A BOY’S best friend may be his
mother—but a man's best friend
is his bank account.
The O’Neill National
Bank
Capital, Surplus and Undivided
Profits, $125,000.00
This bank carries no indebted
ness of officers or stockholders.
EDUCATIONAL NOTES
The Senior normal training stu
dents of the several normal training
schools of the county are being sent
•ut to various rural schools in the
county for one week of observation
and practice teaching. It is aimed by
this method to give students actual
experience in teaching under the
same conditions that they will find
upon entering their positions in the
fall. This method has proven much
more satisfactory than the old meth
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od of giving students practice in city
schools, where conditions are ideal,
and then giving them positions in
rural schools with entirely different
conditions and equipment. This meth
od is now being practiced in most
counties in the state.
The County Superintendent and
the Normal Training teacher from
each respective school visit the stu
dents at work thus hoping to be able
to form a good estimate of what type
school each individual is best capable
of handling successfully as a teach
er. We feel that this is a long step
toward more successful rural school
teaching.
Holt County has a class of seventy
senior normal trainers of which five
are boys.
The following schedule is observed
by the students for the week:
Monduy: Observe the work of the
teacher get acquainted with the pu
pils.
Tuesday: Observe work of teacher,
help with seat work in Primary
giade, supervise play ground.
Wednesday: Take charge of open
ing exercises, hear recitations in
Primary grades, supervise play
ground, make lesson plans for Thurs
day and Friday.
Thursday: Take full charge of
school under supervision of teacher,
teacher to be prepared to make sug
gestions and give help when neces
sary.
Friday: Continue work of Thurs
day; teacher may visit another school
on this day if she wishes. Student
should bear full responsibility of
school for the day.
Ewing normal trainers were out
during the past week; the Atkinson
and O’Neill public school students
went to their schools on Monday of
this week. The students of St. Mary’s
Academy and the Stuart school will
get their practice next week.
Any courtesy shown these students
while in your community will be
deeply appreciated by their school
and the County Superintendent.
The Pleasant Valley P. T. A. held
their monthly meeting on Thursday
evening. Miss Edna McCarthy, teach
er. The topic for the evening was
“Health” and Miss Ruff, Red Cross
Nurse, weighed and measured each
child and gave some very valuable
information regarding the import
ance of the health of the school child.
A delightful lunch was served.
On Friday evening, Miss Ruff at
tended the P. T. A. meeting at Ce
dar Valley, in Dist. No. 138, Page. A
most interesting evening was spent
discussing the topics of “Health”
and “Know Your State.” The parents
were interested in learning the phy
sical condition of their children. All
children were weighed and measur
ed. A bountiful lunch was served.
The preliminary Spelling Contests
held at the various locals last Mon
day were reported to have been very
successful. More than usual interest
has been taken by patrons this gear.
The final spelling contest was held
in the O’Neill high school auditor
ium on Saturday evening, March 28,
The winners in this contest will be
given free trips to the State Contest
in September and the Interstate, at
Council Bluffs, in April.
The World-Herald contest was
held separately on the same evening,
the winners in the above contests and
others who have been winners be
fore may be eligible, or anyone who
has not yet passed the eighth grade,
the winner to go to Omaha to enter
the contest there.
Some of the winners in the local
spelling contests throughout the
county which were held some time
aog.
Contest, District No. 122
Oral: Group 1—Esther Taylor, No.
122 1st; Darrell Darnell, 122, 2nd.
Written: Esther Taylor, 122, 1st;
John Sorenson, 96, 2nd.
Group 2: Oral—Mildred Derickson,
No. 4, 1st; Veva Aim, 122, 2nd.
Written: Donald Aim, 122, 1st;
Veva Aim, 122, 2nd.
Group 3: Oral—Mildred Derickson,
4, 1st; Cecelia Suverkrube, 4, 2nd.
Written: Mildred Taylor, 122, 1st;
Cecelia Suverkrube, 4, 2nd.
