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( VOLUME XXI. LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA. FRIDAY MARCH 11. 1001 NUMBER IT Professional Cards AARON AVALL Lawyer Practices in all Courts Loup City, Neb. ROBT.P. STARR Attorney-at-Law. LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA. W J. FISHER, Attorney at Law and Notary Public. WUl Defend In Foreclosure Oneee AX ftO DO A General Real Estate Business. — * LOUP CITY, W1UBAIKA .w, //. .?#/;. //> Bonded Abstracter Loup City, • Nebraska. Ouly set of Abstract books in county d. H. LONG PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Office Opposite St. Elmo TELEPHONE CONNECTION k A. ALLEN. DEJYTIST, LOUP CITY, * - NEB. OFFICE.—One door east of St. Elmo Hotel. My equlppment Is modern and my prices will be us low as can be ex pected for *rood work. I would be pleased to have yon call. Open •venings. In a dental operation me main consider ation Is tbe result. The pain Is greatly modified by modern equlppment. Dr. a. R NORTON, Veterinary Surgeon and HORSE DENTIST. OFFICE.—At my new residence second door east of opera house. LOUP CITY. . . NEBRASKA. 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DRAPER, Prop Sp cidl Sen ice gm n t > the travel ing trade. j OUR SCHOOLS The following paper was read be fore the woman’s club at it’s last meeting, and is given to our readerB by request of the members: Madam President and Members of the Unity Club: The subject which you have as signed to me, “Our Schools,” is one of deep, practical interest to the community in which we live. It touches the women of our town per haps even more than the men, be cause the duties and responsibilities connected with the rearing of chil dren fall chiefly upon us. We ought not to forget that we five in a state where woman is given the right to vote on school matters. Whatever we may think on the ques tion of female suffrage, or the gen eral right of franchise, it seems to me we are pretty generally agreed that as to school matters it is a good thing that we eojoy tberightto vote. At, all events, we are bound to ac cept the fact that under existing laws we share equally with the men the responsibility for the education of our children. We can no longer criticise and find fault with our bus bands, if school matters go wrong, but we must take the blame to our selves. In many things we enjoy the luxury of telling the men bow much better we could do than they do, if we only had the power or the oppor tunity. But this is not the case in regard to our public schools. The men can now turn round upon us and say to us, we have given you the power aud the opportunity; now let us see you do something; show us the more excellent way. I am one of those who believe that we ought to rise to the full measure of our re sponsibility and do something for the cause of education, which shall be worthy of our day and justify the wisdom of the law makers in grant ing us the school franchise. Now I wish to suggest, id the first place, that because we bave now a direct voice and a legal control in school matters by virtue of the fran chise, there is no reason that we should neglect the use of any of those powers which we had previously. It has been generally supposed that woman had some influence with man and that when she did not have the right to vote herself, she still had the ability to afTeCt his vote. Why should we not still retain this influ ence over men? Will it not be wise on our part to use' tact and persua sive arts with the men to win their vote for the good objects which we seek at our school elections? I have sometimes thought there was dan ger of antsgonizing the men by the exercise of the voting cower. You know we mast admit that the men are a little contrary and object to be ing driven. If we are too dictato rial and insist too stroDgly on our ideas, the men will bolt and go over to the opposition. 1 believe, therefore, it will be good policy t > make the men our allies and friends. They are often strong willed and forceful, and our aim should be to enlist their strong wills and their energy on our side. Some years ago, we made a vigorous < ffort to bring about a reform io school matters in Loup City, and we so far succeeded as to elect two ladies on j the school board. I fear our attempt at reform was nullified to some ex- | tent by the latent jealousy of the j tnen and their natural contrariness. I They were alarmed lest the women should monopolize the offices and as sume the reins of power and reduce them to a state of political subservi ence. Now 1 would advocate tbe ! election of men oniy upon our school board until sucb time as they shall cease to fear the dominance of women, but let us see to it that the | heat men are elected on the school board- men who are themselves well educated and who tuke an act ive interest in the cause of education, ft is not in the power of the men themselves to elect their best ele ment. They can only do this by the help of the women. I propose that we come to the aid of the most in tel ligent and moral element among the men in this community for the pur poses of school reform and that the very first reform we aim at shall be to elect scholarly men and solid business men as members of our school board. In looking back over the education al history of our town for the past twenty five years, we all know that the best qualified men have not always been elected for our school officers We have had men on the school board who could not pass an exami nation in any of the higher grades; men who could neither speak nor write grammatically; who took no interest in the cause of education; who held the idea that it required no more ability to teacb children than It did to bee corn or dig potatoes. Undoubtedly, we have had some good men on the board, but it lias seldom been possible to elect such Let our motto be to elect only our best qualified men upon the school board, ard let us take as our allies iu this movement for school reform the cleanest and best men in our community. We can win out, if we do this, and we cannot win out in any other way. This is the first re form that should be attempted. Why is Loup City behind all the neighboring towns educationally ? I undertake to say the chief reason is that tbeae oth^r towns have elected theirbrightesland best men upon their school