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NORli6ljk'WTEKLY'-NEWs-JomiNAi ] , ' FKIDA'X APRIL 9 1UQ& .
None Under 21 Should Dance.
Declaring the modern waltz nnd two
ntop to ho tlio most heinous form of
tlanctnK vor Introduced , Dr. M. V.
O'Slicn of WIscoitBln university told
llio teachers of north Nebraska Friday
morning that tlio modern ball room
was no place for a young man or
woman under twenty-one.
t r. O'Shea declared that young
folk * developed too young , He con
demned vlgoioiiBly the crowding down
of adolescent Interests and made his
plou that tlio young people bo kept
boys nnd glrlH as long aa possible ,
Failure to do thlu meant , he said , a
vital loss both to the Individual and
to the community. Tlio decay of
Naples In Itnly was , he pointed out ,
largely duo to the stilling of youthful
development. \
IB a Noted Educator.
Dr. O'Shen came to the convention
from the University of Wisconsin ,
whore ha Is at the head of the educa
tional department , lie Is one of the
lilg men In the educational world.
With "Trend of the 'Teens" as his
Hiibjcct , Dr. O'Shea made many em
phatic statements to the teachers at
the morning session. Ho made clear
specific cases whore the teach
ers were Instructing In too mature a
way.
Would Restore Old Dances.
Dr. O'Shea would restore the old
folk dances and would have them
taught In the schools. Out no child
nhould dance a modern dance or visit
n dance room until twenty-one. "And
It would bo better If they did not step
Inside until they were twenty-five.
They would enjoy It more , " declared
the speaker with emphasis.
Tlio speaker further paid his re
spects to high school fraternities
which he condemned unstintedly.
High School Love Affairs.
Dr. O'Shea went Into the psychology
of high school love affairs and note
writing. Ho did not think that these
youthful * love affairs could bo weeded
out. In fact the professor admitted
that the greatest danger was In
specialization and that the high school
boy who had three or four "affairs"
was much better off than where a
single strong attachment ran through
the school years.
The Vital Years for the Child.
The vital years In the child's life
wore declared to bo from eleven and
twelve to fifteen , sixteen and seven
teen , the great remodeling period of
life , when care should bo taken of the
forces which cnmo In contact with the
plastic nature of youth.
The Evening Address.
"Hidden Forces In Life ami Educa
tion" was the subject of the evening
address delivered by Dr. O'Shea be
fore the convention. While of a tech
nical nature , It abounded In human In
terest and was well received. The
AVlsconstn man Is credited with being
one of the best speakers of real worth' '
who 1ms addressed a Norfolk audi
ence.
President Warner Speaks.
President Warner of Ynnkton col
lege followed Dr O'Shea on the morn
ing-program. He spoke on "What Is
of Greatest Worth. "
HOLD PILEMEMORIAL
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Worth and Influence of Late Presi
dent Subject of Addresses.
The hour Just before adjournment
Friday noon was given over by the
teachers to memorial exercises for the' '
late President J. M. Pile of Wayne !
college. Ex-State Superintendent J. L. j
JIcBrien of Lincoln and other promi
nent speakers united In tributes.
Superintendent U. S. Conn of Co
lumbus , who once taught nt Wayne , re
viewed the history of the school and
told of President Pile's wonderful
courage during the hard times , when
the students often paid their tuition
with loads of corn.
H. E. Mason , the Meadow Grove
banker , who was the first graduate of
the Wayne school , In a tribute to Its
founder , declared that the normal
would live and grow whether the state
purchased It or not.
II. C. Bright , who has taken up part
of President Pile's work and who
spent four years In the Philippines
after being county superintendent of
Wayne county , gave an eloquent review -
-view of the Intluence exerted by Mr.
Pile over the young people and the
teachers of north Nebraska.
D. C. O'Connor df Lincoln , former
city superintendent In Norfolk nnd
Inter at the head of the canal zone
schools , paid a short tribute.
J. L. McBrlen's Address.
The exercises closed with the ad
dress of J. L. McBrien of Lincoln ,
former state superintendent. Mr. Me-
Drlen said :
It Is altogether fitting and proper at
this time on your program , when every
minute Is valuable , that this associa
tion reverently pause In obedience to
the holiest Impulses of human nature
to contemplate "tho profoundcst mys
tery of human destiny , the mystery
of death , " nnd to pay tribute to the
memory of n faithful husband , a lov
ing father , a loyal friend , an upright
citizen , on honest man , n prudent coun
seller , n genial companion , a sincere
Christian President James M. Pile.
One year ago In this city at the
banquet given by the Nebraska Nor
mal college , It was my privilege to
lienr the many earnest nnd eloquent
words spoken in praise of President
rile In his living presence. That oc
casion was n tribute that would make
glad the heart of any man. Little did
wo dream then what a year would
bring forth. Today while the funeral
bells are still tolllnr our departed
friend , wo ouloglzl ) him with n deeper
reverence , a better appreciation nnd
a greater love than over before. Wo
Imvo learned the fuller meaning of the
enylng written In the gdod book , that
the day of death Is better than the
day of one's birth , and that It Is bet
tor to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house of feasting.
