Qass-LB /MM o or, Kc^v^i_^-^ S*cd~£. -v^-i/v^_ the model school was reorganized and a room set apart in the stone building for its accommodation. The city schools of Emporia furnished one grade for the "training school;" the attendance increased so rapidly that Genebal Sketch. 33 more room was needed before the year closed. Dr. Pomeroy, in his report for 1874, says : "At the annual meeting of the Board of Regents in June, provision was made for establishing in connection with the Normal, as an integral part of its work, a high school and grammar school department, to be called the Model School, and a training school to consist of all grades below the grammar grade. In this new order, the professional work of the Normal in the education of teachers was especially regarded and facilitated by the establishment of schools of observation and practice in teaching. With the fall term, the new plan was carried into operation, and with most gratifying results." One room of the main building, that corresponding to No. 18 of the present building, was used by the model school in 1874-5. In 1875-6 the model school used two or three rooms of the old stone building. These departments were affected largely by the varying fortunes of the School, until the fire, which the model or preparatory department only survived. In January, 1880, Prof. B. T. Davis, superintendent of the city schools of Emporia, was appointed as principal of the model school and director in training. He retained his position as superintendent of the city schools and the pupil-teachers were permitted to observe and teach classes in them. A two-years preparatory course supplied grammar-school classes for practice in teaching in the Normal School building itself. This plan was not very satisfactory to the people of the city, nor to the management of the Normal School, and in July, 1880, Prof. Davis resigned his position in the city schools that he might give all of his time to the Normal. A "Preparatory and Model School" was at once organized, embracing classes from the primary through the grammar grades, and the enrollment reached two hundred and two for the year. This model school enabled the director to give more definite practice at once to the teachers. In April, 1882, Professor Davis, with the approval of the faculty and regents, assumed part of the responsibility of employing Miss Emilie Kuhlmann, of Centralia, Kansas, as instructor in kindergarten methods. A kindergarten was at once organized, and before the year closed be- came a very popular feature of the School. The first term some thirty- five teachers received instruction in kindergarten methods. The next year it was made a part of the model school, and Miss Kuhlmann be- came a regular member of the faculty. The kindergarten and lower primary grades were in charge of Miss Kuhlmann ; the upper primary and lower intermediate classes in charge of Miss Sue M. Crichton, a successful primary teacher from West Virginia, who had been ap- pointed to the position of assistant in mathematics in 1879. The director in training, aided by assistants chosen from the graduating classes, supervised the advanced grades. The practice school as thus provided, carefully graded from the kindergarten up to the high school, all under intelligent and experienced supervision, furnished just the 34 HISTORY OF THE STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL. facilities needed to exemplify methods and to train teachers for such grades of public school work as they might have in view. Prof. J. N. Wilkinson, a graduate of the Illinois State Normal Uni- versity, as the successor of Professor Davis, September, 1884, brought with him a valuable experience in all grades of public school work. In the spring of 1887, Miss Crichton resigned her position, and was succeeded by Miss L. J. Stephenson, late superintendent of schools for Woodson county. In June, 1888, Miss Minnie E. Curtiss, of Adams, Mass., was elected assistant teacher, part time, and was at once placed in charge of the grammar-school classes. These three ladies and the assistant chosen from the senior class, cooperate with the director in the management of the model school and the practice work of the pupil- teachers. In 1885 the term "preparatory" was dropped and the term "model" only retained, as the school is sustained primarily to give the pupils in the normal department actual practice in teaching, rather than to prepare the children in it for entering the Normal proper. In a general way, much had been done to awaken an interest in light gymnastics. Calisthenics had been a regular exercise at the very be- ginning of the School. The building of 1873 had a room set apart for the gymnasium, but in the urgent need of other departments it was left unfinished. A small appropriation by the Legislature in 1883 suf- ficed to finish the gymnasium, in the building of 1880, a large and well- ventilated room in the basement, and supply it with suitable apparatus. Prof. Davis, as director in training and gymnastics, was an enthusiast in this department, and the increased facilities enabled him to organize the pupils into classes for regular drill for ten or fifteen minutes daily. In these exercises Dio Lewis's system was largely followed. A system of measurements was adopted, and record books provided. From time to time additional apparatus has been put into the gymnasium in the way of chest weights, walking-rings, ladders, etc. In the winter of 1889 a room in the third story was supplied with a good line of instruments for physical measurement. The records are made in accord with the latest and best approved anthropometric systems. Valuable features from Blaikie's system and from military tactics have been added. A variety of desk exercises has been devised, suggested in part by the Swedish system of gymnastics. All pupils, unless excused by satisfac- tory reasons, are required to engage in the daily exercises in light gymnastics under the direction of chiefs chosen from the advanced classes. Certain periods are assigned pupils who may wish to use the heavier apparatus. While nothing requiring very great skill is at- tempted, enough is provided to awaken that zest which makes all such exercise healthful and profitable. Every pupil before graduation is re- quired to lead a section in drills for such time as the director may designate. This gives practice in command, and serves to develop self-confidence. The following points are kept constantly in view: the development of health, strength, beauty of form, grace of movement, General Sketch. 35 the subserviency of body to the demands of mind, and withal of higher ideals of the physical man and woman. The fire of 1878 swept away everything valuable belonging to the natural science department. When Prof. H. E. Sadler was called to the chair, in 1880, he was compelled to work with such simple material as he could gather together. To one just out of the splendid laboratories of Yale College this was no light task, and yet that very experience now enabled him to devise ways and means to awaken an interest in the sciences which played no little part in bringing them into their present prominence. The limited time given to most of the subjects did not give very satisfactory results, however, and when in 1884 the "common school," a two-years course, was abolished, the time for each of the sci- ences was extended to a full term — twenty weeks. More extended text-books were introduced, and the work was greatly enlarged. On the resignation of Prof. Sadler in 1886, Dr. T. H. Dinsmore, of York College, Pa., was elected to the chair of physics, chemistry and physiology, and Prof. D. S. Kelly, late of Jeff ersonville, Ind., to the chair of natural history. The division of the work enabled each department to give more time to the development of laboratory practice. With the completion of the new wing in 1888, four handsome rooms were fitted up for the use of each department — the laboratories proper being in the basement. Though for years the classes had done more or less in the way of ex- perimentation, it now became possible to permit every pupil to do a large amount of laboratory work. Pupils are assigned to regular duty there, and do a variety of work in the way of dissections, making simple apparatus, etc., etc. From a thousand to fifteen hundred dol- lars per year is now appropriated for apparatus and museum, and so generous are the facilities becoming that there are probably few schools outside the old and heavily endowed colleges that accomplish more in the practical way in the study of this most delightful depart- ment of knowledge. In the spring of 1883, Miss M. P. Spencer, one of the "immortal eighteen" who entered the School when it first opened and a graduate in the class of 1869, was elected to the chair of elocution. The chair might better be called the chair of reading, for the reading classes proper monopolize most of her time. While devoting her energies largely to reading, she has charge of the second-term classes in decla- mation, and gives fortnightly lessons to the senior class in the Delsarte system of expression. In teaching elocution, the art of interpretation is regarded as no less desirable than the