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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1D03 6 BRIEF CITY NEWS aoe Sssot Prist IX, 8tadlph T. wroboea, Public Aoeofurtant. photograph, lttb ft firua 1IT 34. It. Douglas ho. I1M wta fer hoUday oandi and ci gara. II 6. nth. BanltaM tvtf Policies sight drafts at maturity. H. D. Neely, manager. Omaha. Per Xbm-Om or electric reading lamps make acceptable prncnti Price reasonable. Burgeas-Oranden Co., next to 8s office. 1611 Howard St. Swt&r Brm, M3 Brands! Slag. " Cnarg- Van -Support Grace E. Payne baa applied for a divorce from Charles E. Payne, charting habitual drnnkentuias and non-support. roar aeons y as varoablas In a safe depoait box la th American Safe Do pH Vault la Tb Be building, which la nasolulaly barglar and fireproof. Boxea rent for only tt a rear or (1 a quarter. Taoodor Vakmaom Laid at t The funeral of Theodora Johnson, the former loon keeper who died Wednesday, waa held at the home. 3K!4 Sherman vpnm, Saturday afternoon at X o'clock. Burial wks In Forest Ua cemetery. Lamas Progressl Cln The Luxu Progressive club gave ita monthly dinner at the Rome Saturday night. The spread waa laid In the banquet room of the be tel and waa attended by tha officers and lieada of the departmenta of tha Krug Brewing company. AUoawe. rokvr Out KaUsd An al leged poker game was raided about mid night last night at tb Murray hotel by Police Sergeants Ha)es, Cook and Vanoua end Detectives Davis and Pattuiio. Nine men were taken to the police station, but were afterward released on bond. Nine teen deck of carda and a quantity of i hips, ai well as a "buzzer" were con fiscated. Skat fey tha Iir at tha X.ak Lovers of good skating can now enjoy themselves to the full, as the provisions made by tiieclty at Lievl Carter park. Thirteenth and Locust atrefta, have been completed and tha lake Is open to all who desire to avail themselves of this form of exercise. Tha liouae ha bean finished and a good fire Is kept there an day by a roan hired for the purpoee and paid by the city. rret Butler WOl Blar U Omaha Gen eral Secretary "Wade of the Toung Men's Christian association has received word from Fred Butler, the New Tork got pel soloist, who has been singing for Rev. J. "Wilbur Chapman at his evangelistic meetings all over the country, that he will spend Christmas in Omaha and will sing Sunday, December 17. at the Young Men's Christian association. He will sing the Toung Men's Christian association men's meeting Sunday at t p. m. and that night at the First Congregational church. Mr. Botler 1b one of the world's most noted gospel soloists. OeUeg-s Boys 01v Entertainment An entertainment was given In the rooms of the Omaha -Commercial college Friday evening by the young men of the school and the program conalsted of Instrumental 1 and vocal music, recitations, a wrestling bout and an exhibition of Japanese songs and sword dances and waa much enjoyed by those present. Prof. Rlchey recited and the College Glee club and orchestra furnished the musical numbers. Mr. Nlshatnuta. u diminutive Jap, gave an exhibition of Japanese sword drill. A wrestling match between Jones and Huakevac waa won by Jones after twelve minutes of work. Maran brothera of , Smith Omaha rave a fifteen-minute ex hibition of wrestling. An oyster sup per was served at two long tables, Beat ing about sixty rouples. CUrlstmas at Sacred Heart The jiro grant for Christmas day at the Church of tie Sacred Heart la aa follows: High mass. 6:30 a, m.; low mass, 7 a. m ; chil dren's mass, with music by the children's choir. Miss Genevlve Dentson at the or gan. a. m.; high mass, 10.30 a. m., with sermon by the pastor. Father P. J. Judge. At the latter service music will be fur nished by the senior choir, under the di rection of Sister David, O. 8. D. MIbs Muriel Connor will be organist, and the following are In the choir: Messrs. J. C V6U Make Christmas Last All Winter with double Jthe money to spend, and twice as much time to spend it in, 70a couldn't find so good a gift for the . whole family as a Col umbia Graph ophonc The "New Lead er outnt com plete-- with carry incrceverand your choice of 12 Col umbia Indestruc tible Cylinder Records f.37. 