The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-02
TaE COUNTY NORMAL

| Yesterdays session of the normal iusti-
| tute opened with a calm, clear and bright
atmosphere The teachers were all appar-
| emily as fresh as the proyerbial daisy, and
no time was wasted in commencing the
good work of the day. A large number
were on hand to avail themselves of Prof.
! Lawrences drill in calisthenic at 40 a. m.
! This class is mastering the most difficult
movements, and the development of the
muscles, especially of the young ladies,
! betides great, immeasurable woe TO the I'M
| lucky urehin, who is so unfortunate as to
/ allow himself to be caught at his favorite
pranks.
At $40 all the attendants of the normal
assembled in the chapel, and INDUCED in
singing, after which the scriptures were
read and the Divine blessing was invoked
upon the work of the teachers.
| Prof. MAYORS classes are full of life and
| interest. His history class dwelt upon the
relation of biography TO history and clio
tied the point that good way to interest
children in the study of history Is TO get
them to study the men whose
actions ruled the world, and
| to have them write biographical sketch
/ es of these men and in doing so, they
would easily and almost unconsciusly alb
/ sorb the greatest of historical events and
older pupils should discard the dry bones
of history and be led into the philosophy OF
| the subject,
! Prof. Charles gives his classes no time
| for idle thoughts, but has them busy delv-
! ing into the merits of transitive and in
transitive verbs. Quite an exciting time
was had over the passive voice, and the
| time passed by before the question was
definitely settled. In his reading class the
time was devoted to drill and discussion
| of upon articulation and form Of voice.
! Some in the class have learned to read
! quite creditably. The bookkeeping class
| is keeping pace with the times and
| is now journaliZing and studying
| the principles involved in the same
The '"B' class in constitution held
brief discussion of the changes which
should be made in the franchise of the
American people. The ladies were modest,
/ the gentlemen gallant, and woman suf-
/ frage seemed to carry the day. The class
discovered that Kansas was one OF the
/ states which permits aliens to vote after
having declared their intention OF becom-
| ing citizens of the United States. The re-
strictiOns to universal franchise which
! should he made were passed over until
next recitation.
Paof South's south room" is the scene
| of some very interesting recitatlons IN
physiology. The profession Is very en-
/ thusiastic worker, and as natural conse-
quence his recitations are interesting and
well supplied with lively discussions. In
! talking about the voluntary motion of The
heart, one of our prominent teachers went
| far enough to talk about the emotion or
that organ.
The class in geography discovered in all
the states the principal meridians and base
lines from which the government surveys
of those states are made and told what
states and parts of states are surveyed
from each Also the position of the varl-
Gus correction lines and guide merldlans
of the several states The plan of desig-
mating townships, ane the subject OF
fractional townships were made clear
Causes of irregularity of surveys received
attention.
Miss Brvson is giving the members OF
her classes some very valuable instruction
in the way of primary reading and ortho-
| graphv. Her method of teaching reading
is similar to the phonic method, but
possesses many superior points. 1t gives
the child the benefits of the phonic method
without the helplessness which that
method superinduces when it comes to
learning new words and combinations.
Miss Bryson thoroughly understands her
subject, and is very explicit and clear ID
her presentations to her classes, and her
auditors cannot fail to obtain helps which
will make them more efficient in that
most difficult part of the teacher work
primary teaching.
The normal work as a whole this year Is
more on a professional order than ever be
fore. The Kansas normals are up with
the times. Sedgwick county can well feel
proud OF her normal, of her schools and OF
her wide awake progressive county super
intendent.
It is rumored that two of the normal
Young ladies want to indulge in an limo
cent little prize fight The only trouble is
that both can not have Prof. Lawrence TO
teach them the proper calisthenics.
One young man should take the prize
for gum chewing. He looks quite intel
lectI1al. and it is believed if he would stop
chewing long enough he could make a fine
speech upon some esoteric psychological
subject
The teacher who wanted to know last
wear who wrote 'Gray's Elegy," Is nc
longer seen among the familiar faces OF
the Sedgwick county teachers. He Tor she
has departed to some more congenla
clime-probabiy Oklahoma.