art of expression, and the re- sult has been highly satisfactory. All of the work is supplemented by instruction in methods of teaching reading. Though drawing is not one of the required branches in the public schools of the State, it is rapidly winning its way to popular favor. The art department of the State Normal School has been a great factor in bringing it into its present prominence. Among the teachers whose 36 HISTORY OF THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. ability and enthusiasm awakened interest in the subject, perhaps Mrs. W. S. Picken, formerly Miss L. H. Hoxie, should be mentioned first. She was elected to the chair of drawing and geography in 1881, and at the time of her resignation in 1887, had made her department one of the most attractive feat- ures of the School. She was succeeded by Miss May L. Clif- ford, of the State Normal Art School, Boston, a lady of rare taste and promise. The de- partment is now provided with a fine line of casts, reliefs, models, typical historical or- naments, illustrations of the various schools of architecture, photographs, etchings, engravings, stereopticon views, etc., etc. It is conceded that no other Normal School west of New York possesses completer facilities for instruction in art. The department occupies two rooms on the second floor. The problem of securing a thorough musician for the music classes without drawing too largely on the salary fund has been happily solved by paying a reasonable compensation for the instruction of the regu- lar vocal classes, and insuring a good income from private pupils in instrumental and vocal music. The experiment proved very successful under the direction of Prof. A.-C. Moss, formerly of Pennsylvania, and his successor, Prof. Geo. B. Penny, recently of the Metropolitan Con- servatory, New York City, is greatly pleased with the progress his classes are making. The work is thoroughly up with that done in the best schools. The department has several pianos in its service. A CORNER IN THE ART DEPARTMENT, 1889. Faculty Regis tee. 37 paealty Register. PRESIDENTS. L. B. Kellogg 1865-71 i R. B. Welch, 1879-82 G. W. Hoss, 1871-73 A. R. Taylor, . . . 1882-. C. R. Pomeroy, 1873-79 I TEACHERS. Directors in Training. B. T. Davis from Jan. 1880-84 J. N. Wilkinson 1884-. Mathematics. Mrs. G. H. Gorham, 1867-71 S. S. Babcock, 1872-73 P. J. Carmichael, 1873-76 Geo. Fowler, 1879-85 M. A. Bailey, 1885-. Natural Sciences. H. B. Norton, .... 1865-70 and 1873-75 R. B. Dilwoeth, 1870-73 S. C. Delap, 1875-77 and 1878-79 P. Harris, 1877-78 M. R. Cook 1879-80 H. E. Sadler, 1880-85 Language and History. Abbie G. Homer, 1866-67 Mary J. Watson, 1868-69 M. C. Lamprey, 1871-72 Emilia F. Brewer, 1871-73 Mrs. A. P. Morse, 1873-75 Mrs. M. J. Pomeroy, 1875-79 Florence Wheat 1880-81 Viola V. Price 1881- Latin. J. H. Hill, 1887-. Dr awing. Rebecca C. Buchanan, 1874-80 Thyge Sogard 1880-81 Lillian Hoxie Picken, 1881-87 May L. Clifford, 1887-. Physics and Chemistry. T. H. DlNSMORE,jr., 1885-. Natural History. Dorman S. Kelly, 1885-. Reading and Elocution. Mrs. A. M. Philbrick, 1869-73 Mrs. S. C. Delap, . . 1876-77 and 1878-79 Martha Joy, 1879-81 Martha P. Spencer, 1883-. Music. M. J. Stimpson, . one term in 186S. T. G. Jones 1872-74 Mrs. J. D. Lee 1874-75 Mary A. Dickason 1875-76 Miss Peebles, 1876-77 Kate S. Clisbee, 1877-79 Mrs. A. Adams, term ending Jan. 1880. Thyge Sogard From Jan. 1880-81 J. T. Rees, 1882-83 R. A. Kinzie, 1883-84 Alfred C Moss, 1884-88 Geo. B. Penny, 1888-. Model School. Mary R. Pitman, 1867-68 Ellen Plumb, 1868-70 Mary Baker 1870-73 Rose M. Smith, 1873-74 Sarah E. Sprague, 1874-75 Irene Gilbert, 1875-76 Ella Murdock, 1876-77 Effie Partch, 1877-79 Susan E. Crichton, 1880-87 Lizzie J. Stephenson, 1887-89 Assistants. Irene Gilbert, 1874-75 Effie Partch, 1875-76 Marion Delap, 1875-76 A. Gridley, 1875-76 Frank Kizer (and curator), . . . 1879-80 Asenath E. Dixon, 1879-80 Margaret E. Esden 1881-82 William Rees, 1881-82 E. D. Kirby, 1881-82 Weltha A. Webster 1881-82 Anna Bissell, 1882-83 Lulu H. Holmes, 1883-85 Anna L. Carll, 1885-86 Bertice C Hastings 1887-88 Myrtle Jones, 1887-88 Jeanne Brazil 1888-89 Kindergarten. Emilie Kuhlmann 1882-. History and Assistant. Minnie E. Curtiss, 1888-89 38 Hi 8 TOBY OF THE STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL. SKETCHES. "The father and protector" of the Kansas State Normal School, Hon. L. B. Kellogg, was born September 28, 1841. He spent his early boy- hood in Ohio, then became a student in the Illinois Normal University, graduating in 1864. For a short time, Mr. Kellogg was teacher in the model department of the same institution, and was preparing to enter the law department of Harvard University. Mr. Morse visited the Uni- versity in search of a teacher to take charge of the Normal School in the new State of Kansas. President Edwards recommended the energetic model-school teacher, L. B. Kellogg. The honor was at first graciously declined, but after some deliberation, and considerable press- ure, the call was accepted, and on February 15, 1865, the Kansas Normal School was opened, with L. B. Kellogg as principal and the only teacher. The young principal laid broad and deep the foundation of normal- school work, thus securing the future prosperity of the institution. While each successive president has had his peculiar merits, each hav- ing high rank among educators, we doubt if any other man could have so successfully taken the crude material of a frontier people, and with the limited resources, could have so fashioned, equipped, and set afloat the educational barque of our young State. Such was his zeal and his tact, that in a very few months the School was a prominent factor in the educational life of Kansas, and before his resignation at the end of six years the institution had a national reputation. An evidence of his high standing as an educator was an offer, in 1867, from the University of Missouri, to take charge of the Normal Department of that institu- tion at a salary of $2,100. On December 19, 1866, Principal Kellogg was married to Miss Abbie G. Homer, who for a short time was a member of the Faculty. She was a lady of fine culture, but of delicate constitution. Two sons were born to them, Vernon and Fred, now students in our State University. On May 15, 1873, Mrs. Kellogg passed from this life — the victim of consumption. On leaving the teacher's profession, Mr. Kellogg began the practice of law in Arkansas City, Kansas, but soon after returned to Emporia, and opened an office here. His marriage to Mrs. J. M. Arthur took place in 1878. Mrs. Kellogg, a scholar and a student, was soon admitted to the bar, and the two constituted the unique firm of husband and wife, attorneys at law. Though the practice of the profession has been left mainly to the husband, the intelligent interest of Mrs. Kellogg has quickened his powers, aiding him in a constantly-broadening field of activity. By this marriage, two sons and a daughter have been added to the family. Mr. Kellogg was elected a Representative in the Legis- lature in 1876, and on the expiration of his term, was immediately elected Probate Judge for Lyon county, serving three successive terms. He was elected State Senator before the last term expired. In the later history of the Normal School, the institution has been Sketches of faculty. 39 quite as deeply indebted to Mr. Kellogg as in earlier times, since it was largely through his influence in the Senate that the Legislature added the salt lands to the endowment fund, and made the appropriation for the much-needed wing recently erected. The position in the Legis- lature was a step to one of the highest within the gift of the State — that of Attorney General, to which Mr. Kellogg was chosen in the fall election of 1888. Mrs. Kellogg has been appointed Assistant Attorney General. In the life of the second president of the Normal School we see a long career devoted to educational labor. Geo. W. Hoss, LL. D., was born in Brown county, Ohio, on a farm. He was educated in Asbury (now DePauw) University. In 1852, he was made professor of mathe- matics in the Indiana Female College, and three years later became president of the same institution. Later, he accepted the chair of mathematics in the Northwestern Christian University, of Indianapolis, and in 1864 was elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction in the State of Indiana, holding the position for two terms. Retiring from the superintendency, Prof. Hoss took charge of the department of English literature in the Indiana State University, leaving this po- sition to accept the presidency of the Kansas State Normal School in 1871. In spite of the opposition encountered by the School in those early days, his administration was marked by a steady growth of the insti- tution. Perhaps the most subtantial evidence of this was the handsome brick structure erected during the period of his presidency. His in- fluence upon young people was most salutary, and Dr. Hoss and his estimable wife were great favorites in the church circles of the com- munity. Dr. Hoss has also extended experience in journalism, having been editor and proprietor of the Indiana School Journal for a term of nine years, and