The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-21
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FAlRMOQJNT CoLLEGE NOTES


PARAMOUNT COLLEGE NOTES.
President Morrison was in Topeka last
week to attend a meeting of the college
presidents of Kansas. While at Topeka
he took &C cas.ion to call on our present
afable and wlde-awake superintendent of
rcoIic instruction Hon. Frank Nelson.
curing the CHAT Mr.. Nelson took occa-
sion to speak Aof the very favorable re-
port made by committee of the state
board cf educat ion, which had recently
inspected the Wa )rk done by Paramount,
and to say that the college had been
fully approved by the board and placed
on the list of accredited institutions
whose graduates are entitled to receive
state teachers ce -tificates.
Secretary r. L. Holmes has issued a
call for a special meeting of the board
of trustees to be held at the office of j.
w. Knapp, in the Sedgwick block, at 2
NJ. January %. All the nonresident
trustees have signhied their purpose TO
be present, in person or by proxy. DR..
Wilcox of Boston, Messrs. E. D. Kenna
and Maxwell c. Knight of Chicago; B..
F. Hobart of St. Louis; A. L. Redden of
Topeka: Edwin Tucker of Eureka, and
{ ii. Hunter VI htN~A5 I'LL
2ev. Drs. Campbell and Beale Of Bos-
ION and THAN. editor Of the Advance Of
Cbica go. all directors Of the Education
sociat,- of Boston, are to be present on
invitation. Business of great Importance
connac tela with the future progress Of the
college viii come before the trustees for
consider alton.
n n Morrison, the assistant librarian,
,,as IN \ 'opeka during a portion of the
yceet attic, lding the state meeting of Sons
90 the Am erican Revolution.
sorosts- n he college girls society. is
,oino IN ei We an entertainment in the
form, of the farce. Mrs. Smith and Her
Daughters i, the chapel next Saturday
night the 9th. All are cordially invited
In come and d, ring their dimes. A car
will be held on ne nil.
thursday EVEN ng Professor w. H.
Iselv gave a dinnt r in honor or Mrs
Louis Gerties, who has recently returned
to Wichita, his old h> 'me. Mr.. 1sely ana
Mr. Gerties were collie &c chums at Har-
ward. Professors CoolAv and Spindler'
who as members of the faculty, are also
graduates of Harvard, wee guests OF the
occasion. The dining room was decorated
IN CrlIuSOu. the 4lehi wa
young men spent pleasant evening IN
recounting Cambridge stories anu coliese
"reminiscences.
The athletes gave a banquet at the coI-
lege Friday evening. The MANAGEMENT
Of affairs was in tie hands oil Myroh
Boyle and Charles c. Isely, VINO were
ably assisted by all the young men ana
women Of the institution. Vie evening
was superb and the spread excellent Be
tween ninety and one hund Eed guests
were seated at the tables. There was d
superabundance of mirth, wit and ora
tory. Professor John Barlow. as toast
master. greatly enlivened the occasion
with Jokes and wit. In reply to his re-
Guest responses were made in the AoIlo"-
ing order: Football az Seen From New
nGglaad, President n. J. Morn 'son ;
Football as Seen by our Opponents
Walter g. Herrick; What Do GElS
Think of Football" Alkaline Hardin g;
Football From the Captains Point OF
View Everett Alexander; recitation,
la.,et zr:ilison: odds and Ends of the
Football Campaign" Professor w. Fl.
I.elv: Football as Seen From the
Sta.5poin. Ct a College Trustee r. L.
Ho,.nes: vocal solo, Professor Z. {.
tfa-shaU. Football From the Managers
po.n. Of View" AIyron Boyle; Football
of IN, ,Tuture," Professor f. n. Spindler.
Myran Boyle arose and proposed the
ADOPTION Of a new constitution for our
athletic association. The constitution
was accepted without opposition and
then the following association officers
were elected: " H Isely. president;
Walter G. Herrick, vice president: Jetta
Laycock. secretary; Robert Lewis, treas
urer: Myron Boyle, football manager; 4.
Alexander, captain of football team.
Paramount college library was begun
four years ago this month. 1t now con-
tains a total of about 10000 volumes and
over 5000 magazines. This means an
average of over 100 volumes per week.
The most important additions received
this week are given below: The Inter
national Cyclopaedia, 10 volumes; vol
ume 4 and of Maxwelrs famous trans
lations of the Sacred Books OF the East;
Anglo-Savon Superiority by Demolins;
Who's Who in America; The Odyssey Of
Homer: Facing the Twentieth Century,
by King: the Worlds Almanac for 1860;
fine set of English Authors, and a hand
Some set in two bindings, entitled Galaxy
of Art this last set having been pre-
scented to the library by Mrs. NJ. d. Eli
son Of Brooklyn, y. Y.
Professor Roulet is teaching the Sopho-
mores. taking his course a French song.