Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-03-04
Prof. Albert Salisbury, President of
Whitewater Normal School.

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Whitewater Normal School.
The young ladies tossed the bean
bags this week; and, it must be said,
did as we'll as the other side of the
house. Picking up bean-bags is
splendid exercise; it throws so many
sets of muscles into action. General
exhibit of improvements in next
issue.
PROGRAM OF PHIL. soC'Y FOR FEB. 81.
l. Opening Exercises and Roll Call.
2. Critics Report, by Chas. Wells.
Elaborate and good
3. 1.-The Unemployed" essay by G.
R. Pickering. After gathering d sum-
mary of well-known facts and figures,
Mr. T. took the stand squarely that SO
many politicians avoid, that the poor
mans insane chase for pleasure
through drink and dissipation, is the
unmatched and unmeasured bunghole
through which his welfare runs away.
4. Defamation, Cataline's Address,
A. w. Anderson. Spirited and good.
D. PRESERVATION, Ben S. Robinson.
Mr.. r. tried to disguise the wild turkey.
but Henry Hay knew our American
bird too well.
o. Defamation, "Idols," Will Hay.
z. News of the Week. The Friday
Night, by j. A. Jeffrey Clean and
instructive. i
Recess
8. Debate. Resolved, That possession
of taxable property should be required
as qualification for suffrage Aft,
Mr.. Jos. Cubela and Mr.. Chas. Chur-
chill; Neg, Messrs. Slothower and
Gonstadt. Judges, Hay, Robinson,
Pickering
The following is a synopsis of the
arguments: Aff:-Would increase the
number of homes. Cause more equal
division of property. He is not fit to
vote who does not value the right at
$500. Such voters easily bought.
Present system is representation with
out taxation. Opposition keynote
demagogue's cry. Danger of refusing
innovation at least equal to danger of
innovation. Mega step towards
aristocracy. Entering wedge to the
principle, if one who owns 800 votes
once he who has 81 200 should vote ten
times. Would cool the patriotism of
valuable class of our fellow-citizens.
Would take away the suffrage of an
educated class, students. People would
not submit, immigration would cease.
A dangerous innovation.
Decision, Neg, 2, AT, i.
Adjournment
Miss Chaplin, our Superintendent of
practise work. who returned SATURDAY.
night from her visit to Whitewater
Normal School, favored us this evening
with few of the results of her observa-
ton, which must interest and instruct
the friends of our institution. There is
found a newer, nicer building, very
efficient warming and heating appara-
tus, mating in halls and aisles, walls
all nicely papered, high ceilings, win
dows, boards, apparatus-eyervthing
scrupulously kept. In regard to the
grounds it is the same. There are
more rules, and some of the regulations
reach very near what we would call the
ridiculous. The average age of the
pupils is far below that of our school.
Fewer graduate from the full course
and more from the elementary. The
elementorY course extends over two
years and half. Factors mentioned
above and others make their product
probably less able teachers than ours.
There is a more elaborate system of
examination. Most of the students eat
cold dinners at school because the
school building is far from boarding
places and position on high hill-a
bad thing.
Miss Chaplin detailed many pretty,
unique regulations and points of disci-
pine that are overlooked here in the
effort to make our school as self-govern.
ingas possible. Our general conclusion,
after hearing very intelligent COM
parison of the two schools. is, that they
are tonier than we, but we are superior
to them in tone, material and temper.