And yet it is hard for our weak hu
man nature to look upon death save
as a bitter enemy.
There is a tradition among the
Norsemen of a land whcro the p'coplo
"
never die , where the aged , grow" over
older , their stops more feeble , their
eyes more dim. JIIUIOH M. Pile was
Inspired by n safer gospel than that.
He had faith In a Friend nnd Brother
who would take him through thin
nacrcd momentary trance which wo
call death Into the scenes of n higher
nnd truer life. He had faith In Ono
with whom he could walk through the
valley of the shadow of death nnd fear
no evil. And by that faith this mortal
man put on Immortality , nnd death
was swallowed up In victory.
U may help us to a better under
standing and appreciation of death to
remember that the patient and longsuffering -
suffering Job snld , "I would not live
alway. " And Dean Swift's philosophy
la sound and comforting : "It Is Im-
poHslblo that anything so natural , so
universal and so necessary as death
should ever hnvo been designed by
Provldonre as an evil to mankind. "
Nor did Loid Dncon over say'a truer
thing than thle. "Death Is a friend
of ours ; nnd whosoever Is not ready
to entertain him Is not at home. "
With all his mighty eloquence , Rich
ard Baxter never preached so con
vincingly or to the purpose as when
with his dying breath , ho said : "I
am almost well , " and then added In
his last words , "I nm quite well. " My
prayer this morning Is that henceforth
each nnd every one of us may bo nblo
to look upon death with the calm
thought and firm faith of Benjamin
Franklin , who said : "Life Is rathe'r n
state of embryo , a preparation for life ;
a man Is not completely born till ho
has passed through death. I look
upon death to bo as necessary to our
constitution as sleep. Wo shall rise
refreshed In the morning. "
This gives JIB an authoratlvo nnd
affirmative answer to that momentous
question which has troubled so many
noncst souls during all the centuries :
"If a man die , shall ho live again ? "
No more positive nnd convincing an
swer In the affirmative can be given
to this question t-Unn the words of
Senator Ingalls In his eloquent tribute
to the memory of James Nelson
Burns : "Neither veneration nor
reverence is duo the dead If they are
but dust ; no cenotaph should ba-rear-
cd to preserve for posterity the mem
ory of their achievements if those who
come after them are to bo only their
successors In annihilation and extinc
tion. If in this world only we have
hope and consciousness , duty must be
a chimera ; our pleasures and our pas
sions should bo the guides of our con-
duel , and virtue is indeed a supersti
tion If life ends at the grave. This
Is the conclusion which the philosophy
of negation must accept at last. Such
Is the felicity of those degrading pre
cepts which make the epitaph the
end. "
James Madison Pile , whoso life ,
character and career wo commemorate
today , was an honest man , and that Is
the noblest work of God. He was a
succe'sful man in the truest nnd best
sense. A. conservative , ho never
traveled the road of retrogression ;
progressive , he had but one lamp by
which his feet were guided and that
was the lamp of experience. Ho pos
sessed opinions and a will of his own
without trying to force his conclusions
upon others. He knew that different
men often see ( ho same subject In a
different light nnd therefore may hon
estly differ as to the method of its
solution. He was courteous 'without
the tricks of flattery. A plain , modest
sincerity marked his every act. He
was n brave man but not n boaster.
To him there were but two paths open
to men the right nnd the wrong , and
ho walked In the right path fearlessly
and faithfully to the end.
Ho was an untiring worker. This
was the key to his success. Ho work
ed through the morning hours. Ho
worked through the sunny noon. Ho
worked till the last beam faded
faded to shine no more. Iln tave
every flying minute something * o keep
In store. He worked while the night
was darkening , nnd now his wo 'k
Is o'er.
He worked wiser than he know. Ho
lived long because ho lived well.
Great are the achievements that
crowned his efforts. Measure , If you
can , the far-reaching influence of the
thousands of students and teachers
who were inspired by this man to bo
something and to do something worthy
of themselves and their opportunities.
Thomas Jefferson said of his old
Scotch teacher. Samuel Small , "There
Is the man who fixed the destiny of
my life. " Then Samuel Small had n
hand In the authorship of the Declara
tion of Independence , assisted in tlio
founding of the university of Virginia ,
and counselled In the purchase of
Louisiana. The first man to bo Invited
to an audience with James A. Garfield
after his inauguration as president
was Mark Hopkins , Garfield's old
teacher. At that conference , Presi
dent Garfield said , "I want to thank
Doctor Hopkins who has always been
an inspiration to mo and who has done
so much to .make me what I am. Ho
seems n man apart from other men ,
while his feet were on the earth his
head towered In heaven. "
One year ago In this city I heard
some of the ablest school men nnd
women of Nebraska praise and thank
President Pile for the broader vision
and the great help ho had given them.
