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 BIENNIAL REPORT 
 
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 Trustees of the Western Illinois 
 State Normal School for the 
 Years Ending Dec. 26, 190$ 
 
Report of Trustees 
 
 MACOMB, ILLINOIS, December 26, 1908. 
 
 To the Honorable Charles S. Deneen , Governor of Illinois: 
 
 In compliance with Section VIII, of the Act of 
 April 24, 1899, establishing the Western Illinois State 
 Normal School, the Board of Trustees submits the fol- 
 low ing report of its actions and proceedings, with a 
 statement of all accounts connected therewith, for the 
 period beginning Jan. 1, 1907, and ending Dec. 26, 1908. 
 
 During the year ending August 30, 1907, there 
 
 were enrolled 703 students, including 276 in the Elemen- 
 tary, or training school. Of these, on the recommenda- 
 tion off the faculty, 22 were awarded the diploma of the 
 school June 6 and one December 16, 1907. 
 
 The enrollment for the yeah ending August 31, 1908, 
 was 845. Of these 212 were in the elementary schools. 
 On the recommendation of the faculty thirty-six diplo- 
 mas were authorized June 10, and four at the regular 
 meeting held September 14, 1908. 
 
 The whole number of graduates of ihe school is 
 now 146. Nearly all of them are engaged in teaching, 
 
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 and ajs we judge from the report's, a fair share of them 
 with marked success. 
 
 The arrangement entered into in 1906 with school 
 District No. 56 of McDonough county, referred to in 
 our biennial report of that year, has fully justified itself. 
 
 The training teacher alssigned to duty in that dis- 
 trict has proven to be eminently adapted to that peculiar 
 work with the geneiral result that the. affiliated country 
 school has been greatly improved, even in some respects, 
 become ideal, wdiile it has been of great service to the 
 Normal School for training purposes. 
 
 Somev r hat in halrmony with this relationship has 
 been the establishment of a small agricultural experi- 
 ment field co-oper.ative with the station at the Univer- 
 sity. This field, of between two and three acres, is 
 divided into plots a rod square, so arranged and culti- 
 vated as to be a repetition on a smaller scale of the 
 Soil experiments at Urbana. The Agricultural college 
 of the University has very generously taken care that 
 w r e have kept headed in the right direction with this 
 particular, piece of work. Again, ais a further effort to 
 meet the needs of the farm schools, ai shdrt course has 
 been provided for young persons who have decided to 
 teach in the ungraded schools and who, as they think, 
 cannot possibly arrange to make full preparation. This 
 is an experiment. We are not absolutely clear that it 
 will prove to be the right thing. It seemed Avorth try- 
 ing, and is in harmony with our general purpose to keep 
 the country schools in mind and serve them as well as 
 the graded schools, if we can. 
 
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 These are the only things, which, if any, differen- 
 tiate this school from the other teachers ’ training 
 schools. The broader aim is to take young students 
 who have prepared for college, or its equivalent, and 
 train them in tthe art of teaching children. Perhaps, 
 too, an observer might get an impression from the 
 things referred to (and our free use of many forms of man- 
 ual and household arts as education stuff), that practical 
 ability to do things — solve problems — is in danger of 
 emphasis at the expense of wdiat is commonly thought 
 of as scholarship. We are guarding against such a mis- 
 take, but we believe that school education should, from 
 first to last increase the power of every child to lift, or 
 push, or pull his own weight, which leads us to rate 
 practical ability as high as culture, and to send our 
 cadets into the field prepared as well as possible to 
 balance these sometimes conflicting aims. 
 
 Our financial needs were comfortably provided for 
 by the Forty-fifth General Assembly. The sum of 
 $1693.24, made up of small balances from eight differ- 
 ent funds appropriated by the 43d and 44th general 
 assemblies for building and furnishing, was returned to 
 the Stajte Treasury December 14, 1908. Our require- 
 ments for ordinary expenses for the next two years 
 will not greatly, if at all, exceed the amount used during 
 the period covered by this report. 
 
 The following statement of the receipts from all 
 sources, and the expenditures for the calendar year 
 1907, and for. the year 1908 to the date of this report, 
 will exhibit the use made of the funds. 
 
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 Receipts and Disbursements for the year end- 
 ing December 31, 1907. 
 
 RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES. 
 
