ESTABLISHED in 1880 under the authoritative acts of the General Assembly, the Normal Department has had a steady growth until it now has an enrollment of nearly two hundred students. It is now under the able and efficient management, of Prof. Wilford White as dean assisted by Prof. J. T. C. Noe, who received his bachelor degree at Franklin College and his master degree at Cornell University. Prof. White accepted his position in 1905, having had several years of experience as assistant in this department. Prof. Noe accepted the place of assistant in the same year, having resigned from the chair of English and history at Lincoln University.
Besides a four years' collegiate course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Pedagogy, three sub-freshman courses are offered, viz: State Diploma, State Certificate and County Certificate. The Collegiate Course is designated to prepare teachers for the secondary schools and colleges and offers some of the best training from both the Classical and Scientific    Departments    and    furnishes    a    basis
whereon its graduates may easily specialize in almost    any    direction.    The     sub-freshman
courses prepare teachers for the elementary schools and most of them receive a training that prepares them to battle very successfully with the problems presented by their chosen profession. A short Summer Term is also offered which presents special advantages to those who are unable to atttend during the collegiate year.
The number of matriculates in this department exceeds the enrollment of last year by over forty per cent. Owing to the increased demand made by this advancement the legislature was asked for a donation of thirty-five thousand dollars in order that a new building might be erected but the learned Solons of Kentucky evidently considered that under the broad canopy of Heaven with no walls to restrain him, the teacher would be offered better advantages of 'expansion.' They were, however, favorably impressed with the exceeding love of our didactic brother obtained under his present conditions and while in a sympathetic frame of
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