Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-08-10
Normal Notes.

Rev. Johnson visited the Normal
on Thursday.
Eight members Of the institute are
working for first grade certificates.
Miss Florence Reynolds has been
/ elected primary teacher at Cove City.
Miss Alice Gypher and Miss Nellie
Smith visited the Institute this week.
Joe Sigler is missed at the Normal
We hope to have him back again by
the close of the term.
d. L. Countryman, one Of our most
enterprising young teachers, pays tut
ton in the institute for two this year.
Although there are only five Wolfs
in the Normal this term, yet the
young ladies are talking 0f"scalps and
bounty.
The bookkeeping class have learn
ed to debit what they receive, and
credit what they owe, to keep an even
kbalance and enter all failures to loss
and gain.
The enrolment has reached sixty
and there is good prospect Of sur
passing the large attendance OF last
year. Several young men have been
kept away by the late harvest.
Little Miss VIM, of Ogallah town
ship, is the baby" of the Normal
when size is considered. but when
measured by ability to Keep the big
boys in the middle Of the road. O,
my.
David McCollum, of Ogallah. smiled
on the institute on Tuesday of this
week Mr.. McCollum is one Of the
rising young men of Trego county and
is a graduate of the Kansas State
Normal school, class OF 1895.
Mrs. May Greenwood and sister Liz
lie NJ Her were visitors at the Normal
last Monday Miss Miller was form
erly a Trego county teacher, but has
been teaching for the past two years
at Empire City, Kansas. and has been
engaged for the coming year.
The students of the Normal will
give a second entertainment at the
Icourt room next Wednesday evening.
beginning at 1870. The program will
include recitati0nS and songs by the
students, and a lecture by Prof. Now
lin. A general invitation is extended.
The Normal Institute reporter in
looking over the audience Thursday
evening noticed the following yisi-
tors: Presiding Elder Mcdowell. Reys.
Johnson. Thompson, Nash. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wheeler. Mr.. and Mrs Bestor.
Mrs. Or. Jones, Mrs. Sims, Mrs. Mel
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Cowick, Mr.. and
Mrs. Saum, Hon. Abram Frakes. Mr..
and Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Hodges, Mrs
John Altman, and many Others from
Wa-Keeney and vicinity.
The first Normal and
reunion was held in the court room
on Thursday evening OF this week
Music was furnished by a class from
the institute. The recitations fur
niShed by Misses Jenkins. Whistler.
Huttel and Mcknight We're highly en-
tertaining and well delivered Prof
G. Z. Rose then delivered Il lecture.
From the applause that the audience
generously bestowed it is certain they
were we'll entertained. The clearness
of statement, the richness Of expert !
ence in district, town and city schools
amply hit Mr.. Rose, not only to enter
tain. but TO instruct an audience
There is no doubt that the teachers
of Trego county viii treasure up many
of the valuable suggestions offered in |
the lecture and will teach better |
schools than ever before. The four
important factors in teaching. viz: |
Fact, energy. tirmneSS and good ma
ture. whose importance was impressed I
upon the teachers as never before will +
doubtless be more prominent In the I
schools than they have formerly been. I
After the lecture reunion was held /
during which teachers and visitors. I
not only renewed former acquaint- +
ances, but formed many pleasant new
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