The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-25


fact in the onward march of our young
commonwealth, and claimed for Kansas
that the educational energy thus mani
tested warranted the application to her
of AS distinctive name as that Of the
Golden State, the Bay State, the Key
stone State, or the Empire State, and in
passage of great power and elcquence,
he baptized Kansas, THE ScHooI.
STATE"
Recurring to the fact that we were
dedicatiDg new building. the judge
| said it was more than a school for indI-
| vidual instruction, more than a universe
ty or al ordinary professional college.
1t was the home of the he best methods
of teaching, in which teachers If Kansas
could be instituted II WAS center
| whrnre would radiate Influences of the
best Kind inin every school in the state.
J 1t is the place where teachers are trained
l To be teachers Quoting the proverb-
Poetd Hdscitnr nan M he said that
this might still be true Of poets, hut of
teaching, as OF other occupations, i; re-
mains true that careful training is neces
sary for its professors.
Speaking of the relation of woman 10
education. he lamenied that so many
ladies left the profession. but said mat
l rimony was disease for which there
| was no cure. He states that he was
prond to have penned the judgment of
the supreme court. that women might /
hold the Office of county superintendent,
1
for it made ii possible for educated
] ladies thus to have Il wider influence. /
In conclusion the judge suggested some /
| things which by law should be enacted
10 help students who desire the training l
the travelling expenses of students com /
ing to college from distant counties, and /
an annual payment Ia graduates copdi- /
! TONED on their remaining teachers from /
| five to ten wears, and not more than a /
certain number to bc in each county.
The evening exercise was the animal I
address given by DIR. Marvin, the chan |
cellor OF the State University, who ad /
dressed himself to the subject OF the
want and the Waste IN our Education
al System"
Referring TO the fire which destroyed
the former building and the energy of
faculty, regents and people in respect TO
the new erection, he in well chosen
words showed that the material build
, ing was not the school. 1t consisted in
: the teaching power of the faculty and
i the sustaining force of the regents and
Z the people of Kansas.
f After referring in very interesting
S manner to Jefferson's plans for Virginia
S substantially carried out in other states
. west and north, but not in the Old Do
!. minion or the sunny south, he showed
4 that education meant the making of cit
Y izens-of active, intelligent freemen-
h citizens of great nation.
e Selfsupport is the basis Of citizenship,
; idlcness an evil patrimony, therefore
e education should develop the means of
g selfsupport.
n Estimating with Chadburn, the waste
r in educational means at one-third of the
d nominal amount, DR.. Marion, with some
e forcible figures statistical, not theO-
IS retIcal-showed what opportunities for
/. economy and development of resources
e were within our reach. The comparison
I, of the small expenditures on
S, education in Alabama and Arkan-
e sas with the concomitants of
IT bad government and no progress
r with the large expenditures of Iowa and
IS Pennsylvania, and their results were
$. very effective. Speaking of Kansas, and
d. particularly of the Normal college, he
Of spoke of Normal training as the effective
re way to prevent the waste ofteachingpOw-
&c er-therefore of the time of the
lie children, and Of the taxes collected
n for teachers wages. Summing up the
e results of his observations, DIR. Marvin
\. named the following items as necessary
d TO economical use of the means employ
lie ed in education.
o l. Training Of teachers.
le ?, Thorough super ision of the dis
If trict as we'll as city schools.
e. g. A connection course of instruction
ir leading from the small country school
n to the high school and the university
e. A. Thorough sympathy and support OF
J. the people given to the educational
4. agencies in operation or yet TO be
r created.
& THE FIFTH AND LAST DAY.
lin the eventful and chequered annals
. of the State Normal, which has come up
. 10 its present splendid standard of sue
70 cess through the fierce Ordeals of figura
N tive and literal fire, yesterday stands
3 forth as the supreme and browning epoch
0 in the history of an enterprise which
- is intimately associated with the educa,
n tional interests of the state, and has
, made Emporia known in every town
h throughout the land where the cause OF
> learning is reVered. throwing wide its
y pleasant and inviting portals to the mul
- titude which came with messages OF
% congratulation TO our happy city yester-
N day, it's commodious halls became vocal
at an early hour with the greetings OF
her own sons and daughters, who had
come from afar to witness the triumph
> of their alma mater over all the
= untowad agencies which she has so
bravely surmnunted From the high
:" vantage ground of her present prospect
= ty, the retrospectiOn of her past fierce
= trials were softened into mellow shades
p which, while they lent a sombre cast
to the picture, reflected no intima
~ tion of the lurid cOloring which marked
- the terrible reality. No tone of sadness
!" mingled with the general expression OF
Joy The shadows of the past paled in
'e the sunlight of the blissful present, and
u faded in the roseate glow of the promis
a ing future,
. The happy moments fled away or
~ golden wings, and the hour for the grad
- uating exercises drew near. On reach
g ing The large and handsome assembly
y hall, the attention was Immediately com
II manded by beautiful arch of crimson
> and Write drapery, which SPAWNED thu
III platform at the west end of the hall, un
derneafh which was the class motto
Ia Right, then Forward" in evergreen let
= tiers, and the legend. mo Cross, NJ
IL Crown" Festoons of evergreen reached
from different parts of the room to tn
chandeliers, and evidences of taste founC
expression in handsome floral decora
- tions on the platform. The X. T. banC
opened the programme by splendiC
= overture, after which the following exer
= cises, as furnished by our reporter, tool
place:
Hurr all for the long-drawn Triumph
u, For ribbons and flowers in hair
X For the speeches OF the class boys;
mr. For the essays of ladies fair.
Id ! This morning belonged tn the class