The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-04-24
4 Visit At the Normal school at Oshkosh.

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4 Visit At the Normal school ut Oshkosh.
Curiosity led US, few day. since, to
visit ;bIi place, 60 which nearly all the
growing miud Of this County grsvitate,
for higher nourisaElsss.s The number OF
! tic. cbcrs that hare eene there his spring
being nearly Il stampede Ct The working
force Of the county. We had f-lt that we
were pretty well acquainted With osh-
kosif we Lad visited the Insane Asylum
gazed ca It's vast fields OF lass, lumber
/ and saw dust looked into the n;,,.u f.ctu-
+ ries, seen the grand boatrace on Lake
/ WIunebago and the Georgia ministries
there, but we confess to ignoracc of
State y orn,ai schools b ing at that place,
until we came to Manitowoc County.
/ And it was with more than our usual
a!acri,y that We embraced an opportunity
/ to visit this place, where the s, eond thing
neelfall in life was administered to sc
many 81 car young men and InAidens.
! About mile and 4 quarter out On AL
gom, St, towards the residence Of Hon.
/ Phiitus Srwyc., we fornd large build
/ ing, tastefu!ly built after the most ap-
proved plan cf modern school architect
ure three stories, exclusive of the base
lnen, Of biick severe enough in its
long, straight outlines, to give an impress
sion Of stability and strength, AMI stiff
GENTLY adorned with tasteful ornament to
relieve and please tn. eye.
The impression Oh the Whole was agreca-
BE, and tended to excite expectation in re-
gard TO the interior that was more than re-
/ allied. From basement to cupa.s the
State has not failei in completely fitting
out and furnishing this gre.: lever Of our
common school system. SIX largo furna-
ccs warm the building each recitation
room is fitted out With folding seats, dais.
| and desk k.cal,,arlls that entice one to
keep marking, and all the molern school
| room peraphernalia. The assembly room,
! from the piano TO the fower-shaiel wit
! lows, with its complete and elegant as
sisement., is about the most pie a,ant We
remember to have ever iscb IN. Perhaps
I the cheerful and pleasant aspect Of every
/ thing seemed to us coming from The sCmbre
halls Of al eastern college, to- be u little
( too gay, and not very con iucivc to sober,
hard "gruhhinS," and perhaps we arc not
very gooG Iuig"s.
! TIL" main idea of Prcsiacnt A,bSe il
his method ami arrangement seems to be
drill. Mt 90 mucl. amount or matter as
mel bod anal mt@rcr TIE " .y,.c day from
9 a. m. till after , and from 2 y. ny. TIL
/ after l. is taken up in class or gen, pal cx-
ere Sc, in which the aim seems to be Erac
ticc, precision and ERECTION. ! That TIE
,ncalcnins Of ,cLoiarly AMI currcc. habit,
in the teachers, gTcig,-s alike with H.. I'M
par,if OF instruction. This is also assist
ed BY the r"r.cc; freedom existing between
teachers and pupils, which ~ marked
contrast 20 the grave dignity of eastern in
structors. Whether this formal t,.ncation
| or stimulated exterior imp oyclncut is
batter than that which results from down
right study, 70, cultisating elevating and
refining the mind we shall not gay.
The personal appearance Of presiden.
Abec is genial and prefosscss:nS, and his
conversation shows an earnest, c!rar-sig ht-
cd enthusiasm "a tho rausr u general cla-
cation. Pres. lxh.7r is nov among tie
first of Wise .nsin'- PROMINENT educators,
both from his o-Itio.I a. PRESIDENT OF the
tO,hkrsi Norma, al among the c luca-
tional itborsrs lhrDu- o.t lie hol state.
! The corps Of assistants wnIcA tie State
has placed about HIM a zeal u. thorough
workers. "a -
The Institution is SILL very yonrg. but
Judging from the good work 1t is now 90
ing we anticipate broad and glorious
future.
/ Manitowoc, after f'inrcbago aud Fond
Ia Lac, comes first in the number Of stu
dents which it aunnal:y scnl, there. An !
we rejoice that, since the opening Of 1ur
railroad, We have such ready access to it,
With the completion AMI orupas: On of our
ncw ID ward school battling, Manitow oc,
n educational advantage, viii not be be
hind other parts of the Sta.e. F.