boards; men who were them selves well educated and who appre ciated the advantages of education. While we on the other hand have been running our sc hool elections on the basis of ward politics and elect ing, for the most part, men who had no qualifications for school offices. Until we elect progressive men upon the school board we shall continue to be a quarter of a century behind all the neighboring towns education ally. How many of us feel our selves deeply humiliated and dis graced 88 we compare our schools with St. Paul and Ord. The back ward condition of our schools has | driven away from our community j the best and most desirable class of immigration, men of capital and of good social standing. Business men bad better wake up to this fact. It is a question that touches our mate rial prosperity. If our public schools bad been equal to those of Ord our business would have developed to the standard of Ord. Ignorance and poverty go hand in band as far as communities are concerned. As we make progress in intelligence we make progress in wealtb. After we have succeeded in electing a qualified school board, all other reforms will come easily. One of the first will be to secure the 11th and 12'h grades. It is really a shame that! we are without them now. Look at the expense which the parents of our children have been put to in sending ! their children away to other counties to secure the higher education Thousands ot dollars have gone out jot this town and out of this coun’y ! which ought to have been kept at 1 borne to aid in building up our edu | national Bystem and enriching our : merchants here. 1 see no reason why at the very next annual meet ing this very question should not be made an i*sue and the school b >ard ins'rueted by the vote of the school meeting, to put in the two additional grades and hire the additional teach ; era that will be needed. I will also 1 suggest that we as worn, n ought to take a special interest in securing j j school reform along the liue of man net's at.d morals. Some feticheis seem to entertain tbo view than 'lit matters belong exelusheh to liom« 'raining but 1 cannot agree to this. I admit that as parents we cannot shift the entire reap- n-ibilih upon our teachers, but inunt Iook well to the manners and mnrtl- m' • children at home It must b re me robe red, however, that • t < ■' ■1 dren are in the hands of the tench* t for lours of the day and the in tbinoces and instructions which they receive at school will outbalance what they receive at home. Living as we do, under a republican form of government, it is important that our uirldren should be taught to he truthful and honest and possessed of moral courage to stand for the right. It is important that they should b<> trained in habits of neatness, punctu ality, order, obedience to law and respect for the rights of others, without these qualifications our scholars cannot become good citi zens, and it has been well said that the school houses dotted all over this greatest of all republics, are factories for the manufacture of good citizens. I go farther than this: I think our teachers should leach gentle manners, kindness and politeness. These con stiutte a grace and ornament in every kind of society It is a very mistaken idea which assumes that only the wcalt y or aristocrat kt classes are expected to he polite and gentile and refined Unfortunately, these classes do no’ always exem plify the highest type of courtesy, bu' sometimes have only a surface polish which barely conceals the native roughness and coarseness be neath Often the poor and middle classes manifest a higher t\pe of i tr.it nobility. In a republic we ought all to he gentle people. Good man ners are an ornament to the humblest citizen and in aristocratic countries they become a throned monarch bet ter than his crown I was very mm h pained to hear that less than a year ago, a stranger, who visited our town with a view to locating here, was so shocked to observe the bad manners of some scholars that he instantly- made up his miml not to bring his own children to town where the manners of the pupils were so entirely neglected in the public schools. As women, let it lie our care to see that morals and manners are part of the curriculum in our schools. I have not time to point out other reforms which are to he desired. In conclusion I wish to say that. I only hope that there may re sult a generous spirit of rivalry be tween the men and the women of this town to sec which of the sexes shall contribute ftiost to the educa tional advancement of the scholars of thin town. “ Let knowledge grow from more to more, and more of reverence in us dwell, that mind and soul accord ing well, may make one music as be fore but vaster. ” Mrs. It. J. Nioiitinmalk. All He Asks. My old ambition? I've forsworn I And rainbows I no longer chase; Deceptive pleasure now 1 scorn With what I get my wants keep pace. I'm not at all allured by glory; I've had a glimpse behind th>- mask That covers herqts famed in story just solid comfort's all I ask. I think I’ve had my fill of Jove; In time It gets a trifle boring. No flower, lock of hair or glove Do X consider worth the storing, The cup that cheers 1 an. not taking; At one timo 1 could drink a ea k; Itut now It sets my head to nehlng— Just solid comfort's all I ask. A big armchair, a blazing fire, A seasoned pipe, a book worth reading And slippered ease I most desire; few things beyond these i am need ing. My old ambitions but amuse me As In the lire's warm glow I batik I’m wiser now, so please excuse me— Just solid comfort's all I a»k. —Chicago News. What He Wanted. Lord Melbourne, when lJriti-ii prime minister, was pressed to give an appointment to a mart because he was a good fellow, "and always votes with us when he thinks we arc right.” “D--him! What’s the good of that?” demanded his lordship. I want a fellow who will support me when I am wrong.” CONHISER’S *^THEE» •The Popular Up-to-Date EMPORIUM -F O K Fricy and Toilet Articles, Ladies’ and Gents’ Furnishings DRY GOODS, HATS, GAPS, SHOES AND GROCERIES All Goods Strictly First Class PHONE G 7 W. R. MELLOR LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA. Buys, Sells and Rents RESIDENT AGENT FORB. & M. LANDS AND LINCOLN LAND CO. TOWN LOTS. ®mb» nS » ms BOUGHT AT THE B. & M. 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