Identifier: annualreporto141915chey (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the Cheyney Training School for Teachers (Institute for Colored Youth)
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Cheyney Training School for Teachers
Subjects: Cheyney Training School for Teachers African Americans African American teachers
Publisher: (Cheyney, Pa.? : s.n.)
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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light, well-planned mealsand laundry privileges for $100 for the whole year. Of this $100,$12.00 should be paid in advance when a student enters, and after that$11.00 a month in advance. In other words, a student pays alto-gether in the first month, $17.00 and after that $11.00 monthly. Thecost of books ought not to exceed $5.00 a year. Clothing should beno more nor less than the supply which a student would ordinarilyhave at home. There is hardly a school in the United States that offers more toits students than the Cheyney Training School, at such remarkablylow rates. In fact, the cost of living here at Cheyney, when actuallyfooted up, is less than in the average home. Parents and guardiansshould well consider this. DORMITORIES Young women live in Emlen and Baily Halls; young men, for thepresent in Humphreys Hall and Smith Cottage. Emlen and BailyHalls are conjoined, two-story, stone buildings, beautiful in design,steam heated and well ventilated, with splendid lavatory and bath- 8
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ing facilities. Only one student is allowed to occupy a room. Eachroom contains one white enamel bed, appropriate linen, a dresser, achair, a rug and a wash stand set. On each floor of both dormitoriesis a large living room for study and recreation. The supervision of the life of the young women in these dormi-tories is directly in charge of a competent matron, whose duty is notonly to care for the building, but also to advise with students aboutthe problems connected with the development of the highest type ofwomanhood. Supplementing the services of the matron, a specialcommittee of the faculty gives careful attention to problems ofhygiene and sanitation in connection with the life of the students, andspares no pains in trying to build up a cheerful, spontaneous homespirit among them. RULES AND REGULATIONS Not many rules and regulations are laid down. It is under-stood that students in this school are sufficiently mature largely togovern themselves. Very few of the elementary problem

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