HE CKS CIII1 TEACHERS'
i IE MOST
Every Teacher and Instructor Praise Miss Foster for the Excel
lent Arrangement and Completeness of .Various Programs,
Also the Many Valuable Assistants.
Program for Thursday, August 8.
FORENOON.
8:30 Music, Miss Pyrtle.
9:00 Preliminary reading con
tests. 9:30 Address, Dr. Winship.
10:10 Convocation.
10:40 Primary Methods, Miss
Pyrtle.
1 1 :20 Arithmetic, Superin
tendent Waterhouse.
AFTERNOON.
1:45 Industrial Work, Miss
Pyrtle.
2:15 Make Girls Womanly, Dr.
Winship.
3:00 Round table for begin
ners, Superintendent Waterhouse.
Tuesday Afternoon.
In her talk yesterday afternoon
Miss Pyrtle took up certain phases
of geography that may . be suc
cessfully handled in country
schools, but which are often en
tirely neglected. Pupils may be
taught to watch the weather,
phases of the moon, direction of
the wind; they may be trained to
study industries and thus their
work will become practical.
Deputy Slate Superintendent R.
I. Elliott brought with him the
greetings from the state depart
ment. His talk bubbled over with
optimism. Teachers should gen
erally fit themselves for higher
positions and greater efficiency,
and greater efficiency will be sure
to bring greater salaries. Mr.
Elliott expressed himself as high
ly satisfied with the institute ar
ranged by Miss Foster.
The theme developed by Dr.
Winship tilted in splendidly with
the general topic of the series. It
was think in larger units. Don't
measure everything with an inch
measure. De bigger than that.
Cecil Rhodes was big enough to
think in world-units. We may not
be big enough for that, but let us
cease to think in pelly lit Me units
Keen out of church rows and
school rows. Try In look on every
thing in a big way. , See the whole
boy, both in school and out of
school.. Don't narrow your view
by looking only on Ihe particular
grade that you happen to he
teaching.
Supt. Waterhouse had Ihe more
experienced teachers in his round
table discussion. The pedagogs
touched on a variety of subjects
of vital import to them and were
undoubtedly much edified by the
help Mr. Walerhouse was able to
offer out of his ripe experience.
Wednesday Morning.
Reverend Zink of the Christian
church Was present and offered
prayer at Ihe opening of the, ses
sion. The teachers were pleased
to greet him afterward and were
glad lo know that he will act as
one of Ihe judges in the reading
contest Friday morning at 9:40
o'clock. The oilier judges will be
Miss Pyrlle and Superintendent
Waterhouse. -
Several book agents were on
hand ready to (ell the teachers
what professional magazines (hey
should rend. Miss Foster gave
each a chance to say a few words
and they were given hearty alien
lion. '
Superintendent Abbott took
time from his regular lecture to
explain the plan of-Ihe reading
contest I tint will be held Friday
morning. All of the teachers are
divided inlo twelve sections. To
morrow morning each, section will
meet by itself and every teacher
will have an opportunity to read
aloud. The teachers will (hen de
cide by ballot which one has read
best "and that one will be the
champion of the section in the
general contest Friday morning.
In order, to have ample lime lo
finish llm ronlesl. Friday morn
ing, Dr. Winship will give his ad
dress at 9 o'clock, leaving a full
hour rrom 9:40 (ill 10: i0 for the
reading contest. This work is Ihe
beginning of Hie preparation for
contests among the pupils all over
the county. In a similar way the
boys and girls will pick a cham
pion from each local district, then
by a , system
of eliminal ion rou
let s) I h
the best
se will he run down till
reader in the rounly is
found. In (his work (he Advanced
Reader of Searson it Martin will
be. used. Mr. Abbot! look lime in
the remainder of his period lo
define good reading.'which hejle
clared was the gelling of thought
and emotion from the printed
page thoroughly and accurately
and giving it forth again wilh
clearness and efficiency.
Dr. Winship's morning address
SATISFACTORY ONE
had to do with "Self-Conscious
ness, ihe teacher who is al
ways thinking of herself naturally
cannot get a proper response from
the boy or girl who is unfortunate
enough to be in her room. The
greatest thing I could do for you
in this session would be to raise
you out or your self-consciousness.
