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Prof. Hayworth spent part of his time last summer in taking a number of photographs of hills in different parts of the state, where outcroppings of the original lime stone deposits occur. University Photographer Tucker has recently made some very satisfactory prints from these photographs.
The teachers of the first four grades in the Leavenworth school were recently instructed to give various subjects to the children to be illustrated by them according to their own fancy. As no instructions were given as to how the work should be done it much resembled the work of primitive races, but the graphic and illustrative force brought out was surprising; indeed the work of many of our noted artists falls short of the illustrative power shown here. The work is considered of value in freeing the minds of the children from the bondage of text books.
At the twenty-third annual meeting of the Kansas State Teachers' Association to be held at Topeka December 25th to 27th Prof. F.W. Blackmar is chairman of the Round Table of History and Sociology. The department will discuss history ahd historical subjects, textbooks, and methods of instruction. Prof. A. S. Olin wil take part in the discussion on the attitude of modern psychology toward teaching and Prof. Penny will read a paper on the "Refining Power of Music in Our Schools,"—a protection from the haunts of vice and vicious entertainments.
Monday evening Professor Hodder organized a seminary in advanced Presidential Administrations. All students who have had the regular one year's course in Presidential Administrations are elegible to membership. The seminary will meet once a week. Lincoln's administration will first be taken up and from that on to the present time. The following students have so far reported for work: C. W. Miller,
C. I. Spellman, C. A. Burney, H. G. Pope, R. W. Wells, A. A. Ewart, Miss Peterson and Mr. Rush. All credit belongs to Miss Peterson, through whose efforts the course was finally inaugurated.
Last Friday was "Field Day" for the Language Conference, the life and works of the late Eugene Field being the subject of the meeting. Prof. Carruth opened the meeting with an excellent critical analysis of Fields works. He said that Eugene Field's claim to fame must of course be based entirely on his child poems and that in his opinion no more musical child poems had ever been written. He classed Field with such poets as Thomas Bailey Aldrich and Bret Harte, and paid him a high tribute as a man and as a writer. A number of Fields most noted poems, including "Wynken Blynken and Nod," "Little Boy Blue" and "Conversation" were read.
Elocutionary Recital.
The members of Mrs. Clark's class in Elocution gave a public recital in University Hall Monday night to a small but delighted audience. The ten selections given showed a wide range of elocutionary talent coupled with faithful work on the part of instructor and pupils. Miss Jaedicke recited Longfellow's "Sandalphon," and followed it with Eugene Field's poem, "Booh." Miss Boughton gave "The Drummer Boy of Mission Ridge" and a country courtship dialogue. "He called Her in from Me" was recited by Miss Fowler. "Rocket's Christmas," and "On the Pier" were given by Misses Starr and Scharff, respectively. Miss Jaedicke closed the program with an impersonation of a woman at the Telephone and a recital of Macaulay's "Virginia."
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