having had charge of the Kansas Educationist from 1880 till 1884. Under his management, the tone of the paper was elevated and the circulation extended. In 1880, Dr. Hoss was appointed instructor in elocution and lecturer on oratory in the Kansas State Normal, in which position he served for some time. On retiring from editorial work, Dr. Hoss accepted the chair of Eng- lish literature and oratory in Baker University, Kansas, a department for which he is eminently fitted by his tastes and attainments. A lover of the beautiful, he has been a life student of the science and art of expression, and zealously strives to lead his pupils to excel in the noble field of oratory. Db. C. R. Pomeboy, the subject of this sketch, connected his history with the Kansas State Normal by accepting the presidency of this in- stitution in 1874. He entered upon the work with superior qualifica- tions, as evidenced by his earlier history and years of successful labor in the educational field. He was graduated from Wesleyan University, 40 HIS TOBY OF THE STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL. Middletown, Conn., first third of class, A. B. 1853, A. M. 1856; and from Simpson Centenary College, D. D. 1874. He was a student of theology at Union Theological Seminary in 1853-54; was teacher of Greek for a time in Ft. Edward Collegiate Institute; held a principalship in different schools from 1856 to 1860; was ordained in 1868, and became pastor at Batavia, N. Y., the following year; was president of the Kan- sas State Normal School six years. He was an able instructor, an excellent disciplinarian, and a leader who felt his responsibility in moulding the character, as well as the intellect of the youth in his charge, and many a student gratefully remembers his starting toward the better part of life as due to Pres. Pomeroy's strong moral influence. He was keenly alive to the fact that many teachers undermine their health (making inefficient teachers) from lack of out-door exercise; and in this, as in all else, he "practiced what he preached," and could often be seen riding horseback, or out in the early morning chopping his own firewood. His estimable wife, Mrs. Pomeroy, took charge of the languages in 1875. She was a kind and sympathetic friend, as well as an able and enthusiastic instructor, and her many noble qualities greatly endeared her to her pupils. The work of President Pomeroy's graduates and students who went out to teach clearly demonstrates th« wisdom of his favorite quotation in school work, that "Anything that is worth doing at all is worth doing well." President Pomeroy and his wife were staunch friends of the Normal; and when the students met in the old boarding-hall after the fire, under the discouraging prospect of a removal of the School from this place, it was their leader who began, "Hold the fort, for I am coming," joined by the students' earnest voices; and it was not until the darkest hours were passed, the School reestablished, and a new building was being erected, that President Pomeroy resigned in 1880 to accept the presi- dency of Callanan College, Des Moines, Iowa, remaining there until 1888, when he resigned and moved to Vashon Island, Washington Territory. He is now presiding elder of that district. R. B. Welch, M. A., now State's attorney for Shawnee county, Kansas, was educated in Illinois Wesleyan University, at Bloomington. Previous to coming to Kansas he was engaged in educational work in Abingdon, in Washington, and in Pontiac, Illinois. Prof. Welch was president of the Kansas State Normal from August, 1879, till June, 1882. Under his vigorous management the increase in attendance was quite marked, and an era of prosperity for the School began to dawn. Prof. Welch was kind and genial, was beloved by his pupils, and was popular throughout the State as an educator. It was therefore a source of deep regret when the announcement came that he was soon to abandon his profession for the law. He is a deep thinker, a ready speaker, and a natural born leader. Few men are better able to present a philosoph- ical subject in an entertaining and instructive manner to a popular audience. However, Mr. Welch is not entirely lost to his old profession, since he evinces an abiding interest in education and in the welfare of Sketches of Faculty. 41 our State Normal School. Aside from performing his legal duties, Mr. Welch is now president of the board of education of the city of Topeka. He married Miss Maggie Hamand, of McLean county, 111., July 31, 1870. She is a woman of noble heart, and has been to him a helpmeet in the highest sense of that word. To her sympathy and faithfulness he freely ascribes whatever of success may have come in life's battle. Pour bright children — Charles, Lena Bell, William, and Kate — grace their home. It is an interesting coincidence that the present president of the State Normal School of Kansas was not only a pupil of the first presi- dent of the same institution, but was a member of the class reciting at ihe moment Prof. Kellogg was called from his pupils in the model de- partment of the Illinois Normal University to be interviewed by the regent from Kansas. Albeet R. Taylor, Ph.D., is a native of Putnam county, Illinois. Like many of America's own true sons, he was born in a log-cabin, and like many whom our country loves to honor, his earliest occupation was farming. Later he became a machinist, continuing in this work, except one year, until entering college. This one year was spent in merchandising, and perhaps no year of his education was more valu- able to the future teacher of psychology and management than this, which afforded so fine an opportunity to the keen observer for the study of men. After leaving the Normal University, he was for a time a student in Knox College, and later in Lincoln University, where he graduated with the class of '72. Mr. Taylor had planned to study law upon the com- pletion of his course at Lincoln, but was immediately offered a tutor- ship in the University, which he accepted. Teaching proved a delight, and before the year closed a full professorship was offered him. This was the chair of natural sciences, which Prof. Taylor filled until his election to the presidency of the Kansas State Normal School in 1882. Upon his accepting the new position, his Alma Mater conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. In this institution was a wide field for the activities of this organizer and lover of didactic art. There was the beginning of a rebound from those days of adversity in the history of the Normal School; and the incoming president not only availed himself of the elements of power developed by his friend and predecessor, President Welch, but also of those elements of strength which had characterized each administra- tion. The alumni and former students find a hearty welcome to the old Normal home; their interests are the School's interests, and the School's interests, theirs. Under his management, the growth of the institution becomes a source of pride throughout the State. The new president at once takes front rank among our educators, being chosen president of the State Teachers' Association in his second year in Kan- sas. In 1886 the Emporia friends compliment him by a life director- ship in the National Educational Association, and he is chosen president 42 Hi 8 TOBY OF THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. of the Normal section of the Association for the great Chicago meeting in 1887. His educational lectures are in great demand, and the prod- ucts of his pen are sought by our leading magazines. But while his professional labors have borne noble fruits, there is another field of work where the harvest is plenteous, and where possibly President Taylor has a richer reward. A thorough Bible student, he has been for years a devoted teacher in the Sabbath school, was for quite a time a regular commentator on the lessons, contributing to the St. Louis Observer, and is now a member of the corps of lecturers for the Pertle Springs, Missouri, State Sunday-School Encampment of the C. P. Church. In October, 1873, Mr. Taylor married Miss Minerva Dent, who is in entire sympathy with him in his labors, and who lives in the hearts of his friends as his peer. Their home, graced by the presence of the two daughters, Jessie and Kittie, sheds a beautiful radiance upon the lives of the many young people whose privilege and pleasure it is to enter therein. S. S. Babcock had charge of the chair of mathematics from 1871 to 1873. He was a man of fine literary taste, ripe scholarship, a vig- orous mathematician, and a brilliant teacher. His connection with the institution was during the troubled period of its history, and his stay was short. Prof. Babcock returned to Ypsilanti, Mich., in which city he had formerly been connected with the faculty of the State Nor- mal. Soon after, he changed his profession to that of the law and re- moved to the city of Chicago. M. A. Bailey, A.M., was born at Middlefield, Ct., January 31, 1856, and graduated from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Ct., in 1877. In August of the same year he married Miss Ida Shelley, of Durham, Ct., a lady much beloved in the Normal circle of acquaintances. Soon after, he began teaching in the public schools of Winsted, Ct. Upon leaving Winsted, in 1880, he became head master of the high school of Keene, N. H., where he remained till elected to the chair of mathe- matics in the Kansas State Normal, a position for which he was most highly recommended by prominent educators in New England. His work here has not only demonstrates the fact that Prof. Bailey is a mathematician, but that he is energetic, thorough, clear, incisive as a teacher. He is well-known as an institute instructor and con- ductor, and is one of the few men who are able to teach "thirteen months in the year." Miss Maet Bakee was for a time teacher of the model department, and was a lady of noble character and fine attainments. She taught here during the years of 1870-73, and is now deceased. Her home was in Illinois. Miss Emilia F. Bbewee, of the department of language and history, has now completed her thirtieth year as a teacher. Her teaching in Kansas previous to coming to Emporia consisted in some years in Sketches of Faculty. 