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.'. THE BEEOFFICE
Th Counting- atoom s ImUmi
Office of Th 1m to mporrll lo-
M eeeatoaath rtntt, ta th
formerly oocnpiad by Xartlmra
ft yd. Advertisements aad sab
serlpttoa KttMtl will bs attended to
thr utii th aew utm ar
rava Boat Frist Is.
A enlU Ma baa Edholm. Jeweler.
aaka Kaa (or latkN, 111 . llth.
Kudslsa r. webed. rtklkAanmtui
BlaahArt, paasegTasber, llth Farnam,
frtmt Legal la Th Benson Time."
SfOlUkU T.lf Poiici, sight draft at
maturity. H. D. Nly, manager, Omaha.
W. at. Thomas, &0J First National Bank
Bid , lends money on Omaha real catata
In auraa of 1140 to t2S0,v0t. Prompt service.
t Tmr htoaey aad Yalaasles la a
aala deposit box la tba Americaa 8a(a
Deposit Vaulta la tha Baa building; II
rents a box. F. C Hamer. president.
Xa (or KonuBUin on reaaonabl
term, repaid monthly. Nebraska having
nd Loan Association, 1(01 Farnara street.
Organised 1!8.
. hlixaen. SOI First National bank
building, la making ral estate luana at
1 S per cent Interest. Cash on hand; no
Se.ay; Liberal terma to borrower. 1
Tonnf McCagu Blses Again John L.
McCague, Jr., of Omaha has been ap
point) to the Kellogg fifteen of Amherst
oollege. ' The men are chosen from the
sophomore class to compete tor a prise
of $60 In the Course of public speaking.
Question of Burglary A warrant was
Issued out of Justice Cockrell's court Sat
urday mot nln if for the arrest .of VloU
Gay, colored, on the charge of breaking
nd entering the premises of Ellia Wil
liams. 214 Jackson street, on February s.
Oood Jrfc for Ind One hundred an J
sixty-two dollars and fifty cents per acre
Is the price paid by Fred L. Klrton of
Blair, Neb., ti W. 11. Olmstead for forty
acres of Isnd northwest of Benson. The
totsl amount wan $6,600. The transaction
was completed Saturday.
Hew Bailor for Bxnlblt P. P. KOdrea
has Just bees made editor of the Omaha
Trado Exhibit, to succeed W. D. Perclval,
who ha resigned. Mr. Fodrea will take
hold on Monday morning and will look
fter the editorial work on the paper,
moan while carrying ou , hi advertising
business.
Unity Club Lectures The last of the
Unity dub lectures will be delivered et
Unity, exarch. -Monday evening by Miss
Janet. Wallace of the Omaha High school.
Her aubjsrt will be "The Beginnings of
Oxford, Town and University." The lec
ture will be illustrated by pictures taken
by Miss WaJtace on her visit to Oxford.
Flaed for Overwork! ag Bora For hir
ing a horse at a livery stable, supposedly
for a few hours and then working it all
day until, It, was rendered unable to do
anything more. William .Cox of 111 Nortd
SeventpCAthreel wa fined IS and. coats
In polled 'ouri Saturday. The com
plainant was, Hugh Noone. whose livery
barn I at toil) Hamilton street.
Baa Souot Club The San Souct club
vs entertained Friday evening at the
liiima of Miss -Jessie Corey. The evening
wus spent in. playing cards, at whlJh
liish score was won by Miss Begins
Andrseseu and consolation by Miss
Stella Olson. -Those present were: Mrs.
M. A. Baldwin and Misses Flora Stemm,
Juns Corey, Maudie Wilcox, Bertha Plx
ton, Charlotte' Peterson, Ethel Corey,
Jennie Nelson, Jessie Corey, Stella Olsm.
K.egtna Andreesen and Jessie Robtnsog.
Mr. Butt X Buttd Oat of Mossy By
being jostled and crowded by three men
on a Farnam street car about I o'clock
Friday evening. William Butts, 1123
Corby street, claims to have been robbed
of 100 in bills, 190 worth of checks and
I: worth of postage stamps. He has re
ported to the police that he lost that
amount of valuables and thinks the three
men picked hJn. pocket and secured hi
purse. The occurrence was between the
Burlington depot and Fourteenth and
Farnam streets. A fslr description of one
of the men has- been furnished the po
lice, hut Mr. Butts does not remember
how the other two looked.
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ARCHITECTURE AT LIBRARY
Books to Be Had There Explaining
All Phases of House Building;.
HOME IN K ELATION TO OUTDOORS
arrooadlaa: rntrn Ceaat far
Mark, aa All la Eislalaed la
Oaaaha Llhrarr Book
tk SabJect.
While It doe not seem to be generally
known, the Omaha public llbtary can, at
a moment's notice, furnish the most valua
ble kind of Informstlon that has - been
printed touching any live subject. Just st
this time books concerning architecture
and buildings are In demand, snd the
Omaha library has enough literature con
cerning the subject to satisfy any ordi
nary seeker after technical snd definite
knowledge on that line.