20. Pay on Easy Terms after Xmss if you prefer. Other outfits (disc or cylinder) up to SOLD ST YOVI DCAUI Columbia. Phonograph Company With SchmalUr 01 MuUUr Piano Co. mi-1315 Fur nam Street : Omaha Vs. Swift. Hugo Schonlau, H. Long. E. Long. I'avil Pwyer, Joneph O'Neill, Ed MeCreary. John Coffee. Frank Gentleman and Lt. O'Leary. The altos are: Mary O'Neill. Ruth Gentleman, Nina Morrow. Nellie Reynolds, Emma Kissling and Ellen Gal lon; sopranos, Claire Connor. May liwyer. Margaret ioran, Agnes Murray and Leona Coffey. Beglater Staff Is aw a root Ball Bomber The extra edition of the High School Register, which was given out Friday aft ernoon, was one of the most attractive lnsues yet published. The Idea was an Innovation and proved quite a success, since the demand for extra copies a large. The number contalna the group pictures of the first and second foot ball trams and Individual rlctureB and write ups of the first team and Coaches Cber rlngton and Cunningham. It also has articles on the Boosters' club by Will Ross, 'Ot, and on the band by Evan Rogers. '0. A vote of thankB Is ex tended on behalf of the school to the daily press and the Toung Men's Chris tian association by the Boosters' club, and a report of the result of the ticket selling contest Is made Ty F. C. McCon nell, chairman. The Issue, containing thirty-two pages, was quite expensive and entailed much work on the part of the ataff In Issuing it. PORTER M. JONES IS BURIED Old-Tfsae Print Who Dies "at His Case" Laid e Rest sit For t Laira, Porter M. Jones, the well known printer and former Mnotj-pe operator on The Bee, who died In Ogden, Utah, week before last while working at his machine on the Ex aminer, was burled In Forest Lawn ceme tery Sunday afternoon. The funeral ser vices were held at St. Mark's Lutheran church. Twentieth and Burdette streets, at 2:80 o'clock. Rev. Leonard H. Groh, pas tor of the church, conducted the services, which were largely attended by relative and friends of Mr. Jones and members of the local printers' union. Omaha Typo graphical union, No. 190, of which Mr. Jones waa for many years an active mem ber and official, had charge of the funeral. The pallbearers were, Herman Matthes, Archie Wiggins. F. B. Crtiver, James Der mody, Alfred Brisbane and C. W. Rogers. ST. NICK TO AID HOSPITALS Methodist CasrrkM Will Provide $ ap plies 1 Til el r Infirmary fer Cartatsnas. The Omaha Methodlat hospital is looking to St. Nick to help replenish Us linen clos ets and supply rooms. Practically ell of the Omaha Methodist churches will take up a special collection of sheets, pillow cases, toweling and other linen supplies this week, the supply to be presented to the hospital authorities Christmas day. Women of the various churches are plan ning bazars, sewing circle meetings and money contribution to help swell the gift. In many of the churches every attendant has been asked to give either he piece of linen or a small sum of money which may be used to buy the desired supplies. HARDING TO BE PRESIDENT Probably Saeoeaaor to Cole a the New Bard of E4u cntlon. Tonight's meeting of the Board of Edu cation will be the last .regular meeting of the old board. The new board will be sworn In on the evening of the first Mon day in January, the date of the next reg ular meeting after tonight David Cole, president ot the board. Dr. E. Holovtchlner, George D. Rice and J. O. Detweller will retire. When the new board ia organised Charles Harding will. In all probability, be elected president. He will be the oldest member of the board, in point of service, and lt haa been the cus tom of the body to place its oldest man In the chair. Foley's Orlno Laxative cures chronic con stipation and stimulates the liver. Orlno regulates tha bowels so they will set naturally and you do not have to take pur gatives continuously. Sold by all druggist. 'i - r ) .1 SCHOOL AND COLLEGE WORK President Sconrmta Define the "Aim Final Goal of Education." MALE TEACHERS OS TEE RETREAT Statistic af the Pablle School of Kew Jersey Princeton' Inlaw Ccrtrrttoa Art! Title of Tarton la. In his address at the Inauguration of Dr. A. Ross Hill as president of the Missouri university, recently, Dr. Jacob Gould Bchueman, president of Cornell university, defined the aim and final goal of educa tion to be the uplifting of the whole people. "It Is neither in the interest of science nor of citisenshlp, and dangerous to both," he declared, "when scholars and scientists lose touch with the Intellectual life of the people as a whole. Scientific research Is and must be the work ot the few. But sci ence, after all, exists for the service of mankind. And what is true of science is true also of the humanities. But a human istic culture which estranges the educated fclasses from the masses of the people Is unhealthy and dangeroua. I yield to no man In my admiration of the humanities and humanistic culture. But we must never forget that greater thaa the humani ties la humanity. 