The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-12

which comprises a complete course foi
public schools. Under properly directed
physical culture the improper position
and stumbling gait give way 10 rea'
sonable control of the body in all posi-
lions and motions Marked results are
Anticipated from this work
schools never reach the ideal more than
a, i,76ividual reaches his ideal, unless III
81 bA TOO low. There are instances OF
arrors in instruction, lack OF proper IN
,--as+ IN the teachers part, indifference
70 thoron gin preparation of the lessons at
bond as well as systematic study ano
a--ar-+b a1ong intellectual lines. These
7o,,si+ions p aceive immediate and con-
-+a-,t attention. until they'd isappear. We
-,.or,, for the best and have better re-
suits for doing Sd
Tho total eurolln lent in the High school
is: Bows, 40; girls az; total AZ Iotai
enrolment second nN1nth last year. 'o'
gain this wear. AZ: gain over Lass month";
u Number remaining a. date 800 gam
in number remaining over second Ii0ii'n
last year, Il; gain over laA - iiih'-i' =
Average daily attendance, 3SZ~o' per 0e'i'
OF attendance. 81. -
This very satisfactory conAlhOh- u
department is most gratifying me Ais
enrolment. the largest in the history Oh
the school; the very high attendance lh1
good -deportment and earnest Worh iiui-
cate the appreciation of the pufhic OF TINS
important department. The Freshman
class IS composed of an excellent .huihOel
of voung men and women whose ilneres'
and department are indicative Of ldIse
number of graduates in four years. he
other classes are large and are mn III
tanning their good reputation for stu ~
and department. I have never reporte
a more satisfactory condition of this de-
pertinent.
Normal School-Enrollment, Z; percent
age of attendance. 100.
This department has begun the year
most favorably. There were several ap-
plications for admission to Normal re-
iected this year owing to the applicants
not meeting the requirements for admis-
sion. This month the school has done
five and a half days of substitute work
No department of the schools has been
adjourned on account Of the teachers an
sence from sickness or other causes, as
the Normal furnishes an ever ready SUBJ
stitute corps.
The efficiency and utility Of this depart
ment are best appreciated by an intimate
acquaintance with it.
Mccormick school was adjourned half
day in grades 3, 4 and 8, October p, owing
to a break in the furnace
Burton school has an average daily az
tendance of PIG, and an enrolment OF p.
Lafayette day was observed in all the
schools OF the city in the afternoon OF DC
to.ber 70. Appropriate exercises were Civ
en- and a collection of s51.7S taken which
has been forwarded to the comptroller OF
the currency The day was one of pleas
ure and profit.
The general teachers meeting occurred
October % We have rarely had a meet
ing of greater interest and profit.
The usual monthly grade meetings COW
ering the first and second months, were
held.
Owing to the appearance in some locali-
ties of diphtheria- and a few cases OF
scarlet fever, the board Of health has
increased the vigor Of its quarantine reg
ulations Your officers cooperate with
the board of health in their efforts to
quarantine effectively every case of con-
tagious disease in the city. A rapid de-
crease in the number of cases IS always
noticed when proper quarantine regula-
tons are enforced.
I desire to call your attention from time
to time to the several departments of our
common school curriculum. and acquaint
you with our plans of instruction in the
several lines OF work. The length Of this
report will not admit of additional com
ment. Respectfully,
FRANK R. DYER.
The board then adjourned.
Take Dr. BulI's Cough Syrup for all
those dangerous affections-severe colds,
pleurisy and grippe-which fall and winter
Rr=rr alonv II iS -ha greatest c1IrA for