Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-05-05
STATE AFFAIRS
And Capital City News of State
Interest.
Changes at washDurn College

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There is to be considerable of
change at Washburn college next year
and from present indications it is likely
that there will be five new members OF
the faculty board.
Miss Caroline Durgan, who is the ma
tron at the cottages and instructor il
English literature has announced her in
tention of leaving. She is going abroad
this summer and will probably not re-
turn to this country for year. Anoth.
or one on the list is Miss Maud Fulker-
son, the instructor in German and
French. 1t is understood that her APP.
plication for the situation was not re.
ceived by the management, and that she
does not intend to teach at Washburr
this year.
Fordyce P. Cleaves, professor CT elo-
cution, has announced that he will prob
ably not return. Prof F. Ellis, Greek
teacher, viii leave the college, it is said,
| for his health.
The fifth one is Prof. F. w. Scott, of
the preparatory department. It is un-
derstood that he will leave, but no rea-
sons are given. No definite arrange
ments have as yet been made to fill the
vacancies.
It was rumored some time ago that
DR.. Peter McVicar would resign as pres
ident of the college, within a year or
two, and go to California, but this seems
to have been false report.
DIR. McVicar is one of the best men to
solicit funds for the college in the east
that has been known among western
colleges. 1t was for the purpose of CIV
ing him more time to attend to these
matters that Prof Clarence Greeley was
brought here and placed at the head of
the doctors classes.
The first week in June will be full of
celebrations in Topeka. The German
American league meets here, June As.
The Kansas funniest June 2. Republi-
can state convention June 6. All lines
have agreed to sell tickets at one fare
for round trip.
The insurance department turned g.
235 into the treasury recently. The
department. has turned in since July
1898, $43,311.84 The indications are
that more will be received from that
source this fiscal year than ever before.
The insurance fund was originally
created to pay the expense of that de-
partment but the receipts for one year
are now sufficient to pay expenses for
several years.
The state board of public works
opened tho bids for the construction of
the hall of physics and electrical engin-
eering, at the state university, at Law
renee, for which the legislature made an
of $4,000, to cover both
the building and equipment. The low
est bidder was G. Fl. Holcroft, of Tope-
ka, at 1868 The board did not at
once award the contract as considerable
time is required to figure on the deduc-
tions for different varieties of stone and
other materials.
The Kansas State Dental association
held it's twenty third annual session in
Topeka last week, with about fifty men,
bers in attendance. In the annual adj
dress of President G. E. Esterly, of Law
renee, in was recommended that the as
ISOLATION should be Incorporated under
the state law, that efforts should be
made to increase the interest in the
work CT the society and to provide such |
for legitimate workers as
would Danish quacks and fakirs from
The soil of Kansas. 1t was voted to
change the date of the annual meetings |
hereafter from the second Tuesday in
April to the second Tuesday in May of
each year and to have session of three |
lays instead of four days.
The forthcoming report of Commits
3ioner Harris of the bureau of education
will show that Kansas has the greatest
of her school population en-
oiled in the schools of any state in the
Union, the per cent being 1886. The
next states in order are Maine 87.12,
Iowa 1888, South Dakota 81.04. The
of New York is 70.43. It is
significant fact that the four states
which head the list are prohibition
states and that New York, high license
tate, is fifth, and is II per cent. below
Kansas and IL per cent. below South
Dakota, the lowest prohibition state.
Louisiana, the home of the Louisiana
ottery, and the paradise of the prize
lighters, is the lowest, with 1878 per
ent.
County Attorney W. J. Gilbert, OF
Iodgeman county, was in consultation
With Attorney General Little, in regard
% the financial affairs of that county.
It is claimed that when the regularly
appointed examiners called upon the
treasurer to make the quarterly exam
nation he was unable to produce $780,
100 of county funds, and it is limited
hat that amount is tied up in bank
it Jetmore. Upon ascertaining the con-
lition Of the fund the examiners report
ID the facts to the county commission
rs, and the suspension OF the treasurer