'The still unsolved problem of our uni versities, therefore, is the Intellectual ele vation cf the whole people. Nothing short of this can be set before us as a goal. Tha ultimate educational aim should be to give to every Individual "a chance to attain to a maximum of personal culture and social efficiency according to his Intellectual gifts and the strength of his will." How this Ideal la to be realised we may not at pres ent clearly discern. But a genuine Btate university will begin the work of reaching lectures, by correspondence with Individu als who desire knowledge but cannot leave borne to obtain it. by encouraging evening and continuation schools, by sending out teachers In the liberal arts. In the sciences, and in the several technical callings, and by conducting co-operative scientific ex periments which may serve as object les sons to farmers and others who wish to bring the light of science to the aid of their daily callings. I mention these meth ods of assisttance more or less at random. They are not exhaustive and could not be made so. New avenues of work will open themselves at the new years dawn and the new intellectual needs of the people de velop. All that I am concerned to empha size Is the ideal of university Itself. "That Ideal, In brief phase. Is tp minister to the highest intellectual needs of the people and to promote personal and Intel' lectual power In every Individual." In the annual report of Governor Fort, Charles. J. Baxter, state superintendent of public instruction, will show some remark' able conditions In the school profession In New Jersey. One of the most interesting of these Is that women are steadily driv ing men from teaching, and unlea there Is a change In this respect soon, the school will speedily be completely femlninlsed. The number of male teachers employed during the last school year was 1.100, forty two fewer than the preceding year. The number of female teachers waa .ITS, an Increase of SKI. In 1&&6 the number of male teachers employed was 125, while the female teachers numbered only E17. The total number of teachers employed last year was 10.179. an increase of 308 for the year. The average" salary paid waa M87.B6, an Increase over the preceding year of r., or 12.1 per cent. The report shows total enrollment of 0",8S6 pupil, an increase of 8,806 for the year. The coet of the schools for tlie year aggregated 814,951.775, an increase over the preceding year of 82,017,738. The sal aries paid last year were 87.ltS.068M. The total value of the schools in the state Is estimated at 13.682.SB8. The school tax for the year wa 83.238.tt8.2S. the Increase being B7 fer cent over the preceding year. The appropriations for the echool year of 100S-8 are: Slate school tax, M.0&1.M0.32"; state appropriation, 81.O12.S1O.08; the district school tax and the 2Vmtll tax. maxlng a grand total of 81fi.078.4fC.82. W1SCOXSIX IMVERSITV. Hare Additions te the Library Tfce Debatlas L.esrae. By defeating Nebraska In Intercollegiate debate, the Unlveralty of W1nconin i in flrt place In the Central Debating league, havhlng in the last three years won four debates and lost but two. The University of Minnesota. University of Illinois and the University of Iowa are tied for second ' place, each having won three aad lost three debates, while the University oi weora.aa la third, having won two victories and suffered four edleatB. The agreement be tween the five universities in the league for a series of debates terminates next year. The subject for discussion this year ,. the commission form oi government for cities. Wlscon' representatives, arguing in favor of a commission form of govern emnt. won a unanimous decision against the Nebraska team. The local chapter oi the honorary oratorical fraternity of Fhl Alpha Ta ugave a banquet to the debaters and Judges after the debate. At Iowa City, Wisconsin met its second defeat In the six debates of the last three years, being un able to uphold successfully the negative side of the question: "Resolved. That the commission form of government should be adopted by American cities. The university has Just received a valu. able addition to Its large library for the study of the labor movement by the girt of the extensive literary collection made during his lifetime by Henry Demarest Lloyd, noted writer and social reformer The collection is given to the university by Mr. Lloyd's heirs, who are Interested in the work of the American Bureau of In dustrial Research, which has Its headquar ter n Madson. The Lloyd collection la par ticularly rich In material on trades union, co-operation, socialism, municipal owner shin and monopolies. It also includes thousands of books, pamphlets, paper manuscript letter and boxes of clipping dealing with allied topics, and will ma terially strengthen the university and his torical libraries In economics, political eel ence and history, which are already recog nixed as the best in tha country for the study of public utilities and the labor movement. During the last twenty years of his life Mr. Lloyd traveled all over the worid In search of soltuiona for economic problems. and gathered material for a cumber of hi books, among which were "Wealth Against Commonwealth," "A Strike of Millionaires Against Miners," published la UU0; Country Without Strikes" and "Newest England," descriptive of New Zealand con ditions; 'Labor Co-partnership" and "A Sovereign People.' resulting Crom a study of Switzerland, Ireland and England. The enrollment In tha short course In agriculture ow number 444, a gala of fifty-one over last year. Borne 240 are first year students, and 1M are taking the ac ond winter's work, completing their studies and receiving a certificate In the spring Nearly every county In tha state la repre sented and other states aad four foreign countries also have repreaentatrvee. The net proceeds of the foot ball seasoa fur the university this year will be ove , tll.Ouu. Vicunfcin share o the receipt for the Wisconsin-Minnesota game was j rS.R17.83, and in the Chicago-Wisconsin ' game Ki.9K This surplus In the athletic treasury will be used to maintain other forms of college athletics, which, with the exception of basket ball, are not self-supporting. A schedule of twelve Intercollegi ate game has Just been arranged for the basket ball team, eight to be played at Madison and four at Lafayette, Ind. ; Cham paign. 111.; Minneapolis, Minn.; and Chi cago. 111. Following the policy of the Board of Re gents to acquire land In the vicinity of the campus, purchase has been mad of eighty acres ef land adjoining the agricultural farm, at a cost of tso.ora. ncivERSiTr op wico,si. laaaaTWtmtlra f Dr. A. Itae Fill! as Frealdewt. Dr. A. Ross Hill was officially Inaugu rated as president of the University of Mis souri last week. Dr. Hill la a native "of Nova Gcotla. and got his first academic education at Dalhousle university. He afterwards did graduate work In Cornell university, and In Heidelberg. Berlm and Strasbourg. Germany. He specialised In educational psychology, and ha been pro fessor of that subject In Cornell university, Clark university. University of South Caro lina, University of Nebraska, Prate Normal school of Wisconsin, and the University of Missouri Ha carae ta the University of Missouri from Cornell university, where he wa dean of the arts and science depart ment. Dr. Hill Is X years old, and appear younger. The principal speaker at the Inauguration of President Hill wa President Jacob Gould 6churman of Cornell university. Other prominent speakers were former Governor David R. Francis, St. Louia, Governor Folk, and President McLean of Iowa university, besides representatives from many other universities and colleges of the United States. The Inaugural address of President Hill covered practically every phase of university life, and gave an outline cf what he expects to do during his presidency. The exercises closed Friday evening with a big torch light parade by students of the uni versity. Mora thaa 1.000 students of the university took part in the celebration. With flaming torches the students marched around the campus end serenaded the presi dent and listened to speeches by him and President Bchurman of Cornell university. A hospital for diseased meters Is soon to be Installed In the engineering department of the University of Missouri. The work Is to be under the direction of J. A. Whit low, superintendent of the university light and heat station, and Superintendent J. M. Sherman of the Columbia municipal light plant. An investigation recently was made and it was found that a majority of the meters of the university and city register Incorrectly. Some are too slow, while a large number are too fast. This Is due to worn out psrta of the meters, and to dust that accumulates among the mechanism. It Is the purpose of the superintendents to investigate "erratic" meters and to see that both company and consumers get a square deal. "The School of the Osarka" Is the name of a college la the heart of the Ozark region In southern Missouri. The college was founded by the home mission department of the Presbyterian church of Missouri. Al though only In existence two year, the school now has more than 200 student, forty of whom hoard at the school. The school Is at Forsyth, Taney county, Mis souri which is one of the most rugged sec tion of the state. Many of the students have never heen outside of their own county. G. O. RsijertBon, A. B , an alumnus of the Uirrrerelty f Missouri; la president of the college. . ' . IOWA STATE-COLLEGE WI.WIKG8. Over Eighty Per Ceat of Aalsaals liw rlrel am College Farm. At the recent International Live Stock exposition the animal husbandry depart ment of the Iowa State college, on Its live stock exhibits, made the greatest record In the history of the show. As In previous years, the exhibits from the college were confined almost exclusively to the fat stock sections. All of the animals exhibited had been used almost daily aince September 1 for instructional purposes In the stock Judging pavilions. While this work Is not conducive to the best gains on the animals. It forms the basis of Iowa' success In the training of its young men, and that Is always the first and foremost purpose of the Iowa State college. It is Impossible to do good teaching without good equipment. That the Iowa equipment is up to the stand ard waa amply demonstrated at the inter national, where. In the very keenest kind of competition, the college live stock exhibits won the only grand championship trophy offered that for the beat herd of fat steers, open to all breeds, grades and crosses three grand champion prises, seven cham pions, nineteen first, ten seconds, eight thirds, -eight fourths, four fifths and one sixth a total of sixty prises a record wb ch has never been approached by any other exhibitor in the fat stock classes since the conception of the show In 1900. A most gratifying feature of the college exhibits its. the fact that over to per cent of all the animals shown were bred oa the college farm, and with one possible excep tion, every animal not bred by the college was owned by the college over five month previous to the opening of the show. That good equipment haa been advantageous to the Instructional work was forcibly demon strated in the international stock show and national dairy ahow student Judging con tests, where the students from the animal husbandry department of the Iowa State college won ail three grand championship trophies for team work, and both first prises for Individual work, in competition with students from all the leading agricul tural colleges of the United States and Canada. Out of the twelve International live stock Judging contests held In America aince 1898, Iowa students bav won grand cham- pionship honor nine times, and on two other ocaalons won one of the two trophies offered. i W. H. Petera a graduate of the 1908 class tn the animal husbandry department of the Iowa State college, has just received an ex cellent appointment in the Manitoba Agri cultural college. The position Is that of professor of animal husbandry, and pays a aalary ef tl.HoO to start on, to be increased to 82.EU0 In th near future. This appoint ment 1 especially gratifying to Iowa Plate college authorities, as It places three of Its graduates in throe of the moat Important live atock positions tn Canada. Iowa haa a 1m furnished men for twenty-six different stats colleges along animal husbandry lines within the last six year. A ooursa In poultry feeding, breeding and management will be on ot th features of th winter short course at Ames, which begin January . With eggs at 40 cents a dosen tb que Hon of winter egg produc tion become an Important one. Thi will b studied tn detail at th short course. Is tins connection some of th college bens that have a record of over 2S eggs per year will be exhibited. The feeding of poultry, especially fattening for market, will also be studied. By fattening poultry on a special ration for a snort time before sending them to market their value can Often be doubled. The construction of poultry house, tb management of incubator and brooders, and other details thai go to mak poultry keeping a success, will also be taken up. The regular college Instructor In poultry work. Prof. H. C Pierce, will have charge of the short course work. He will be as sisted by Mr. Ltppincott. Both of three men are graduate of Cornell university, and have also had a great deal of practi cal experience In handling poultry. IM4IE COLLECTION. Prlaretaa'a Xataral S-elence Label a twrr. Rartrfce. One of the anost cuitous exhibits In the ir.uteum of the rw lutural science labora tory at Princeton university Is a collection rf fulrnrltea, or so-called fossil lightning bolts, recently presented to the university Dr. W. J. Sinclair of the geological de partment, describing tn the Princeton Alumni Weekly these ex ti finely rare and valuable objects, points out that they are formed by lightning striking ia sand or other Ioom material which fuses along the path of the current and thus forms a tube of natural glass. On the outside these tubes are rough, more or leas rklged. an! studded with adhering particles of sand, while the inside l quite smooth and giasey from the perfect melting of the sand by the great beat ef the bolt. V'hen a wet streak of Band Is encountered by the cur rent In Its downward course the steam generated causes minute bubbles to form rupturing the walls of the tube. Several ot these bubbles are seen In one of the Princeton specimen). Layer of iron bear ing sand pierced by the lightning form narrow black bands girdling the tubes. The speclmena vary ta sis from that of a lead pencil with a length of about twenty-two Inches to a diameter of two Inches and a length of rrer six feet. Apart from tha general rarrty ot ful gurites, due to the slim chances of their preservation when a Band bed Is dug up for commercial purposes, the Princeton specimen are unique among geological col lections because the stratum in which they were found shows that they anUdate the