I regret there are some
selfish teachers right here in I his
inslifute; for some not only rode
in Ihe autos up to Fort Crook last,
night, but hung onto their seats
and rode back in them.
In her class in "Primary
Methods" (his morning, Miss
LPyrtle illustrated how criticism in
a right spirit would help Ihe little
tots in their self-exnression
through slory telling. Their
stories will rapidly improve if you
can get them to take Ihe criticism'
injhe proper way. If you in-
Iroduce picture work
. i . .
lino your
rooms you will need to be guard
ed. As soon as the pupils catch
Ihe spirit you will have all kinds
of pictures offered. Some will
need to be culled out. This does
not necessarily apply lo the funny
pictures. In fact, some of the
most effective work can be done
with funny pictures. Miss Pyrtle
called on different members to
criticise a story told by one of Ihe
instructors from a picture held up
to view.
Superintendent Waterhouse
took for his theme in Ihe arith
metic work "Value of Drills and
Correct Terminology." Fn every
subject I here is a- definite ter
minology applied to thai one Sub
ject and lo no other. You must
get that terminology yourself and
insist thai your pupils get it. In
fact, the terminology is an im
portant pari of the study. When
you have (aught a drill, don't al
low any foolishness aboul.it.
Teach the drill accurately and
then insist I hat Ihe answer come
reflexivcly. . - '
FlnalJ'rogram, Friday, August 9.
" ,FO'ltlJobN .
8:30 Music,' Miss Pyrlle.
9:00 Address, Dr. Winship.
H:40-1-Iieadiig;coiilest by Ihe
winners in the preliminaries!.
1 0 : '4 0 1 r i 1 1 1 ary Methods, Miss
Pyrlle.
11:20 Arithmel ic, Superin
tendent Waterhouse.
AFTERNOON.
1:15 Industrial Work,
Pyrlle.
2:15 Farewell address
Winship.
Mis
Dr.
The musicale will be held this
evening at 8 o'clock in the High
school. Miss Foster has arranged
for some splendid music by the
best, talent that Plattsmouth
boasts, and we all know that
Plallsmoulh has some splendid
musicians. Don't fail lo come out.
There is no admission charge and
everyone is assured of a good
lime. ,
)
Yesterday Afternoon.
The work of yeslerday after
noon kept right up lo the high
standard Ihat. had been set in the
early part of the week. In fact, it
seems to grow heller, because Ihe
teachers have heroine acquainted
with Ihe inslrurlors and are now
asking them' many questions (hat
they did not feel free lo ask at Ihe
beginning of Ihe session.
Miss Pyrlle talked along the
line of connecting school life, as
closely as possible wilh outside
life. Vitalize your geography.
(Set railroad folders and. steam
ship booklets. The boys and girls
will he only too happy lo cut out
Ihe nils and other illustrations
and iuake booklet s of I heir own.
These will impress geography on
Ibeir minds in a far belter and
more lasting way than any set
geography will be able lo do it. I
suagesi Idlers o pupils in oilier
communities also as a ilal way
lo bring geography Inmie lo the
consciousness of lillle folks.
Dr. Winship gave a masterly
bicliirco n "Class Consciousness
and Sub Conseienousness." This
lalk was really a emit inual ion of
his address of the day before,
which lias already been reported
in these columns. Class con
sciousness !s a very good Ihing if
'it is mil carried loo far. II is a
very bad thing w hen carried lo ex
tremes. Kindergarteners may be
well pleased with their work in
heir class, but they will never at
tain Ihe highest results until they
feel themselves as influencers of
Ihe whole' life of a child and pari
of a much greater whole than the
kindergarten, heroine, if possible,
class conscious in a large sense
and not in a small one. Sub con
sciousness is Ihe thing thai really
counts. It is the thing in your
life that causes ou to art spon
taneously. It is the lower current
of your life that carries you often
again! the popular upper current
in which most are carried along.
