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DECEMBER · 1886 the state and how many have failed to teach the required terms of years? What is the school property worth, and what is the estimated cost of running the school including salaries, repairs, insurance, &c, &c? I need this information to enable me properly to meet the attack which is now being made on the schools, both by a portion of the press and a dangerous minority in the Legislature. I have, sir, the honor to be Your obedient servant, Wm E. Vasser ALS Con. 84 BTW Papers DLC. ~ William Edward Vasser, a farmer near Athens, Ala., served one term in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1886-87. He was chairman of the House Committee on Education. To William Ec~ward Vasser [Tuskegee, Ala.] Dec. ce t~8836 Dear Sir: Replying to yours of the lath inst asking information about our State Normal School, I would say that the school is now in the 6th year of its existence being established by act of the legislature passed in 1880 and the school was opened July 4th 188~. Our course of study embraces 4 years consequently we have graduated but two classes. The first class was composed of lo members and the and of 5 ~5 in all and I am glad to say to you that every one is now teaching in the public schools of the State and have been teaching ever since they graduated. Our present senior class which graduates next May is composed of co members and each one expects to teach in the State. Besides the graduates I am pleased to say to you that 64 of our under graduates have taught or are now teaching in the State. While these have not completed the course of study they have been enough benefitted by their attendance here, to make a marked improvement in the work they do as teachers. I fee] that I am safe in saying that Hobo of our students expect to make teaching a profession—their life work. At present we have 27~?] students in school. We admit none till they are ~5 years old. In our training school where the Normal School 3~7