Group 4: Oral—Lora Aim, 122, 1st;
Wallace Powell, 60, 2nd.
Written—Theresa Nightingale, 4,
1st; Doris Powell, 4, 2nd.
Contest, Scottville, No. 38
Group 1: Oral—Donald Sprague, 3,
1st; Billie White, 3, 2nd.
Group 2—Opal Mellor, 3, 1st;
Junior Pinkerman, 38, 2nd.
Group 3, oral—Margaret White, 3,
1st; Mary White, 3, 2nd.
Written—Mary White, 3, 1st; Mar
garet White, 2nd.
Group 4: Oral—Howard Wells, 1st;
! Violet Pinkerman, 2nd.
Written—Howard Wells, 1st; Vio
let Pinkerman, 38, 2nd.
Contest, O’Neill Local
Division 1—Rural
Group 1, none.
Group 2: Oral—Muriel Graham,
15, 1st; LeRoy Grandorf, 15, 2nd.
Group 3: Oral—Margaret Lamb, 5,
1st; Winifred Stanton, 15, 2nd.
Written: Margaret Lamb, 5, 1st;
Winifred Stanton, 15, 2nd.
Group 4: Oral—Victor Bredehoft,
15, 1st; Hazel Bi*edehoft, 15, 2nd.
Written—Victor Bredehoft, 15, 1st;
Hazel Bredehoft, 15, 2nd.
Division 2, City Grades
Group 1: Oral—Robert Crellin, 7,
1st; Margaret Cadwell, 2nd.
Written—Davene Loy, 1st; Rich
ard Wyant, 2nd.
Group 2: Oral—Helen Suchy, 1st;
Randal Kerstein, 2nd.
Written—Phyllis Lydell, 1st; Mar
garet Wyant, 2nd.
Group 3: Oral—Theresa Sparks,
1st; Myrtle Brown, 2nd.
Written—Theresa Sparks, 1st;
Myrtle Brown, 2nd.
»Group 4: Oral—Burdette Miller,
1st; Florence Surber, 2nd.
Written—Anna Toy, 1st; Burdette
Miller, 2nd.
Division 3—O'Neill H. S.
Oral—Catherine Grass, 1st; Ralph
Tomlinson, 2nd; Donald Boshart, 3rd.
Written—Nona Bressler, 1st; Gen
eva Fox, 2nd.
Div. 2, Chambers Local, Incomplete
Group 4: Oral—Bernice Holcomb,
1st; Wesley Tomson, 2nd.
Written—Pauline Wilcox, 1st; Ab
bie Platt, 2nd.
Division 3: Oral—Lois Kellar, 1st;
Robert Kiltz, 2nd.
Written—Roberta Catron, 1st;
Gwendolyn Coppoc, 2nd.
Dustin Local, All Divlision 1, Rural
Group 1: Oral—Margaret Robert
son, 22, 1st; Lily Montgomeiw, 86,
2nd.
Group 2: Oral—Anna Montgomery,
86, 1st; Lyle Orr. 22, 2nd.
Group 3: Oral—Margaret Shear
er, 11, 1st; Ralph Allyn, 86, 2nd.
Written—Margaret Shearer, 1st;
Ralph Allyn, 2nd.
Group 4: Oral—Mary Crawford,
86, 1st; Arthur Colfack, 218, 2nd.
Written—Mary Crawford, 86, 1st;
Francis Olberding, 11, 2nd.
Emmet Local, Not Complete
Division 3: Oral—Arthur Dailey,
1st; Myrtle Strong, 2nd.
Written—Helen McCaffrey, 1st;
Anthony O’Donnell, 2nd.
Division 2: Oral—Lucille Lowrey,
1st.
Written—Luree Abart, 1st.
GLADYS SIMMONS WRITES
.- .