43 Leavenworth and Paola. She is a graduate of Mt. Holyoke, and im- bued with the benevolent spirit of the noble founder of that institu- tion. Miss Brewer went to the Dark Continent in 1876 to teach in a school established there for the higher education of the young people, descendants of a colony of Huguenots, then just established by the government of Holland. In 1883 Miss Brewer returned to America, spent a " delightful year in study at Wellesley College," then went in the service of the Woman's Home Missionary Association to teach among the mountain whites of northwestern Alabama, where she has since been at work. Her life is thus given to the lowly and the needy, doing what she can. Her present address is Grinnell, Iowa. Miss Kebeoca C. Buchanan was teacher of drawing, geography and penmanship from 1874 to 1880. Leaving here she was for several years connected with Callanan College, Des Moines, Iowa, and from there went to Boston, Mass. At the time of her resignation, the board of re- gents resolved " that during the five years of her stay in the State Nor- mal she had exhibited superior qualifications of head and heart for the right performance of the duties of her chair." P. J. Caemiohael had been superintendent of the city schools of Leavenworth and of Emporia for some time previous to his work in the Normal. After a term of three years in this institution he went to California, but in 1880 was recalled to the superintendency of the city schools of Emporia. Leaving here he went to Altoona, Pa., as superintendent of the schools. Miss Mat L. Cliffobd is now in her second year in the art de- partment of this institution. This lady graduated in the State Normal School of Maine, and later in the State Normal Art School of Massa- chusetts. By several years of studio work under careful criticism, Miss Clifford has prepared herself for teaching advanced drawing, oil and water-color painting, applied design and modeling, in addition to the systematic instruction in methods and execution, which is an important part of the course of study in the institution, and of especial advantage to teachers. Miss Clifford began teaching in the district schools. Later she was a member of the faculty of the State Normal of New Hamp- shire, where she instructed in methods, and also had charge of the art work in all grades of public schools constituting the training depart- ment. Therefore by study and by experience, as well as by her natural qualifications, Miss Clifford is admirably fitted for the important chair which she fills. Her work, while replete with practical aids to the teacher, is marked by a refining influence upon the life and character of the young ladies and gentlemen, by whom she is regarded as an ideal teacher. Miss Kate Clisbee, now Mrs. Perry, living in Berea, Ohio, was teacher of music from 1877 to 1879. 44 Hi 8 TOBY OF THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. M. R. Cook, C. E., of the department of natural sciences, held the position during the year of 1879-80, and had held a similar position in the State Normal School of New York before coming west. Modest and retiring, he was little known save to the few intimate friends among his co-workers, who say that he was a man of royal parts. He met his death on the 23d of April, 1888, by falling seventy feet in a mining shaft, at Galena, Kansas. Rev. W. E. Copeland was for one year teacher of Latin, geology, and book-keeping. He was not regularly employed as a member of the faculty, but rendered very valuable assistance in the teaching force during the year of 1873-74. Miss Susan E. Cbichton was educated in Parkersburg, West Vir- ginia, in which State she was born. Miss Crichton possesses rare nat- ural qualifications for teaching, being vivacious, apt, and filled with that pride of profession which gave such inspiration to the pupil- teachers under her training, and made her so delightful with the little people. For nearly seven years she was the efficient teacher in charge of the model intermediate department. In March, 1887, Miss Crichton resigned her position and married Mr. Lou Hoxie. She is now a resi- dent of Lawrence, Kansas. Miss Minnie E. Cuetiss came into this institution with the opening of the present year, September 3, 1888, a young lady of fine ability and high culture, having graduated at Onondaga Seminary and at Syracuse University, and having traveled extensively in Europe. Upon gradua- tion, the University conferred on her the degree of B. Ph., and three years later that of M. Ph. This lady had won a reputation as teacher in Carmel, N. Y., and in Adams, Mass., which made her a desirable ac- quisition to the faculty of the Kansas State Normal. Miss Curtiss has charge of the department of U. S. history, and is assistant in the train- ing department. She is everywhere efficient and faithful, inspiring her pupils with high aims and earnest effort. Buel T. Davis was principal of the training department from 1879 till 1884. He graduated in this institution, in the class of '76, and im- mediately accepted a position as superintendent of the schools of Che- topa, Kansas, for the ensuing year. The following summer he was elected to the superintendency of the city schools of Emporia, retain- ing this position until he took charge of the training department. The department, under his direction, soon became an important factor in the School. It was largely under his own personal responsibility that the kindergarten was introduced, and much that is still valu- able in the model school is due to his ability and energy. He quickly systematized the work in physical training, and succeeded in awaking great enthusiasm for physical culture. He is possessed of good execu- tive ability, is familiar with all grades of public-school work, and his social qualities make him friends in every circle in which he moves. Sketches of faculty. 45 Prof. Davis was married in 1883 to Miss Waite, of Seneca, Kansas, a lady highly esteemed for her womanly traits of character. Resigning in 1884, Prof. Davis devoted himself for a time to editorial work. Find- ing this less to his tastes than teaching, he accepted the superintendency of the Chetopa schools for a short time; then went to Anthony, Kansas, as superintendent of the city schools. He has been elected superin- tendent of the Atchison schools for the ensuing year. Mks. S. C. Delap was assistant in the model school for 1875-6, and had charge of reading and elocution for 1877 and 1879. She is a grad- uate of the National School of Elocution and Oratory, of Philadelphia; is a woman of untiring energy and a fine teacher, with marked devo- tion to her profession. In 1880, Mrs. Delap removed with her husband to Trinidad, Colorado. Several bright young faces now grace their home, and Mrs. Delap devotes her attention to the cares of home, re- taining an active interest in social and public affairs. S. C. Delap, B.S., hfid charge of the department of natural science in 1875 and 1876, and also from 1877 to 1879. He taught in one of the Pennsylvania State normal schools in 1876-77. He is a graduate of the Millersville State Normal School of Pennsylvania, where he also taught for a time after graduation, after which he was connected with the faculty of the Indiana State Normal School of Pennsylvania. After his resignation in the Kansas State Normal, Prof. Delap took a course in the School of Homeopathy, in the University of Iowa, graduating March 4, 1880; and very soon after he settled in Trinidad, Col., as a physician, and is now enjoying an extensive practice in that city. As a teacher, his work in physiology was especially fine, since he had long anticipated entering the medical profession. R. P. Dilwoeth, of the chair of natural sciences from 1889 to 1873, was a graduate of Princeton College, of the class of '64. Perhaps no man in the history of the institution is more fully described by the word "brilliant" than is Prof. Dilworth. In teaching-power he was strong, making alive every subject he touched. Geography was espe- cially vivid and interesting as presented by him, and enthusiastic dis- ciples say that he alone taught them geography. Mr. Dilworth