isua-isnscatalog-1874-1875-022

Description:	22STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.LITERARY SOCIETIES.Of these there are three the Eclectic, the Philomathean, and the Debating Club. Each Society is well organized, well con¬ ducted, and holds weekly meetings. Each is an important auxiliary to the course of general culture in the Institution. The object of each is to train its members in thinking, in speaking, and in writing.CONDITIONS OT ADMISSION.Pupils, if females, must be sixteen years of age if males, eighteen. They must possess good moral character and average intellectual abilities. If residents of Indiana, they must promise to teach, if practicable, in the common schools of the State a period equal to twice that spent as pupils in the Normal School. They must pass a fair examination in Reading, Spelling, Geography, and in Arithmetic through Percentage. They must write a legible hand, and be able to analyze and parse simple sentences.EXPENSES.Tuition is free.Board, including/weZ and lights, can be obtained in good families at §4 to 85 per week, according to the quality of the accommoda¬ tions desired.By renting rooms and boarding themselves, students reduce their expenses for boarding to less than $2.50 per week. Some even as low as $1.50.There are several clubs for self-boarding.
Source:	http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/isuarchive/id/32156
Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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