Again in Washington has occur
red an impressive ceremony which
President and Mrs. Hoover deemed
of sufficient importance for them to
give to it some of their very crowded
time. It was the dedication of the
“Memorial to the Sacrifice and Ser
vices of American Women in the
World War.”
Every sight-seer in Washington is
shown, near the WHhite House, the
row of beautiful white marble build
ings: the Corcoran Art Gallery, Red
Cross Building, D. A. R. Memorial
Continental Hall and the Pan-Amer- i
ican Building. Of these, the Red
Cross building was erected as a mem
orial to the heroic women of the Civ
il War. A beautiful building, the
outstanding feature of the outside,
to me, is the large Red Cross against
the snowy background; of the inter
ior, the group of three beautiful
stained-glass windows in the Auditor
ium. One was presented by women
of the North, one by those of the
South, and the central one by those
of both North and South—symboliz
ing the power of the Red Cross to
bring together in harmony factions
of different opinion.
The new building jto commemorate
the women of the later war is also of
white marble and of similar and har
monizing design, adjoining it, but
facing on an intersecting street.
Crowds were early gathered to catch
a glimpse of the President and Mrs.
Hoover and other celebrities—the
ever-patient people who couldn’t or
didn’t get tickets of admission, but
who will cheerfully stand for hours
in any kind of weather for a glimpse
of those who were more fortunate or
more foresighted. In the auditorium,
the Marine Band Orchestra, in the
bright red coats of their dress uni
forms, played beautifully as they al
ways do. In front of the platform
stood a great vase of Easter lilies
and amaryllis in the colors of the
Red Cross. Pretty girls in yellow
Red Cross uniforms with softly float- !
ing veils, served as ushers—veritable
spots of sunshine in the white hall.
Groups of Red Cross workers in vari
ous colors of uniforms to show the
division in which they worked; sur
gical dressing, clerical, motor corps,
hospital garments, and others. Some
in rose color; some in soft gray with
contrasting Red Crosses; some in
white with blue veils; some in var- !
ious shades of blue; some in white !
with scarlet collars and veils, these
the officials, Red Cross and Army
ilurses. Women in overseas uniforms
and all of them, young and old, with
the sweet faces of those who serve,
for they all are preparing or prepar
ed for service to their country in any
great emergency, and they serve ■
weekly in this very building.
Here, a Senator’s wife. There, an !
official of a service organization. I
Representatives of the Federation of
Women’s Clubs, American Legion,
Catholic War Council, Jewish \Vel- j
i
fare Board, Y. M. C. A. A group of
six Salvation Army workers with
their faces softened by years of daily
self-sacrifice and service. A few min
utes before the appointed hour, the
President’s secret service man arriv
ed to inspect, as always, arrange
ments for his Chief’s reception and
seating. Among other things, the
President never sits with his back to
a door or window. Later, his Naval
aide in full dress uniform and much
gold braid. Then, the bugle call which
always announces the President’s ar
rival, “Hail to the Chief” by the or
chestra, and the President and Mrs.
Hoover stepped upon the platform,
accompanied by General Pershing,
Miss Mabel Boardman in service uni
form (the secretary of the Red Cross
for many years, and one of Washing
ton’s most prominent women,) the
Secretary of War, the Secretary of
the Treasury, the Assistant Secre
tary of the Navy (the Secretary is in
London attending the Naval Confer
ence,) and other notables.
The ceremony was short. General
Pershing, presiding, presented the
building to the President, and Pres
ident Hoover in a few appropriate
sentences accepted it for the govern
ment. He stressed the words: “A Liv
ing Memorial,” engraved below, say
ing: “No better memorial can be
built to the American women of the
World War, and no truer inspiration
given to the women of today.”
A light was thrown on the wall be
hind the platform where hung the
American and Red Cross flags, the
orchestra played “America” and Mrs.
Hoover pulled the cord which drew
back the flags to unveil a tablet “To
Commemorate Service”—a beautiful
ceremony, graciously performed by
another woman of lovable expres
sion, who, too, has served long and
well.
