Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-08-12
INSTITUTE NOTES.

The singing yesterday was good, as they
sing.
After the opening services the classes
separated for their respective rooms, arith-
| metic being the subject in each room. They
| had fractions to wrestle with, and cxplana-
| tons were given as to the meaning of GER
| tain terms.
Reduction, addition and subtraction Of
\ fractions was well illustrated by Mr.. Jay in
his class; also explanations by Mr.. New,
| Misses Taylor, Blanchard and others. show
ing that the subject had been looked up
| successfully.
In history the causes of the war Of 1912,
also the cause Of the Mexican war were
clucdatcd. The causes Of the war of 1912
were stated to lie the Embargo Act, the i'm
| prisonmcnt Of American seamen and the
excitement Of the Indians to hoslilities by
| the British The most important battles
| were named and why the most important;
also the result Of the war. The Mexican
war WIS taken up and the causes Of the war
were given The causes as given by the
class were the annexation OF Texas and dis
puted boundaries Nothing said about
| John G. Calhoun's statement that they
wanted it to pcrpctuate their domestic in
stitu,ions MerSss. Russell and Alexander
made some remarks, also the Misses Smith
and Taylor.
In the classes in physiology they had the
subjects of circulation and respiration. Cir
cIlation has been pretty well discussed be
fore, although some rev points are brought
out every day
The process Of brcathings the organs
used lungs described and located, and a
large amount of information given that
would be of advantage TO NEST of our prac
ticng physicians. Mcssrs Sturvcsani,
Bone McCauley and Russell, also McsSrs.
TAYLOR and NanlIorn. made some remarks
that were of interest,
Second class in constitution they had the
powers of congress.
Preamble of the constitution Piracy,
high seas. written and unwritton constitu-
ton. all explained without any long winded
remarks except in a few cases. We are
making good progress in This class. and
there is quite an interest taken by all Miss
Weaver, Mis- Wise. also MeSsrs. Hoyt,
Russell. Sturvesani and Madison, expressed
their opinions on several points
Philosophy WAS quite interesting; TIE
mechanical powers were named and de-
scribcd by Messrs. Bailey, Russell and
Coulter, also by Miss Paul and some other
ladies
The CLASSES in orthography and geography
ar. getting along finely; also Mr. Shulls'
class in grammar
In calisthcnics everything is moving off
@randlv Mr. Shull has been giving them
some new steps, neither lopc, cantcr or
galiop but we notice that when MIR. Shull
comes out of the room he looks rs though
he had been taking a Turkish bath We
are looking for SET Of athletes that will
astonish the world
Reading in Mr. Fences room consisted in
explaining the meaning Of the several read
ing lessons also the style in which it should
be read
The school organization was conducted
by Mr. jay in his usual interesting man
ner
We are having more visitors, which is
right aud proper we noticed the genial face
of Aarry Wilson the representative Of Van
Antwerp Il Bragg, although book agent
he is not one of the intrinsic kind. but il he
gets you outside of the school house he will
convince you that his books are the books
InrrEK