Superintendent Walerhouse, in
his round table discussion, carried
on his work of Monday with the
beginners. He took up the matter
of order, of making a favorable
impression and of being thor
oughly prepared beforehand for
the opening day of school.
Doings of Today.
Miss Pyrtle, in the singing,
purposely picked out a number of
the popular songs of different na
tions and suggested that this is an
excellent way of securing broad
ideas for the pupils.
One of the strong teachers of
Ihe county, Mr. Thomas, suggest
ed that a more definite county as
sociation be formed to take some
of the burden of work off of Ihe
shoulders of Ihe county superin
tendent. This suggestion seemed
to strike a popular chord every-
where and was adopted. A coin-
mil tee was appointed to bring in
definite by-laws tomorrow morn-
ing lo effect this organization.
The teachers were then divided
into small sections lo read and
select represenlalives for the
great reading contest tomorrow
morning. This contest will be
pulled off at 9: SO and each con
leslant will read one complete
selection. Those who won in Ihe
preliminaries are: Edith Dean,
Greenwood; Imo lleebner, Ne
hawka; Eleanor Crilch field, South
Bend; Pearl Johnson, Elinwood;
Minerva Gunther, Weeping Wa
ter; Lola Carr, Eagle; Nellie
Hrown, Mynard; Marie Miner,
Plattsmouth; Elizabeth Haird,
Todd district; Anna Kopia, Platts
nioulh; Cora Mueler, Union;
Claire llookmeyer, Cedar Greek;
Hazel Tuey, Plattsmouth.
Dr. Winship spoke on the topic,
"Efficiency," this morning. He
(rusted that what he had lo say
would help one whether one were
lo teach school, work in a post
office or clerk in a store. Fred
erick W. Taylor solved Ihe mailer
of efficiency in loading pig-iron by
having the men rest half of the
time. We need to learn how lo
rest and ihen how lo get started
going again. Too much of Ihaf
which every child knows is re
pealed lime and again in arith
metic. Why not rut. out this
duplication and gel (o doing what
is really essential ? The same is
true in spelling. Some words are
never misspelled, yet the same
amount of lime is devolrd to them
as lo Ihe- really difficult words.
And likewise Ihe poor speller and
the good speller are run through
exactly Ihe same gamut. How
foolish all tins is I I call upon you
to learn the difference between an
example and a problem and never
lo devote your energies to ex
amples when Ihat energy should
be devoted to genuine problems.
Miss Pyrlle, in her hour devoted
to primary methods, dwelt on the
ethical value of slory-telling. If
we grant Ihat morals ought to be
taught in Ihe hohie, still Ihe fact
confronts us that morals are not
taught (here, and we ns teachers
have a duly to perform along
these lines. In order lo illustrate
how children may learn in this
way she had Clara Louise Abbott
tell one of Ihe most popular of
these stories, "The Pig Urol her."
The great need of the hour is the
awakening of the conscience. Ele
mental virtues must be inculcated
in childhood.
Superintendent Walerhouse
gave some further work in writ
ing. II, is one of the most es
sential things in our whole cur
riculumyet we are not getting
results that are satisfactory lo
the world outside of Ihe school
room. He suggested a number of
exercises Ihat are calculated lo
start children in the lower grades
off along lln right, line.
NOTICE!
Just received on track, car of
oxtra choice Midland Hay from
the Loup river country, and while
it lasts we will sell It at $1G.OO per
ton. This Is a hay of exoellent
color, fine quality, at the very low
price of $16.00 per ton from our
hay shed. Como and supply your
wants before it Is all gono.
Cedar Creek Lumber Co.,
Cedar Croek, Neb. , ;
Land for Salel
100 acres good farm land in
Keith county, Nebraska, 7 miles
sou! beast of Ogalalla, the county
seal. Will sell outright or ex
change. Frank Vallery.
J. L. Smith, from near Ne
hawka, was a Plallsmoulh visitor
Tuesday evening and Wednesday
morning.
TA7" A
w e re
Cooking and Range Demonstrtion
in-Our Store All Next Week!
An expert Range Demonstrator will be present
and conduct this exhibit.
