The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-07-10


as they used to be, with furs and fan
nesl.
The professor, when he leaves the
classic college shades for the long va
cation, only changes the scene or his
labors and finds himself expound1ng
the same scientific truths in some
mountain or sea-shore retreat where
the waving branches or the tumbhng
waves I'LL in the pauses with grateful
monotone of sound. The advanced
young woman, when she packs her
trunk in June, puts into ii her note
book and lexicon along with her ten
mis- racquet and summer dresses.
All over the country these summer
schools have been organized under var
ious auspices. The sessions are held
in widely separated localities and last
all the way from two weeks 10 two
months The people who attend them
are of all classes and ages, but the ma
jority of students are young men and
women from Is 10 %, who are making
up for the lack of a college or acade-
mical training by improving the op-
portunity to combine educational indus
try with outdoor fun. In some OF the
summer schools regular college
course Of several weeks may be pur-
sued, but the most of them advan-
tages for study in one or two special
branches are offered.
At the head of the list of summer
schools stands ChautauQua, or course.
Indeed, every Chatauquan insists that
"the Chatauqua idea," phrase which
they are very fond of using, is the
principal on which the whole system
is founded and about which all the
summer schools have grown. This Is
true in a great measure. for that sum-
mer colony on the shores of that beau
tiful lake in the northwestern part of
New York state has been the pattern
which has been followed in the organl-
zation Of all those that have sprung up
since good old Bishop Vincent's idea
was first given a trial over a score OF
years ago.
The life at Chatauqua gives one an
idea of the way the hot months are
passed at the other summer schools
There Minerva and Hygeia go hand In
hand, and the students acquire erudi-
ton and sunburn. mental acumen and
muscular developmet at one and the
same time. The young men and wo-
men who file seriously into the hall OF
philosophy in the forenoon to listen 10
lectures on abstruse subjects may be
seen In the afternoon whirling merrtly
along on bicycles. tripping gayly over
the tennis courts or taking a quiet pull
ON the lakes.
Chatauuua branches in various parts
of the country are also holding summer
meetings These are not rivals od the
parent school. but carefully fostered
children, and they receive instruction
and encouragement in unstnted mea-
sure.
The Colorado summer school OF phil
osophy. sciences and languages Will be
gin its fifth annual session next Mon
day. July 13, and continue for four
weeks The work will be divided into
twenty or more departments. each un-
der the charge of an able lecturer The
study of geology and botany viii be
made especially ipterestng in this
school because OF The extensive and
varied fora of the surrounding country
and the opportunities to study geoiogi-
cal formations, Nature, in other
words, Will provide an illustrated text
book
The eldest summer school devoted to
the study of languages exclusively is
the Sayeur college at Amhert Mass,
which began the twenty-irst session
July 9th. and will continue until Aug
ust 14th.
The usual summer school of methods
for teachers viii be conducted this year
at Martha's Vineyard, Mass, and at
Glen Falls, y. Y.
A large number of othkr summer
schools are in progress now in various
parts of the United States. In addi-
ton to all these opportunities for study
at home, several American colleges and
universities have this summer sent our
scientific expeditions TO different parts
Of the world. These expeditions are
made UP Of students and professors,
and lectures will be given in the field
with strange surroundings.
The University of Pennsylvania
sends such an expedition into the in
terror of Labrador for the purpose of
studying the .Eskimaux and collecting
specimens of fauna and fora Am
herst college sends a party of profess
sors TO one of the islands of northern
Japan 10 observe the eclipse of the
sun, and the Lick Observatory also
sends out an expedition for the same
purpose.
Truly the American search after
knowledge doe snot abate during the
warm weather
Atchison Champion (Rep): Those
who are denouncing Senator Teller and