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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1914)
CHAORON NORMAL HEWS Chadron, Ncbr., Oct 26 Hay Uigelow has been elected manager of the football team. Eltnabeth Eaton spent Saturday and Sunday at Hushvllle. We not U p that several new stud ents enrolled this week. The fifth grade l using th mid ine period on Friday for story tell ing. The class In English VII A Is now taking up the study of Emerson's essays. Two new girls from (lorrion. Aug UPta Hockman and Esther H. Jones, were enrolled at the Norniul last week. ThP Normal hns three fairly good tennis rourts; imi oiip or two. some times all. arp in ue every a'lernoon. Heat rice Schenek was absent from her class In phonics on Thursday, on account of slekneHS. Wednesday afternoon thp seventh and eighth grades of I hp model school attended the Farmers' Instl- tUtP. The Mb, 6th, 7th and 8th grades will begin work soon on Smart a can tata. "King Heno's Daughter". The records show that there are thirty-one more pupils enrolled In the Normal now than there were at this time last year. The daily circulation and use of the library books Is thought to be at least twlco as great as that of lust year at this time. Th orthography cIbhh held an old fashioned spelling-bee hint Tuesday, which was quite Interesting as well as Instructive. A new newspaper r.ick. with which the library has recently been furn ished, has Increased the use of the dally and weekly papers. The classes at the Normal were dismissed Wednesday aMernoon In order that the pupils and teachers might attend the sessions oi the Farmers' Institute. ' " ' At a fpeclal meeting of the settlors Thursday, October 8. the. first and third Tuesdays of each month were chosen for the regular business meetings of tho class. Mrs. Smith, who was down from Crawford on Wednesday, the 14th, attended the Eastern Star banquet. Tlsited with her daughter, Miss Mar garet, at the dormitory. Every student In the school should be a committee of one to Interest the whole community In school athlet ics. Iet everybody know we have a football team, and Ret them out to the games. Miss Drlseoll was unable to be with the girls Wednesday evening. as had been planned, but found it TieceRsarv to postpone her talk on Travel In Europe" until next Wed nesday. The fifth and sixth Rrades In pic ture study have been studying "The Shepherdess" by Henri Urolle. The life of the painter Is Included in this study. The sixth grade on Friday debated the relative merits of John Smith and Columbus as historical charac ters. TbiB served as a review, and aroused the interest of the pupils. Two-part work in muBic has been started in Miss Delsell'a room. Miss Copeland has charge of this music and visited this room twice a ween There has been no reorganization of the (lerraan club this semester on account of lack of room at the Nor mal building. Per Verein Uerman- ia will organise when the new wing is completed. The session of Farmers' Institute was well attended by students of the Normal. School was closed on Wed nesday afternoon to enable the pu pils to hear the lectures and see the denionat rations. Mr. Uigelow. president of the sen lor class, appointed two members of the class, beat rice Schenck and El ma Sturdevant, to act in conjunction with Mrs. McLean and Mr. I'hllpott as a committee on the senior play The eighth grade grammar class have completed a picture study of "The Shepherd's ilible". the past week. The students enjoyed the work, and displayed extraordinary ability in Judging the artistic and moral valueB of the picture. At a special meeting of the senior class Tuesday, the 12th, seats fur chapel were drawn from the section set aside for the use of this class. A committee was appointed to select the necessary committees for the various class enterprises. The students of the commercial department are doing expert work In typewriting and duplicating for in structors in other departments. This is a great convenience to instructors as well as good practice for the stud ents. The seniors have been fortunate enough to secure the first choice o seats during the chapel period. The class, numbering about twenty in all occupy the middle rows on the north side of the room. Ila, May and Irene Conn, who had Intended spending Saturday and Sun day in Pine Kidge. had to postpone their trip, owing to the fact that their automobile, whicb was in Chadron for repairs, was not yet completed. The little folks of the primary room have finished a number of pa per mats in weaving, and are now doing raffia weaving on looms. lie- sides this work, they have done tli first step in water colors. It is pleasing sight to see the little hands at their busy work. The library has rocoived a free copy of Katrlna Trask's "In the Van guard from the I". S. Department o Education. This Play rwind a gold medal from the 1'eace Association and is being sent out with funds fur nished by that organization to aid I their peace