The author, E.M. Violette, presents here the collection of information found about the early history of the First District State Normal School in Kirksville, Missouri which later will be renamed Northeast Missouri State Teachers College.

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Excerpt from History of the First District State Normal School: Kirksville, Missouri These conditions reacted upon one another. On the one hand, poor and uncertain compensation gave no incentive for better preparation on the part of those who attempted to teach. Ou the other hand, the lack of preparation and of ability in the teacher naturally kept the wages low. Hence teachers and teach ing were held in disrepute. The public school system was un popular with and unsupported even by those who needed it most. 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.