The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-27

/ The eighteenth annual session OF the
/ Sedgwick County Normal institute closed
/ yester lay, after six weeks term, having
, recorded within that time larger men,
/ bership than hat OF any other in the state
this year so far, aud shown record for
( hard work, excellent department aud
| harmonious action which such veteran in
( stitute men as Professors Richardson,
I Naylor and Scott pronounce uneQualled IN
/ their long experience.
The regular program was observed until
| $50, when, for the third time this term,
the photographer appeared aud after the
usual scramble for the wrong position was
over, got the hive swarmed between the
/ two big NAPLES by the sidewalk aud, as it
appears, secured an excellent negative.
! The closing remarks of the instructors
! bore the warmes5 expressions OF COM
mendation of the work of the respective
| classes, and of hearty satisfaction with the
/ results achieved. Besides there Was a
parting word from each, OF kindly. sound,
( practical advice.
The committee appointed for that pur-
pose on Tuesday reported the following
resolutions:
Whereas, The eighteenth annual session
! of the Sedgwich county normal institute
| inst closing has been characterized by ex-
| Iraordinary industry i'll the line or ac
| ademic work, by an elevation OF the stand
! ard for professional excellence and by a
deepening of moral conviction respecting
| the responsibility assumed with the
| teachers Office; aud
Whereas, We believe these results have
been made possible through the intelli-
gent enthusiasm aud profound devotion
10 duty on the part OF our superintendent
ami instructors; aud
Whereas We have been, individually
and collectively the recipients OF II success
sion OF kindly and hospltable acts at the
hands Of the citizens of Wichita: and
Whereas, Comprehensive system and
perfect harmony must characterize any
thoroughly effective educational plani
and
Whereas, Our Anglo-Saxon race is
grooming beneath the burden of an an
tiauated, illogical, absurd system of
orthography; and
Whereas. Our state, suffers from many
Inconvenience arising from defects In our
present school law; aud
Whereas, We believe that laws are made
10 he enforced; therefore be it
Resolved, That in our county superin-
tendent, j. V. Colville. we recognize gen
tleaan at whose hands we have received
uniform Kindness and courtesy; au officer
faithful to his trust, an educator abreast
with the present ami in touch with the
future, and friend IN sympathy with the
country teacher and his work; that TO DIR.
William Richardson we are Indebted for
more comprehensive view OF [ be beauties
Of our tnguage, of the philosophy of les
structure aud. particularly, The resolu-
ton or its ldiOmS: that 10 DIR. Ill. Is.
Scott we owe much for his class and
special work in elocution, for valuable aids
in the line of school management, aud for
his insistence upon legitimate statements
of mathematical problems, and upon
simple prac ical methods of solutions;
that Professor l. VI. Naylor has earned
our gratitude By promoting The spirit OF
personal research, private judgment ana
unprejudiced opinion in all lines OF work,
for his practical blending of theory and
practice in his work in dIdacticS, and for
his illustrations Of the inductive method
in his daily class work; that by his many
acts of personal assistance rendered TO the
intellectually needy and by his exhaustive.
scient fic work in photography, geography
aud bookkeeping. Professor Z. r. Adams
has eudeared himself u. all hearts by pro-
ducinz value aud Is TO be, and Is
hereby credited by those accounts;
that through the earnest, faithful work OF
Miss Carrie G. Shuts we have been led 70
form higher idea of the rank OF the prI-
mary teacher a. an educational factor, 70
y better I'm iersJandIng OF the child mind
and more tender reverence for the rights
OF the child nature, aud 70 "a deeper sense
of our personal responsibility as custo-
dians in part OF the future OF our nation,
that 10 all these instructors are due our
heartfelt thanks, which are hereby eX-
tended.
Resolved. That special thanks are due
Suneriut endent COlvIlle for his untirlDg
efforts to promote our intellectual aud So
cial interests and for making this the
largest institute in the state; to the Nlch-
ia EAGLE for its notes of our meetings; 70
the trustees of Lewis academy for the use
OF their building for our sessions; to
Superintendent ColvilIe, Professor Scott
! and those engaged in the elocutonar con
! test. for providing for us aud our friends
1 an entertainment so eXcellent;to Professor
Naylor and Richardson tor their valuable
] lectures: TO Miss Lulu Sheppard for her
/ faithful services as pianist, 10 the numer-
Gus visitors who have encouraged Us by
/ their presence. and 10 the citizens OF
/ Wichita generally for hospitality shown.
/ Resolved, That we favor county uni
I formity of text books
/ Resolved: That as a temporary allevla-
( ton we favor the adoption IN printing and
! CORES oudence of the twenty-four rules
! for amended spelling, but urge the adOp-
tiOn AT the earliest practicable moment OF
| q truly phonetic alphabet.
/ Resolved: That we favor such change
/ in our school law as shall place the date Of
I the annual school meeting at date not
later than June !, or which shall empower
the district board 10 contract with a
/ teacher before the annual school meetin :
. as At present dated.
: Resolved That We favor the Topeka
I resolutions OF 1893.