The Wichita city eagle., 1881-02-03

| Last week the EAGLE copied from the Ed
Ecationaiist tOur State journal OF education),
part Of an article with the above heading
written by Superintendent Copley, of this
place. The same article was copied into the
Fort Scott Monitor, Lawrence Journal, En-
poria Ners and other papers of the State. In
pursuanc, Of the plan then laid down our
schools celebrated Kansas Day last Friday
afternoon. and your reporter submits the fol-
lowing facts:
In every school room IN town exercises
were held commemorating the admission OF
Kansas twenty years ago. Seals Of the State
maps Of the State and OF Sedgwick county.
were drawn on the blackboards; songs were
sung and poems read relating to Kansas,
while essays and select readings concerning
Kansas helped TO swell the already we'll
filled programme. The special feature was
hearing and answering the questions which
the pupils themselves had prepared concern
ing the history. or geography, or statistics, or
government Of Kansas. Each pupil was TO
prepare as many questions as he could. pro-
vided he himself could answer them, and the
pupil who had the most questions no one
else could answer carried OF the honor of the
| day. Many children had a page or two each
Of foolscap with questions. a little boy Of
eleven years in the Second ward having fifty
questions.
At the high school the exercises were very
interesting and drew quite numbe, Of Wis
it0rs TO the rooms. In the Superintendent
once were drawn. On-hand. on the board, a
State seal, q geographical map Of kansas.
| and an ordinary map Of Kansas, while an cx-
cellent map OF Sedgwick county, drawn by
Clara Dunbar, little girl eleven years old.
Of the First ward. In the high school room
proper, prof Webb's), a very fine seal, nice
ly colorcd, was drawn on the board by Eddie
Mead, and large map Of Kansas also In col.
ored crayon drawn by Frank Bidwell. The
following was the programme, but the ques-
tions on the statistics had to be omitted for
want Of time:
PROGRAMME.
Questions on history Of Kansas.
Sketch, the Marais des Cygnes massacre.
Carrie Fisher.
Select reading, lie Mari~ des Cygnes, Grace
Bidwell.
Questions on geography Of Kansas.
Essay, Kansas. Lizzie Mead.
"Reminiscences Of Wichita, Charles c.
Allen.
Song. "rhe Kansas Emigrants.'' Whittier.
Selection from Governors proclamation,
Nettie Barnes.
Essay. advantages Of Kansas, Llcwel'yn
Abbott
k.sSa Aa..l.
Questions on Kansas statistics.
Reading, Brown Of Osawstomie. Ollie
Bolts.
Song, John Brown.
The essays by Mr.. Abbott aud Misses Null
vey and Mead were especially worthy Of men
tion and would do credit 10 older and more
experienced persons.
The honor Of preparing the mos, question.
which no one else could answer was found to
belong equally to Charles Allen, l.. Abbot.
aud Jesse Stone.
A photograph Of the FIRST church in wich-
ita was on exhibition. through the Kindness,
! believe, Of Mr.. Mead.
Several visitos were present, notably DR..
DeLew, Mr.. and Ms. Mulvey, Mrs. d. W.
Smith and Prof. Abbott.
Altogether kansas Day was success. The
city libraries, public aud private, have been
ransacked by eager pupils.
Paraats and friends have been piled with
questions and great deal Of valuable infor-
nation has been ELECTED concerning our
State which shall be OF use to parents, pupils
and teachers, while the pupils have been
stimulated 10 seek knowledge from new
sources and for its own sake.