Did you ever eat food cooked in paper bags?
It is simply delicious. Every bit of flavor is
retained in the roast, or whatever is being
cooked, because the bags are air tight.
The range used will
TheSMange
AH -ways Preferable
You will know how much all-ways means
when you see the range. It means the most beautiful looking range, that it ,
will do the best work with the smallest amount of fuel, and that it will last
longer than any other range made. We know this to be a fact, but we want ,
you to find it out for yourself.
During this exhibit, if you buy a South Bend Malleable, we will make you
a present of a set of high-grade cooking ware, including four large pieces of pure
aluminum, also a set of cooking bags and show you how so use them. All vis
itors will receive a useful souvenir. We want you to come. Remember the ,
date all next week.
Murdock
William Weddell was in Lincoln
Saturday.
Dr. Jones was in Omaha last
Thursday.
. .Jitjss'Olga Ncilzcl went to llavc
lock Monday lo visit relatives.
Mrs. George Pickwell was shop
ping in Omaha last Thursday.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Mokelman on July 2ti.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jumper visited
relatives in Ashland last Friday.
Miss Minnie Ilier went lo Mil
ford, Neb., last Thursday evening.
Miss Ella Sorick of Lincoln
spent Sunday wilh home, folks
here.
William Monroe and family
moved inlo their new home on
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gulhnian
and son visited relatives in Plalls
inoul h over Sunday.
Mrs. M. Sorick and daughter,
Miss Eva, were shopping in Oma
ha last Thursday.
Miss Anna Ooehry," who has a
position in Lincoln, is spending
lier month's vacation at home.
Mrs. A. E. Miller of Kansas City
is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
George Pickwell and family.
Mrs. W. O. Gillespie returned i
Saturday from a few days' visit at1
Fairmont, Neb,
Misses Rose and Lillie Amgwert
went to Council Uluffs Saturday
lo visit, with relatives for a short
time.
Miss Anna Amgwert relumed lo
Lincoln last Wednesday, after
spending (wo weeks vacation
here.
Miss Georgia Moon of Ashland
and Miss Hose of Burlington,
lowa, are geusts of Dr. Jones and
family
Miss Verna Wallinger of Elm-
wood spent last Friday ami Sat -
unlay here with her sisler, Mrs.
Herman Kuehn.
Miss Coder's pupils wHI give
piano recital al the air dome on
Monday evening, August 12. Ad
mission in and 15 cents.
Mrs. Gtiellslorff and son, Ed,
and Mr. ami Mrs. Jacob Goehry
and daughter, Martha, atilocd to
Nehawka Sunday, where I hey
spent Ihe day visiting relatives.
Ah in Neilel came dow n from
IIaeock Friday noun to lake
charge of his father's hardware
store while the hitler attended Ihe
assembly at Lincoln for a few
days. Andrew McXamara, Mrs. W. O.
Gillespie, Misses Kale Amgwerl
and Lyda Sorick, also William
Weddell and. family, composed a
parly who left Tuesday for Ash
land, where they will camp dur
ing Ihe reunion.
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vjoiiik 10 na ve a m
be
The Old Time concert, which
the lloyal Neighbors were to have
given o'n Saturday evening, August
10, has been postponed until
some future date.
Willie, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Wilken, met with an ac
cident last Friday morning which
might have caused instant dealh.
He was at the top of the wind
mill when a step of the ladder
broke and he fell 35 feet to the
ground. Luckily his coal acted as
, a parachute and his injuries were
It lit'ohiol nriL'lo Ilia nwli in ,1,11-1 f
ihis f(1(,( .,;,, ani, n
back. Dr. Jones attended him
and he is now doing nicely.
Mrs. Loin's Neilzel enlerlaincd
at her home last Friday afternoon
in honor of her daughters, Miss
Olga, who teachers at Greeley,
Colo., bul is spending her vaca
tion at home, and Mrs. Clara
Harlung, who is spending the
summer here. The hours were
spent in music ami social conver
snlion and at 5 o'clock an elegant
Iwo-course luncheon was served.
