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OREGON NORMAL SCHOOLS 141

required to pay the expenses of conducting a small normal

school of 300 students. This was apportioned in the following

fashion :

Salaries :

President $3,000

Four men at $1,750 7,000

Four women at 1,200 4,800

Two women at 1,000 2,000

Four critic teachers at 800 3,200 $20,000

Supplies, Library, etc 5,000

Budget for year $25,000

A comparison of these figures with the expenditures of the Drain Normal should dispel the idea that the normals prac- ticed extravagance.

The attendance rose and fell as legislation, appropriations, and other circumstances of importance were favorable or un- favorable. When the Daly bill was passed taking the certifi- cating power away from the normals, there was a great fall- ing off in attendance, tuition decreased as a consequence, and a deficit was incurred at Monmouth. In 1889, there was such an influx of students at Monmouth that the practice school was discontinued in order to afford room for regular students. This condition was closely paralleled in 1901 when the attend- ance reached 399. In spite of higher entrance requirements, two years later the attendance was 419. Two years before the fate of the normals was submitted to the people there were 630 students enrolled at the four schools and 111 grad- uates.

There were fewer students as a rule at the other institutions, though occasionally the older school was excelled. Increased attendance at one school was usually accompanied by higher attendance at the others. A partial record of enrollment from 1891 to 1907 is given herewith: