Emporia State University - Sunflower Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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fr Ai 7 e-NX 1' 37'-,,..f '.luglonstjrv 3 -S- igff-fst,-Q.1Q,.:l:ltF-I-1-...f2..i,,3v:3 , 1, ' :'s Q : '-F-wf+'f:Q11.1,-,f4 f- if , 'ea Kg M - fiiilfifiz- '-11. -Q N--1 'X- 1..j???EQQfgj1E-,I,2:535 7131555 . ,fx-:: .,l , lg The first term of the new Normal Eiiifjlf352525-L7'?i2f5oi,it,1:ff35' .Qu rw fsxs School opened February 15, 'Ziff '-g3L.- 'J---t::'7-,gf--gy 1-.: ':.:Ei ..f . i. Fgrgzw:5f1g l14?E::: 1:f.g-- .'-.. 1865 . . . Professor Kellogg opened ggifg.-322 -6,121 :- - 'A .n S 3. ' . Ajeijl. fe -if'-QRS K img class by reading the parable of the '51: - sower to the eighteen students and then .gift .T'fi::'t ,l leading them in reciting the Lord's 52551 ??EEi1?i'?'355fI 'l V ' 1 Prayer All students who Pledged 975.1eeC22s59'fL-121E551!1J!! , 129, Ut E43 l'1 ' ,gjtigsg-ggfggr55gg1253Zii.1,lQg1I ,Q 3 .1 1 fe. themselves to become teachers were . 2f72'539l'5'i5155553f553ifif 'I '--1.-.R if admitted ree 0 tuition' others were , f5Yf'T' 'Qfjf-,fQ'sKhQ'Qf7 ,1imlrvv-ft: . 1-ffm ,. V. 'y,qrL.t-1' x'::',,, f , f 'k 7.fl,ig.fL' J. wg, I i. frn tkfzzkq' Ei. yyzgigg - V A , H - M charged fifty cents per wee . Wi f'sM, ,n'Zl5QZ.-gzftfglQfffl..'1f'g2W.1 4 4 'fb 'f'ff7MI,lf'f fi' QS. E . 9 W 1 ,., 1 L fs R.. 2 we ii . ,fd ,. 'fr X lr 1 hz-I I V 1 V fs S - 'ig' N l 'A ,fb wtf 'lib' Q., it gn X -P f,5.3,1 N, ' ,. . A' -if as get 1 f t 1 Q- 1 1 . ' A yn ctt, F' M Q I Z - V - Q :ZQ f 2 -. if mn y . Ifdv, v ff . I ' pk' M V K The first commencement exercises for Kansas State Normal School were held on June 28, 1867 . . . after prayer and an anthem by the choir, came the reading of original essays by the graduating class, Misses Ellen Plumb and Mary Jane Watson . . .

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ln The Beginning. . . 1863 An act to establish, locate and endow a state normal school was passed by the state legislature on March 3 1863 2 That there be and is hereby established and permanently located at the town of Emporia in Lyon County, a State Normal School, the exclusive purposes of which shall be the instruction of persons, both male and female, in the art of teaching, and in all the various branches that pertain to a good common school education, and in the mechanic arts, and in the arts of husbandry and agricultural chemistry, and in the fundamental laws of the United States, and in what regards the rights and duties of citizens . . . That lands adjoining or contiguous to certain state-owned salt springs in Saline, Republic, Cloud, and Mitchell counties are hereby set apart and reserved as a perpetaul endowment for the support and maintenace of the Normal School . . . fGeneral Laws of the State of Kansas, Third Session of the Legislature, 18635

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1871 Lyman B. Kellogg resigned as president in 1871, leaving the Normal School with an enrollment of 243 students 1 as compared to KU's 213 and the Agriculture C0llege's 1681, a roster of graduates with comparatively good training received under his direction, and an up-and-coming reputation. 1878 On April 13, 1878, a tornado struck KSN and caused 8550 worth of damage, tearing off the roof of each of the two buildings. Six months later, Kansas State Normal burned to the ground. The loss amounted to 890,000 Despite everything, KSN continued . . . , W 9 l . 1 ' ' 'in , haf AS- '- J.,- -LZT .-- A--4 '-2 1 ., . ' 7 ::: . -A 'X 1-.gf Qj: . ef f - an , 1 235' xf21?E.'Jr' 1 E, H911 - Q 'tx S- 'E-2135 -2. 'll ln., 5 A' '1'.. S ' L2-N .. TT , , 'W ' ' 1. f . - i Mm A 152:12 . 1' A ,X , Mb W ' t 1 ,. It - ' rw-13 1 P+ 1 X ...h 5-ifgfzajei hn gimgqnaii, , . ntl , -.1 mfigxgs A MIL L Q - ' LL Arg, A-1,-lL',ffAf,'.g.giif 3.4. , ,, t .. - - , : .r, a, ,A ,.. , we. 'vt'- :Z? .3 153, L M 278 : 52 F51 'W p. e f ,:'l' 'Wim 1 3' 'V l ll: 'f9'i+ ni ' Q' ' 1' - WMA fr it 3 'L N 5 1 U-1' 'A 1 if f f' ' n?'.L'T fie- , 'fi 1, Ying .,., I ,' V J' ,uw 7167 fi A-3 J -5.1. tl ,Q-1.8111 W1 L L fi iz - ff 'a-ff . - ft - '1' . V . ' - 1 I - .. ' .V 4' :f 1.-A - r .ft ff-5 EMU -he . 'L-UA'-f'Q ' 33.1 ' x f -.f3?MPx4P, '215,-A--'lj-.'f lt 'Q-1, -'en 41 ' -'XLQN , X., ' 'fl' Hvfq, '.,..11I'T-'jggl 'b,.45,'f1'I'-q Jl.--U .w:,'- ,gn,.,-. ,Vg 'ff 1 ' U 1 ' U 4e 'L K 'if'-Q 1-il 4-weft-1 - . 1'b ,f' bwfifkfr -' :exe-e 'a.'Wg Q1ejff Y'.s.-q Q. . ,gig-My -,pg j- 4, eff , 1 .:g,15 ,, Q-.,g I-315.2-Qi7519131-11'jj'yq,.,f14':lqV..,f,,g:f?jQ. 1 'N k'fb ' -, r,,Z.1Q1,Y .ifilE5'f 'lf f' ff' fn' 1'.j.'Q 'Lrg ,Q 14,52 ','gt. 'J -:I l IQ f 1 1 :vel if-'11 1 -'A -,L 1 E-'I-ft 1, 1'-1 '-H '-1' . 1,-, ,ggi-'-Q-:431,,fffg 5' 1151115231-fx -3-1. 191-11 1. 41.',1lF.E3.-.. al L.. ,fe 4E'125f?Q4h'4f Im? 1 Pl' -g,m'. A 4 firm YW' . -'i':f3 1 P -- vi ', '1lmT: fr- 'ftp e 1.1Lv. -:in -A ' X3 Ni , if if 1- 4 f-H: J . lxill' 1 517-my FZ' 7f-5' W' 1-91 rs. Ln' .' Y' if--E.-1' 4- 'ap ' -. , 'y'if51h'f' Qitwk ' 4:1 'ff 'll tehfdfil'-K 8'-3 fri.. . 3 3 Lt 4131111 Lui! 'A L'-,Q ,E -A-51.1-. - ntq S . g ...Ziggy ' M- -jggtt 1' S' df! -Jf:LT-2199?-3 k.I'Ef -rfb-.-' - if ' A -1: ,Q , '-'Ir I f Q - 8 .- .-A . i t gf A-fl, u -Asjlji f -54, 4-ff 4 f:j5 I . , J, L 52:31 1 :S--Q.: -1. A ,.-if 1-:f?f'f- .- - -- -,. 'ff-'I' 1, - If ' -' ' . .- - '- --- f - Y -'14 ' if f:'5 - . .-ff1-ff' , - 1-91-2 ' J -'ft ' A 'Njfti ..... T' . 1T,..f- ' 4 Y-.A? 'w.- i --.:4..5J f!xE.:-1-?:fg.ii-il-2 -H,f--- ??EQ Ej:,,4f-iTNnQ,,lucnaul L., ,. ir., 1:f.-1,:-- -G in A ,- Tir' -.,-4.23. D i'g:1-'Iii' 1'-1 ,,,p-313- ' ', rf - ....--e2'L.QS'fL ' -.-1 'K ' 4 1fI'mE11'U 1-Lfffflmlti iff? '14