The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-28
NORMAL SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT.

The class day exercises OF the Normal
school were conducted in the auditorium
of the Y. NJ. G. A. building yesterday
morning. The exercises We're very inter
esting and highly appreciated by the large
audience which assembled TO hear them.
The introduction was song by the class
entitled echo Chorus" After the song
Miss Genevieve Costello read an essay on
'fWhat is Education? Its progress in the
United States" Miss Costello handled
her subject in a manner worthy of an older
head and it showed that she had been very
careful in its preparation. Miss Maggie
Guthrie's essay On the Work of Educa-
tional Reformers" was very carefully
prepared and nicely rendered paper. Miss
Helen Aherne's subject, Women as Educa-
tors" received very complete exposition.
An instrumental duet by Misses Alice
and Abbie Mossman was a very pleasing
diversity. Miss Grace Millikan's essay on
''The Teacher of Today; Her Relations to
the State, the Parent and the Child, ;" was
masterpiece in composition and rhetoric.
Miss Abbie Mossman then gave her ideas of
Psychology az Applied to Teaching which
was very interesting. The solo by Miss
Genevieve Costello was well rendered.
Physical Education" was most beauti-
fully handled by Miss Anna Zeininger.
Miss Hattie Cox then illustrated her sub
iect, ''Obiect Lessons: their use and
abuse" The class then gave lesson in
calesthenics. Mrs. Philleo's subject, THE
Cultivation of the Ethical" received a
very careful handling. Miss Ella Hellar's
views on "Incentives-Natural and Aarti-
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plete, Miss Anna Zeininger then render
ed an instrumental solo. The subject of
Miss Ella Taft's essay was Unconscious
Tuition" and she was very elaborate in
her exposition of the subject. school
Discipline" was treated in very concise
and explicit manner by Miss Mamie Todd.
A vocal duet by Misses Helen Aherne and
Maggie Guthrie was very nicely rendered.
The handling of 'The Aesthetics of the
School Room" by Miss Anna Bogue, in
dictated diligent effort and great study.
THE Art of Securing Attention. by Miss
Anna Browning was well rendered and
showed careful study. A song by the
class, soft and Sweet" closed the exer-
cises of the class for the day.
The commencement exercises were open
ed promptly At p. m. by song by the
class, Sigh, Gentle Gales" After which
Rev. c. S. Nusbaum invoked the Divine
blessing.
The essay and salutatory by Miss Alice
r. Mossman, was very carefully pre-
pared paper The rendition was splendid
and on the whole was one of the master
pieces of the graduating class.
An instrumental solo-"Rondo Caprc-
cioso" by Mendeissohn-by Miss Anna
Zeininger was one of the most difficult as
we'll as classical pieces. and the execution
of Miss Zeininger demonstrated to the
audience that she was a skillful performer
Misses Helen Aherne and Maggie Guth-
RE then sang '"The Sweet Wild Rose" by
| Glover.
Miss Helen Foster then pronounced the
valedictory in a well prepared paper,
after which remarks of encouragement
and admonition were given by Prof.
Stevenson and Mrs Rowe, principle of the
| Normal school,
President Ward, of the board of educa-
ton, in brief but pointed speech con-
graduated the members of the gradual
ing class and presented them with their
diplomas.
The solo by Miss Aherne, entitled
Judith" was most delightful one, and
was most pleasingly sung.
Thus ended the first year of the City
Normal school, and if the remarks of the
members of the graduating class, the
members of the school board, and the
teachers are any criterion, it ended in a
most successful manner.