The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-07-25

Normal Notes.
HUMBOLDT, July 21st, 1879.
Editor Register:-
As the same expatiatiens upon thu
weather that We make last week may
seem stale to some of your readers, and
as we can add nothing new in that line
we will try and give your readers N
inkling of the manner in which the In
stitute Is conducted. We meet in the
morning at 8:45 for opening exercises,
which consist of roll call, by the stud.
ents, and livery rarely) singing.
The members of the Institute are di.
vided into "A" and "B" grades which
recite 1t the same time, the A grade &C.
cupying the recitation room proper and
the B the body of the hall. The recita.
ton room is small and the A class COM
pletely fill it. For the first week or
more there was large blackboard COM
pleteiy covering the windows in this
room, but the agitators of ventilation
gained the day and it has been removed,
making it far more comfortable.
The exercises are as follows: A
Grammar, conducted by Prof. Bartlett,
and B Arithmetic, conducted by Prof.
Middaugh. So far, the A Grammar
class have reached the noted "Infini-
tive" and are dissecting it with the vim
with which the ordinary pedagogue u.s.
ually takes hold of that part Of gram
mar. The B arithmetic class have
reached Equation of Payments and all
are looking forward to the prominent
positions they are to assume among bus
mess men by their superior knowledge
in this respect.
A Arithmetic, Prof Middaugh, B
Grammar, Prof Bartlett. For the A
Arithmetic Prof. Middaugh has laid
down the assertion BASE is PAR VAL
UE, and woe be to the unlucky peda-
gogue that dares to disagree with him.
We do not know how the B Grammar is
progressing, but judging from the man.
ner in which Prof. B. goes through with
his other classes We should say that if
they are behind their work it is not the
fault of the teaching.
Then comes a recess of Is minutes.
b Reading, Prof. Middaugh; A His
tory, Prot. Bartlett. In History we
have reached the annexation of territory,
that and passed to the promi-
nent events under each administration.
A Reading, Prof Middaugh; B His
tory, Prof. BARTLETT. The A Reading
class had q thorough drill on the ele-
sounds, and are now studying
and infection.
Noon, II to Lilo.
After dinner we have Penmanship and
B Geography (slternating). A Geogra-
ply and Didactics Commonly denOmi-
mated Dry Bones) taught BY Prot. Mid.
daugh, and A and b Book Keeping and
one of the Sciences, by Prof. Bartlett.
Those taking the regular A grade studies
have to recite before 9 o'clock in the
morning and the last thing of an even
ing. Prof. Bartlett has the gratitude of
the A class for his generosity in meeting
them before regular hours.
Prof. Middaugh is driver, and he
drives all those that come in
contact with him. There is one thing
that he has no mercy on, and that Is
ignorance. To be ignorant is the one
sin on his catalogue, and
and he does not hesitate to "shrink"
those that in his estimation require the
process. 1t is true that some accuse him
Of personality in this, and of being one
of those composite, double back,action
kind of men that are capable of being on
either or any side of question at one
and the same time, and one feminine
pedagogue even ventured to ask what
the scholars should do when they found
that the teacher needed shrinking, but
still, those that the shoe fits generally
put it on, and we know that hit birds
flutter the most.
The Interstate last week gave an in
account of a visit being made
to its Office by several pedagogues and OF
their being locked therein by the tradi.
tionary devil, but it neglected to men
ton the most interesting part of the
story which was that one of the peda-
gogues proved equal to the emergency
and removing the lock liberated the
whole party, thus circumventing the
Interstate and the devil himself
The Union of this week makes the
assertion that but one teacher from lola
attended the Normal last year, and con.
trasts this with the Is that lola sends to
Humboldt this year. Whether this be
wilful perversion or ignorance we will
not attempt to say. But from the rec.
ords we find that lola sent 20 actual
teachers last year while Humboldt sent
but 10, thus making greater prepond-
erance in favor of lola last year than of
Humboldt this. We do not think the
Union would be absurd enough to take
it for granted that all that are mentioned
came from the town of lola, but that of
course the two townships (Iola and Hum
boldly are taken into consideration.
Prof. ]. J. Mcbride, Of Neosho Falls
will lecture before the students on next
Friday evening. If we do not follow the
example of the National debt and hqui-
date you may hear from US again.
INSTITUTER.
Kind Words.
IorA KANc Tu1v 81 1870