Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02
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ing over the locals in your paper
Saturday night and saw mention
OF Thanksgiving it occurred to me
that Phillips county folks might,
perhaps, be glad 10 know something
about what their young people at
Manhattan have 10 be thankful for.
So | determined to write them q
long letter, mentioning a few of the
things for which we are thankful and
telling something of our State Agri.
cultural College.
In the first place we are thankful
that our state has one of the best AR-
riCultural Colleges in the world.
Second, we are thankful that il is
the privilege Of so many Phillips
county boys and girls to be here,
there are fourteen Of us this falN
Third, we are exceedingly thankful
that there are some old folks here
from Phillips county who take great
interest in our work and strive to
make our school days pleasant.
From the time that W. L. Nor.
gan's family and Mrs. o. W. Hill
moved here, little over a year ago,
the Phillips county boys and girls
have been looked after and remem.
bersd in a manner that we shall
never forget, especially those Of US
who know what it IS to really be
away from home and friends on
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New
Years.
Thanksgiving day Mrs. Morgan
gave us the finest kind Of q dinner
and we had just real good time in
the afternoon.
Now a few words about the college.
1t would be impossible for me to de.
scribe it in a wsy so that the readers
OF the HERALD could realize what a
grand institution it is. So IL You are
interested, / suggest that you write
to Pres I. 0. viii, asking him to
send you a catalogue, or else come
down and see with your own eyes.
AS to the students, there are nearly
seven hundred OF them this fall, and
most all of them are earnest hard
working farmers boys and girls.--
They are here to prepare themselves
for lives Of usefulness,
l am sure that there are many
young people IN Phillips county who
would come to Manhattan il they
could realize what an education
means and how comparatively easy
it is to obtain it.
As to the requirements for en-
frances il one has a diploma from
the county common schools or q
teachers certificate with grades above
70, he can enter freshman classes,-
otherwise one must take an examlna-
ton.
Persons eighteen years old or older
may enter the preparatory If they
fail TO pass the examination. In the
preparatory classes all the common
branches, such as Arithmetic, United
States History, Grammar, etc, are
taught.
This gives an excellent opportunity
10 young men add women who have
not had an opportunity to attend
school when they were younger.
They can enter these preparatory
classes with those OF their own age
and not be embarrassed, as 10 invari-
ably the case when they go to the
district school and are put in classes
with ten or twelve year old children.
Some OF the very best students,
those that have graduated with high
honors and gone ont into the world
we'll prepared to fight in lfe's
battles, have put IN the first year Of
their college life IN the preparatory.
This preparatory work also gives
young people, who need to review up
on the lower branches an excellent
chance to do SO.
Well l must stop for this tim .. but
il the readers Of the HERALD are in
terestod and wish to ask questions
concerning the college, l shall be-
glad to answer them, 20 far as can.
through the coSamns Of the herald,
Yours truly & 7 AnAsa