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Show Give Us Room M By W F. A. Hinckley I The remorkablo growth of tho B. Y. College Is a sourco of great satisfaction satis-faction to Its Alumni nnd many friends. Yet tho over increasing demands produced by tho growing numbers, especially In tho upper classes, presents tho most serious problems If tho school Is to do Its work and meet tho needs of tho poopto. How rnpld this growth has been may bo seen by somo comparisons. Tho registration this year Is tho 'nrgest In tho history of tho Collcgo. This is truo notwithstanding tho foct that tho short courses; such as tho Preparatory, tho Mlsslonnry, nnd tho M. I. A. hns boon ellmlnnted nnd that, of tho moro than 350 applications ap-plications for ndmlsslon to tho first year of tho high school fowcr than 210 woro admitted. In 1913 there wero 126 students In tho second year class; In 1911 thero wero 161; this year thero aro 214. Tho third year olnss bonsts of 139. Statistics at tho Collego show that during the last four years tho fourth year class nns been within ten percent as largo ns tho third year clnBs of tho preceding pre-ceding year. Th0 means that thoro should bo about 125 high school graduates grad-uates next year, twice nB many as In any precodlng year. Tills growth Is further emphasized by Increases In departments. Biology Jumped from ono class with 40 students stud-ents last year to four sections with 160 students this year. Tho classes In Chemistry nnd Phylcs have doubled. dou-bled. History. English and other departments show similar Increases. Rapid as this growth has been in tho high school department, It Is even more pronounced In tho Col-logo Col-logo or Normal work. In tho History His-tory of Education thero were 13 students stu-dents In 1913, 32 in 1914 and 62 this year. And this Indlcntcs about the rato of growth. Two years ago, when tho training school wn8 opened, five students registered for the courso in training last year thero woro 22, and this J ear, while 35 have been permitted to take tho work others who had Psychology, Podagogy and tho other necessary prepnrntory work hnd to bo refused admittance How greatly these demands will bo Increased In the futuro mny bo seen when wo consider tho phenomena phenome-na growth In the High School department, de-partment, that fifty students would havo taken Training this year, that tho Stato High Schools aro turning out many moro graduates each year 11 and that tho rocont ruling of tho il II Stato Board of Education requires 1 H high school graduates, to get at tho 'H least ono yonr of Collogo Normal H work boforo applying for permission M to teach. H To meet tho crowded conditions this year, tho Collego Board employ tM ed four1 teachers moro thnn last, year M tho larger class rooms woro divided M and tho club rooms turnod into class M rooms until now cvory nvallablo H room is prossed Into sorvico. Classes M nro holding from 8 a. m. to 4:30 M P. m. nnd still many classes aro 11 too largo. This bigger II. Y. means many H ndvnntnges for tho studonts as well ,M ns being of vory grent benefit to H tho College. Inevitably laboratories Jfl must becomo better equipped, library facilities Improved, etc. A larger student body makes possible bigger Lycoum courses, a better student pa- i por, moro competition nnd cnthusl- ,M nsra, a moro highly specialized and efficient teaching forco, enlarged so- 1 cial activities nnd increased power 'M to do and accomplish. 'H But theso crowded conditions mako iM very groat our needs If tho school Is to solve successfully Us problems. M Conditions In tho Training Schoot M mako furthor advancement in tho , Normal work woll nigh impossible 'I without additional grados. Wo lack ;H tho room to accommodnto them with out somo relief somowhoro. ,M Our gymnasium Is wholly Inade- H quato to tho ncods of tho school. il Whllo at ono tlmo It wns ono of M tho bost In tho Stato, it Is now much lM too small for tho games or social ac- fl tlvltles. Wo aro compollod to hold H our parties away from tho school In mid week becauso no other arrange- moists can bo mado. A now gymnas- fl lum would mnko posslblo the divi- H flloir of tho present gymnasium into M six excellent class rooms and so meet our class room needs. This M would furnish tho necossary room M for tho Training School as well as M equipment for physical and social M education. M The crying needs of tho school H then are, it seems to me, a now H gymnasium and four moro grados in , 'M tho training school. Without them H tho school will, bo stifled and ro- H tarded. With thorn it Is In a fair 'H wny to becomo n first class Normal H School for tho training of the teach- M crs of tho Stato, and tho developing M of leaders for servlco In the church. H |
