Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-02
orally considered best not to be confined
| too closely to rules aud boots, but more TO

orally considered best not to be combined
principles.
| The class has done well so far; in tive
weeks a verysinarked Improvement is visi
BILE. and there seems a determination Il
make tia success this year, and think the
| first ten lessons in the course of study have
been mastered to the satisfaction Of Mr..
Hammond, our instructor.
| The class in physiology was next, to-day
| The question Of the circulation of thu
blood was the subject, and to get bettel
understanding of the subject the instructor
Mr.. Hammond, had procured the heart o.
an OK to better illustrate the auricles, ven
tricles. acria and other portions OF the
heart and their uses; also the valves, sc
that the heart aud the ar;erial system wal
pretty well understood, bnt how the III ood
gets back to the heart is not SO easily set
| tied, and am afraid it will not be in the
teachers institute until others who have
devoted lifetime to the subject
second week and the class has finished
| up the hrst half Oh the work.
| With the exception OF the last question
in the first lesson tthe question is as fol.
low: Explain tie cause OF rheumatism
and white swelling. Jus think of il, q
question that has been troubling the medi-
cal fraternity ever since the days when
| Diogones slept in the barrel to be an.
swered in teachers institute. There is
not a wei educated medical man in Kansas
| that can explain il, so that to expect the
| average school teacher to do it is simply
preposterous. 4 school teacher should be
able TO answer anything that may be asked,
but the old adage is true, that a fool can
ask question that 4 wise man cannot an.
swer
In geography the subject OF Germany,
| its form, size, products, habits OF the peo-
pie and government as to the division into
states and over which is King William, a
king, and over which is he an emperor, and
a number OF other points were given which
could not be given unless large amount
of time had been devoted TO the subject.
The class as whole has made geography
| a success for two weeks, having gone over
| Il large portion Of the globe in that time.
Mr.. Jays class in constitution was on
hand giving the powers Of congress in re-
gard 10 patents, copyrights, naturalization,
letters of marque and reprisal, and mean
ing of the same; also the law making pow
ers and process necessary to make law:
also the manner of amending the constitu-
| ton, besides large amount of information
that should be in the profession of every
voter in America. Some of the class never
fail TO respond when called, but there are
some that shake their heads and say they
cannot tell. Perhaps in two weeks more
the questions will have TO be answered
then, and II will not do to dodge them now
The institute 50 far has been a success
There j., perhaps, smaller number this
year than last at the end of the second
week, but there is quite difference in the
material. | have seen institutes in this
county that had nearly if not quite one
fourth Of its membership made up of boys
and girls that never had any de-
sire or idea of teaching. But this
year they all mean business, which speaks
well for the teachers of this county, and /
for one wish the people of this county, aud
the school boards especially. would attend
and see what tle teachers are trying to do
here day after day, studying and devoting
time and money to this institute. while no
one speaks an encouraging word to them,
or think OF giving female teacher that is
trying to make themselves proficient in the
work, a nickle more than if she had remain
at home, passing their .time in idleness.
There is something wrong; it i.
either worth something or ii is not