present geological period and were there fore formed thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousand of years ago. WHAT THE TROUBLE IS. Astswcrs to a Qrt iM Preaeaaded hr XaLsraslae. An eastern magasine for several months past haa been protoundlng the questions "What Is the matter with the public schools?" An Inquiry was conducted with considerable energy and Intelligence to de termine what was wrong. As s result the magasm point to the teachers' pay roll as the one great defect of our educa tional system. The magazine states the esse in these words: "We pay our un skilled street laborers something like 81 or 81.25 a day. We are paying our school teachers tome lrss and some a little more. It is the wages that a dull brain and a primitive mind are worth. In return for such wages we are requiring a service that should be entrusted only to a mind and heart enriched with all that literature and art and science can contribute to a per fect culture. It should be only such a personality Into whose trsinlng we give the future citizens of the nation. Can w get personalities like that to serve us In our public school 7 Not any longer than they can help it. Just so soon as their force of character ar.d intelligence and initiative enable them to reach a better paying position, one that will allow them to buy books and hear music and have the other good things of life that their larger natures crave, they go after It. "Until we realise with a conviction that reaches our pocketbooks that the school laborer is worthy of her hire, we aren't going to keep the best school laborers In the public employ. And there will con tinue t be something the matter with the public schools." UNIVERSITY F NEBRASKA. Holiday Unletade Take Place of Ae tlvltr at the School. The faculty and former teachers of the state university 'gave a reception Thurs day afternoon to Chancellor and Mr. An drews In the Temple building. AH per son who were in any way connected with the university were invited and an immense crowd attended the affair. Lincoln is practically deserted of uni versity students, aa .nearly all of them have gone home to spend the Christmas holidays. Most of the students left Thursday and Friday- while a few left Saturday. ' Chancellor Avery of the state university has Joined the Commercial club of Lin coln and therefore Is now a full-fledged citizen, though he has spent at least a quarter of a century In the city. President Mattlson of the senior class yesterday announced his appointment of the members of the debating commute. They are Rosa Bates of Springfield, Sid ney Evans of Hastings and Frank 11. Relnach of 6 hick ley. This committee Is to confer with similar committees of other classes to try and arrange the or ganisation if an lnterclass league. Tb question has been much discussed at the university and has been received with considerable favor among the student. Similar ached ulee will be followed with the debates that are now followed with the athletics between tb different class. This will mean that more people will get out to represent the university at the reg ular debates, and when a larger number respond from which to choooe there 1b a better chance to get a strong team. Great I aland Coll-. Grand Island college, Hastings roller and Wesleyan university are arranging a triangular debate. The committees will meet at Tork during the holidays and per fect the arrangement. The Dramatic club organised by Prof. J. G. Iltff. professor of public expression gave an entertainment recently. Several playa. some comic and aoms aerioua, wer presented. A good audience witnessed the initial and successful effort of the club. Representatives of the Toung Men's Christian association met recently at Grand 'island fer a two days me lng. Delrya long of good slse came from Central City, Tork, Hastings, Kearney Normal and the Aurora Business colleges. Able speakers, among w hom were Dr. W. A. Clark pt Kearney NcrmaU President Turner of Hastings col lege and President Jenkins of the Omaha Theological seminary, gave addresses. The cei era! purpose of the meeting was to lrelte a mere vigorous study of th Bible. President P. W. Crstnell of the Kansas City Theological seminary visited Grand Island college last week and spok to the Kudents on "The Choice cf an Occupation, the Blbl In Literature, the Ethics cf Com- n.erclaltam and Spiritual Reckoning." Dr. Crsnnell Is a man of wide Information. His lectures were very profitable. Dr. 11. V. Wtsemca, financial secretary of the college, ha spent th last two month In Nebraska. He haa been raising tnor.ey to meet th current exper.ee of th Institution. He has uat departed for th tast for the purpose of Interviewing sum wealthy men. Dr. Wiseman Is hsvtng gocd succoaa in hi aflorta to raise fTu.000. With a part of thl money a library building nd a gymnasium will be