In his living presence they did this
with tears of gratitude and In words
that came from the heart. If everyone
ono of the 17,000 students who have
attended the Nebraska Normal col
lege during the past twenty years and
who there came under the Inspiration
of President Pile's teaching wore to
express their appreciation of and debt
of gratitude to him , each would say ,
"This Is the man who fixed the des
tiny of my life. " So to live In hearts
that are loft behind is not to die.
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There Is no death , the stars go down ,
To rise upon some fairer shore ,
And bright In heaven's Jeweled crown ,
They shine forever more.
There Is no death ; an angel form
Walks o'er the earth with silent tread.
Ho bears our best loved ones away ,
And then wo call them dqaa %
But ever near us , tliough unseen ,
"Tho dear , Immortnl loved Ones tread ,
For all the boundless universe
Is life , there arc no dead.
MULLEN FIGHTS WAYNE BILL.
He's the Chief Obstacle , Wayne Nor
mal People Say.
Supporters of the Wayne normal
school declare that Arthur Mullen of
O'Neill Is the chief obstacle ID getting
Governo.Shallenberger's signature to
the bill appropriating $90,000 to buy
.
the Wayne school. Mr. Mullen IB
said , to bo fighting the bill In the In
terest uf future school prospects for
O'Neill.
Where Is Qarrett ?
And whore Is E. 0. Gnrrott-
Everybody around the teachers' con
vention has been feeling that some
thing was missing , n nervous realiza
tion that something had been for
gotten.
This morning It came Into words ,
when n now comer asked : "And
where Is Gnrrett. "
E. O. Garrett. the Fremont book
man nnd last fnll'the Democratic can
didate for lieutenant governor , has
missed the convention. It has been
hinted that demands political have
kept htm in Lincoln.
Gnrrett is usually a convention
fixture.
Frank Pllger Quits.
County Superintendent Frank Pllser
of Pierce Is almost always "on the
job. " He has held the "hard work"
offices of pretty nearly every school
organization of north Nebraska. This
year ho insisted that someone should
be elected to succeed him as treasurer
of the North Nebraska Teachers' as
sociation. W. E. Miller , who was
elected , has been assisting Mr. Pllger
throughout the convention and Is
familiar with the work.
A. V. TEED HERE.
Former President and Apostle of Sun
shine Prominent In Convention.
A. V. Teed of Ponca , sometimes
known as "Sunshine" Teed of Dlxon ,
who was president of the successful
convention of a year ago , has been a
prominent figure in the political and
social side of the teachers' convention -
tion ,
In matters political and In matters
no't political , Teed has always won
favor with his motto , "Let the blessed
sunshine In. "
That's ono reason that the man
from Ponca with the glad smile and
the happy word was made chairman
of the resolution committee.
Hidden Crime Comes to Light.
Pierre , S. D. , April 3. Sensational
In the extreme Is the effect produced
by the finding In the yard of Mr. Hoi-
brook , at East Pierre , the head , shoul
ders and one arm of nn infant child ,
which had evidently been given shal
low burial and afterward been dug up
by'dogs and part of the body devoured.
This Is the fourth discovery of a
similar hidden crime within six weeks ,
nnd the community is wrought up to
nn intense state of mind.
Fremont Against Wayne.
Yestcrdav Mayor Wolz In l > 2half of
the ciy * , sent a telegram to Governor
Shallenberger asking him to veto the
Wayne normal bill. Similar messages
were sent by other persons. Waldo
Wintersteen sent ono calling the gov
ernor's attention to the fact that such
an act would be highly gratifying to
his Democratic constituents of Fre
mont.
THURSDAY TIDINGS.
Will O'Brien Is In Omaha
C. A. Smith Is In 1'owa on business.
M. C. Hazen was In Wayne Thurs
day.
day.Mrs.
Mrs. Chapman of Nlobrara Is visit
ing Mrs. M. O'Brien.
F. G. Coryell Is back from a trip to
Ashland and Omaha.
Miss Kath.eryn Tully of Madison Is
the guest of Miss Nona O'Brien.
. .Misses Ruth nnd Gertrude Mount of
Fremont are visiting In Norfolk.
Roy Harlow of Tilden came down
for the contest nnd to visithis uncle ,
W. II. Shippee.
Mrs. Ed Martin is up from Madison
on a visit with her father and mother ,
Mr. and Mrs. A. Nyland. .
Mrs. Bondurant has returned from a
visit at Mt. Morlah , Mo. , where she
was called on account of illness of her
mother , who is now much Improved.
Mrs. G. W. Roseberry and daughter ,
Miss Tessle Roseberry , arrived homo
last night from Chicago , whore they
have been visiting for the past week.
Mrs. Roseberry was accompanied
home by her father , W. M. Ryel , who
has been visiting in Chicago for the
past two months.
E. D. Perry Is having two houses
erected on South Fifth street.
E. B. Taylor's new home on South
Fifth street Is nearly completed.
J. W. Horlsky has accepted a posi
tion with C. P. Parish In the letter's
grocery department.
William Hill , Northwestern ma
chinist , will erect a cottage on South
Fourth street this spring.
Work Is progressing rapidly on A. B ,
Baldwin's now cottage on Park avenue
between Fifth nnd Sixth streets.
August Kaun , living four miles north
of the city , has moved ( fl Norfolk and
purchased a lot on South Fifth street
on which ho will erect a house.
President A. L. Kllllan of the Nor
folk Commercial club , nnd a few
others , hnvo received Invitations to
attend the annual banquet of the Co
lumbus Commercial club Friday night.
Charles Richardson has resigned his
position as Janitor of the Bishop block ,
In which he has served faithfully for
the past flvo years , and will accept
the positlbn of Janitor of the Grant
school building.
E. A. Bullock has received n letter
from an eastern publication asking
him to write an article telling of the
practical problem of operating an
electric .light plant and nn artificial
Ice plant together.
A. C. Stear , who for ten years past
has been connected with the grocery
department of the Falrstoro , has
taken charge of the grocery depart
raent of the Lulkart department store ,
now owned by H. J. Graves.
L. F. Kurpgeweit of Greenmont , S.
D. , formerly a Madison county boy , la
In Norfolk visiting friends. He la on
bJs way homo from Washington , D ,
. ygm 8l9I :
C. . whore he has Juut cntcnd In n
contest with his patent device for put
ting 'mail oft fast moving tn ins nnd
catching mall on the trul is. His
chances of winning out are Muttering
and In case ho Is succctsful ho
promises to bccpmo a millionaire.
There were fifty-five entries In the
contest. Sixteen were resorted for a
second test and of these sixteen only
three stood the test. Of these three ,
the Kurpgeweit Invention stood forty
per cent higher than the other two.
Another contgst Is to bo hdld within
the year , at which Mr. Kurpgowelt
feels confident his device will bo
selected by the government. In this
event the government would order all
railfoads to equip mall cars with his
device , and thus give him n tro-
mcndous market. It Is suggested hero
that , In case of the device's success ,
Norfolk would bo the logical location
for the factory , aa all of Mr. Kurpgc-
welt's relatives live In this county. Ho
Is favorably Impressed with Norfolk
and , In case his Invention Is selected
by the government , he promises to
take up the matter of locating his fac
tory with the Norfolk Commercial
club.
Now It's the Smith Circus.
A. O. Perry of Atkinson has dis
posed of his interest in the Perry &
Smith circus now wintering at Kan
sas City , to Smith Brothers of Norfolk ,
according to an announcement made
hero last night. ,
The circus , which Is the Lem'en '
Brothers' railroad show , will now bo
known as Smith Brothers' Great Con-
solldate l Railroad shows. Up to this
time J. S. Smith has not been In
terested In the circus.
The circus will open May 1 In Kan
sas and swing north Into this terri
tory.
FRIDAY FACTS.
E. D. Daniel left Norfolk Friday for
Alliance , where he will make his
home. He has lived on rural route
No. 4 , out of Norfolk , for n year , and
his father had lived here twenty-three
years.
The first April shower of the seas
on arrived In Norfolk during the
night , a balmy springlike rain patter
ing down for a few minutes. The
grass and other green things have
begun to take on a fresh green tint
and the early garden hoe Is already
Irritating the ground.
Former Senator William V. Allen of
Madison was in Norfolk over night ,
leaving this morning for Lincoln to
nsk Governor Shallenberger to sign
the Wayne normal bill. Before ar
riving In Norfolk Senator Allen dis
patched the following telegram to the
governor : "Hon. A. C. Shallenberger ,
State House , Lincoln. I strongly urge
the approval of the Wayne college
bill. The location is central and Ideal.
The property Is worth the $150,000
stated. There Is "no state school in
the Third congressional district. "
Mlllnrd South is lit.
Lester Weaver Is suffe-lng from an
attack of appendicitis.
Mrs. F. J. Young of Pilger Is visit
ing friends In Norfolk
Miss Bertha Stllsdn of Atkinson Is
visiting Miss Lena Braasch.
W , S. Forhan of Whiteflsh , Mont. , Is
here visiting relatives nnd friends.
L. A. Brown of Meadow Grove was
In town yesterday afternoon on busi
ness ,
Mr. nnd Mrs. E. M. Thomas of
Madison are visiting at the home of
Mr. nnd Mrs. H. C. Vail. Mr. Thomas
was , for seven years on the big Morti
mer ranch in Stanton county. He and
Mr. Vail have been friends for thirty
years.
An eleven pound son arrived Thurs
day morning at the home of Mr. nnd
Mrs. Martin White.
A special conclave of Damascus
commnndery , No. 20 , K. T. , will be
held this evening at 8 o'clock.
"Tac" Peters , a barber , sliced his
finger to the bone with a razor yes
terday , nnd will be unable to work
for several days. Two stitches were
taken in the finger.
Frank Jewell , a steeplejack from
Hawarden , la. , Is In Norfolk visiting
his friend , John Weldenfeller. Jewell
claims to have climbed the flagpole on
the Singer building In New York In
full view of 4,200 people. .He climbed
the flagpole on the Citizens National
bank building during the forenoon
and painted It.
The Madison county mortgage
record for March Is announced ns fol
lows by George E. Richardson , county
olerk : Farm Mortgages , filed 46 ,
amounting to $145,952.85 , released 41
amounting to $73,537.40 ; city mort
gages , filed 29 , amounting to $17,513.34 ,
released 35 , amounting to $25,506.31 ;
chattel mortgages , filed 181 , amount
ing to $55,144.16 , released 113 , amountIng -
Ing to $39,717.90. The mortgages filed
amounted to $2,180.09 and the mort
gages released amounted to $13S,820.
The mortgaged indebvedness of the
county Increased $79,789.
Boys Capture First Honors.
Winners In the declamatory contest :
Oratorical class , Ned Ir\yln of Madi
son , first place ; Otto Stratton of At
kinson , second place.
Dramatic class , Ray Chllcoat of
Stanton , first place ; Miss Margaret
Hansen of Tilden , second place ; Miss
lena Marty of Creighton , third place.
Humorous class , Dana Cole of Ne-
Ugh , first place ; Miss Edltlm B. Slxta
of Schuyler , second place.
Dana Cole of Nellgh , a thirteen
year-old son of W. W. Cole of that
city nnd a freshman In the Nollgh
high school , gained the honors of the
evening aft the Auditorium In the
annual north Nebraska declamatory
contest last night , when ho won the
unanimous decision of the three
judges in the humorous class and
gained such hearty favor from the big
audience that packed the building that
he wns cheered for several minutes
UIO yi
and forced to reappear on the sta o
nnd acknowledge the enthusiastic ap
plause of the friends ho hod made.
Dana Cole , In point of years the
youngest of the contestants , showed
genuine ability. Ills selection , "How
Ruby Played , " the old story of Ruben-
stein nt the piano , was probably
familiar to the entire audience In
fact the same , piece was given by the
young lady from Wausa later In the
evening , but the naturalness , the en-
thuslaum , the force and the actor's
art tint the Nollgh representative
throw Into tho'old piece , completely
revived nn audience a trifle drowsy
from the length of the program.
Another Freshman Winner.
It Is sonu'thlng of a cqlncldont that
the young lady who pressed Dana Cole
closest for popular honors was a
member of the first year class In the
Schuylor high school. Miss Edltha
B. six a of Schuyler won second
honors In the humorous class with
"The Bear Story That Alex 1st Maked
Up His Own Sof. " There was genuine
humor In the pleco and Miss Slxta
made the most of It with n straight
forward natural delivery. The judges
were unanimous In giving her the
second prize.
Ned Irvvln Best Orator.
Ned Irwin of the Madison high
school was voted first honors in the
oratorical class by the unanimous de
cision of the judges. Ho appeared
first on the program with the trfbute
to "Oliver Cromwell. " Mr. Irwin has
a clear and mature delivery and
speaks with force and ease.
Otto Stratton of Atkinson won second
end place with "A Plea for Cuban
Liberty. " His delivery was marked
by earnestness and naturalness and
would probably have won him
honors even If more contestants had
appeared In the oratorical class.
Victory for a Young Man.
Ray Chllcoat from the Stanton high
school won first honors hi the drama
tic class over nine young ladles. In
the past young men have usually
shared rather poorly In the distribu
tion of honors In competition with the
young women in this class. Mr. Chll
coat , who had the support of a dele
gation of about sixty Stanton friends ,
"Bclshazzar's Feast" with
gave con
siderable force and ability , making the
most of the highly dramatic possibili
ties In the piece.
Miss Margaret Hansen of Tilden
was given second place , which she
well earned with the selection ,
"Brier Rose. "
Miss lena Marty of Creighton , win
ner of third prize In the dramatic
class , closed the program of that
class with "The Deathbed of Benedict
Arnold. " It was a highly dramatic
piece but was given most capably.
Other Dramatic Selections.
The judge's decisions were not as
unanimous In the dramatic class as
In the other two classes , possibly on
account of the large number of con
testants. Miss Edna Froyd of Hart-
ington and Miss Truby Kelly of Wls-
nor overstepped the time limit in the
selections and in this way reduced an
otherwise high standing. Miss Froyd
spoke "A Shaker Romance" and Miss
Kelly , "Mrs. Sherwood's Victory. "
' 'One of the Heroes" was well de
livered by Miss Vlda Krause , who
represented the West Point high
school with credit and gave evidence
of careful training.