was for a time in the Union army, and before coming west was pastor of a church in Union City, Pa. After severing his connection with the State Normal School, he resumed his ministerial labors in Pennsyl- vania, remaining there for some years, but is now a home missionary for the Presbyterian church, with headquarters in Vashon Island, Puget Sound. Address, New Tacoma, W. T. T. H. Dinsmoee, jr., Ph.D., of the chair of physics and chemistry, was graduated at the Highland University, Kansas, in 1876, and was imme- diately elected to the chair of physics and elocution in that institution. In 1879 the Degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him, and the same year he received and accepted a call to the chair of natural sci- 46 History of the State Normal School. ence in the York College, York, Pa. In 1880 he was elected a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The year 1883, while connected with York College, he spent in post-graduate work in the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. The degree of Doc- tor of Philosophy was conferred upon him in 1884. In 1885 he resigned his life professorship in York College to accept a call to the chair of physics and chemistry in the Kansas State Normal School. In 1888 he was elected president of the Kansas Academy of Science. In addition to his educational work he makes a specialty of popular scientific lect- ures. The wide recognition of the ability and scholarship of Prof. Dinsmore presents a handsome testimonial of his fitness for the de- partment of physics, chemistry and physiology. He is actively en- gaged in all forms of church work, and his uniform courtesy makes him a great favorite in society, as well as in the immediate circle of students. George Fowler, A.B., had charge of the department of mathematics from 1879 till June of 1885. He was graduated at Amherst College, and had taught in Saratoga, N. Y., and also in Poughkeepsie. The law had been the chosen profession of Mr. Fowler, and after six years in the State Normal he resigned, and soon after became a member of the legal firm of Gillett, Fowler & Sadler. He continued in this firm until 1888, when he removed to Seattle, W. T., where he now resides and works in the interests of the Central Loan and Mortgage Company. Prof. Fowler is scholarly, a man of exquisite taste, a fine literary critic, and was a lover of the work in his department. He was deservedly beloved as a teacher. Miss Irene Gilbert, the successor of Miss Smith in the model de- partment, was educated in the Fredonia Academy, in Fredonia, N. Y. In this city she was also engaged in teaching for a time, after which she taught in the schools of Winona, Minn., until accepting the posi- tion in the State Normal School here. Miss Gilbert was conscientious and faithful, and her work was regarded as truly model teaching. Like many other excellent instructors in this unsettled period of the history of the Normal, it was a matter of deep regret that her stay was so brief. Miss Gilbert has been teaching the entire time since leaving here, and has for a number of years had charge of a primary department in the Kansas City schools. The second lady employed in this institution was Mrs. J. H. Gorham, as preceptress and teacher of mathematics. On entering upon her duties here, Mrs. Gorham was given temporary charge of the model department, when it opened, in 1867. Having been a student in the Illinois State Normal University, after a period of teaching in Rock- ford, 111., Mrs. Gorham came to the Kansas State Normal School in 1867, remaining here until 1871. Not only was she in charge of math- ematics, but reading, history and botany as well, for in those days we scarcely heard of departments in the School. Mrs. Gorham was a rigid Sketches of faculty. 47 disciplinarian, and a very thorough teacher — a true disciple of normal methods. Soon after leaving Kansas, Mrs. Gorham was married to G. S. Robinson, a lawyer, now a Justice of the Supreme Court of Iowa. Together with the care of four children and general housekeeping duties, Mrs. Robinson finds time to superintend a Sabbath school, lead a Chautauqua class and a ladies' literary club, and also performs the duties of member of the school board in Storm Lake, Iowa, her present home. Thus she keeps fully abreast of the times, her old love of edu- cation and progress fanned to a brighter flame by the demands of the home circle. Pkof. P. Hakeis, of the department of natural sciences, taught in this institution during the year 1876-7. After his resignation, he went to Mendota, 111., and on November 29, 1877, married Miss Peebles, the teacher of music for that year. Mr. Harris was for some years en- gaged in civil engineering at St. Charles, Mo., and at Kansas City, re- moving to the latter place in '84. When last heard from they resided in Colorado. Joseph H. Hill, A.M., of the department of Latin, was a resident of Emporia in his boyhood; was a pupil in the city schools, then in the State Normal, graduating in this institution in 1876. His first experi- ence in teaching was in the public schools of Oswego, Kansas, which was followed by teaching in the Americus, and later the Emporia public schools; spent several summers in institute work. Mr. Hill then de- cided to take a course in theology, and accordingly entered the North- western University, at Evanston, 111., graduating there in 1887. In 1886* he entered the Rock River conference of the M. E. Church, served two years in the pastorate at Maywood, 111., and is now a member of the South Kansas conference. In 1887, he was offered and accepted the chair of Latin, a department newly created in his first Alma Mater. He is peculiarly well adapted to this work, and his thorough study of sacred truth gives him a power which makes his influence as a teacher invalu- able. Miss Lulu H. Holmes, our own rare Lulu, came to us at the age of sixteen, completed the three -years course two years later, and was elected tutor with the privilege of continuing her studies. Upon the completion of the higher course, she was elected to a position in the faculty, and there, in the short few months, she made herself as dear to her pupils as she had been to her teachers and friends. Her genius as a student shone even more brilliant as a teacher, inspiring her pupils to the activity of their highest powers. And beautiful indeed was her womanhood, embodying that pure faith which made more radiant the lives of all who knew her. In her short score of years she lived a life as fully rounded as many of ours may be in the three score and ten. She was called to her reward June 5, 1885. She sleeps in the Maple- wood cemetery, near this city, and loving friends strew her grave with the choicest flowers of every season. 48 HIS TOBY OF THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. It was during the administration of President Welch that Miss Lillian F. Hoxie, of Fort Scott, was secured for the department of geography, penmanship, and drawing. She had taught in the public schools of Michigan, and in Bourbon county, this State, and in the city schools of Fort Scott. Her work there, together with institute instruc- tion and class exercises before teachers' associations, had won for her a State reputation. Miss Hoxie received her education in Michigan University. She is a woman of brilliant intellect, wonderful energy, and marked enthusiasm. This, with a ready fund of knowledge, rare powers of expression, and a thorough love of teaching, make her un- usually popular in her profession. In 1886, Miss Hoxie was married to W. S. Picken, now one of the rising educators of our State; in 1887, she resigned her professorship, having held the position since '81. She re- tains her love of teaching, still responding to numerous requests for institute work, and at present teaches one of the primary grades in Eureka, Kansas, her husband being superintendent of the schools. T. G. Jones, a teacher of fine ability, instructed in music during the years of 1872, '73, and '74. He was a composer of some note, and a fine musical critic. His general scholarship was superior, and later his love of theology led him into the ministry. He accepted a call in the East, and has been engaged in preaching since leaving here, with intervals of rest spent at his farm near Key West, Coffey county, Kan. Miss Mabtha Jot taught reading and elocution from '76 to '79. Her work was valued highly by the regents, who express "great regret that she saw fit to sever her relations with the State Normal School." She was a faithful and a progressive teacher. Soon after leaving here, Miss Joy became Mrs. Robt. Dolsen, of Bay City, Michigan, where she re- sided until the time of her sad death in 1888. The chair of natural history was established in 1885, and Prof. Doe- man S. Kelly, of Indiana, was elected to take charge of the new de- partment. Mr. Kelly received his early education in a private seminary, and later in the State Normal School of Indiana. His career in teach- ing was a valuable preparation for a teacher in a normal school. He first taught in the district schools of Owen county, Ind., attending school between-times; and then as principal in the graded schools of his home village, Patricksburg, Ind. From here he was called to the principal- ship of one of the ward schools of Evansville, and at the close of the first year, 1877, was made assistant superintendent, retaining this posi- tion for five years, when he accepted the superintendency of the Jeffer- sonville schools, retaining this till coming to Kansas. Prof. Kelly has spent his summers in travel and study. The summer of 1886 he passed at Harvard, taking special work, and he has devoted much time to the collection of specimens. His great energy and perseverance have en- abled him to build a fine foundation in the department of natural his- tory, while his genial and kindly manner wins for him a wide circle of Sketches of Faculty. 