ocastructed. Tb students of tb school of music hsv barn giving rocitaia la aa auditorium that the college haa specially prepared for such public performance Th large audience that have been present at the recitals show tii strong hold that th school of mune has upon tb sou to lovers of th elty. Tbe Christmas vacation begun December U and will end January 4 HIGH SCHOOL ON CHRISTMAS; olrl Hold Their Weekly F.er oo, ortlh h l olotloo Spirit j Prevailing. Christmas programs were gives by m"t of th literary societies of the Omaha High school Friday afternoon, preparatioaa for the programs were under, war for some time and th plays were exceptionally well rendered. The poster made by pupil for their so ciety bonrd wer of Christmas design and topics. Th prise wa given to the Demos thenian Debating society for its poster, which wa drawn by Fred He a. la th Margaret Fuller society short stories were read by Irene Johnson, Mary Van andt and Edith Waterman. An en tertaining play, "AH on Account of An Actor," was given by other members of the Society. The characters were as follcw: Adelaide Muriel Baldwin Eunice. Ruth Fisher Lucile Henri- Ua G I mure Aunt Ellen Louise Carson Mar-, the maid Marjorie I lowland The program of th Priacllla Aiden so ciety was of a variety of short numbers. Miss Alice Woodworth read an interesting story entitled "A Christmas In Sweden." Miss Ruth 6hrwood played a selection on th piano. "A Christmas Story" by Loa Howard and a recitation, "Christmas." by Rath Sherwood, war both very good. Mis Ruth Hart played a selection on the piano and Miss Jean Watson read an original story, "Christmas In Germany." The pro gram was ooncluded by a unique story by Miss Alice Woodworth entitled "A Visit of Mr. Santa Claua." The France Wlllard society, winner of the ticket soiling contest of the recent de bate, gave a short but entertaining pros-ram. "Christmas In Other Lands' by Lrdla Earner and "Under the Mistletoe" by Miss Antonia Daugaard were read before tb Christmas presents were given out. Fol lowing this "A Mountain Christmas" by M"iss Teckla Johnson and "Christmas Ivy and Holly" by Miss Ruth Nlef, two stories of equally Interesting qualities, were read. The program of the Webster Debating so ciety was as follows: Original Poem Mr. Leonard Larmon. Debate Resolved. That the Women of the United Slates Be Given the Right to Vote. Negative, Edward Knlttle and Walter Berndes. Negative, Joe Woolery and Van Avery Current Topics Alvln Lecha. Extemporary Debate Resolved. T"hat Work After School Hours Interferes with School Work. Affirmative, Harold Graham. Negative, Joe Harm. "The Girl Question" was the topic for the program of the Browning society, a Xol. lows: The Athletic Girl Gertrude Weitsel. The Matinee Girl Mannle Pplesberger, The Traveling Girl Helen Weeks. The Society Girl Marion Parsons. Each one gave a pointed description of their view on each of the kind of girls and aimed to prove that each kind was the type to be. ChrlstmaB program of well-prepared Schools Arcadia College ARCADIA, MIS SO URL In the Modern Arcadia Valley. Just the Sclrool for Your Daughter PURPOSE To develop true woman lineal. Careful attention ta man. oers and morals. Conducted bj the Ursuline Sisters. ENVIRONMENT Picturesquely situated in the beautiful Taller of Ar cadia and nestled in th timber-created hill of the Otark range, this Bchool'i health record has bees remarkable. Specially designed buildings modernly equipped and well lighted and ventilated. Hot water heat. Complete fire pro tection. Ample and attractive grounds. CURRICULUM la comprehensive and guarantee a sound and refined education. Exceptional advantages in music and art. You will be Interested ta our free illustrated catalogue sent on request. Address MOTHER SUPERIOR, Arcadia. Missouri. Education Is th power that turna tb wheels ef se. ou cou mo M ing Is the moM complete and iri,ii.. steam, mechanical, electrical engineer ing, shop practice, meohanl-al craw Ing, etc. writ today and reoaiv rnJEX our valuable bnllstla mt ngtnrg Information, deacribing our coume In mechanical engineering and over t others. Including electrical, stationary, municipal, civil and structural engin eering, architecture, textile, coileg preparatory, etc American School of Correspondence, CXZCAOO, V. B. A. Mentlun Omaha Be. Il-B-08. Kearney Military Academy A boy's progress depends upon his com fort and th Interest L tak la hi wurk nd study Ws first n ake our boya comfortable than mak thetr work Interesting, pruvld bealtny vuiooor iiwru aoa social runt tlona Our discipline and training tend to build character, croat habita of obedience, punctuality, neatnea and a sens of IcaponalhiUty. Thorough Instruction", healthful loca tloa; large gymnasium; modern, fireproof bull Una. Writ today fur illustrated catalogue T. BC8UU, mad Maotax, Kearney. BTabraaka. TOUR CHILD MAT FAIL