The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-29
The aa1ieEta Daily gae Thursdau ormo neber g. 1898

| not teachers, society bellies and notion
writer's. these may be useful and orna-
mental. but if we shall build a state and
nation, let Us first of all put women into
our homes"
The scholarly production of the days
session was the paper entitled The Nor
al Output from Our Mills OF Morality"
by w. N Rice. principal of the Yukon
schools. 1t was a paper filed with the
| highest thoughts and MOBILES conceptions,
| producing a deep impression upon the
hearers. It is a paper chat must be read
in its entirety to be appreciated.
'IndividuaEsm in Education was
strong paper read by F. II. Howell, the
bright young principal Of the FL Reno
| high school; and equally able WAS the
discussion participated in by Miss Maud
De Cou, Of Newkirk, and L. B. Snider of
Pawnee
Mr.. Howell in his paper touched upon
the following copies: The school should
be for the individual, and not the individ
ual for the school This is the result OF
the stress laid upon the influences OF
| heredity, natural endowment and environ
/ ments. Conformity to some infeXrole
/ pattern can never more shape he educa-
/ ton of the child The individual should
be so developed as TO make him in the
! highest degree serviceable to the state.
A carful study should be made of the
child, that the teacher may che more aid
/ in developing its possibilities, as il is
! for the interest of society and the COM,
monwealth that we make the most of ev-
/ cry faculty possessed by the Individual
| Some OF the factors which attest the
growing Importance OF individualism are
! the enrichment of the course of study
and greater latitude allowed in selecting
studies in the high schools and univer-
sites.
| The individuality Of the teacher Is also
recognized by assigning teachers 20 the
line of work for which they are especially
prepared.
While Mr. Howelrs paper did not dis
cuss the dement's of our present school
system to any length, he severely criti-
cized the size of many schools as being
strongly antsgonistlc 10 the development
of the individual
| An able paper on school PubHcs'' was
read by Mrs. Melissa S. Fellows, who
said:
The American school is the state in
miniature and its promise is to give every
opportunity for the full development OF
the intellectual and ethical phases most
conducive TO good citizenship The pulpit
must be prepared to influence the multi
tude and help mould public opinion. No
part of school training is more conducive
to this end than that received in prepara-
ton for and participation in the school
public In the preparation of exercises
ha n
content of subject as entirities and the
individual concepts as correlated entities
of thought.
It going before an audience, the pulpit
must be enthroned with the spirit of the
occasion as well as being able to present
the thoughts of his exercise in a master
" manner. The mechanical processes of
the class room are here supplanted by the
realistic activities of life. The slave Of
the book becomes the king Of Thought
ozIoroheveryfidta- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
To be successful in rendition the pupil
must be master not only Of the thought
but of the control of his expressive ener-
gfes. Self-confdence must be developed
in the backward and held IL check in the
forward lest it develope into bo1n0ast-
The school public touches the intellectual
and ethical spirit of the community, ana
the community in turn judges the success
Of the school by its public exercises.
lust pride in the school as an institution
is begotten. Here the parent and child
are brought more closely together and
the parent is reminded as never before OF
his own failure to encourage his child
in an intellectual and ethical sense The
school public disseminates the germs OF
Immortality, temperance, patriotism Tor
ones country, and loyalty to our various
civil. educational and religious insutu-
tons.
In the arrangement of the program the
teachers will find a most arduous task
The spirit of the occasion and the aptness
of the pupil must first be considered.
Holiday programs are to be found in our
best school journals. The progressive
teacher will always be prepared to give
out that which is most in line with the
occa sion and suitable to the conditions
prevailing Every care should De put
forth in the proper training of the pupI
for a masterful delivery Of the same.
History in Our Schools" a paper read
bv Isaac NJ. Holcomb. principal OF the
washington school, Oklahoma City, was
one Of the best things Of the day, which
vas horne out in the subsequent discus
sion, led by Superintendent Cole OF Fl
Reno and Miss Pansy Price, professor OF
English and history in the Oklahoma City
High school.
Tonight Dr. A II. Van Vleet professor
of biology in the Territorial university. ct
Norman. delivered lecture to the teach
ers on '.AIicro-Organisms.
After a brief introduction showing the
general advance of scientific thought, the
sneaker dwelt especially upon the great
advance that has been made in our knowl-
edge of mlcro-organisms and the applies-
ton OF this knowledge TO the cure and
prevention of infectious diseases.
Formerly disease was thought 70 re-
suit. not from the violation OF physical.
but of moral law. Spiritual means were
necessarily employed in curing Il, such IS
laying on of hands, fasting and prayer,
exercising Of evil spirits, etc.
The investigations OF such men as Pas
teur and Koch have demonstrated that ali
disease is primarily physical and that the
so-CaIled infectious diseases result from
ths growth OF a certain class OF micro
organisms. known under the general name
% bacteria
che growth development and reproduc-
ton Of bacteria in general were described
and stereoptcon views Of some Of the best
known parthogenic forms were presented
Infection may be Characterized aS a
contest between the poisonous products
OF bacterial growth and certain protective
proteid principles existing in and produced
! By the tissues themselves. Infection oc-
ours when the v.gor Of the bacterial pro-