The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-11
NORMAL SCHOOL news NoTEs

between Sheridan Coliseum and the
Administration Building, among
number of fine trees. At the base of
the memorial is basin intended for
gold fish. The water is supplied to
the basin by drinking fountain. Just
back of the fountain is a blue marble
slab set in beams of Quaker Gray
Marble The following inscription
appears upon the memorial:
World War
1917 1919
GLORY DIES NOT
THE GRIEF IS PAST
In Sacred Memory of:
Lieut.. C. J. MiddIekauff, SIS F. Hosp.
70 Div.
Lieut.. Eric Cummings, Co. c, 26 Inf,
Div.
Corp. Charles Harvey, Co. N. S5s
Inf. 80 Div.
Corp. George Davis, Co. D. SO Inf.
8 Div.
Corp. VIM. Rolla Terril, Co. F. 4
Eng.
Mus julius ). johnson, % Inf. 2 Div.
Sea. William Finch, U. S. N.
Ralph Burns, Co. Is Inf. 1 Div.
Julian R. Lahman, Co. H % Inf.
2 Div.
Jacob E. Sturm, Co. N 35s Inf.
80 Div.
Arthur NJ. Scott, Bait. E Co. F Art.
Ira Wright
The class of 1919 has presented a
memorial to the Normal School which
shall be thing of beauty and also
expresses a fine patriotic sentiment.
''The Rock of Liberty" Chorus
The President of the United States
and the Governor of Kansas have Off
cially declared December 81 as the
day on which America and Kansas
should celebrate the landing of the
pilgrims. Mr.. H. D. Shaffer is the
local chairman of the celebration. He
is planning for both a forenoon and
afternoon program.
In the evening Mr.. Malloy's big
festival chorus will sing 'The Rock
of Liberty" cantata by Rossetter
G. Cole. At the meeting of the chorus
Thursday evening, captains Of five
were appointed to assist in getting
the chorus organized for effective
work.
Fogleman Comes Back to Hays
The Billy Sunday of Business will
appear on the Normal Lecture course,
Wednesday, November 18th. Mr..
Harry L. Fogleman, who spoke so eff
fectively to the business men of Hays
last spring has been given a return
date on the Normal lecture course.
Mr.. Fogleman~ is probably the best
lecturer on business Of any man in
America today. He has taught the
science of Business in such concerns
as the Standard Oil Company, the
Ford Automobile Company, the Chi
cago and Alton Railroad Co., and
Others of like standing. The business
men of Hays should make the most
Of Mr.. Fogleman's appearance on the
lecture course.
Miss Julia NJ. Stone is working
with Supt Edna Robinson of Ness
County, this week, in Professional
Center Work.
Professor W. D. Shewman and
Mrs. Maria Stevenson will go to
Plainville, next Saturday, for a
teachers meeting. Mr.. Shewman will
speak before the high school section
and Mrs. Stevenson before the grade
school section Of the Rocks County
Teachers Association. Miss Emma
Bigge, who is county superintendent
Of Rocks county, is one of the pro-
gressive county superintendent Of
Western Kansas.
The dock for unloading coal at the
Normal School is saving a great deal
OF hard labor. A bed has been made
for the International truck which car
res one and one-half tons of coal.
When the truck is run upon the
trestle the driver pulls a lever, and
the coal is discharged without having
to be seooped. The contrivance is
due to the ingenuity of Tony Gross,
the Auto Mechanics man at the Nor
NAL School.
The Faculty Mems Club met last
Saturday evening for the discussion
of rural school consolidation. The
Fort Hays Kansas Normal School is a
pioneer in the field Of rural school
consolidation, and now that consolid-
alton is well under way in Western
Kansas the next big problem is that
OF supplying superintendents and
teachers for consolidated schools.
This viii take a special type of train
ing and the Fort Hays Kansas Nor
NAL School is preparing to make it
self an authority in this line of pre-
paration.
The Extension Division of the Nor
NAL School mailed ont 5000 ~Exten-l