The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-31
OKLAHOMA COLLEGES.
Territorial Northwestern Normal.

| Itt4tS. MI. anu MIS-. 1. W. RdHulkel0 III
Wichita this week.
An interesting game of baseball was
played Friday between the members of
the faculty. the seniors, the sophomores
and the sub B's on the first team, and tn:
juniors, freshmen and sub AS on the sec
ond teams. The members of both tea ms
distinguished, themselves by their playing.
Prof II. c. Fellow has been employed
to conduct the woodward county institute
in July, and the people of that county are
to be congratulated on securing his serv-
ices.
Prof Marshall has greatly increaseG
the effectiveness of the chapel song serv
| ice by the addition of several orchestral
instruments this week. The innovation il
a good one and the church choirs of Alva
might initiate the example to good ad-
vantage.
The spring term rhetoricals begin next
Monday and the members of the faculty
are calmly awaiting the food Of eloquence
that will be turned loose on that occa-
sion by the coming Ciceronians.
The students of the music department
are working hard on their pieces for the
preliminary contest, which will be held
aDOul 1ONi Wttho llCiiNO'
At the last meeting of the Parliament
ary Debating club the question for debate
was: Resolved, That the conservative
| man is more useful to society than the
radical man." Those on the affirmative
were Messrs. Eppley. Rutledge and Erd-
man. On the negative were Messrs. Green,
Powers and Spurrier. The question was
very ably discussed on both sides, but
the decision of the judges was in favor
of the negative.
The Kimban Piano company has GER
tainly shown itself a worthy friends Oh
| the Normal and the students, by allowing
a piano which was not quite satisfactory
| although it had been used constantly for
five years, to be exchanged for a new one
direct from the factory without any ad-
dilional cost. 1t is only one of the many
examples Of the liberal spirit Of this firm
! and its absolute fairness in a business
! transaction. The new instrument is Civ
| ing splendid satisfaction, and by this vol
untary act on the part of the company
is greatly appreciated by the manage
ment of the school.
The regular sem-Iifonthly recital or
! the music department was held last Wed
| nesdav afternoon and eleven splendid
numbers were on the program. These re-
! citals are attended by large number of
students and their friends. AT the last
meeting there were about 175 present.
The plan of these recitals is to have
some student from each branch Of the
department appear on each program.
The New Bank of Commerce received
the remainder of its new fixtures and
office furniture last week and it opened
its doors to the public for the first time
last Saturday. The bank is especially
centrally located and as it is managed
by conservative business men its future
success is assured.
From the present indications it seems
that the Mckinley prosperity has struck
! Alva with a regular avalanche of Roose-
veltian strenuos4Cy. At present the city
boasts of four strong first-class banks
and last week steps were taken to or
ganize "A fifth institution of this kind.
We doubt whether there is another town
in the territory that can boast of so
many well financiered banking institu-
tions
Prof. John Davis, the head of the Eng
lish department. and the efficient secre-
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Normal school. has just patented and
put on the market an important labor
saving device in school work which he
calls the The Business School Record
His system dispenses with all books and
places the entire school record on cards
4x6 inches These cards are filed on edge
in any oak cabinet so labelled guided,
and Alphabetical that any item of in
formation may be found instantly. 1t in
cludes complete records Of students.
alumni, employees, weekly, monthly and
annual reports, and other items of in
terest. We are confident this is a device
that will appeal to ali practical school
men and it needs only to be seen to be
appreciated
Prof Jenkins has recovered from his
recent illness and is able TO be out again
Plans are under way for the construc-
ton of a handsome new opera house for
Alya. and we hope to see it mateTialize
st an early date. The proposed site is
Just west Of the White House and within
easy reach OF citizens Of all parts OF the
town Alya has long needed a larger and
more commodiOus playhouse than it has
at present and We are sure that the pat
ronage would justify such an enterprise.
The much-talke5-of opposition TO the
building Of a court house in Alva on
the part OF Carmen and other rival towns,
has failed TO crystsllze so Ear into a
movement Of any prominence and steps
have been taken already towards its
actual construction BY next Septem-
Der. il is thought that Woods county
Will have court house OF which it VIII
not he ashamed.
The students Of the arithmetic class
during the past week have been busy
trying 10 ascertain how. many silver dol
lars it would require TO fence UP a certain
body Of land in such a way that every
dollar would fence Just an acre. No sat
isfactory solution thus FAR has been Of
ferad. but we would ike 10 suggest 20
these young financiers that Il would be
perhaps. more economical u fence the (
land-whatever II may be-wsth barb f
wire ard fence posts
Prof. stevens has been busy this week
mounting an eagle which was captured 1
and killed a few miles from Alvs last /
week Il is good specimen ard VIII /
make splendid mount
The weather department. has been painl- +
Ing CT very inferior weather on Us dur
ing The past few days and We would SuS-
gest that Uncle sam investigate the con- (
duct OF this Official and see whether any
grating Is being done one OF the nor /