 Date. From Whom Received — Fund. Amount 
 
 Jan. 1, Balance on hand $ 29,540.99 
 
 Jan. 3, Alfred Bayliss, special 200.00 
 
 Mar. 16, Same 200.00 
 
 Apr. 3, Same . . . 100.00 
 
 Apr. 4, Same 100.00 
 
 Apr. 12, J. M. Keefer, ordinary .75 
 
 Apr. 20, Alfred Bayliss, special 100.00 
 
 May 1, P. D. Campbell, physical and chem- 
 ical laboratory 7.00 
 
 Ma> 17, J. M. Keefeir, improvement of 
 
 grounds 4.50 
 
 June 5, State Treasurer, ordinary 20,090.00 
 
 June 7, Alfred Bayliss, special 400.00 
 
 June 1 1, J. M. Keefer, improvement of grounds 21.60 
 
 June 27, Alfred Bayliss, special 100.00 
 
 July 8, State Treasurer, ordinary 15,000.00 
 
 July 8, State Treasurer, library 3,000.00 
 
 July 8, State Treasurer, improvement of 
 
 grounds 3,000.00 
 
 July 8, State Treasurer, repairs 2,000.00 
 
 July 8, State Treasurer, trustees ’ expenses. . 500.00 
 
 July 8, State Treasurer, paving and concrete 5,000.00 
 
 Aug. 29, Alfred Bayliss, special 54.87 
 
 Sept. 23, State Treasurer, ordinary 15,000.00 
 
 Sept. 24, Alfred Bayliss, ordinary . 350.00 
 
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 Sept. 25, J. M. Keefer, improvement of 
 
 grounds 7.50 
 
 Oet. 5, Alfred Bayliss, special 200.00 
 
 Oct. 14, American Type Founders Company, 
 
 ordinajry .20 
 
 Nov. 4, J. M. Keefer, ordinary 52.50 
 
 Nov. 9, J. M. Keefer, ordinary . 2.50 
 
 Nov. 18, J. M. Keefer, ordinary 35.00 
 
 Dec. 5, Alfred Bayliss, special 100.00 
 
 $ 95,167.41 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS. 
 
 Biological laboratory $ 74.20 
 
 Building Fund 707.58 
 
 Drawing department 380.00 
 
 Fencing and drainage 25.50 
 
 Gymnasium 59.00 
 
 Improvement of grounds 4,798.58 
 
 Library 5,314.54 
 
 Manual training - 83.87 
 
 Maps and charts 7.50 
 
 Ordinary 56,066.37 
 
 Paving and concrete 1,643.25 
 
 Physical and chemical laboratory 907.24 
 
 Repairs 821.29 
 
 Seating assembly hall and additional rooms . 177.00 
 
 Seating society halls . 195.65 
 
 Trustees 9 expenses 154.87 
 
 Dec. 31, Balance on hand 23,750.97 
 
 $ 95,167.41 
 
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 Report of the Trustees 
 
 Receipts and Expenditures for the year 1908 to the 
 date of this Report, December 26, 1908. 
 
 RECEIPTS. 
 
 Bate. From Whom Received — Fund. Amount. 
 
 Jan. 1, Balance on hand $ 23,750.97 
 
 Jan. 22 Josie A. Tabler, special 100.00 
 
 Mar. 10, Alfred Bayliss, special 100 00 
 
 Mar. 23, State Treasurer, ordinary 15,000.00 
 
 Apr. 1, Alfred Bayliss, special 100.00 
 
 May 5, J. M. Keefer,, ord inary 0030 
 
 June 3, J. M. Keefer, imp. of grounds s£c75 
 
 Jane 3, W. F. T wyman, Special 200.00 
 
 Jane 10, State Treasurer, ordinary 15,000.00 
 
 June 10, State Treasurer, repairs 2,000.00 
 
 June 10, State Treasurer, library 3,000.00 
 
 June 10, State Treasurer, trustees ’ fund... 500.00 
 
 Aug. 5, J. M. Keefer, imp. of grounds 1.40 
 
 Sept. 1, Alfred Bayliss, special 138.03 
 
 Sept. 15, State Treasurer, ordinary 15,000.00 
 
 Sept. 19, Josie A. Tabler, special ......... 27.5(3, 
 
 Oct. 1, Alfred Bayhsgfspecial 100.00 
 
 Oct. 5, J. M. Keefer, special - ./ 6.81 
 
 Oct. 24, H. K. *Smitlh, special 37.36 
 
 Oct. 24, J. M. Keefer, ordinary 1.00 
 
 Oct. 24, W. D. Allen Mfg. Co., ordinary . . . 14.85 
 
 Nov. 7, J. M. Keefer, special 20.00 
 
 Nov. 9, Fred Smith, Imp. of grounds 3.00 
 
 No\ . 10, Alfred Bayliss, special 100.00 
 
 Dec. 14. State Treasurer, ordinary . 15,000.00 
 
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 Dec. 18, J. M. Keefer, ordinary 3.24 
 
 Dee. 19, Alfred Bayliss, special 100.00 
 
 $ 90, ISIS " 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS. 
 
 Additional Furniture and furnishings 
 
 Biological Laboratory 
 
 Building 
 
 Carpets 
 
 Drawing department ,* 
 
 Fencing and drainage 
 
 Furniture for completed building 
 
 Gymnasium 
 
 Improvement of grounds 
 
 Library 
 
 Manual training 
 
 Maps and charts 
 
 Ordinary 
 
 Paving and concrete 
 
 Repairs 
 
 Seating assembly hall and additional rooms. 
 
 Seating society halls 
 
 Trustees’ expenses 
 
 Special 
 
 December 26, Balance on hand 
 
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 874.37 
 
 62.69 
 
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 208.90 
 
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 2,093.86 
 
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 Respectfully submitted for the Board of Trustees, 
 L. H. HANNA, President. 
 JOHN A. MEAD, Secretary. 
 

 
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