The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-08
Wichita Colleges
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PARAMOUNT COLLEGE NOTES.
The great event of the coming week
and indeed one Of the great events of the
Year is the intercollegiate debate between
Paramount and Southwest Kansas college
This contest will occur Friday evening
Ct the opera house. AS already announc-
ed, the question for debate is Resolved
That Great Britain is justified in the war
IN South Africa" The Fairmount team
consists Of Harold Morrison, '03; C. C.
Isely, '02, and Anna T. Jones, 90. Both
sides have been preparing for this intel
lectual battle for the past few months
and brilliant corteajt is expected. Pro
lessor W. T. Butcher and Attorney Harry
Wood of Wellington, and Professor A. S.
Cooper of Newton, will act as judges.
Assistant Librarian T. H. Morrison re-
Gently entertained a number of his col
leages of the faculty. They al report a
very agreeable time The refreshments
were such as to specially please the pal
ate.
The lecture given by Professor Cooley
for the benefit of Holyoke cottage at
Plymouth church last Friday evening
was attended by a full lhouse. The lee
ture was an interesting account Of the
excavations made at Old Corinth and was
illustrated with lantern views made from
photographs taken by Mr.. Cooley him
self.
Miss Frances Henderson, '03, who had
charge of a school in Sumner county dur
ing the winter term, has resigned her
class.
A. ]. Wright, principal of the Maize
school during the past winter, enrolled
during the week.
Mr. E. D. Kimball Of this city, has sent
the library a complete set of the "Out-
!ook' for the past year.
The library has received an unusually
large number Of book and magazines dur
ing the past week. Thirty-six volumes
came through purchase for the depart
ment of pedagogy, the special books for
This department now numbering go vol
umes. The most noteworthy books receiv-
ed in this lost are: principles Of Psy-
cholOgy," by James; Excursions Of an
Evolutionist," John Fisk; Culture and
Anarchy" Matthew Arnold; Education
as a Science" Balm; Horace Mann and
the Common Schools" Hinsdale; 'Devel-
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From the Hospital Book and News
paper Society came several hundred
numbers of the best English and Ameri-
can magazines. Among these are the
following valuable publications: "Po-
Htical Science Quarterly for 1896; Fort
nightly Review for 1898 and 1899; The
Nineteenth Century for 1897 and 1898;
Edinburgh Review for 1897; Forum"
800.
The Economics club. of which Ellen
Robinson, %, IS president, has announc-
ed the following program for May 8:
Range of Prices During the Last Five
Years. Adeline Finn. 90
The Non-Sunday School Boy and His
Environments, Mary Nlckerson, 100.
How Much Of the Present Tariff Does
the Average Kansas Farmer Pay? Ellen
Robinson, 90
The Shipping Interests of the United
States, Frank McClung 90.
Economic Effects of the Late ar, Anna
Jones, 20.
Interest Laws of the Different States,
Daisy Zeininger '00
The Present Economic Conditions of the
South Compared With That Of Forty
Years Ago, Mabel Millison 90.
Instrumental Solo, Mouie Warren, '01