Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-15
NORMAL NOTES.

The large corps of teachers were all on
hand bright and early yesterday morning
to spend another valuable day at the
normal. No one betrayed any deterious
effects from the circus the day before, so
it is safe to assume that all were home in
good time.
To judge by the life and interest man
ifested despite the sultry weather we
firmly believe that the majority Of those
present must have assimilatnd some of
the elixir of life," which is just now so
popular. Chancellor Everest, of Garfield
University, conducted the mornings exer-
cises in his usual impressive and eloquent
manner, and all present felt drawn nearer
to the giver of every perfect gift. The
first class noticed was physiol-
ogy, conducted by Prof Crusinberry.
| He is complete master of the
situation and drew out many interesting
facts concerning the heart, its sub-divi-
visions aud the differences and hkenesses
of arteries and veus. The ground was
| thoroughly covered and many new facts
were elected and the old text book Ian
guage was clothed with new interest. This
class is making rapid progress and if the
professors methods are used in the school
room, the pupils will readily gain clear
and comprehensive knowledge of physi-
ology.
Professor Charles handled his grammar
classes in his usual able style and caused
their members to ransack their brains for
original definitions OF modal adyerbs etc.
Prof Charles does not believe that adverbs
modify verbs, adjectives ETC., but that they
do modify the meaning" of verbs etc.
| The professor is very exact in his require
ments and certainly deserves commeuda-
ton for being so.
The photography class, under Prof.
South, gave their attention to the spelling
and pronunciation of difficult and unusual
words. Some geographical names were
given which certainly required considera-
| BILE concentrated attention to spell prop
erly. The pronunciation of these words
was indicated by the proper diacriticsl
aud accent marks, No one can leave this
class after a regular attendance and not
| have a thorough understanding of the
! technicalities of the English language.
Too high an encomium cannot lie pro-
nounced upon Prof MAYORS methods Of
| teaching history, pedogoglcs and physics
| He is full of enegy and calls out all the
latent knowledge Of his pupils by his Wig
orous questioning. His work answers for
itself. and all of his classes are large in
numbers and larger" yet in interest.
! In the general class Of school orgsniZa-
ton an object lesson was given
| by Miss Chamberlain, OF the city
! schools, which was well prepared
| and commanded the attention Of every
teacher present These lessons are very
| instructive and it is Prot. Pence's inten-
ton to have more Of them. By these
model classes, the teachers can gain much
practical benefit and profit by the mis-
takes Of others.
II this weather is a case OF the survival
| of the fittest," the teachers of Sedgwick
county are all right, for they survive
nobly.
It was remarked yesterday morning that
since his marriage, Prof South Is not
nearly so cross as he formally was.
Prof. Pence wears his usual affsble
smile and seems well pleased with the
work being performed at the normal
With the good feeling prevailing among
all the teachers, it is difficult matter 10
abstain from whispering little on the
sly. But come, this won't do, as the in
structors expect from the teachers just
what they would expect from their indi-
vidual schools.