River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30
Normal Notes.

Idleness is the mother of want.
This is brand new term. 1t
began on Mohday.
Miss Russell has gone to her home
in Rice Lake.
Miss Priddy, last years student,
visited here on Tuesday.
Prof. w. j. Brier conducted a
teachers institute at Cumberland
last Saturday.
The General History class are now
commencing on early England. The
seminary method is used largely.
The number If students so exceeds
tic seating capacity of the assembly
room that tables and chairs have been
placed in the corridors to- accom-
modate them.
About dozen new students entered
the institution and took up work on
Monday. The the attendance Is ex-
ceptionally large, yet all are comfort
ably seated.
III this mild weather continues the
Athletic Club might profitably pull
out of the gymnasium and make
tracks on the Campus. There is
nothing so exhilagating as fresh air.
Miss Anna Schaffer, county super
intendent OF Chippewa county and a
member of the official visiting COM
mittee for this school, was here last
week inspecting the work of students
and faculty.
Examinations have been in prog
ress during the past few days. New
classes are being organized and the
students and faculty are planning for
the new term now beginning.
The vacation between the past and
present school-term, though sadly
stunted in growth by the resuming of
school on Monday, was nevertheless
much enjoyed by many of the students
in their leap year sprees on Friday
evening.
The Executive Committee of the
Board of Regents has granted Presi-
debt Parker a vacation for a few
weeks. He will probably go South,
accompanied by Mrs. Parker, for an
outing. Prof. Brier will be acting
president during the absence of
President Parker.
While one of the Juniors was toast
ing his shins in the sun on the south
side of his sanctum one April day last
week, one or two little shriveled-up
bugs flew by him, and so sure was he
that spring was coming, too, that--a
class was started in Zoology this week.
Additions have been recently made
to the reference libraries of the
Normal department and TO those in
the model schools. Considerable
apparatus has been ordered for the
gymnasium, supply of chairs for
some of the recitation rooms, and some
desks for the Grammar department.
President Parker has been con-
Quoting a series of interesting ex-
periments to determine the relative
steam producing powers of some of
the different kinds of fuel. Dry
maple wood weighing 1000 pounds to
the cord and costing So a cord, dry
white oak weighing 1900 pounds and
costing 1915 cord, dry rock elm
weighing $500 pounds and costing
S2.l5, dry Eastwood weighing 2,600
pounds and costing $l.75 a cord, and
anthracite coal costing 1925 a ton
were used in these experiments. The
results prove very surprising. 1t was
proved conclusively that wood costing
1922 produces as much steam as coal
costing 1926, the coal costing nearly
three times the wood. In consequence
of these results, the Executive Com
mittee has determined to purchase
wood for use in this school in prefer
ence to coal These experiments
have been continued quite a long
time to eliminate error. The results
may, therefore, be considered as very
Trustworthy.
Professor in science: Tin zoology
class, after discussion on lungs
snow, Charlie, why is dogs lungs a
peculiar part Of his anatomy"
Charlie: (who sat down on a PIN
"'Cause they are the seat of his pants"
How doth the busy Normalite
Improve each precious hour?
By study. study. night and day.
As long as he has power
You see the question with them is:
'sHow soon can get through?"
They do not seem 10 stop and say:
as this the best to do?n