Miss Helen'Friday of this city with
"A West Point Football Game" did
not disappoint her friends , but deliv
ered the selection clearly and with
much natural ability. While she did
not win one of the-prizes , her selec
tion was especially well received.
Miss Val Eckor of Wlnsido was one
of the most pleasing spe'akers of the
evening. She gave "How Old Folks
Won the Oaks. "
"Damon and Pythias , " a truly
dramatic selection , was well delivered
by Miss Una Hartman of Beemer.
Miss OIl/o Hester of Coleridge
spoke "A Wild Ollvo Leaf" and helped
maintain the high standard of the
evening's program.
Good Humorous Selections.
The humorous class , which is always
the climax of the evening's program ,
contained other well 'delivered num
bers than th'e two which were accorded
the prizes. Miss Edna Strlngfellow of
Oakdale with "Mrs. Fellesy's Burglar
Alarm" was especially good , while r'A
Cuban Tea" by Miss Leila Gossard of
Bloomflcld nnd "How Rubensteln
Played the Piano" by Miss Florence
Montecn of Wausa received deserved
applause.
Boys Ranked Well.
The four'young men who'were on
the program captured the three first
prizes and one second. It was a coin
cident also that the first selection
given In each class won the first
honors. In the past the young men
have usually been bested by the fair
sex.
Music a Special .Feature.
Music was a special feature of the
declamatory program. Voget's Con
cert orchestra , which has already won
the hearts of Norfolk people , won high
praise from the visitors from away ,
praise which was very much merited.
Violin solos by Otto A. Voget nnd Ray
Estabrook wore a part of the program
especially appreciated.
The Judged.
The judges who passed on the three
classes were as follows ;
Oratorical class : City Superintend
ent F. M. Hunter of Norfolk , City Su
perintendent R. M. Campbell of West
Point and Miss Amy Leigh Palno , prin
cipal of the Norfolk high school ,
Judges ; City Superintendent J. L. Cahill -
hill of Oakdalo , referee.
Dramatic class : Former State Su
perintendent W. K. Fowler of Lincoln ,
Superintendent Charles Arnot of
Schuylor , City Superintendent A , E.
Flshor of Nollgh , judges ; Miss Almeda
Cockerill , principal of the Atkinson
high school , referee.
Humorous class : City superintend
ent J. H. Welch of Stanton , City Su
perintendent W.F.Finnegan of Hartlng
ton , Miss Florence Donaldson , prin
cipal of the Madison high school ,
Judges } County Superintendent A. V.
Toed of Poncn , referee.
Timekeeper , County Superintendent
Murphy of Knox county.
Will Go to Lincoln. ,
North Nebraska will bo represented
In the state contest at Lincoln by the
three young men who won first place
last evening.
'
J. H. WELCH PRESIDENT.
Declamatory Association Holds An
nual Meeting nt the Oxnard.
The annual mooting of the North
Nebraska High School Declamatory
i association was h Ki at n o'clock yes-
1 terday nftcrroon at the Oxnnrd hotel
i City Superintendent J. H. Welch of
Stanton was elected president , suc
ceeding J. A. Doiemus of Madison.
Miss Amy Leigh Palno , principal of
the Norfolk high school , was elected
vice president , succeeding E. J. Bed
well , formerly of Norfolk but now of
Beatrice. W. T. Stockdalc , suporln
tondent at Wlsncr , was elected score
tary-treasurer for the fifth time.
About 500 Teachers.
While the official figures will not be
known until this evening , the at
tendance at the teachers' convention
appears to bo about the same ns last
year , when 5t2 teachers registered.
Additional registrations since ycs <
tcrday's list was published arc ns
follows :
.Donee Griffith , Newport ; Charles G.
Hlnmon , Bnssett ; T. M. Gushec , In-
man ; Ray Noble , O'Neill ; Carl Wll-
cox , Iiinian , Blanche Edmficld , Pierce ;
Meyer Brandvlg , Butte ; Blanche Mil
ler , Lottlo Ostrander , Edith Dwyer ,
Randolph ; Mac Mullen , Norfolk ;
Mablo Dell , Randolph ; Ella Hnuptll ,
Norfolk ; J. M. Grayhcll , Alnsworth ;
C. E. Mclntosh , Newman Grove ;
Martha Gloyd , Cora Cloyd , Meadow
Grove ; Elflo Cnrmiclmcl , Edith Eggles-
ton , Olive Eggleston , Elgin ; Hazel
Weber , Wayne ; Ella Smith , Stanton ;
Catrio Hall , Osmond ; Minnie Berg
man , Edna Eckert , Brunswick ; Robert
Thompson , Orchard ; J. S. Cutter , Lin
coln ; Dell D. Gibson , Plalnvlew ; Mrs.
