The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-17
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! board of education, conducted by Superin-
| tendent 3. +. Nihart of Oklahoma City
| The attendance has been representative
! and large.
The address Of welcome was delivered
by Hon. w. O. Cromwell Of this city,
which proved to the audience that he was
an educator Of advanced and original
ideas. He property criticised the indiffer-
cnce and parsimonious management Of
school boards and others in charge of edu-
cational interests. His theory is that the
school age should begin At 10 and not at
years; that the tender years of life should
be devoted to the building up of the con-
stitution and the development of the mind
to receive ideas. The response was by Su-
perintendent L. w. Cole of FL Reno, whose
effort was a very able one; indeed dong
credit to himself as one of the leading
educators of the west, and fully compli-
mentary to our city.
Prof. Guy P. Benton, of Baker univer-
sity, of Kansas, delivered lecture Tues
day evening on Samuel Adams, Patriot"
He has devoted years of research and
study to the part which this, one of the
noblest Americans, took in the education
Of the people for thirty years prior to the
Declaration of Independence, showing that
to him, the force behind other and Younger
leaders, such as Washington and Han
cock, justly belongs the credit of bringing
on our independence al this time. Much
that he told Us was new, and il closing
his peroration he emblazoned fdams'
name as the most disinJerested and noDlest
patriot that has ever done service for hu-
mainly.
Wednesday was devoted to the organiza-
ton Of county normal Institutes led by E.
7. Cra.Ie of Norman, Prof. H c. Fellows
Of Cherokee, Prof. j. r. Campbell of
Guthrie and Prof. c. /. Hallem of Car
rier, Garfield county The work of this
day was given as a pattern for the county
institutes to be held in August. The sub
ject of assignment of teachers to grades,
discipline in the Institute, Educational
Principles that Should Predominant in In
stitute Instruction" Experimental VS..
Theoretical Science in the Institute" and
'"The Teachers Reading Circle Work;
How Managed and Encouraged" We're ali
included in this days work. In the dis
cussions al the leading educators of the
territory were present and actively par
uciated, among whom were Prof. S. n.
Hopkins Miss Alice Beitman Of Oklahoma
City, c. .. Moss, Kingfsher; L. a. FereI
and Prof. y. n. Rice. Norman, and J. NJ.
De Isle, Woodward
On Wednesday evening the most impor-
tant subject OF the meeting was consid-
cred and discussed by specially prepared
papers on The Childs Education as In
hUenced," by the several presidents of our
territorial educational Institutions, under
the following heads: First, BY the
Hcme,' President D. R. Boyd, Norman;
second, by the Common School,, Presi- |
dent Z. D. Murdaugh, Edmond third, by |
His Recreations," President James E. |
Ament, Ava; fourth, by His Employ |
ment," President Inman Page, Langston |
Too much praise cannot be accorded to |
the Logical, eloquent and thoroughly prac- /
teal address Of President Page. He is d |
colored man without faint Of white blood |
and he deserves recognition as being /
among the foremost Of his race in the |
United States.