The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-01-12
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE DEDICATION OF THE
NLw STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BUILDING, AT
LMPoRIA, JANUARY 2, 1867,
BY L. B. KELLOGG,
Principal of the Normal school.

BY L. B. KELLOGG,
Principal of the Normal school.
LADIES AND GENTLEXEE: The occasion
that has brought US together makes il
fitting that a som sWhat detailed acc ounl
OF the NOImal School be given. This
work Of arranging this history has been
assigned to me. To the students who arr
present. and the large number of familiar
and trusted friends of the school whom il
has been my happiness TO greet this day.
and here in the new building, the story
l am 10 relate cannot possess the charm
of newness. But among business men.
and in our national life, aud religious
life. there is nothing thai so tends to
S eadiness of purpose and confidence as
balancing of the books. summing up
of what has been Done in stated interval
of times. stopping to review our ife's
work in the light of Gods truth: so
tru.t that in this survey of what has been
done By the Normal School there may be
found somewhat OF profit aud interest.
Encourage ment there certainly is; for,
however it's present condition falls short
of our highest conception of what the
school should become-and | see several
rounds in the ladder between US and the
ideal do not think the Board of Di
rectors. in whose stead | speak, are wrong
in believing that as much has been &C :
complIshed since the opening Of the in
sgitutioR as, with the appliances at hand,
could reasonably be expected. 1t was
right, and it is right TO expect from this
school The same results in kind that have
been produced BY Normal Schools in 9TH
er States: that is 30 say, an energizing and
Strengthening of the bonds of union be-
tween the pablo schools and the people.
by which the great school interests shall
come nearer the heart of the Stale; an out
flowing of information on school matters
which shall give school officers protec-
ton against the claims OF men and
women who are incompetent and
worthless Tor all teachers work, an eleva-
ton of the teachers vocation, and cul-
tivation of professional pride among ed
ucstors SO that teaching ma be suffi
cIenuy honorable and remunerative TO
retain the services Of men and women of
ability throughout the working days OF
their lives. These are among The things
wrought by Normal Schools. The posi-
tive teaching of It's graduates. their per-
sonal influence in m3ldIng public opin-
ion, aud the good examples, or models,
which their schools become to other
schools IN the vIcinlty, need only 10 be
named, not disguised. fl.
! In making our estimate of the amount
| Of work done, it will be necessary to te
| the conditions attendant upon the organ
izaIion OF the school. and the stale o.
public opinion in regard 10 il al each steE
OF its hietory. Our State is new, Anc
has sparse population. Il was admit
ted into the Union no longer ago thar
1861. It's population was returned by
the last general census as giving but an
average OF one and one-third TO eacl
square mile of its area, while 10 Massa'
eli usetls there were at the same time on
huncred and forty inhabitants to the mile
In OHIO there are sky. While still
territory, as is known 10 US all, the grea
conflict of ideas ragged SO hercely as &
trench our soil with the graves of m ar
tyrs. Aud II was while we were knock
Ing at the door of the Union with on
I :
crest of secession and rebellion began u
loom in the S luthera sky. During thos'
years of couhlet our part 10 the terrIbl
tragedy was clearly marked and promi
nent. The record Is made up of conLin
> ual alarms on our borders, lhe cruel nun
/, der of our cilizens, and the vic Led de
struclion of our beautiful city of Law
renee, together with the deeds of homo
performed By our soldiers on the battle
field. A ba ptism of FIRE aud blood Kan
sas bad, and an alter record OF ferC
u passion aHd atTociOGs crime, mingle
With heroism, aud long suffering. an
stern devotion TO principle.
Nearly two years ago the Normal Soho
began iIs work. It's establishment It
esrly a period in the history of the STA
was due, not $50 much to a deep-seatC
conviction of the necessity of teacher
colleges. as to political accident. WhiC
Nv u Try to explain
The organic act admitting cur Sia
into the Union made provision for the
adjustment of State University. At q
meeting of the first Legislature, b
IS was psssed locating this university
Manhattan. but the act was vetoed
Governor Robinson. AT the ne xt sessit
there we're three towns, Manhattan. Law
Z renee and EmPoria competing for its
., catioD. Ko,decisIon vas arrived st, a
SO the matter was lsft over for snoth
Id year, 10 the meantime. Congress.
Act of 1859. made provision for the e
Il. dowmeul of agricultural colleges il I:
) loyal States, and Kansas Immediately /
10 work to avail herself of the opportur
~ offered. There were now two educ
4 local institutions to be located. T
next winter combustion was foI n
which gave the Agricultural School
d MaDhatIan, while the main contest =
bslwsen Lawrence and Imports in Teg'
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