Bert Van Busklrk , Foster ; Gertrude
Phipps , Wayne ; Anna Kyriss , Bloomfield -
field ; Harold J. Plymesser , Foster ;
Ella B. Crubaugh , Pierce ; Lettle
Scott , Myrtle Akors , Plalnvlew ; Roy
M. Young , Disney ; Ethel Dean/Plerco ;
Clara Rlmovsky , Clearwater ; Charles
Coney , Stanton ; Florence Hey , Os
mend ; Harrie * Draper , Nlobrara ;
Mary McCaiilay , Madge Ferguson ,
Clearwater ; Tllllo Hladlk , Lizzie
Trcgs , Plaluvlew ; Charlotte Planck ,
.Tosephono Uozisek , Stuart ; B.eatrlco
Miller , Jean Preece , Battle Creek ;
Christina Ei nest , Dlxon ; A. P. Barge ,
Mrs. A. P. Bdrge , Cynthia Bory , Allen ;
Anna Swa-ison , " Wakefleld * ; Ruby
Baugh , Colt ridge ; Capitola Hanson ,
Creighton ; Sadie Thomas , Tilden ;
Minnie Thomas , Norfolk ; Gertrude
Wright , Ver.ie Wright , Meadow Grove ;
Josle Larsou , Emma Clausen , Tilden ;
U. S. Conn , Columbus ; J. W. Nation ,
Fremont ; Llizle Busteed , Elsie Adams ,
Newman Glove ; Blrdlc Cross , EHlo
Norton , Wajne ; Margaret Moor , Staf
ford ; Bessie Davis , Star ; Adda Mas-
tallr , Verdlgie ; Idell Taylor , Norfolk ;
Myrtle Hunt , Brunswick ; Jennie
Mills , Stanton.
Jessie Beeihel , Vera Buckingham ,
Plainview ; Hilda Turner , Nell Pal
mer , Emersoa ; Edmonia Ferguson ,
Orchard ; Maigaret McCauley , Clearwater -
water ; Grace lackson , Nellgh ; Bessie
Wilson , Pierct ; May Leek , Emerson ;
Mable Bowen , Pearl Reese , Norfolk ;
Katherine Tully , Margaret Tully ,
Madison ; Minnie Miller , Atkinson ;
Anna Jelen , felon ; Margaret Lam-
bard , Norfolk ; Josephine Graves ; J. T.
Sountry , Wayne ; Mary Williams ,
Emerson ; C. H. Bright , Wayne ;
Frances Leslfe , Hoskins ; H. H.
Zlemer , Frances Rich , Pllger ; Anna
Ottls , Humphrey ; Mary Crolnn , A. J.
Ratterson , Platte Center ; A , B. Miller ,
Brunswick ; R. B. Cooley , McLean ;
H. F. Cooley , Crofton ; William McGill ,
Wlnnetoon ; Claude L. Wright , Dlxon ;
Helen Heemnn , O'Neill ; Rachel An
derson , Nollgh ; Luella Wlttwer ,
Creighton ; Mrsf L. M. Roberts , Foster ;
Anna B. Bright , Elizabeth Zlngsbury ,
Wayne ; Bessie Etter , Ilah B. Ohlson ,
Pllger.
Among the teachers who registered
during the latter part of the convent
tlon vere :
Ester Patterson , Mnmle Ellis , Nellie
Putney , Norfolk ; Abigail Manning ,
Wayne ; Mable Horsham , Madison ;
Mattlo Barrett , Atkinson ; Anna O'Con
nor , Norfolk ; Ella Pierce , Hilda Gas-
sel , Tildenf Mary Hoofer , Elgin ; Mrs.
J. A. Doremus Madison ; Emma Tutt ,
Hartlngton ; Sarah Zlemer , Hoskins ;
Sadie Darnell , Pierce ; Winifred New
man , Amelia Carlson , Stnton ;
Blanche Abbott , Hazel Perlnn , Pllger ;
Maude Davis , Lola Olmstcd , Butte ;
Elizabeth Derry , Pierce ; Sadie Hop
kins , Dlxon ; Nattio Erwin , Concord ;
Mannlo Lambert , Battle Creek ; Anna
Baor , Wlnnetoon ; Ella Marsh , Plain-
view ; Mary A , Parker , Bernlco Kruso ,
Bloomfield ; Agnes Melgard , Pierce ;
Mary Purcell , Julia Purcell , Clearwater -
water ; M. Bortwell , Platnvlow ; Bess
Burlt , Anoka ; Emma Mastallr. Verdi-
gro ; Myrl Smith , Plalnvlew ; Ethel S.
Blank , Veast G. Keopon , Anoka ; I. A.
Downey , Lincoln ; Mrs. C. E. Cole ,
Norfolk ; Emma Wlggors , Beemor ;
Nettle Kowan , Norfolk.
jj. A. Doremus Is President.