Those w ho at I ended
this happy
gathering were: Mrs. Henry Tool
and daughter, Mary; Mrs. IF. V.
McDonald and children, Irene and
Hryan; Mrs. Edna Jones and
daughter, Ruth; Mrs. John Amg
wert and daughter, Marvel; Mrs.
Will Schewe, Mrs. Emil Kuehn,
Grandma Heal!, Misses Hose
Worth
Sorick
Mamie Schewe ami Lyda
AVOCA NEWS
A nice rain fell here Monday.
1 Full account of the wedding
, next week.
I Louis Wolfe was up from Iter, i
I lio Snmhiv. i
i .k
1 , Mrs. Ora E. Copes was at eep.
, ,n U,,"'r '''"""Mlay.
j 'iss Agnes Durham was here;
fl'"m
' ''' Meiicns was over
! f''n''' Nehawka Thursday.
J The Avoca ball learn will play at
a;,','":"' '-reek nexi Mimlay
Gus Wil.kie has resigned his
position al Maseman Thiele's.
Charles Jenkins and family
were at Mauley Sunday visiting.
L. J. Marquardt and wife were
at Omaha several days this week.
Charles Jenkins has moved into
the house acaled by Mrs, Lew
Ion. Jake Spencer is enjoying a visit
from n brother, who resides in In
diana. Call a). Cope's drug store ami
get some of the Itoosler post
ca rds.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wesllake
of Murdock look in Hie Avoca
picnic.
Nicholas Trook spent several
days this week visiting Lincoln.
relatives.
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The laying of (lie cement blocks
for Ihe new opera house was com
menced I his week.
Mrs. J. M. Palmer was over
from Nehawka Sunday visiting
relatives east of (own.
Mrs. Joseph Zimmercr relumed
Saturday from a visit with Ne
braska Cily relatives. .
Jtoherl Wallace of HaktU' Oily,
Oregon, was here this week visit
ing his friend, Hal Garnet.
Mrs. Mead oT Omaha was here
the first of Ihe week visiting at
Ihe Dunbar home, east of town.
Miss Audrey Wilkinson was up
from Dunbar last week attending;
the picnic ami u'siliug relatives.
William llinze has opened a
garage ami is prepared to fix the
buzz wagons up lo a queen's lasle.
Dr. Kruse and wife entertained
relatives from Millard last week.
John Dankleff, one of our pros
perous farmers, lefl Tuesday for
Europe, where he will spend
several weeks visiting relatives
an i,l friends.
Miss Eda Marquardt left Sat
urday morning for New York, via
Chicago, from whence she, will
embark for Germany, where she
expects lo study for Ihe next year.
Miss Selma Marquardt accom
panied her as far as Chicago.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Congregational church gave a
farewell reception for Mrs. Lew
Ion and Miss Eda Marquardt, last
Friday evening. A deliuhlful pro
gram was rendered, after which
cake and punch were served.
Mrs. Lewlon moved her house
hold goods to Weeping Water
Monday ami will acl as malron at
Ihe girls' college at Ihe Weeping
Water Academy for (he coming;
year.
Avoca, 6; Union, 1.
Avoca defeated I'llion
here
Sunday by a score of ( lo
I. It
should have been a shulout, but
for a wild Hi row by Mead in (he
lirsl inning. Score:
I'nion I (I 0 (i (1 fl 0 II 0 1
Avoca 1 I J p fl 2 0 ii (,
Kalleries Anderson and Yard
ley; J. Grubcr and Mead. Struck
oul Ity Anderson, i; by Gruber,
10. Empire Ilor'tnoii. ,
Good Pasture.
? 1 .00 per month. , Horses or
cattle; on Plalle bottom al south
end of wagon bridge. Good water.
T. II. Pollock.
Eleven In tho Parly.
Phil liecker, D. C. Morgan, Andy
Schneider, Hans Seivers and Dave
Amick were members of the party
of eleven, erroneously reported in
vesteidav's Journal as nine, vomer
with W.' E. IlosciHjrans .lo San
Luis Valley. Colorado, on a home-
seeking expedition.