A short address by Senator Fess
of Ohio followed, the Star Spangled
Banner was played, with a platform
full of distinguished people standing
at attention, and the President and
Mrs. Hoover left. The columns of the
auditorium were then unveiled in
memory of the service of several in
dividual women and of the D. A. R.,
the Federation of Women’s Clubs
and other organizations. Columns
outside the building were dedicated
to other women: “To the Mothers
Who Gave Their Sons for Their
Country,” by the American Legion;
to the Women of the Catholic War
Council; to those with the Y.M. C.
A. and the Y. W. C. A., and the Jew
ish Welfare Board and other groups.
Also, tw'o lamps dedicated to Miss
Boardman, “and that This Memorial
May Carry on The Light of her Ser
vices for the Sick and Wounded of
War and for those Who Suffer from
Disasters”—certainly a beautiful and
deserved tribute to another woman
[WALTER iP. CHRYSLER'S
TRAFFIC TALK5
WHEN UNCLE SAM BUILDS ROADS
Of vital importance to every town
and city in the Union is the fact
that the United States Government
is to pay out two and one-half bil
lions in the coming year for roads
throughout the nation. There is no
need to cite the obvious good accru
ing from this program, which it is
planned will be carried on into the
year 1931.
Certainly such a program will
have a tremendous effect on traffic.
Thousands of new cars and hun
dreds of thousands of miles of new
roads mean an increase in the num
ber of cars which pass through
YOUR town. Your traffic problems
will grow astoundingly over night.
Tbe corner which was unpleasantly
crowded last year will be impossi
ble next, and the bottle neck through
which the car stream managed to
pass last year will be an impassable
barrier in 1930.
How are you equipped to meet
these changes? Are your authorities
men of vision, and are your laws
and rulings capable of large inter
pretation and revision?
V ision requires a looking ahead,
not just one summer, but for several
summers. Stop gap methods are
more costly in the long run than
the larger plan which admits of
growth. The patched highway may
carry the traffic for a few months
but it is apt to go beyond repair
after a few hot days. Sooner or
later the four^ply road on a new
and direct route will have to come.
Elastic laws and rulings must be
interpreted for the good bf the
many, not for the few. It was well
enough in the old days for any
old kind of parking to hold good
in the small town. But as the small
town becomes a big town through
the magic of the motor car, it pays
a return compliment in the form
of more rigid enforcement of laws
and the creation of rulings which,
v. hen properly enforced, are the
very life of that fresh flow of
commerce.
No town can afford not to be on
the alert when Uncle Sam get*
under way.
who has served.
Other impressive little ceremonies
outside as the Army and Navy bands
played and the American or Red
Cross flag was fastened to the col
umns or lamps being dedicated.
So another beautiful building is
added to grace a beautiful city. And
as one left the white marble studded
with flags, the symbol of service, the
Red Cross, seemed an inseparable
companion to the symbol of patriot
ism, our country’s flag.
GLADYCE W. SIMMONS.
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1 HEALTH ANI» LIVING
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More Health Experts—Leas Police
Only a dull man will be a criminal
despite all that bosh and sentimental
ity about clever crooks.
Stupidity is often a disease—that
may be helped or cured.
But why wait till he robs or kills?
Sense and economy demand prevent
ive measures.
Let the youngest child have a thor
ough physical examination with fol
low-up observations every six months
or year, and we will catch much of
this wild wave of crime disease in its
incipiency and abort it or cure it.
Health measures are economical
■ _ _J
and effective. They help well people
stay well and well folks are usually
well-behaved.
All work together — body, mind,
conduct. Some irritation or pressure
in the body disturbs its function,
frets and affects the mind, blunts
the sensibilities, sways the judgment,
lifts the inhibitions, excites action—
and there you have the embryo crim
inal, developing soon or late into the
gangster.
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