The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-22
IN MASTERLY STYLE
Dr. CriSman Handles thoughts
on Children
BEFORE CITY NORMAL
Five Graduates Receive Their
Diplomas.

Five graduates of the City Normal
school received their diplomas last night
at the auditorium. The class had procured
Dr.. Oscar Chrisman. professor of philolo-
gy in the State Normal School at Empor-
la to address the class. The auditorium
was comfortably filed when the program
was opened with a selection by the High
school mandolin club. followed by q
prayer by Rev. Gibson of the First Bap-
fist church. The mandolin club gave
another selection and supt. Dyer in few
well chosen words introduced the speaker.
DR.. Chrisman began in an easy. earnest
manner and throughout the lecture kept
the crowd listening closely for the many
tne thoughts he brought out. The speech
was interspersed with several specimens
of the wit of a child. The subject was
Some Thoughts on Children" handled
by the hand Of a master. He opened with
a word picture of the time of the civil
war, when mothers. wives and sweet
hearts were bidding the recruits good
bye. Then came the description of the
old brick country school house and its
surroundings, and gave an interesting
reverie. He gave short description Of
scenes in different parts of the world and
then a description of the child. IF you
are looking for truth you viii find it, if
for falseness you will find falseness. if for
an eternal soul you will surely fnad an
eternal soul in the child" said he. He
next gave a rule for approaching child,
for said he, IF you go to him with a
scowl he will return with a scowl, If a
sneer be given, a sneer viii be returned;
If you put dirty insinuations into your
reproof. dirty institutions will be re-
returned.
returned" He then brought out the
thought that there is always something
good In the child and asked that we look
for the good side and not for the evil.
The child in its development during the
first five years Of its life was his next
thought The inquisitiveness Of the child
at that age and the folly of parents in re-
fusing answers to questions put to them
by their child. The child is not reas-
oning being. Man reaches conclusions
by reasoning but the child and mother
take a short cut and reach conclusions by
intuition" He gave as an example that
Of Helen Keller and her childhood at IS
years of age The child learns all his
truths from nature and has that advan-
tage of getting them himself and is not
hampered by the custom Of the race. He
gave several examples of The originality
Of a child and it's adapting WORKS to the
idea it washes to express. He tod of the
ruin wrought by unjust punishment ard
the child leaving home. ''In homes aid
school rooms are prudes and hypocfits
that need careful watching for fear Of
contamina ting all of u.s. Such people
are not fit to associate with naturally,
modest persons as their modesty is al
show and true modesty comes from ma
ture. He closed with short but point
ed address to the members Of the class
Mr. Grafton, president Of the board Of
education presented the diplomas IN a few
well chosen words.
The electric lighting and setting OF the
auditorium was especial fine both last
night and the day before. Mr.. Pearl
Davis. the electrician, is an experat at
stage setting and lighting.
The class motto. NO Palms Without
the Dust Of Labor" was hung across the
stage in the class colors. purple and
white. The class roll is as follows: An
ma Downing Maud Swain, Eva S. Goudie,
Angela Leen and Matte NJ. Davis.