Postage, express and freight 387 98 Commencement* 115 71 Registrar 1,000 00 Painting building and power- house* . 415 85 Telephone.. 28 65 Jan. 1, ’05 — Balance in hands of Treasurer (see next page). 11,522 46 #70,563 75 The various items of expenditure summarized in this report are all contained, with accompanying vouchers and receipts, in the quar- terly reports of the Treasurer on file in the State Auditor’s office. 14 Report of the Trustees Balance in Hands of Treasurer is Appropriated as Follows: Additional furniture and furnishings $ 200 Biological laboratory 235 Carpets ... 62 Drawing department Gymnasium 236 Improvement of grounds 1,300 Library 1,052 Maps and charts 58 Manual training department Ordinary expense fund 2,271 Painting rear of building and power house 34 Physical and chemical laboratory 19 1 Repairs. ... 215 Seating society halls. • 800 Seating assembly hall and additional rooms 3,429 Special fund 1,575 Teachers’ desks 55 $11,522 46 vj'O oj Q t - n ^r 1-1 -P* O 4 ^ 00 -fi. «