The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-01-12
SAS, SATURDAY. JANUARY u, 1867.

statements made in as many towns as pos
sible. A further appropriation Of Sc, 0O(
was added to the 81. 900 already in tn
hands of the Board.
On the fifteenth day OF February, 1865
eighteen studsnts-Gfteen more than wer,
greeted by Father Pearce, in Lexington
when the first Normal School of Massa
chusetts was opened, and one less than
President HDvey had at the beginning o
| the Illinois Univers;ty-were gathered
ia the room | have before spoken of as
granted TO the school by the kindness o.
Emporia. 0ut of doors, were all sorts u
rumors concerning an expected rebsl in
vasiou from Tex IS. and another of Indi-
ans from the Territory. under S;anwaitie.
In doors, the eighteen students had set
tess borrowed from neighb5ring church,
and the teachers seat was yellow painted
chair borrowed from the County Treas:
urer's Office. There were two stoves in
the room, no teachers desk or other furn :
iture, no text books, maps. or other ap
planes. No visitors. The parable of
the sower was read, the Lords Prayer
repeated; aud so the Normal School OF
Kansas VAS opened. We were all hope
ul, and, ere long. hard at work Very
soon the school room was we'll seated, and
reasonably we'll furnished The number
of students increased day by day, until
there were forty two; and all were earnest,
faithful and enthusiastic. The discipline
was all that could be wished, and little
said about it. The school was much Wis
tied, and much talked about at home and
in the newspapers. do not know how far
knowledge of that terms work extended.
but tits certain that the Kaw Indians
were reached; for, one morning, shortly
after devotional exercises. painted war
rior of that uncivilized tribe favored the
school with a visit.
The first te. m closed in June, after a
session of nineteen weeks The oard
of Visitors appointed by law to report
their views with regard to the g'conditiou,
success and usefulness" of the institution
were in attendance throughout the exam
nation, which occupied two DAYS. Their
discrim mating and able eport, present-e
ed to the Legislature, did much toward
confirming public opinion in our favor.
His Honor, Judge L. D. Bailey, of the
Supreme Court, was chairman of lhi,
Board. Hon. I. T. Gooinow, State Su
perintendent of Public Instruction, al
this time favored the students with an
address. The anniversary Grafton was
pronounced by His Honor, Judge Brewer.
of Leavenworlh The attendance of the
educational men of the State was large;
and the harvest of good words not small.
The summer vacation was spent ia
planning the next years work. A more
extended circular than the first was issued
and quite generally distributed. Notices
of the school appeared in most of the
State papers. Professor II. B. Norton,
graduate of the Illinois Normal Uni
versity, accepted the position of Associate
Principal. The State Teachers Asso-
citation under the presidency of Professor
H. d. McCarty OF Leavenworth, granted
TO the Normal School kindly recogni-
ton, by resolution, expressing their sense
of its importance and confidence in its
management, and recommending it to the
throughout the State.
This first terms, work was considered
but as a trial OF the machinery. Mr..
Gooduow the State Superintendent re-
ported to the State Legislature concern
Ing it, 1.-The school opened as an expert.
ment and is demonstrated a success"
A practical and experienced friend OF
education, in a published account OF the
closing exercises which was incorporated
in the Report of the Board of Visitors,
said as follows; 1.-The real question at
issue, the only one of importance. TO be
decided by this first examination was
" whether the school drill was OF the righ {
kind, whether it was of shat peculiar char
acter which should fit teachers for sue
cessful effort. A school may be most
excellent in its kind, yet in no sense a
Normal School. The State has founded
here normal school, but will this insli-
tuition prove to be a real normal school:
Does it, from what it has already done,
give evidence that it is what teachers
college ought to be? Is itWorth the care
of the State? If it fails to meet the de
sign of such an institution, then it should
be changed. or abandoned.
| These questions were, We thiuk, fully
and satisfactorily answered in the exami-
nation. Itmay be safely said that th'
most saugniue expectations OF the friend:
of the school were tully realized"
The second term began near the middl
of September 1855 The same students
were present as during the first term
with an addition to their number, making
in ell sky. Nothing occurred durin!
the year 10 interrupt the harmony of th,
EschOol, or prevent the successful workin
of ali connected with it. The number O
students for the year was eighty five
There were three terms, the last closiDt
no June. The anniversary GRAFTON at thi
lime was given by Mr.. Norton. Mr
Goodnow again addressed the student;
The closing exercises were quite fully re
ported in the Lsayenworth, Lawrence
Atchisen. 7 peka. Burlington, and Em
Poria papers. ad
By reason of the increasing number {
students, making the apartments then
use entirely inadequatet 30 the wants oft
school, il was decided to ask the State 70
an appropriation to construct buildin
which, answering the purpose Of th
. school for q few years, might then be Sc
apart for the use ofthe Model School do
Ipartmenl without loss to the State. Th
was last winter. The Legislature yer
willingly aceesed to the request, an
: authorized the Board of Directors to cor
strucE suitable sdi6ce at the States e.