The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-28
NOTES FROM PARAMOUNT
Full Report of the Past Week at Fairmount
College.

Full Report of the Past Week at Fairmouni
College.
Everything on the hill IS quiet since
the close Of the college year. Even
the Sunday services at the little church
have been in an intermitant state.
Mrs. Judge Bafbb and children are in
Columbia, Mo-, Professor and Mrs. Is
ley are in the north east part Of the
state, Miss Smoke IS in Denver. and
Professor Chase is bathing in the At
| lantic ocean.
Most of the students are at work in
the harvest fields or kitchens of the
great state of Kansas; one is running
an ice wagon one is putting up harvest
ers and possibly a few are travelling
! for pleasure ad recuperation.
! President Morrison is still in New En-
gland, hard at work in the interest Of
the college, and it is not known just
when ne Will get back home
The one thing on the hill that knows
no rest is the library, two freight box
es came from Springfield, twelve sacks
from Washington, ten bundles from
the signal service, while numerous pa
pers, magazines and single volumes
continue to come in by every mail.
A friend left a number Of books most
iy document at the presidents house.
The Ladies Library CLUB gave the fol-
lowing valuable works, on history:
ERA of the Protestant Revolution"
Seaborn. ''The French Revolution"
Morris. "The Crusaders" G.. w. Cox;
The Thirty Years War;" Gardiner.
The consignment from the superin-
tendent of documents, consisted of an
almost complete set OF Congressional
Globes, and Congressional Records.
Yesterday the library received a set
of the Centennial Exposition at Phiia-
delphia in Is vols. The Agriculture Of
Pennsylvania Regions, Il vols. L. S.
Astronomical Observations at Washing
ton, II vols. and twenty volumes OF
Coast Survey reports.
The contribution from the Signal Ser
vice comprised a set of Scientific and
Meteorological Studies at Point Bar
raw, Alaska" in vols, a set OF the
Bulletins of Daily Observations" from
1873 to date. nearly complete, over fifty
volumes mostly bound. Studies of
Climatic Changes in the Dakotas'' an
nual reports, and professional Pa
pers.''
Three sacks of duplicate reports were
sent back 10 Washington yesterday 70
be exchanged for others needed to COM
pIete sets.
The library is in the greatest need of
more shelving. Books have TO be stack
ed ike cord wood for want of better
facilities. a little cash money is great
ly needed in the treasury of the. college
available for this object. Should some
Of the readers Of the Eagle quietly slip
a Ter oil ffv-sa
dollar bill each. the librarian IS quite
sure that with such leverage he could
easily secure the same amount from
our lumber dealers and purchase TWEEN
T. dollars worth OF lumber with which
70 double cur needed space for the prop
er handling OF our books including
those 10 be received during the next
SIX months.
Another department OF the college
which should receive special attention
from row on i a museum 70 contain
full collections Of the fora and fauna
OF this southwest, also the ethnOlog-
teal and archaeological remains which
have been and are % be found IN this
region Of the country.
Mr John c. Steffee who has receu tIy
removed 70 New York City set a good
example by leaving number OF mount
Cd birds and other cuEosities With he
college. Dir. KimbaH. WHO always ~
members the college has also left q Few
specimens OF the taxidermists an fo-
the same desirable object. L Is great
~ 20 be hoped that IN the near future
Paramount college may have q muse
I'm which viii afford ample facilities
for the study Of every form of he bozh
past and present n mis- great region
r< country