49 friends. Prof. Kelly was married in November, 1888, to Mrs. Louise Fox, formerly librarian of this institution. Miss Emilie Kuhlmann received her education in her native country, in the city of Bremen, Germany. For the purpose of perfecting her knowledge of the life and the language of the French, she accepted a position as teacher in France, where she remained eight years. Her interests were soon enlisted in America, and also in Kansas and its future. Her practical knowledge of kindergarten and primary methods made her a desirable woman for the primary department of a normal school, and in April, 1882, she was employed to establish a kindergarten here as an experiment, for the remainder of the year. The experiment proved so prolific of practical results, that the contract was renewed for the succeeding year. The department has been exceedingly popu- lar, attracting many pupils from other States for special study in pri- mary methods. Its great success is the best testimonial of the energy and effort of this guardian of the little ones, who is effecting a more intelligent activity in our primary schools. She also instructs in French and German, in special classes from the normal department. Miss Kuhlmann is now an American citizen, having been naturalized in 1886. She is ingenious in method, and readily adapts herself to our customs; is devoted to our institutions, and has a decided preference for the English language. With her native German strength are com- bined that gentleness and purity which are as essential to true woman- hood as to the successful teacher. Mbs. J. D. Lee had charge of the department of music during the year of 1874-75. In addition to her department work, she also taught drawing and penmanship. Mrs. Lee, formerly Miss Steele, was edu- cated in Mt. Holyoke Seminary, in Massachusetts, and had taught, before coming here, in Northfield, Minn. She was a fine musician and a faithful teacher, and during her short stay accomplished much of value for her department. After leaving Emporia, she taught for six years in the primary department of the Kansas City public schools and is now a resident of Chicago, 111. Mes. A. P. Moese, after the death of her husband, the Rev. G. C. Morse, became a teacher in the public schools of Emporia, and later was employed in the Normal School as preceptress and teacher of literature, rhetoric, and history. Mrs. Morse as Miss Abby P. Barber had received her education principally at Wheaton Seminary, Norton, Mass. She was especially fond of those subjects of which she had charge, and was an enthusiastic and inspiring teacher. But as guardian of the young ladies whose interests Mrs. Morse had so thoroughly at heart, her services were even more valuable to the institution. Her resignation, in 1876, was therefore deeply regretted by the friends of the School. After this she was principal of the high school of Em- poria, but in 1882 retired from teaching. Since then she has had a most active part in church and missionary work, in literary clubs, and 50 HISTORY OF THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. in the Chautauqua circle. She is now a member of the board of edu- cation in the city of Emporia, and is always a warm advocate of the cause of education. Prof. A. C. Moss, of the department of music, from January, '85, till June, '88, had formerly been principal of a graded school in Penn- sylvania, and later devoted his time entirely to the management of operas, choruses, and concerts, in each of which he had marked success. He also won quite a reputation as composer of the operetta, and music for the piano. Prof. Moss's skill as a chorus leader was manifest in the successful chorus work of the public entertainments given by this institution during the time he was connected with it. He is a genial gentleman, and was always the life of the Normal social circles during his stay. On tendering his resignation, Prof. Moss accepted a position in the passenger department of the A. T. & S. F. R. R., at Kansas City, Mo., which position he now fills. Miss Ella Muedook was an Emporia girl, and received her educa- tion in the State Normal, graduating in the class of '76. She had charge of the model department during the year of 1876-7, and later taught in the city schools of Emporia. Ill-health compelled her resignation, and after a time she accepted a position as clerk in the Emporia post office, retaining this position until her marriage to Mr. Pemberton, of Leavenworth. For some years Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton resided in that city, but about four years ago came to make their home in Emporia, where they now reside. Henbt B. Noeton. — "Therefore I cannot think thee wholly gone — The better part of thee is with us still." A man of rare attainments and rarer spirit, a true teacher in the broadest sense — inspiring, informing, helpful — his name has an im- perishable place in the history of the Kansas State Normal School. It was a fortunate circumstance that brought such a man in contact with the opening life of the institution. In the development of early edu- cational thought in Kansas, in casting the mold of her fast-growing new institutions, though other men may have wrought less unobtru- sively, no man rendered more valuable service than he. His life and character he wrought into other lives, and the work that he did lives still in those whom he taught. Henry Brace Norton was born in Gaines, Orleans county, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1836. At the age of 10 he removed with his father to Wisconsin, and two years later to Ogle county, 111. Naturally a student, earnest, thoughtful and aspiring, we find him receiving academic training, first at a classical school in Rockford, later at Beloit College, Wisconsin. In 1858 he entered the Illinois Normal University, where his extended and accurate knowledge, which won for him the title of "The Sage," his rare personal qualities, and his unusual literary gifts, made his record as a student a memorable one. He graduated in 1861 with high PROF. H. B. NORTON. Sketches of Faculty. 51 honors; spent one year in the institution as principal of the model school; taught one year at Warsaw, 111.; edited the Bloomington Panta- grajih for one year. Failing in health he returned to his father's home in Ogle county, and was soon afterward elected superintendent of schools for that county. From this position he received the call to Kansas, which brought him into association as vice-principal with the then just established Normal School, and had so important a bearing upon his life and the life of the institution. In 1864 Mr. Norton was married to Miss Marian Goodrich, who exchanged the relations of fel- low-student and fellow-teacher for the more intimate life-companion*- ship. With his entrance upon the Normal School work in Kansas, Mr. Norton's life-work may be said to have truly begun. With qualities admirably supplementing those of the energetic and enthusiastic prin- cipal, Mr. Kellogg, he threw his whole soul into the work, and soon made for himself in the new community a place peculiarly his own. His winning, because loving', personality, his versatility, the many- sidedness of his interest in nature, in books, and in men, his poetic gift, his rare vivifying power as a teacher, gave his tireless spirit abun- dant entrance into fields of opportunity. His work in the Normal School, in teachers' institutes, and as one of the editors of the Kansas Educational Journal, brought him closely in contact with the teachers of the State, and in 1868 they gave expression unanimously in the State Association to their wish that he might be State Superintendent. He at last, however, declined to be a candidate for the position, but re- mained connected with the Normal School during five busy years — busy indeed, for he was poet, journalist, lecturer, a frequent contributor to literary periodicals, a religious thinker and teacher, for during that period he became a licensed minister of the Congregational Church. These years of active labor brought physical and intellectual depres- sion. Resigning his position in the Normal School, in 1870, he became one of the founders of the town of Arkansas City, and sought renewal of health in the activities of frontier life. He spent much time among the Indians in the Territory, making a special study of their habits of life, and establishing a strong influence over them. In 1873 he re- turned to Emporia to resume his old work in