I th publlo school because be grasps idea alowly. Suoh children loara rsadi.y under individual lneirucUun, ui course arranged especially for them. VF edu cate mentally; develop physically; traia cially and provide medical ear. Writ lor illustrated catalogue. t8l rOTIll 8CIOOL Vclura X FoweU. M, l B.XB SAK. aOVA I:. THE WOLCOTT SCHOOL Zroartooata Ansa aad ataflWa SV. I Doa Oolorada. . . Kot a luw prioa aohooL Best uippod prlvat scOool ia tn went Highest taadard of choiaJwlilp. Li- Wputma adaiiia te Wlimiiy , aaaar, z Jfcmllh, in addition to waatara Uitfvaru- 2 TUM. Introductory referoacos required, progrwa. t 1 hy not prepare your- J JT r thpiiurh nht nr r jf r sixty engineering " .jam ireea to earn more J -a ney. Our course in I s echanlcal Engineer- t. number was given by th Pleiad oc1ety. An acrostic by nine girls was especially good. Jonet Mulr's story, "Christmas Eve Up-to-Dale." waa Interesting to all. Miss Ruth t'ugill gave a recitation, 'The Thre Christmas;" Miasrs Freda Gaylord, Flor ence tmlth and Grace Mathea gave a play- ette of "Fancy." Th program wa con cluded with a radiation by Miss Agnn Sailor. The program of th Hawthorne eociety wa also of the Christmas nature. hTin Ethel Renshrfliler read short story. Mis llclen Gewltz had neat story entitle! "Santa Claus in Other Inds " Recitations were given by Lily Hughe, Marie Book and Augusta Mingadota. Miss Madge West played a violin solo. A play entitled "A Fallen Idol" was the chief number of th program. The characters mere ss follow: Marie Gesotll Hodman Grcndoa -. , Sara Ayers Iora Ruth Edwards Mrs. Spriggens.... Margueritle Walker Th program of the Lininger Travel dub waa as follows: Christmas Story Fay Cole. Recitation Florence Goodland. Ilay The Mouse Trap. Characters: Mr. Somer Blanche Deever Mi a Miller Josephine Goettecha Mr. Lou Beml Euia Crawfurd Campbell Perl Jam' Jalne Martr Slovach Mr. Curwea Rernlce Border Mr. Roberta Hulda Peterson To program of the France Wlllard so ciety wss not held to ChrlstmaB topics. Th member sang la chorus "The Blue Bell of BooUand" a aa opening number. An original dialogu by Ruby laacson and Ella Fleishman wa interesting and enter taining. Each member read a hit of news from all over th world. Th collection was of varied topics of present and pat affairs. A song. "Th Watch on the Rhine," wa sung by a selected chorus. Miss Rhoda Llnooln gave a recitation en titled "A Persian Legend." The Graduate club wP meet next on January to tak up the study of "The Druids" (Browning). The program of th Demosthenlaa De bating society was: Current Topics Harry Busman. Violin Solo Hugo Heyn. Debate Resolved. That the Government Should Have Absolute Control of Interstate Railroads. Affirmative, W. Heller and P. Larmon. Negative, B. Gould and George Mvlcali. Moary for Dakota Show. MITCHELL. S. D.. Dec. 20. (Special.) At the meeting of the Btate Corn show In Sioux Falls, which opens Monday, a move ment will be started towards asking the state lecrialatur to approprlat 81.000 for the benefit of the Institution. The show was started In Mitchell three years ago, and the sessions that hare been held have awakened a great deal ot Interest among the corn grower of th state, with the result that In many sections, where the principles enunciated at the corn show hsve been followed out, a larger corn pro duction Is noticeable. The influence of a Bee want ad pene trate to unsuspected quarters. Colleges The direct route A straight 11ns Is th brrtt dlstaao between two points. Why not taaoA your finger TKI DX&XOT nVOVTSt Th complete keyboard, fcimlth FY, mler. is ths WOUD'8 BEST TYYaV w-BXTZaV Free cmploymeal tartai j StenosTsphera ra furniabad t busts neb without charge m chool. ta grapher or employer. Writ for particulars. lie Smlth-fremlcr Typewriter Ct. M. O. TI.O-WV.MJK, Sag. Omaha. . WHAT SCHOOL Information concerning th ad-' vantage, ratea, extent of cur riculum and other data about th best school and college can b obtained from th School and College Inlornstioa Bureau of tbe Omaka Bet All Information absolutely fro nd impartial. Catalogue of any particular school cheerfully fur nished unon enouest. Nebraska Military Academy ujteour A Military Hoarding School for boys, now located for tbe winter at Fourteenth and U streets. All de partments are in full operation. A good place for boy wh doo't fit in J utiilc schools. No an tra.se cxauiiiiaiiun ar glvaa; regular clar work Is upplaruotd by In dividual Instruction; back work is easily mad up. Pupils ara received at any tlm from fith to twelfth radua, lnclualva Write or Catacogu. 3. S. KAT-WAKD. naprlatadst, Lincoln. Nab. GRAND ISLAND COLLEGE Regular college preparatory courses. Musiu. Art, and Commercial course of fered. Healthful location. Expenses moo era!. .Atalmui aQt on refusal. Aa ua about th ct.uol. 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