campaign. Mrs. E. I'. Wilson and Mitis l'aln entertained the faculty Woman Club at the home of Mrs. Wilson las Saturday afternoon. As Udiial, th ladies spent the afternoon at needle work and in conversation. Some nov el entertainment was furnished by the hostesses, and dainty refresh ruents were served. The senior theory class ha been observing reading in Mrs. Hub tin's room. Monday the lesson wa Mrs. Wiggs in the Cabbage Patch" This Is the Man That Took the "S" Out of "Skiddoo" Every member of our organization helps to make each letter of our motto a capital: "SATISFACTOKY SEHVICE." He also takes the "S" out of our competitors' "Sour" customers, mak ing them "Our" customers. BYERS BROS CO Live Stock Commission South Omaha, Nebraska II. (3. KIDDOO South Omaha Manager Houses at: Chicago, Kansas City, St. Joseph J. H. Fredinberg and Co. ASHBY, NEBRASKA General Merchandise, Hard ware and Lumber, a Com plete Line of Building Ma terial, Tanks and Windimlls, Coal and Supplies. THE FREDINBURG HOTEL First Class Meals, Clean Comfortable Rooms Modest Rates the Place Where They All Stop OUTH OMAHA Great Live Stock Market of the West Get Your Rig AT THE Checkered Front Livery Barn Auto Livery in Connection Best of service given. Clean and comfortable feeding stable Phone 64 Opposite City Hall ANDY EAXtJFORI) on Wednesday the lesson was the dramatization of "Julius Caesar"; Thursday was given over to the stu dy of poems; on Friday each pupil gave an account of some current event. The girls' kensington club held their regular meeting at the dormi tory on Tuesday evening, October 13. Entertainment In the form of read ing and games was provided by the committee appointed the previous week. Kipling's "Wee Willie Win kle" was read and enjoyed by all. A perception contest, following tihs. concluded the evening's program. The trigonometry class have been doing field work. The problem this time consisted in finding the differ ence in the elevation of the base of the Normal and that of the old acad emy building. James Culame. Ed gar Wright and Orpha Carmean act ed as linesmen, while Traverse Fos ter, Frances Urewe and Klma Sturde vant had charge of the transit, under Miss 1'aine's direction. The Alice Freeman Palmer society held a special meeting Tuesday to elect Olivers, and to vole new mem bers into the society. The officers elected for the semester are as fol lows: ' Klma Scott, president; Mary Wilson, vice president; Orpha Car uiean. secretary-treasurer; Nina Tur echek. sergeant-at-arnis. The foil-wins; Kirls have Joined the society: Uuth and Eliua S:uri!vant. Margar et Smith, Vida Meizger. Florence i lolliiib, lla Conn. KHie Grubb. Kuth t'ockrell. Nellie Mornssey, Ethel Hy ser, Helen Krajicek, lllanche Daniel, Laura Johnston, Elizabeth Eaton, Kllfii McMillan, and .May Conn. Thirty-one Institute Spcuker Thirty-one farmers' Institute spea kers are working night and day In South Omaha, the most central and conveniently lo cated Live Stock Market west of the Missouri River, is so situated as to make it possible for shippers in this territory to avail themselves of the benefits of a 1 1 Large Live Stock Market To secure the greatest net returns for his product the shipper must have at his command the most modern and improved facilities for the handling of his stock when it arrives at the Market. The Man agement of the South Omaha Market, in order to place at the disposal of its patrons marketing equip ment unequalled elsewhere, has, during the past few years expended over one million dollars tor improve ments, placing this market in the foreground in the matter of stock handling facilities 1 With four large packing houses and the unlimited demand for feeder cattle and sheep of all classes, the prices obtained at South Omaha for all classes of live stock, together with lowest possible cost for freight and marketing, make it possible for the shipper to secure the greatest amount of net money for his product at SOUTH OMAHA. - 1 I " ' " 1 ' ' - - -- " outh Omaha every part of the state and will con tinue to do so until spriug. Keports jfroni the October meetings show, 011 :he whole, an increased interest. The i subjects of instruction range froai demonstrations of hog cholera vac- illation and home dressmaking to invalid cookery. Infant feeding, and the raising of crops and live stock. Every live topic, in so far as possi ble, which may profitably be discuss ed is being provided for the men and women of the farmers' institute membership. Entertained ut Dinner (Written for last week) Mrs. Harry tiantz entertained at a nVlnrk linrtr Mnnduv .vunin.' The guests enjoyed a delicious five- The guests were MiHses ln rvr.,J - - " m . ISUB- nell. Eita Keane, Doris Young, Nel lie O'Donnell. lnei Dell wood, May Newberry, and Mesdames C H Hersnruan. I. E. KnitfM u hu' " "JUJ' Mrin-iuuo uc- 1 uriBurutill, H. fj. Klllgllt W T course dinner, after which the even-; Si hlupp. 11. F. Thisle, Kalph Cox and Ing was spent in doing fancy work. Hay Mark.