A Second Normal School.

Last Monday the governor signed the bill providing for another norrnal school at Mt. Pleasaut. The Mt. Pleasant people in consideration of the locating of the school there give to-the state the fine new building now occupied by the private normal and ten acres of ground. The bill carries no apprqpriation, henee the school will not become a state institntion in the full sense, we presume, until the legislature provides means for its running expenses, and that ■will not be until there is another session of that body. The people of Mt. Pleasant agree however, to maintain the institntion until that time. This school will have for its purpose the fitting of teachers for the primary grades and the district schools. It is a step, therefore, in the direction o meeting an urgent want. If norma training is a good thing for those who intend to teach, and it is generally con ceded to be, it must be admitted tha one normal school is entirely inadequate to supply the demands of this grea state and the , legislature has acted ■wisely in establishing another school That our district schools are the weak est feature of our school system, is ad mitted by all educators of prominence still these schools are almost wholly without normal teachers. If it is the function of the state to edúcate her children, it is her duty to provide teachers for the schools. And if it i the duty of the state to train teachers then it has not fulfilled its obligation when it has supplied trained teachers to the villages and city schools alone They should be trained in such num bers as to supply the district schools a well. The establishment of another normal school is a movemnt in that di recton. Educational sentiment in Mich igan is advancing.