Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-09
WICHITA SCHOOL NOTES

To ne EdDio Of The Doiiy Eagle:
will begin in this letter reres of oue.-
tons and answers on the history of our city.
All these questions have been asked and
answered by my pupils at the opening ex-
ercises during the last two or three weeks. As
We now have nearly hundred collected [
VIII ask you to publish them with the fol-
lowing heading:
oHh HUNDRED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON
THE HISTORY OF WICHITA
NJ 4. bat is the latitude and longitude Of
% Ans IN Latitude 81 = IS n. longitude, s70
= What tribe Of Indian. held the land
now occupied by the city as their hunting
grounds prior to 1867
Ans. The Usage
.: Name the first white man who settled
In Wichita and tell what year he came.
Ans. VIM. Gritienstein in 1866.
\. When. and by whom, was the frs,
house built in the city,
A In 1865, by Mr. Durfee.
o. when was post Office established
here' and who was post MASTER
A. In 1868. The post master was Milo
6. When, by whom. and in what place
was the hrst school taught in Wichita,
Ali 1865, by MIR. Finn, in an old army
dugout' near the present site of Mr.. Wood
mans residence.
city. - WV
A Mrs. II. W. yi.us.
Q. Who WIS the first justice of the peaces
A. Mr.. ID. S. Munge,
9. Who WIS the first white child born in
Wichita?
A, John III. Allen, son Of Joseph Allen.
TO- Name some of the earliest settlers in
Wichita?
A. Nm. Gritlimstine, j. K Meade, c. NJ.
Garrison, Z. L. Allen, DR.. c. c. Furley, ID
S Munger end ". H. Nigus.
We were favored BY cali from the teach
ers Of the IVES, Wichita schools last Tues
day.
Daily newspapers are KEEP, on file in the
high school room, and several valuable
works have lately been odded to the refer
ence library.
At literary exercises last Tuesday evening
went through the form of regular election
First election laws were read and discussed.
Judges and clerks were elected and duly
sworn. The ballots were cast and the fol-
lowing returns announced: For Blaine,
Logan and Martin. II each: Cleveland. Hen
bricks ana Guck, eacn, Dutier ana west,
I EACH
The new addition TO the Third ward build
ing will be completed in few days. II is
we'll lighted and commodious room, 2Sx20
Superintendent Campbell has adopted an
excellent system Of grading. He holds
meetings of the teachers in each grade, and
they arrange the work which they expect
to accomplish each quarter. This plan cap
not fail TO secure uniformity in our schools
Mr.. VIM. Friend, who has been attend
ing the high school during the past month,
has engaged TO teach school in the west
part Of the county, and will begin work on
Monday. We wish him success.
Miss Mills is doing excellent work up at
the little brick on north Lawrence avenue.
Miss Daugherty is raising the reputation
Of the first primary annex TO . high STAN
dard. The following is brief outline of her
work last week:
/. Moral Culture-Personal rights Of place, !
property, privilege. choice.
2 Memberships ~, developed |
and applied.
8. Resding-Pronunciation at sight of all |
words from sounds. Independent express |
sion OF ideas; uses of A, AN, and THE taught. |
4. Spelling-Macron and breve taught |
and applied; also written and phonetic SPELL
ing daily