President , City Supt. J. A. Doremus
of Madison.
Vice president , City Supt. A. E.
Fisher of Nollgli.
Secretary , Miss Nina Longcor of
Crclghton.
Treasurer , County Supt. W. E. Miller
of Hartlngton.
J. A. Doromus , the Madison city su
perintendent who for the past year has
OLD GOLDEN
COFFEE "
r Every one wheT
T appreciates coffee of
f the octtcr sort is cnpti-
* vntcd by the mellow rich
ness , the refreshing flavor
and the substantial pood-
ness of OLD GOLl
superb qualities resulting
from n skillful blending or
"Old Crop"coffees. . OLD
GOLDEN is truly un
usual as good as coffee
can be made
-r-far better'
than most of
it is made.
3Bo Pound
i COff-1
TONE BROS. , ( -
Dei Rlolnct. Iowa.
been vice president of the North Ne
braska Teachers' association , wan
honored by uolng advanced to the
presidency at the Friday morning busi
ness session. Air. Doremns has boon
an efficient woikcr on the executive
committee and will bring energy and
Intelligence to the tusk of having an
other iccord meeting next year.
A Contest for Offices.
Two candidates were placed In the
field for president , Mr. Doremus and
W. M. Flnnepan , a popular city super
intendent from Hnrtlngton. Mr. Doro-
nuis was elected by n good size ma
jority.
For vice president , A. 10. Fisher of
Nellgb and Air. Fliinogun were nomi
nated , Mr. Fisher winning out by n
close vote.
Miss Nina Longcor of Crclghton
had no opposition for secretary.
Miss Loncor la the normal training In
structor In the Creighton schools.
W. E. Miller Succeeds Pllger.
Frank Pllger of Pierce , wheTs
treasurer of the association has had
much to do with the success of con
ventions in the past , this year de
clined to servo longer. His successor ,
W. E. Miller of Hartlngton , county su
perintendent of Cedar county , was
chosen by acclamation.
Resolutions Committee.
The following committee on resolu
tions was appointed : County Super
intendent A. V. Teed of Ponca , Su
perintendent , T. A. Doremus of Madi
son and Miss Florence Zlnk of O'Neill ,
county superintendent of Holt cftunty.
Next Year's Convention ,
While the question of next year's \
convention has not been taken up nnd
will probably bo left to the executive
committee there Is no disposition so
far on the part of anyone to suggest
any other convention city than Nor
folk.
MAY MELSER WILL SOW FLAX.
Question of Her Right to File Did Not
Come Up Yesterday ,
Gregory. S. D. , April 2. Mrs. Mel-
ser has decided to raise fiax on tier
new claim. Indeed , she has secured
the services of a big plowing "layout"
to put her land In shape for cultiva
tion. She will move upon It as soon
as the weather is fit and will at once
become the pioneer land owner of
this locality.
Splitting two quarter sections of
land in twain to exercise her right of
choice of ICO acres of the choicest
land in Tripp county , May Melser , of
Kennebec , hpldcr of No. 1 In the
famous Trlpp county'drawing of Oc
tober 19. 1908 , chose the west half of
the southeast quarter , and the east
half of the southwest quarter of sec
tion 21 , township 100 , range 78. The
tract lies Just south of the government
townslte of Jordan or Wltten In the
northwestern part of the county ,
where the new private townslte of
RedhlH has Just been located a short
distance to the north of the Melser
claim.
The question of Mrs. Melser's right
to file had been previously passed
upon by Judge Wltten and did not
come np at the time of the filing w.ien
she appeared with her locator ,
Chester Slaughter , of Dallas , paid her
filing fee , took her receipt and left
the office soon after. The map In the
filing room was Immediately marked
to show that the tract In question had
passed out of the list of lands eligible
to entry.
Otto Schneider , of Mitchell , S. D. ,
as number 4 , made choice of the south
west quarter of section 2 , township 97 ,
range 75 , being a half mile from the
government townslte of Colome , sit
uated ten miles from the present ter
minus of the Northwestern road.
Jacob Echert of Wichita , Kan. , made
the fifth filing on the south half of the
southeast quarter of section 34 , town
ship OS , range 71. and lot 1 and the
southeast quarter of the -northeast
quarter of section 3 , township 97 , range
74.
Samuel Anderson of Albert City , la. ,
was the sixth to file and his choice was
the southwest quarter of section 9 ,
township 100 , range 78 , Just north of
the now townslte of Rcdhlll , and only
a short distance from the Melser nnd
Hniuicn claims.
There will bo fifty filings made dur.-
ing the day If all the holders or lucky
numbers are on hand to exercise their
right.
At n largo publjc meeting In the
auditorium at which there , were hun V.
dreds of the holders of numbers , Judge .
Wltten made a lengthy address and
gave full Instructions as to the filing
as well as paying a high compliment
to the qualities of the country to be
entered.