Central Washington University - Hyakem / Kooltuo Yearbook (Ellensburg, WA)

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The interest permeated not only the school, but the community, and on the evening of the debate all available standing room was utilized. A comparison of the results of that year with that of other years sug¬ gests that if the literary societies exist in normal schools, membership should he compulsory. At the beginning of the second year Miss Norris resigned, and Miss Elvira Marquis was elected to succeed her. A little later Miss Hi e resigned and Miss ( hristiana S. Hyatt was elected to succeed her. The training school was increased so as to include the first, second, third and fourth grades of the public schools. Apart from the increase of the training school, there was little variation in the workings of the school from that of the first year. Miss Anna L. Steward, a member of th e senior class, who bad accomplished most of the required work elsewhere, assisted in the class work. The equipment was but little improved, owing to lack of funds. ' I he dormitory bad not l een self-supporting, in consequence of the building being too small, and it was discontinued. At that time all who desired were able to find board and lodging in private families m the town. Others rented rooms and did light housekeeping, an unfurnished room in private houses or in business bloeks could be rented for one dollar a month, and four or five-room cottages could be rented for five or six dollars a month. Light housekeeping beearne popular tor a number of years, until rents advanced to the extent of making housekeeping nearly as expensive as boarding. During every yenr since some have chosen to live in that way. From ten to thirty girls have always been able to earn their board and room by doing service in private families, and they are usually treated as members of the family. During this second year a literarv society was organized bv the faculty and certain people of the town of literarv tastes, and this tended to increase local interest in the school. The enrollment increased from 8(5 to 139 during the second vear and 23 were graduated at the end of the year. The legislature of 1893 appropriated $25,000 for the maintenance rJio ! a from . A P ri J i893 to April 1895; and appropriated $60,000 tor the erection of a building. At the end of the second year W. N. Hull resigned. The faculty was increased and departments established. The faculty for the third year was as folows: B. F. Barge. Principal and head of the Depart¬ ment of History and Philosophy and of Education and School Manage¬ ment; J. .11. Morgan, Vice-Pri ncipal, Mathematics; J. A. Mahan. E,1 lish Grammar, Rhetoric and Literature; ' Eli lieth (i,rtw right, I hysical Training and Elocution; Christiana S. ra«« 14.

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first dormitory of years. Later the students were required to furnish a small portion of the texts, such as it was supposed they would need most after leaving school. Now they are required to furnish nearly all the text hooks used. ...... There were enrolled during the first year eighty-six students, representing twenty-five counties of the State, ranging in age from sixteen to fifty-eight years, the average age of the graduating class being about twenty-three years. While the course has been extended gradually, as the vears have gone by, the average age of graduating classes has diminished. This is a result of a larger number earning directly from the high schools. Two literary societies were formed during the first year ot the school, known as the Crescent and the Eclectic Literary Societies. These met for literary work on Friday afternoons and sometimes on Friday evenings. The evening sessions were open to the public. Each society has had a somewhat varied life of usefulness. Undoubt¬ edly both have lieen productive of mueli good, yet there 1ms been at times a question in the minds of some of the faculty as to whether literary societies in a normal school are desirable. In 19111 an extended enquiry into the history of such societies in normal schools of the United States was made, with a view to obtaining reliable data for a conclusion in the matter; but the reports received were as varied as the history of our own societies. Membership lias always been optional with the exception of one year. During that year membership wns not only compulsory, hut it was arranged that the number of members in each society ho as nearly equal as isissihle. Each society worked under the siqiervision of a member of the faculty. The writer of this sketch remembers a public debate between the two societies. Four members were chosen by each society to represent it. 13.

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Hvatt, Principal Training School; C. H. Knapp, General Assistant; m.a L. Steward, Assistant in Mathematics. A room was fitted «1 on the third floor, thus making five class rooms in addition to the assembly room. The students still had the use of Prof. Barges Private library, and the trustees gradually increased the number of books belonging to the school and purchased a limited supply ot apparatus. The literary societies during the third year were under the supervision of two members of the faculty. The membership was kept balanced, and work of different kinds assigned, and a record of results kept. Twenty-four members of the senior class were graduated at the end of the school year, though the enrollment had dropped to 117. For the first three years of the school there were no commencement addresses. Each member of the graduating class prepared a theis, and all or a selected number of the class read them as a part of the graduating exercises. Of the thirteen graduated at the end ot the first vear, eleven took part in the eommenement program. The sub¬ jects were: “When My Ship Comes In,” “Dreams,” “Profit Sharing.” “Cities of the Dead,” “Gilt-Edged Humanity,” “Voyage of the Soul”—a poem, “The Eternal Fitness of Things,” “To Him that Overcometh,” “Chiseling in Human Marble,” “Education, “Help Me Up.” These interspersed with music made the program of the evening. At the close of the third year an entire day was used in the delivery of theses and the hall was full morning and afternoon. From that time for a number of years the senior theses were read wholly or in part to the school at special sessions or as a part of the graduating exercises. At the end of the third year Principal Barge resigned and was succeeded by Prof. P. A. Getz, who had been for some time a member of the faculty of the Oregon State Normal School at Monmouth, Ore¬ gon. Miss Anna Steward was elected critic teacher of the training schools, the duties of training school principal being undertaken by Principal Getz. The following additional departments were estab lished: Historv and Geography, C. H. Knapp; Music, franny A. Avres; Drawing, Ruth A. Turner. The use of a room in the Normal Building was donated to Miss Lydia Mur |uis on condition that she establish a kindergarten. This offer was accepted, and thus was established the earliest permanent kindergarten in the Northwest. At the beginning of the fourth year, September, 1K94, the new building was occupied. Tliis building is situated on a block of land. P»ffe 15.