the Normal School, re- maining as professor of natural sciences until 1875. During that time he also served as pastor of the Congregational church. His ten years of Kansas life were followed by ten equally busy and growing years in California, as teacher in the San Jose State Normal School — years doubtless of broader opportunity, for with his spirit of unresting energy he himself could not but broaden with the years. There he found fitting scope for his life's great capacities. Of the magnitude of his work on the Pacific Coast, and its felt effects in all educational circles, it is impossible here to speak in adequate terms. June 22, 1885, he died, universally beloved and mourned, having give*- to his generation a remarkable and inspiring example of pure and 52 HIS TOBY OF THE STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL. helpful manhood. He sleeps in his own "Skyland" on the slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Miss Effie Paktoh, a graduate of this institution, was assistant teacher in the model department, in the year 1875-76. Soon after leaving here she married a Rev. Mr. Campbell, and was for a time in Burr Oak, Cal. Her husband is now pastor of the M. E. church in Seattle, W. T. George Barlow Penny was born at Haverstraw, N. Y., June 30, 1861; prepared for college with Prof. Lavalette Wilson, A. B., principal of the Mountain Institute, Haverstraw, and at the Centenary Collegiate Institute, Hackettstown, N. J.; graduated at the Cornell University, in the class of '85. While at college he was organist at the Sage chapel, and conducted the glee clubs and other musical organizations. His musical education began at nine years of age and was carried on before and dur- ing his preparation for college, principally in New York City. After graduation, he accepted the directorship of music at Girton House Sem- inary for young ladies, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the following year, 1886-87, a similar position in Dalhousie College, in the same place. He returned to New York City in 1887, and became one of the staff of teachers of the Metropolitan Conservatory of Music, devoting himself principally to lecturing. At the same time he had charge of the music department at two young ladies' institutes, near the city. While there, he accepted the position of director of music at the Kansas State Normal School. Here the perfect understanding of theory and tech- nique, inspired by a soul full of harmonies, soon won for him an enviable reputation among all lovers of the art of music, as well as the most enthusiastic praise of his pupils. At the close of his first year at Halifax, he went abroad to study the methods of teaching at the principal conservatories and schools of music in England and Germany. While in London, he fell a victim to the charms of an English girl, Miss Jessie Smith, to whom he was mar- ried August 25, 1887. This union terminated early in the sad death of Mrs. Penny with typhoid fever, April 8, 1889. An only child survives to comfort the sudden affliction of the father. Mes. A. M. Philbriok was educated in a seminary in Albany, N. Y., and for some time taught in Blackburn University, Carlinville, 111. Her work in the Normal was from 1869-73, in charge of reading and elocution. She spent 1876-77 in special study at Vassar, and has trav- eled extensively, spending considerable time in France. Mrs. Philbrick is a lady of pleasing address and fine womanly traits of character. Her home is in Macomb, 111. Miss Mary R. Pitman was the first teacher regularly in charge of the model department. She was a graduate of the Oswego Normal and Training School, and " her teaching was in accordance with the methods of that institution." Her stay was short, it being less than one term till she resigned and returned to her home in New York. Sketches of faculty. 53 Associated with the name of Miss Watson is that of her classmate, Miss Ellen Plumb, between the two having always existed a sort of Damon-and-Pythias friendship. Miss Plumb had received her educa- tion at Marysville, Ohio, previous to her course in the Kansas Normal School. Immediately after graduation here, she accepted a position in the public schools of Leavenworth, and was called from there to the charge of the model department in this institution. Her work was characterized by great earnestness and faithfulness, she having a keen appreciation of the dignity of teaching. However, after two years here, Miss Plumb was attracted from her profession to a business life. She then purchased a small book-store, which under her management has become one of the leading houses in its line in the State, placing her among the successful business women of Kansas. Miss Viola V. Pkice was graduated from Mt. Union College, Ohio, from which institution she later received the degree of M. Ph. In the summer of 1887, Miss Price took the course at Martha's Vineyard, mak- ing a specialty of the study of poetry and literature. She had experience in the public schools of Ohio and Kansas previous to her connection with the State Normal. In this institution, she has charge of the de- partment of English grammar and rhetoric, where she is an enthusiastic and painstaking teacher. Miss Price has had a wide experience as in- stitute instructor in this State. She takes a prominent part in the State Academy of Language and Literature, of which organization she is now acting president. She is zealous in the study of literature, and is an easy writer. She is popular as a Sabbath-school teacher, having taught a large class during the entire eight years of her connection with the Normal. J. T. Rees, of the department of music in 1882-83, was a graduate of Aberystwyth College, in Wales, and later of the Tonic Sol-Fa College, London, from which he received the degree of B.A. After one year's teaching in the Normal, he left for Wales, and it was confidently hoped that Mr. Rees would return to take charge of the musical department after his visit home, but although devoted to his work in the West, his family prevailed upon him to remain in Wales. His advance in his profession has been marked and rapid. He has won an enviable dis- tinction as a composer, among other laurels having gained a prize for violin composition, being one of twenty-five contestants, among the prominent composers of London. He instructs on the violin and piano in Aberystwyth. His present address is Mus-Bach Bronceiro, Bow street, R. S.O., Cardiganshire, Wales. From June, 1880, till June, 1885, the chair of natural science was filled by Prof. H. E. Sadleb, whose education had prepared him for the legal profession, but whose love of young people held him for many years as a devotee of the art of pedagogy. Yet Mr. Sadler's training fitted him equally well for the profession of the teacher, he having spent three years as student in the Brockport, N. Y., State Normal, the 54 HIS TOBY OF THE STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL. school being then presided over by Dr. McVicar, later superintendent at Leavenworth, Kansas, and Prof. Williams, until recently dean of the chair of pedagogy in the University of Kansas. But perhaps it was from the preceptor and instructor in Latin that he caught his inspira- tion for teaching — this was Dr. Wm. J. Milne, now of Genesee, N. Y., State Normal. Mr. Sadler prepared for college at the Phillips Academy, Andover, after which he took the Yale classical course, completing it in 1873 with the degree of A.B., and received the degree of LL. B., in 1874 at Union University. Previous to coming West he had taught in the Albany Boys' Academy. While in the Kansas State Normal, Prof. Sadler not only had charge of the natural sciences, but for several years taught elocution as well. For this he was especially fitted by training under such teachers as Prof. Mark Bailey and John W. Churchill. In this department, as in the sciences, Prof. Sadler's teaching was charac- terized by the same fullness of knowledge which made his class-room a delight to his pupils. In 1885 Prof. Sadler was led by superior finan- cial inducements to begin practice in the law, and resigning his pro- fessorship he formed a copartnership in Emporia with the Hon. Almerin Gillett and Prof. Geo. Fowler. The firm is now one of the prominent legal firms of the State. Prof. Sadler was married in 1875 to Miss Mary Coley, a lady whose marked vivacity and kindly heart win for her a host of friends. The delightful social qualities of Mr. and Mrs. Sadler make their home a pleasant resort. Thyge Sogaed was the musical instructor during the year 1880-81, and was also assistant in other branches, resigning in June of 1881 be- cause of the meagerness of salary. Mr. Sogard is a native of Den- mark, and is naturally interested in the welfare of immigrants from his native land. This led to his appointment by his own government as manager of Scandinavian immigration, in which business he is now engaged, with headquarters at Kansas City, Mo. Miss Mabiha P. Spenceb was one of the original eighteen who entered the School at its opening, in 1865. She graduated with the class of 1869, and entered at once upon her chosen profession. She taught at Americus, El Dorado, Chetopa, Emporia, Florence, and Topeka. At Florence she gave eminent satisfaction as superintendent of the city schools. She early devoted herself to the study of elocution, and has completed some special lines of work at the National School of Oratory, at the Boston College of Oratory, and with Prof. J. B. Roberts, of Phila- delphia. She spent part of the summer of 1887 in a careful study of physical training, at Harvard. In the spring of 1883, she was elected to the chair of elocution in the State Normal School. Her training and her familiarity with public-school work admirably fitted her for the position. She has ever been in full sympathy with the spirit of the School, and has striven to familiarize herself with the most pro- gressive methods of teaching reading, and to stand with the front guard in developing and popularizing this noble art. She is an ardent Del- IS KETCHES OF FACULTY. 