The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-30

mt have access 70 the Century pi-,ior,-
sry. and eonii not find in the Inter
national Of T.le STANDARD a defnGion
mat suited me. 50 have formed tse sol-
lowing, which may. OF course. he I'M
perfect: y profession is two sSsi
unity whose general Is body q de-
tEine tending toward n universal good.
by expressing its particular Phase N
the individuals OF the race. through its
practitioners or professors. az mSdia-
tors
Il an aware Of the unusual length ot
close without brief notice OF the Nor
ma school movement movement that
VIII be c.1fcnicied in history as the fun
dSlnr:riai Characteristic OF this e1uoa-
ticnal age.
For wears. the special training Of
tcarhers 1as been n mootsd QUESTION
and, indeei. We 5o not lack az the pres
ent time for 'hose Who quote. as the
end o, az argument on tae question.
Poeta masct,ur. non fit.' and raen fold
their arms.
IF this territory required 5000 poets.
fear see would have 10 wait s0out g.
100 years before sae got them. unless
Thcre should De q wonaersui increase IN
the birth rSte Ot tIst species Of tse
genus homo.
''Indsed 50 Far as know. Heel Okla
hrma is the only common wealth in the
western half q ts1e Mississippi valley
that mas a right to foast q it- poet
lSureste-spd that comes through tne
nat!ve genius % one OF her distlnguishei
and erudite professors. Fortunately.
Ne can do with few good poets. and
can trust 20 natures method % produc-
ing them But our need Jf coed tesssh-
eIs and the method OF making then 10
another thing. II VIC turn 20 tae a.
fete' mlnarcnies % the cld word we
snail find some OF their educational ptsc-
tees not unworthy of study ana inf;a-
ton. Men 20 not always inaugarate
great movements az the dictates q res-
son. but some times wait iot the ilnpe--
alive OF necessity. Prussis learned her
.esson in the adverse noun X that fate
f1l year wlen the banners OF the con-
qaeTing host cs France wuivesi over me
bstiiements Of Jena. threatening THAI
the Fstherlani r1onld 5e wiped from
the map o: Europe. Not till then di3
her patriotic s1us cone to her rescue.
and may il fe recorded % the eternal
glory OF FNchte Slst ne shouted the mag
ical word that s3sar,ed t,1- pulse os an
almost Afeiass country. when he declar-
cd that hss people needed more and bet
ter eaucttbon. IL wss t5en that the
normal sc1s0i flea took root in Germany.
afa. united. she began her grea, tax
of teaching the world how 10 banf.h
the shadow o, iliitefscy-a lesson uos
lost upon France. as proven within a
quarter of a century. when the lesser
Napoleon found the invincibie hosts of
William Knocking st the gates of his
caprtOi In 1890 there We're III normal
schools In France. with an sttedapce
u 5000 pupils.
In our own country the normal ,-hcoi
idea seems 70 nave been copied after
tnst of no os9aer country. In me June
number ~ the Massachusetts Magazine
for 1889 appeared what vas probably
the first suggestion IN THE matter.
Again IN 1917, Professor Ofmstsd Il
Yale. tried - grouse pubiic sentiment in
the subject. and a renewed sttem2t was
made ~ PT1fc.s5r Kingsley. of Yale.
through the North Ausericsn Review. IN
ls2l Ot1e-s kept up the agitation. bur
q james y. Carter hss BEEN ACCORDED
th- title - Father % Normal Scnoo.e'
ia America IL vas not on tae fgh ot
July-taolgf tae day would have been
none TOO grcat-but on the - q July
1883. AZ lexington. under the lesder~hip
~ -he devoted Cyru- Pierce. with only
three pupils. was opened the first nor
mgi school ia America. II wOuid surely
be p s.r - omission for me % fan %
mention in tl.s connection the name Il
.ae g-sates. Roman y them sli-H0rao4
H7nn.
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lixnlaeance 81 tbs: irrsu~pl l-.ous begin
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2 s4s.v every rtatelu t3e fD.op OF
i assc siusstts has seven superb normal
r5a. %~a York aa. some GftsSr.
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