The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-22
NOTES FROM PARAMOUNT
Full Report of the Past Week at Fairmount
College.

College.
The winter term closed last Friday.
The Spring term opens next Wednes-
day at o'clock.
A normal class for teachers is to be
one of the features of the term.
Professor Chase occupied the pulpit
Of the Reformed church last Sabbath.
Last Monday evening the senior and
middle preparatory classes of the col
lege gave their public rhetorical exer-
cises to a large and appreciative audi
ence. The parts were all we'll render
ed and greatly enjoyed by all present.
DR.. Morrison's illustrated lecture on
a trip to Pompeii and Vesuvius was
delivered at the Plymouth Congrega-
tional church last Friday evening to a
full house. The lecture was full of in
terest throughout, and it is greatly to
be hoped that the doctor may consent
to repeat it on the hill at an early date
The past week has again been one
of numerous accession TO our library.
Over one hundred and twenty volumes
came from Washington.
Our popular congressman Chester 1.
Long sent the Congressional Record for
the Fffty-first, Fifty-second and Fifty
third congresses, forty-three quarto
bound volumes in all. and the Paris
exposition report of 1889 in five volumes
Senator Lucien Baker has also sent
over fifty volumes from his list of pub
locations.
The department of state has supplied
the library with a copy of the joint
commissions report of the British boun-
Diary survey between the United States
and British America from the Lake of
the Woods and the summit of the
Rocky mountains
The naval register from 1866 TO 1896
has been furnished by the navy depart
ment.
The bureau OF education also sends
its publications.
Mr.. c. p Mueller. the florist has do
mated nine volumes to the library.
Among these are Horticulture in Mich
igan," Robert Buist's Floral Garden
Directory" international Lessons for
1881 Pennsylvania School laws"
Gold and Silver Productions in the Uni
ted States by Kimball, and two Wichi-
ia city directories Of 1889 and 1892.
Mr.. Charles Dickey the popular Eagle
circulator furnishes the funds for>e
Munsey Magazine for the reading room.
II is the very reasonable ambition OF
Paramount college to lay the founda
ton of what will be in future years the
largest library of general reference in
all the great southwest. To such a
library everything printed is accepta-
BILE. THE rubbish of one generation
If often the treasure of the next
The British museum now pays fabu-
lous prices for what could have been
obtained years ago for the asking.
Every citizen Of Wichita should make
il his pride TO contribute 70 this worthy
effort. Bring US your magazines and
books that you do not wish 70 keep.
and occasionally throw in a good book
that you prize IN order TO leaven the
gift. and you will be remembered by the
ages.
There are fully twenty-five thousand
magazines. pamphlets and books in the
attics and on some forgotten SHELF on
which the dust has lain undisturbed
for months which should be sent d.
rectiy TO the future great library on the
hill.
With such a beginning publishers Will
be anxious 70 send their best books as
an advertisement.
President Morrison has consented 20
repeat his illustrated lecture az The col
lese next Thursday evening. He viii
have full house.
Yesterday afternoon DR.. Morrison lee
tured before the teachers OF Sedgwick
county.
Professor Roulet viii lecture before
the HypaJia society Monday az $50 ?.
m. al the city hall.