The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-08-09
COUNTY NORMAL.
News and Notes of the Day
the. Enrolment.

over their WORK.
The choice of instructors have
never been better than that made for
this normal, and Supt. Dodds is to
be congratulated upon the excellent
selections that he has made.
Tine regular session ot the school
was had this morning. 1t is contrary
to the usual custom to hold the normal
on Saturday, but it happens this time
that it is possible to get more out of
the special work of the institute by
80 doing.
A reading circle was formed during
the summer school and fourteen
members were secured. So beneficial
were the advantages of the circle
that it was decided to continue the
class during the county normal. Tie
class has been meeting on Tuesday
and Thursday evenings.
Thursday evening there was quite
large class assembled at the home
OF Miss Carrie Young, and a most
profitable and enjoyable evening was
spent.
Chapel visitors Friday were, O. R.
Mckinley, Robert Kissiek, Miss Alice
Cook, Miss Wright, of St. Anthony,
Prof. Kitchener, Eva Mcclure, Miss
Lulu Dean, ]. F. Shelly, of Union
Mills.
DIR. and Mrs. Reay, of Beacon, were
visitors on Friday. Mrs. Reay will
be remembered as Miss Lizzie Phil
lips, one of Mahaska county's former
popular teachers.
Prof. L. g. Bartlett who will have
charge of the department of voice
culture at Penn College beginning
the fall term, furnished part of the
chapel program Friday morning. The
chapel address was delivered by Prof.
Rich. 1t was a good talk and was
attentively listened to. Miss Patter~
son also gave a few thoughts that
were Jewels from her store house of
good things.
s. ]. Boiler, general manager of
the Home Educational Company of
Iowa City, was at the normal yester-
day and introduced musical course
furnished by the company.
O. A. Fullerton, of the State Normal
school, was at the institute all day
Friday.
Miss Hazel Phillips will officiate as
regular pianist of the normal during
the chapel sessions.
Greatest regret is expressed on
every hand because Prof. Sessions
found it necessary to leave his nor
NAL classes and fill some lecture
dates. The students are inclined to
believe that the general public are
greatly at fault; that they should
have controlled their desire for more
knowledge on Liquid Air" for at
least one more week. 1t is hard to
spare the genial, logical Prof. Ses-
sions. Prof. Colgrove, of the State
Normal School, who was popular
member of the Institute faculty last
year, will take charge of his classes.
He commenced his work Monday.
Miss Morris cordially invites all
normal students to meet with her on
the campus at 7 p. m. Monday even
ing for social and pleasant recrea-
ton. After the study and contine-
ment of the day, such an evening
would indeed be enjoyable. Under
the competent direction of Miss
Morris the ladies and gentlemen will
participate in games and forms of
athletics which can become of fu-
ture use as well as present enjoy
ment. Miss Morris is to be con-
graduated on the idea.
Chapel
Devotional exercises at chapel
Saturday morning were conducted
by Manoah Hedge. Prof. Solomon
furnished special music, two solos,
both child songs illustrated with mo-
tions, showing how the children in
the schools can be taught to sing
them.
An extra period was added to the
chapel hour in order that the stu
dents might enjoy Prof. Sessions
most interesting talk about Liquid
Air." 1t was not until great per-
suasion had been brought to bear on
Prof. Sessions that h would con-
sent to come before the school to tell
them about liquid air without having
any of the air with him with which
to demonstrate. However, he made
his auditors clearly understand some
thing of the wonders, the extreme
low temperature, the great refriger-
alive power, great expansibility, the
change in molecular action by chem
ical force and the great aid to COM
bustion of liquid air. Prof. Sessions
is a fluent, enthusiastic speaker,
giving clear, vivid explanations, and
he filed his audience with an ear
nest desire to see the domonstra-
tons and hear his lecture.
Chapel visitors Saturday were,
Misses Anna Delashmutt, Nell knight,
Irene Kissick, Mrs. L. O. McCready,
F. ]. Page and George Twaddle, Of
Cedar Falls.
Miss Partridge, the instructress in
Methods at the normal, who has be-
come quite popular among the stu
dents, because Of her pleasing per-