Wichita eagle., 1888-08-21
NORMAL NOTES.

| Crowded cars on these hot days test the
| endurance, the long suffering and the sell
CONTROL of the teachers perhaps more than
anything else connected with the Normal
/ They test our grammar as well. We sell
dom complain in grammatical way:
/ The grammar class OF Prof. LarimeI
/ discussed comparison of adjectives in a
/ spirited manner. Especially was this
/ true when the consideration OF such words
as round, square, general universal. etc,
| was taken up. Though we do not agree
| in the main with the conclus ions reached
/ yet agree that many positions We're well
| taken.
Constitution class considered the veto
power OF the president and kindred topics.
Is the failure to sign bill veto! Yes,
it is called a pocket veto and is resorted &c
when an otherwise good bill contains
some objectionable feature which foI
private or party purposes the president de
| sires to be considered rebuking. We were
told that the Louisiana purchase is the
result of a pocket veto. The mixing OF
, bills 10 show their origin, whether house
bills CT. b or senate bills Is. b., also
| concurrent bills, bills FOR revenue, pension
bills and incidentally (accidentally:) the
presidents position on this last, all re-
ceived attention. Partisan feeling is be-
coming manifest; not that this is bad
thing. but go slowlo boys, slowly, conduc-
tor. Let us not mar the fair record of
! three weeks by the indiscretion of one
In our next we developed the structure
of the eye from diagram, with the object
or uses of the several parts. Different
theories were advanced for the
manifest power of the eye to
adapt itself to scanning different
objects in the same line of vision
bet at different distances. The most prob
able theory advanced was that within Ger
tain limits the eye has power TO fatten or
distend the crystalline lens, thus changing
at viii the distance Of the image from the
lens.
The time OF methods class was consum-
ed largely in the discussion of the proprie-
ty OF singing Marching through Georgia"
and other war songs. In favor it was ar
gued that no opportunity should be lost to
develop a spirit of patriotism in the mind
Of cur youth: that the most effective
means OF promoting this last is through
songs Of the camp, the march and the
struggle: that what we sing with whole
heart af children we will defend with
strong arms as men. Against. it was
argued that we are now one
nation, one undivided people: that such
songs tend but TO reopen old sores or
widen the breach already made; that these
songs are in the interests of party and
tend to a wrong education of youthful
minds. What. | wonder, would the sol
diers who marched with Tecumseh Sher-
man say TO all this Where is the young
mans gratitude for union preserved?
The reading class, conducted by one of
the students, developed in pleasant man
ner her method of conducting a class in
Fourth Reader The preparation, the
manner Of questioning and answering, de-
Yeloping of thought, original definition,
hints on next lesson, were all treated in an
interesting way.
Time of scnOOl government was given
to a consideration of objects, time and
manner or conducting recitations and
examinations, essentials of good questions
and answers, etc.
We are sorry to see the tendency grow
ing stronger day by day in certain rooms
to keep up constant buzz of conversation
and to spend the time in discussion of
trlfles. This is greatly to be deprecated.
One of our instructors is not entirely
blameless in this particular. ~ word to
[ he wise is sufficient