The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-09-06
EMPORIA SCHOOLS.
The State Normal Commences New
Year OF Monday.
The College of EmpOria Opens fol
Work on wednesday
The Fall Term Of the City School,
Begins September 10.
Other Institutions of tsarning in the
Gem City.


From the Republican.
Emporia is the greatest and most pre-
minent educational center IN the state.
She possesses greater advantages and
covers a wider range than any other
city west of the Mississippi river. Her
institutions of learning take in the en-
tire field of attaInable knowledge, from
the kindergarten to the classics. A
child may start into school at Emporia
in the abe class, and go on uninter-
ruptedly until he energies college
graduate. The course of study is COM
plete and thorough in every grade,
from the lowest to the highest, and the
student who goes through will not only
come out a graduate in name, but an
accomplished scholar, fully equipped to
enter upon the business Of life with
every prospect of success.
Among the foremost of the States
educational institutions stands the
Normal School. Since the addition of
the new wing, the, building is one of
handsomest and most commodious
structures of the kind not only in the
State, but in the West. This institu-
ton probably does more good in an ed
vocational way for the people of Kansas
than any other, public or private. II
is here that teachers of the State are
made and trained. A large proportion
of both the teachers aud superintend-
ents now at work in Kansas are grad
yates of the State Normal. The at
tendance is yearly increasing; last year
it reached $40, and this year it is ex
pected to be l.000-almOst twice the
number at any other institution. 1t:
corps of teachers, headed by President
Taylor, is unsurpassed for norma
work in the United States.
The College of Emporia, though {
comparatively new institution, is rap
idly forging to the front. 1t is Pres
byterian enterprise, under the care an(
patronage of the Presbyterian Church
and is the Synodica1 college of Kansas
The building is one OF the handsomes
and best in the State, advantage
ously located, was completed at ;
cost of $75, 900. To the zeal and ener
gy Of its president, DIR. John F. Hendy
it owes much of its success and pres
ent prosperity. The faculty is an ex
cellent one, including some of the best
educators in the land, and their super
iOr work is giving the institution
wide and enviable reputation. Th'
College Home, an annex provided b,
the labors of the Women's College All
Society, of this city, is especially valu
able to young ladies attending from ;
distance. a fine college library is ont
of the latest improvements.
The business College, under the su
pervision of Prof .. w. Miller, it
president, is one of the best in tn
State. 1t is turning out every yea
dozens of young men and women quail
fed to enter aggresstvely upon the bat
tie of life. 1t is centrally located an
convenient of access.
Emporia is proud of her publ
schools. They are centrally among
the best in the West. a more earnest
capable and successful company O
teachers is not to be found anywhere
There are never any bitches, any dis
turbances, or any discords. TIL
schools move right along from teri
to term, the children advance a
an astonishing rate, parents are graf
fed and everybody is pleased. TIL
superintendent, Prof. j. E. Klock. is
practical educator and to his efforts "
are indebted mostly for the excellenc
attained. There are six commodiou
buildings, located in convenient part
of the city, besides the High Schoo
or Garfield building, near the cente
All these divisions work in perfect a.
cord and with systematic order. TT
holder of diploma from the Hig
School has a pretty good educatio
without anything more.
Altogether, no other city in Kans;
can at all compete with Empor
in the matter of education
facilities. Parents who desire ciea
moral town IN which to bring up al
educate their children will be wise
locate in EmpOria. All the surrOun
ing influences are healthful and il
proving, the citizens are broad-guag'
and liberal minded, the city is amp
supplied with churches of all demon
nations, a gOod'free library. an acti
Young Mems Christian Associate,
> and many other things that tend TO u
mental and moral elevation of Il
young. No placs offers better educ
tiOnal facilities.