55 sartean, and gives semi-monthly lessons to the senior classes in the Delsarte system of expression. In addition to the reading classes, she also has charge of the classes in English literature and general history. She is at home in all these subjects, though reading is her chief delight. Many of her pupils attribute their first appreciation of better literature to her kindly offices. Miss Spencer has taught nineteen years — years that have marked a great epoch in the occupation of the schoolmaster — and has caught and assimilated into her own nature much of the buoyant, vigorous life of the great army of boys and girls who have filled her class-room. She is a shining example of the devoted, the untiring, the inspiring Christian teacher. She lives in her work, and it lives in her. No teacher ever excelled her in conscientious solicitude for the well-being of her pupils. It is a pleasing thought, that in the earnest country maid who slipped so modestly into her place on the morning of the inauguration of the Normal School should be found the teacher who has contributed so much in securing the success that marks its first quarter-centennial. The training department was for a short time a step toward the rapid advance of a lady whose career is somewhat phenomenal. Miss Saeah E. Spbague had charge of this department from March, 1874, till June of '75. Having graduated from St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y., and from the New York State Normal School, at Oswego, she had taught in Ogdensburg, N. Y., and Grand Rapids, Mich., previous to coming west. After leaving Kansas, she was for nine years in charge of city training schools for teachers in New England, and for the past five years has been State-institute conductor in Minnesota. In 1884, her Alma Mater conferred upon her the degree of doctor of philosophy. Since then she was honored by appointment to prepare a set of five school-readers for the State of Minnesota. Thus has Miss Sprague demonstrated the pos- session of rare executive ability, and a marked activity, in holding such positions of responsibility and trust. In 1873-4, the model school was presided over by Miss Rose M. Smith, as principal. She was elected to this position because of special preparation for such work, having graduated in the training school for teachers, in Oswego, N. Y. Shortly after tendering her resignation in this institution, Miss Smith was married to Prof. Harrington, of the department of modern languages in Michigan University. In 1876, her husband was granted leave of absence for study in Europe, and Mrs. Harrington accompanied him, availing herself of this opportunity for the study of French and German. Her only child, Raymond, is a boy of seven years. Miss Lizzie J. Stephenson, the successor of Miss Crichton, was educated in Illinois, and after coming to Kansas was for several years identified with the educational interests of Woodson county, this State, in the district schools, later in the graded schools, and then as county 56 HIS TOBY OF THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. superintendent. Her educational experience, therefore, gives her a practical knowledge of the needs of teachers in our public schools. This experience, together with a most earnest, conscientious, self-sacri- ficing spirit, makes her a valuable teacher in the model school. The first specialist in music in this institution was Prof. M. J. Stimp- son, a pianist and vocalist of local celebrity. His work in the Normal was during the year of '69, and consisted in "teaching singing" only. Very soon afterward Prof. Stimpson left the city of Emporia, and his address is not known to us. The first graduating class of the Kansas State Normal School was comprised of two ladies whom the School loves to honor, each of whom was for a time a teacher in this institution. Of these, Miss Maby J. Watson had been a teacher of some experience in Ohio before beginning her course here, and both ladies finished our three-years course in one year and a half, graduating in '67. Miss Watson was soon after em- ployed as teacher of language and history, a position for which she was eminently fitted, and continued the work for three years, after which she taught in the city schools of Emporia for about twelve years. Miss Watson taught the first school in Emporia. She was a great favorite with her pupils, owing to the warm interest she manifested in their welfare; and by the charm of ripe and beautiful womanhood she was no less a favorite in the home and in the community. She married, in 1888, Dr. Short, of Trenton, Mo., and is now a resident of that city. Miss Floeenoe Wheat, daughter of Judge Wheat of Leavenworth, filled the chair of language and history in the year 1880-81. Miss Wheat was a lady of fine culture, having graduated from Vassar College with high honors. She had therefore lofty ideals of life and of her profession. Previous to coming to Emporia she taught in the schools of Leavenworth, and afterwards in the Normal School of Winona, Minn. Failing health compelled her to retire from the activities of the class-room, and for some months she was engaged in giving private instruction. Her death occurred in 1883, thus taking from a large circle of friends a beautiful and pure devotional life. J. N.Wilkinson, of the training department, is a native of Ohio — the eldest of a family of twelve children. He was born in the traditional log house, and grew up in the vigor of country life. His father was a miller until he found it necessary to retire to the farm to find employ- ment for his numerous sons' energies. Mr. Wilkinson found his early education in the country schools of Ohio and the village schools of Illinois. His first experience in teach- ing was in the primary department, in Newberg, Illinois, at the age of sixteen. From this time on, his student-life was interspersed with in- tervals of teaching, until, at the age of twenty-three, he graduated from the Normal University of Illinois. The experience in the country was JOSEPH H. HILL. THOMAS H. DINSMORE, Jr. GEORGE B. PENNY. DORM AN S. KELLY. JASPER N. WILKINSON. MIDDLESEX A. BAILEY. VIOLA V. PRICE. EMILIE KUHLMANN. MAY L. CLIFFORD. MARTHA P. SPENCER. MINNIE E. CURTISS. LIZZIE J. STEPHENSON. Sketches of faculty. 57 of the usual vigorous and varied character which tests and strengthens the mettle of the young teacher. After graduation, he was for five years principal of the Buda, 111., schools, and was here married, in 1879, to Miss Nellie B. Reynolds, a lady who is greatly endeared to the friends in this institution. He next ac- cepted the principalship of the fifth district of the city of Peoria, and later, was principal of the high school of Decatur. While here he was also a member of the examining committee for State certificates. In 1884, the training department was offered him by the regents of the Kansas State Normal School, and his acceptance furnished one more thoroughly-trained teacher from the Normal University of Illinois to this teachers' school in Kansas. Prof. Wilkinson had also wide expe- rience as institute conductor in Illinois, which has been supplemented by similar work in Kansas. In Illinois, he was State editor of the Edu- cational Weekly and the New England Journal of Education. With the practical knowledge won from this varied experience in the educational field, Mr. Wilkinson possesses the natural qualifications of great vigor of constitution, marvelous energy and executive ability, to- gether with uniform cheerfulness, making him a power in the depart- ment which constitutes the vital element of a normal school. He is a close student of the best system of physical training, and awakens an active interest in this work on the part of his pupils. He is well known in national as well as State educational circles, having been annual director of the N. E. A. for the State of Kansas, and having conducted the Kansas delegation to the N. E. A. at San Francisco, and is now president-elect of the Kansas State Teachers' Association for 1889. The portraits of the present corps of teachers are herewith given. 58 His toe y of the State Normal school. library. Early in the administration of Pres. Kellogg, an effort was made to supply the School with books of reference, and soon the list included a variety of lines. In March, 1865, Sargent, Wilson