The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-19
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Arbor Day Celebrated There With
Great ForInAlltY and Interest.

Arbor Day was Celebrated There With
Great FOrInslity and Interest
The important event OF the past week
at Fairmount was the observance OK
Arbor Day last Wednesday. The coll
lele work proper closed after the second
period OF Rotations. and students and
friends assembled themselves in the
chapel room where the exercises were
led by President Morrison. After the
usual chapel services. DR.. Morrison In
troduced Mr.. j. NJ. Knapp. who spoke OF
some of the early hardshfps OF the col
lege and some Of its encouraging pros
poets
Judge II. c. Smss was the next speak
er. His remarks were listened 20 with
great attention by the students and
friends present. Mr.. c. IL Davidson
was the last speaker. and impressed on
the young people present the great
value Of their opportunities as compared
with those Of the pioneers Of the north
west.
These prominent gentlemen are mern-
bers OF the board % trustees and their
presence at the cost TO them OF valuable
time was greatly appreciated by tho
school
The important and permanent result
Of this Arbor Day Observance was the
planting Of over two hundred trves on
the college grounds Some % the trees
being planted by colleges classes and
societies. "a number Of addresses. poems
and essays were delivered on the ground
by students and others.
The grounds OF the college have bcrn
greatly improved by the grading and
tree planting and would hardly be rec
ognized now.
The good work on Fair1nount would
be incomplete without making urpu fton
OF the work of grading FairmGunt ave
nue. and Seventeenth street under the
supervision Of our very efficient city en-
gineer Mr.. II. l.. Jackson. and his abb
corps OF workers. The grade o. these
important drive-Gyays are now m beauty
only sec0nd 20 Douglas avenue or Main
street Mr.. Jackson informed your cur
respondent that o-oer siKi7y-fve miles Of
streets had been put IN this perfect con-
dition throughout the city with this e1-
ceIlent grader since last summer.
The library accessions have continued
20 come IN during the past week. Dr.
W. r.. Harris % Washington. -. G.. haa
sent The Science % Nutrition and rhe
Art % Cooking" by EdWard Atkinson
OF Boston. Owing % the Nberality -
Mr.. Andrew Carnage this book has
been put free 81 charge "a 200 public
Libraries throughout the country. and
owing % the report Of progress widely
circulated IN the Eagle our young d.
brary was designated among those r.
merDbered IN this Distribution SIR p
l. Spencer has PLACED n the library eev-
eraI hand books Of Wichita q lss1 AMI
two complete years q the ~Amerfcaa
inves tneuts" Tor 1894 and 1873. SIR D..
L jackson, our city enZi1sor. has f1ads
a valuabHe CON- r.butl1u q srLenfl1o
journals. Elxfy-one numbers = the Rail-
road Gazette. thirty numbers % the
Master Mechanic. twenty three n.rr-
sers % the Engineering Record aa4
Jther pamphlets Prom Washington a
number o. pubiscal1ns were relieved
rom the superb erdent q dpcIxrle-.ts.
'1rty-ttI-ec volumes in al. 4 most val
1aSle gift came from Mr.. =. y. X sr.7,aff
mis- sEas tne large Atias - Kansas -
.ged On 1851. AMI wht-h sciailed a. 81
everything % a Local nature That -
zen pslk5lshe3 Is greatly desired f0r tas
bray
Ra-v +. Z fe-s>-IEor. sa-crsta-y u -A~
american Educational society q Bee
ca. XII give the annual aafreaa az
p rsunerso@rDeut next June. Hon. = -
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