The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-07-29
our NORHAL SCHOOL.
The Host Practical and Benefi-
cial Institution in the State.
tts Rapid Onward Progress and
Assured Su cess.
The Work PrOis s~Or WherrelI
and His Assistants are
Accomplishing.

Accomplishing.
The city Of Leavenworth justly takes
pride in her benevolent and charitable in
stitutions, her industries, and especially her
schools. The educational system of the
metropolis is the most complete in the West
and the attempts of neighboring cities to
form their systems upon the plan adopted
by our School Board, have fallen for
short OF the model. But while our citizens
have been directing their attention to the
development of our public schools, building
magnificent and costly structures for the
accommodation Of the pupils, they have
paid comparatively little attention to an
institution which promises bring forth an
unprecedented harvest oil intellectual
fruit, to-wit-the State Normal
School, which is now under
the direction Of Prof John Wher-
rell, one of the ablest instructors and ener-
getic educators in the West. The Leaven-
worth State Normal School was first brought
into existence in 1870, through the agency
of legislative bill which authorized the
creation Of State Normal School in all
cities in Kansas Of the first class. A city
Of the first class is one having a population
exceeding fifteen thousand; and as the me-
tropOlis is the only town in the State ex-
ceeding that number, the Normal School
vas established here. From the first in
ception OF the school, in 1870, until the
present time, its growth has been sure and
comparatively rapid. The property known
| a. the Russell mansion was purchased by
| the city and decided to the State, for the
purpose Of Normal Hall, on condition
that the legislature would every year
| appropriate money sufficient from the State
Treasury to pay the expenses Of the school,
The Russell place was bought for 5000,
the payments to be made 81 600 each, at II
per cent interest. The last payment was
| made one month ago.
PROFESSOR JOHN wHERREIL,
The present principal of the school, first
took charge OF the institution about two
years ago, having previous to that time
been employed in the public schools as
professor Of grammar, philosophy and chem
istry. BY his persistent efforts and judicious
management he has succeeded in builing up
the school until it has assumed its present
mammoth proportions. At the beginning
OF the September term of the school, he ex7
poets to have fully two hundred pupils en-
rolled as regular students. and
there will doubtless he by the
ending of the scholastic wear
fully three hundred Young men and ladies
| from all parts of the State. engaged in the
task of fitting Themselves for the arduons
Iabors of teaching the young ideas through
out Kansas how 10 shoot intellectually and
practically.
TUT rxnp>,spS
I -,
Hlhe s'Iaehts attehdaht upon TINS schooi
are e.ceeulhsiy igh', ana IL VIII no DOUBT
astonish some ol our irugai citizens when
VIC give the ngures indlcating the weekly
etPehes oi iislhs. Iupiis stndyins az TINS
sehooi can il'e tNeh'y pr cent. cheaper
tnah they can al any other normal instltu-
;nn ~" fac,s m ~ and to-. vi, III. ,a.d '.e u, ,oo"
f., ;ns,,nca ,brsa vo,nn n'an W U e.
aoo,onr;-a ~ n,nob - Us; IL 80 W
;U ,Sa nor,bern nar, ,ho o;,, s nd;.a.n, ,,n M
H. SohoDJ 60 ,,ro dam.'
.ne st.n t 80, ~, wv ,aou uo moh'n
,h.n n,n,r;h,,,as e. - H. ,'.na..i
Il fupH opl this iu ,,.al h,,y,
food. This system of patching As il Il
called, Is immensely popular among the
pupils oil 'he Institution, anu cheaP also.
Inc students COOK their own Victuais, thus
saving 'he expense OIL culinary arust, ana
the lesson IN Practlcai economy therein IN
corPoIa.eu II whoiesome ana valuable one.
| froi; Wherreii mas the names oi some Two
hundred ana my students VINO nave Tried
the oa'cnihs Piah' ana whose expenses
nave not averaged Win the et ceteras
| thro~h I'D, hore 'hah - per week. Inc
professor mas an Arrangenieh'' aiso, Win
one oi tne iuriii'ufe nrms Oh the eity,
where the students can ouy their iurmtare
al moderate price, ana al !he emo OF the
da.ia, ,s,.s;va b.nL fron, h;u, ono hoN -
| ORIGINAL price tbu. practically making IL a
rental.
THE MAIN OBJECT
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.S;s anf o,har ST. ara 80 ',rao,;na
.,a,,nd. Co. ;na,,er;ano.J NO., I'D r,,au
~bo wish n Fl themselves for ;n.,rnc,ors
wiz "''" W e-.es ''' ' " " =
The CITY
Has given to the Normal School the entire
use Of the fourth floor of the Morris build
ing, but if the number Of scholars increases
as rapidly in the future a. in
the past, the accommodations will he
found much too small, and a wing will
| nave 10 De Dulit. Inc tuition lee Is noth-
ing anu .he teA',Ioks ~ oeihe lufh1sheu, E lhe
PuPiis are saseu !lese eHlThses. ihere are
.niss !ellas o. .a,een vel wagks eacn IN .ne
nolna, s,: s.aolA'uT year; with 'n1 usual l SUM
l ner .ac".lon 10y Ie" ., .ne snoiars|
nps,vi, ,S wi, ''ay uur,n sne e,'iLe veal anu anu
o'u PuPns arc G',hu uopp"g OUT
ai" ''e" '''eS 'AA''s '''eif P'A'e''
THE NORMAL INSTITUTE
Now in session at the Morris building,
opened the 5th day Of July and will close
L sbout tho last nf n0uat IL IL tho Isr.,.,,