The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-07
MANY ARE ENROLLED
County Teachers Normal In
stitute Doing Regular Work.
CLASSES WELL ORGANIZED
National Events of Present
Time Vigorously Discussed.

The Sedgwick County Teachers Nor
NAL institute which is now in session al
the Lewis Academy, Is rapidly getting
down to the steady work Of the session
The enrolment for the first week has far
exceeded the expectations OF the man
agement and early next week it Is
thought it will reach the 200 mark The
sessions begin promptly at 1880 each
morning and close at u. This gives an
the warmest portion Of the day comes
/ on.
! The classes have all been thoroughly
organized with the exception of one Of
! the history classes under President Stan
| ley. This class will probably be fully
organized today and the schedule will be
SO arranged that the current topics of
the time may be taken up in regular or
der. This viii be one Of the most inter
esting classes of the entire normal as it
will discuss the Philippine question from
every point OF view and will also bring
out discussion on the Chinese situation,
on the Cuban situation and the different
phases of the political situation in Eu-
rope will also be taken up.
Professor Naylor has charge of the
Psychology class and in it many things
concerning school management are dis
-cussed. AT the previous sessions Of the
normal there has always been a class
which only took up this subject Of
school management. Professor Naylor
also has classes in Geography and Civics
and some interesting discussions occur
daily in these classes
PRECEDENT Stanley. Of the Friends Uni
versity, has classes in Arithmetic, His
tory and Child Study. There are two
classes in Arithmetic under him and
some of the intricate problems which
confront the county teacher are taken UP.
The normal seems to have some fine
mathematicians and it is very usual
thing to have numerous ways of solving
problems presented.
Professor Buck, of Paramount. has the
Grammar classes and is especially well
fitted for this work. He also has the
Physiology and Physics classes. In the
Physics class advanced work will be done
during the session. Professor Buck in
Connection with the other work has
classes in Reading and Orthography ar
different hours during the morning. In
these, methods for the conducting OF
these classes in the school room are
brought out in discussion.
Superintendent ColviIle in addition m
his work in seeing the running Of the
normal, takes up classes in Arithmetic
him very busy with the other work.
Professor Adams, of the Wichita Bust
ness College, has the Bookkeeping class
in the morning, and usually has a large
attendance. The Penmanship class is in
charge of Professor Temple.
A number of the county teachers are
taking orders for books at the normal
Some Of the books are very fine and pre-
sent the latest things in connection with
school work The privilege of displaying
their books has been gtanted TO the
teachers by the management, and after
dismissal many of the normalites take
advantage of the opportunity Of examin-
ing some new work
Visitors at the normal are numerous
and usually take interest in the classes
There have been several callers from
other counties during the last few days.
and all seem to be Pleased with the quail
ity of work being done during the ses-
sion
Superintendent Colville is well pleased
with the manner in which the first
weeks work of the normal has been con-
Quoted and anticipates a large increase
in attendance next week
Those who have enrolled are:
Nellie Kent, Garden Plain: Sarah Glass
cock. Garden Plain; VIII Brown, Colwich;
Minnie Freeland, city; II. G. Howard,
Clearwater; H. NJ. Fffer. city; Alice Pal
mer Derby; Cora B. Alexander, city:
Happie Randall. city; Susie Paul, Valley
Center; Mary Lyman, Goddard: Bernice
Engel. Goddard; Stella Furnish. city; Nav
De Selm Callie Rice, Emma NJ. Freder
lex. Clyde Hilbert Julia Craven. civ. IT
n. Burchell, Clearwater: Lillian Gish.
city; Arthur Hamilton. Derby; George IT
Julian, MiRneha; Mary Cantley. Derby:
Bulah Crater, Elsie NJ Stanley. Ella 7,
Brown. Maize; Rosie Klein. Anna Law
son, Colwich: Minnie L. Porter, Viola.
Verna Cain, Colwich; Gertie FaZel. Fur
ley; Bessie Walters. city; Barbara NJ.
Brown, Ollie Loudenslager. Maize: Ella
Parker. Colw1ch; May Stevenson. Furley:
Stella Bah. Anna Papenhouse. city: Har-
~ Bird. Iowaville; Eva Williams. Cheney.
Susie Black Sunnydale Fannie Belden,
Fred Relden, Maggie A Drake. city:
Mabel lewis, Valley Center; Matte Da-
Wis. city; Goldie Hazard, Greenwich:
Florence Brown. Maud Wren. Rachel
Whims. Clara Rebstein. city; Ella Hill
man. Cheney; Lulu Kaufman. Elizabeth
Johnston. Leda S Wrightnan. frankie
Droves, city; Charlotte A c. Haas.
North Wichita: George Herman. Kechi:
Bertha Herman, Kechi: Carlton Bert