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CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



State Normal School 



The State Normal School at Moor- 

 head has 18 acres of ground. The orig- 

 inal normal school site consisted of six 

 acres, which was donated to the state 

 by Honorable S. G. Comstock. In 1912, 

 twelve acres additional were acquired 

 by purchase at a cost of $12,000. Trees 

 have been planted on the original site, 

 and the campus is in excellent condi- 

 tion. Six acres of the recently ac- 

 quired ground is used as a school gar- 

 den ; another portion of the ground is 

 used as an athletic field, and a new 

 class room building has recently been 

 constructed directly opposite the main 

 building. In this building will be ac- 

 commodated the departments of man- 

 ual arts, physical, chemical, and bio- 

 logical sciences. There is also in the 

 new building a commodious and beau- 

 tiful auditorium with a seating capac- 

 ity of 1,200. 



The normal school offers courses of 



study leading to an elementary diplo- 

 ma, an advanced or life diploma, and 

 to special diplomas in manual arts and 

 music. 



The enrollment in all courses in the 

 normal department of the school for 

 the year 1916 exceeds 1,000 students; 

 and the enrollment in the elementary 

 school, connected with the normal 

 school, exceeds 300 students, making 

 a total of nearly 1,400. 



Tuition is free to all students who 

 expect to teach school in Minnesota. 



Since 1899 Frank A. "Weld has been 

 president of the Moorhead Normal, and 

 Leslie "Welter is the resident director 

 and member of the Normal School 

 Board of the state. 



Potato shipments from Clay County 

 aggregate between 4,000 and 5,000 car- 

 loads annually. This means from two 

 and one-half to three million bushels 

 of potatoes. 



Comstock Hall and Wheeler Hall, Dormitories 



