Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-07-22
NORMAL NOTES.

NORMAL NOTES.
Normal is progressing nicely. 1t is
all there except the first half of recess.
After one weeks experience it is ap-
parent that our county superintendent
made no mistake in securing for in
structors persons who have been iden-
titled with the schools of the county for
the last year whose abilities as instruc-
tors he has had opportunities for OBJ
serving personally. In so doing he got
not "big guns'' with friendly painted
callbers but instructors whom he knew
beforehand. The results are the
strongest concentrations of his policy.
1t was necessary however that teach
er of elocutiOn and reading be secured
from some other source. The result of
this was the only thing that has in any
way marred the success of the normal.
We stated las issue that Mr. Smethers'
reputation for puuctualIty had gone to
'Smithers." We would now beg leave
to amend it by saying to- smithereens. +"
After long, long, time he wrote The
did really write and inform Supt. SHELLY
that he would not be here. As to the
why he did not condescend to intimate.
nor did he give any excuse for not in
forming Supt. Shell of that lamentable
and deplorable fact in time to secure
another man for the place. Surely fate
has grudge at Barber county for if
the Evolutionary talent Of the gentle
man in question were in any way equal
to his anomalous penchant for keeping
appointments we surely missed won
der-or a freak. On account of the fact
that the statement had been sent out
that the Normal would commence July
10th instead Of the 18th Supt. Shell did
not wish to open negotiations with any
one else till he heard from it: He Will
now ill the vacancy as soon as POSI-
BILE. In the meantime Prof. Kenwell
Is conducting reading class for those
who are taking didactios,
New faces are appearing so rapidly
that the person who tries to know ev-
eryone's name is as perplexed as Nc
Kinley was before Bridget excuse US,
we mean Hanna took him up.
QUERY BOX: Geography-Who got
1O+?
Geography-Did Neal get his knowl-
edge of the Leavenworth institution
secondRY ed?
Grammar-Is "haven transitive
verb? if so, give word beginning with
''g' that can be used as Its object.
PhysioIogy-Two wells and one of
them is cistern. Hands.
COnstitution-Of what importance is
harmony? referred to Mr.. TayInson.
Geography-Is it wrong to sit on the
pipes when the seats are flled2
What is the difference between CAP
ital M, printing, and capital IA turn
ed upsidedown)p
Do saints laugh?
Taylor is advertising his forlorn state
on his course of study. We wish to re-
commend the INDEX to him as an ad-
vertising medium. although it has not
much practice in this line. If he
wants specialist, Milt. Hull of the XII
owa Review is his man.
Harry Mcclure says he is lost with
out Ernest Williams, whose able assist
ant he was last year.
The reception rendered the normal
| ties and their instructors by the Young
ladies of the Epworth League at the
home of Miss Myrtilia Cook was a pro-
nounced success. Games upon the
lawn were the order of the evening,
being stopped only few moments to
hear an interesting program that had
been prepared. The instructors and
Mr.. Shell set good example by going
home early but this did not deter the
gay normalites from enjoying the
hospitality of their fair entertainers
still further.
Prof. Kenwell made flying trip to
Kiowa last Saturday.
Mrs. Hahn spent Sunday at home.
| Since our last the following have
entered making total of los. The
revised list is as follows:
Hiram Cushenbery Herbert Ferguson
George Mcclure Charley Daugherty
Stamford Smart Laura Smart
Marie Smart Stella Smart
James Woodward Harry Mcclure
Samuel Griffin Aletha Hoover
Thoey Benningfeld
Charles Eek Belle Tilbury
Flo Inoury Edna Eek
Maggie Collins Charles Larkin