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Excerpt from Quarter Centennial: June, 1892 At this time the Legislature passed the act establishing the new Normal Schools, authorizing proposals to be received by the commission appointed for that purpose from the corporate authorities of any village, or from the Board of Trustees of any academy, for their establishment. The trustees of the Collegiate Institute at once resolved to avail themselves of this privilege, and in conjunction with the village authorities they presented the subject to the peo ple for their consideration. The proposition was for the village to raise by taxation a sufficient sum, about to pay off the incumbrances, and to enlarge the buildings by erecting wings to the same and to present it to the State for the purposes of a Normal School. The subject was thor oughly discussed in all its bearings, and a bitter contest raged during the entire season. The friends of the school were ardent, enthusiastic, wide-awake, and thoroughly in earnest. Under the able leadership of Prof. Mcvicar, at that time the Principal of the School, every effort was made to convince the people of the expediency of the proposed meas ure. It was submitted to the taxpayers for their votes, and carried by a handsome majority. The proposals were approved at Albany, and on the 20th of March, 1867, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Hon. Victor M. Rice, appointed the following Local Board for the immediate management of the school, viz; Dr. M. B. Anderson, Hon. Jerome Fuller, Thomas Cornes, Henry W. Seymour, Angus-x tus F. Brainerd, Byron E. Huntley, Daniel Holmes, Elipha let Whitney, John A. Latta, Timothy Frye, J. Durward Decker, Joseph A. Tozier and Elijah c.' Chriswell. This board immediately organized and elected the following per manent officers, viz: Jerome Fuller, President, Eliphalet Whitney, Vice President, Daniel Holmes, Secretary, and J. D. Decker, Treasurer. As originally organized the board. Consisted of thirteen members. In 1871 the number was. Reduced by an act of the legislature to nine, and in 1872 by a like act two more were added, leaving the number eleven, which has continued to the present time. Of the original members four still remain in the board, Messrs. Whitney, Tozier, Chriswell and the Secretary. Others have been appointed as follows: May 6, 1872, Dr. A. N. Braman; April 27, 1874, Dayton S. Morgan, in place of H. W. Sey mour, resigned; Sept. 19, 1878, George H. Allen, in place of A. F. Brainerd, resigned; Oct., 1880, j..h. Kingsbury, in place of Judge Fuller, deceased; Jan. 24, 1885, Edgar Bene dict, in place of Dr. A. N. Braman, resigned; Oct., 1888, John D. Burns, in place of Dr. Anderson, resigned; Jan. 17 1891, Henry S. Madden, in place of D. S. Morgan, deceased, Dec. Ist, 1891, Henry Harrison, in place of J. D. Decker, deceased. Judge Fuller remained the President of the board till his decease, when Dayton S. Morgan was elected in his place. On the death of Mr. Morgan, George H. Allen was elected and is now President of the board. April 30, 1888, Mr. Kingsbury was elected Treasurer in place of Mr. Decker, resigned. Mr. J. A. Latta died Oct. 11, 1891. No other changes have taken'place in the membership of the Local Board. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
