The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-14
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF OUR NORMAL

SCHOOL.
At the session of the Kansas legisla
ture for 1858 the State Normal School
was located at EmpOria, with an eBdow-
ment of 10000 acres of land. The
following session an act for the organ
ization OF the institution, was
passed, and another making an
appropriation of $1,000 TO open the
school for the reception of students.
The board of directors selected by the
governor appointed meeting for the
fall of 1864, but on account of trouble on
the border it did not convene until Janu-
AIRY, 1865, when an organization was
fully effected. Rev C. C. Morse, acting
under authority of the board, went east
in quest of a suitable person to take the
position of principal. He secured the
services of L. B. Kellogg, graduate of
the Illinois Normal University.
On the 18th day of February, 1865, ac-
cording to Prof Kellogg, eighteen stu
dents were gathered in room belong
ing to the district school of Emporia.
With them was one teacher. The set
tees used were borrowed from neigh
boring church. The teachers seat was
a yellow painted chair, borrowed from
the county treasurer's Office. There were
two stoves in the room, no teachers
desk, textbooks, maps OF other ap-
pliances. The parable of the sower was
read, the Lords prayer repeated, and the
Normal school of Kansas was ol.ened |
All were hopeful, and ere long
hard at woIk. The school room was
soon seated and reasonably well fur
nished. The school was much visited
and much talked about at home and in
the newspapers. The first term of nine
teen weeks closed in June The amir
versary Grafton was pronounced by
Judge Brewer, OF Leavenworth. The
next year Professor Norton accepted the
position of associate principal. The
school," in the words of MIR.
Goodnow, then state superintendent,
"opened as an superintendent proved
success" In the winter of 1866 the
legislature authorized the board of d.
rectors to erect suitable edifice for the
uses of the school at the states expense.
This was done, and as a result we had
what has been known Of late years as
the old stone building. The dedication
of the building took place at the opening
of the second term of school, January 2,
1867. The entire cost of the building
was $15,650. The institution was now
on firm footing. At the close of 1867
the first class. composed of two young
ladies, graduated. To the present time
the school has had four presidents, viz:
L. b. Kellogg from 1865 to 20, G w.
HOss from 1870 to 1874 G. r. Pomeroy
from the winter of 1874 to spring, 1879,
r. b. Welch from fall, 1879. Professors
of natural science, five, viz: r. 3. Nor
ton, also assistant principal from 1866
20, and from fall of 1873 to spring of
1875; S. c. Delap 1875 to &c and from
1877 to 10; r. b. Dilworth from 1S7O-73;
mathematics, three: s. S. Babcock 1871
1878; p. ]. Carmichael, 1S73-7G; Geo.
Fowler, 1879-S0 For preceptresses,
four: Miss Z. F. Brewer, 1S70-73; Mrs.
Morse, 1876; Effie Partch, 1S76-77;
Mrs. Delap, 1S77-79. Professors of Ian
guages, two: NJ. c. Lamphrey, 1901;
Mrs. Pomeroy, 1S76-79. Professor Of
drawing, one: Miss r. c. Buchanan, fall
of 1880. Professors of reading and
elocution, three: Mrs. A. NJ Philbrick,
1s7O-73; Mrs. Delap, 1s15-76 and 1877
70; Miss Martha Joy, 1S79-S0, Miss NJ.
j. Watson was assistant teacher during
1S69-7O. Professors of music, five: T. G.
Jones, 1S71-74; Mrs. j. d. Lee, 1S74-75;
Miss A Dickson, 1876; Miss Lucy
PEBBLES 1876-77; Miss Clisbee, 1S7S-79;
Prof Sogard, 1S79-SO. Principles OF
model school, eight: ]. w. Gorham, 1868
60; Miss NJ. p Pitman, 1869 and part of
1870; Miss Ellen Plumb the remainder;
Miss r. NJ. Smith, 1874, Miss
Sprague, 1S7475: Miss Gilbert, 1915
7G; Miss Murdoch, 1876 n; Miss Efie
Partch, 1S77-7S; B. T. Davis, 1879-S0.
Hence in our history we have been
blessed with 80 different professors, and
from the following table we draw that
the Normal has been in existence fifteen
years:
SYNOPTICAL OUTLINE.