Books on model houses, on simple homes,
on modern stiburbsn homes, on typical
toan houses, on log cabins snd bungalows,
on cottages snd mansions, all can be had
for the asking. Then there are disserta
tions on tent and cabin, on remodeling, on
cosy homes for little money"; on houses for
ll.ooi) to IVOno. on the right kind of build
ing for a small square lot. on plans for
year-round homes In odd places and out
of the wsy cornets. The seeker can leern
what a window will do for a home; almost
as much as a window In Thrums did for
literature. Tips are here pn how to make
a front door tight Instead of wrong, on
stairways that will be hleaslng Instead of
very disagreeable features; pointers on
kitchens, pantries, bath rooms, the living
room that will be a Joy. bed room and
boudoir. Inviting nooks nothing Is over
looked that the practical or the esthetic
mind mar fsncy.
Ma "Meat-Ase" Architecture.
Here are Intelligent wsrnlngs against
meat-axe architecture, correctives for
brutal abuse of building opportunities. The
home in relation to outdoors and surround
ing feature on other folks' lots Is treated
with simple eloquence of expression, and
a direct argument that will be hard to
find fault with. There Is a wealth of pic
torlal Information, treating the best exist
Ing structures and the monstrous mistakes
of varnished generations; what to encour-
sge and what to avoid.
.As Miss Tobltt, the librarian, says: "We
can help very materially In these vital mat
ters if the Inquiring public will but give ss
the chance."
Estimates of cost, based on the most
rsvoraDle conditions or otherwise, are
readily available in the Omaha reference
room, and these estimates touch everything
f mm plainest bungalow or cottage to great
mansions for town property or country
estate. What a well planned facade will
do for a high narrow building may be
learned, and the difference between hop,
skip and Jump plans and studied out de
signs Is made strikingly plain by skilled
experienced men writing with their hearts
In the work.
Original Ideas to Ba Had.
Even the man with most original ideas a
to what lie wants In a new home can find
In the Omaha library books full of sug
gestions that will appeal to him as emi
nently practical and sensible. Chapters
on dwellings as l elated to the personality
of the owners will be found very Interest
ing to the discriminating mind. Take the
matter of exterior decoration by means of
plants, vines and the like. Brief examine
tlon of some volume will convince the
hunter for knowledge that perhaps he has
overlooked many and many a good ide-i
that would have enriched his home spot
If he had but made It hia busfnesa to go to
the library.
In the minor details of building, closets,
stairway windows, laundries, the correct
place for the bed room window, hall seats,
about anything you can think of, some
expert has thought of and worked out in
varying forms of appealing suggestion,
Proper and Improper use of shingles, brick,
stone and grass is treated more or less ex
haustively, to the end that attractiveness
may not lose ground to hldrouaness.
Heat, Llgkt aad Yeattlatloa.
Fireplaces that will be Joy bringers while
they endure sre treated of In word and
plot in e. also mantels, snd how to get the
best light and ventilation. The reader may
view examples from almost every land,
oi numme cottage or more pretentious
structure; and so doing he will perforce
gain some part of an education toward a
development of mind that will result In
real home when his money has been paid
out. Characteristic specimens of the best
to be found In old lands are numeious In
these exceedingly useful books.
There Is srt In the building of a home
and this art intimately relates to six and
shape of lot. surroundings and outlook, ss
well as to cheery, convenient, comforts
Die interior. utility gees hand in hand
with simplicity, if that be what you seek
ornateness with correct, arrangentant
your purse be long and your Ideal high
nung.
To quote Mis Tobitt agsln: "It our peo
ple only would keep themselves posted on
our resources for helpfulness, this library
could vastly Increase Its dally usefulness.
There Is nothing of living interest on which
w have not ome literature, and generally
a fairly complete selection. Too msny
havs the idea that we keep only fiction
on our shlves, preposterous ss that may
seem. Besides technical wo ks on archi
tecture, decoration and similar subjects,
we have current magaxlnea of the very
highest class that 'are always at the com
mand of the public."
A ROMANCE AMONG PAINTINGS
Itlval Collectors Jnla Hearts aad
Their Flee Works
Art.
Few people who have visited the exhibit
of pslntlngs at Bcsndcls store during the
last week are aware of a pretty romance
surrounding them. These pictures are ran of
a collection owned by Mr. and Mra Phil
ippe Fontaine and it was their mutual love
for paintings and tlulr pride In their srt
treasures that brought theae two people
together and made It poaslble to combine
two valuable art collections.
The romance began several years agj
when Mr. Fontaine had Just returned from
a long service In Egypt, as consul general,
a post to which he had been assigned by
President Benjamin Harrison. Mrs. Fon
taine was then living in Boston, where,
through the desth of her fattier, she found
herself heir to the valuable Thai! collection
of paintings, which she treasured almost
ss much as her life. It was In Boston that
Mr. Fontaine met her and In their mutual
love .of art there sprung up a friendship
that culminated In marriage..
"After that." said Mr. Fonlsine. "we
decided to exhibit the paintings and have
made It a business proposition. A mercen
sry Interest Is not sll we have, for w
believe that we help some to crests love
for good istintings. We hope soon tq go
home to Boston snd collect sll our paint
ings where we can enjoy them, and live."
The Thail collection or paintings, which
la the basis of th exhibitions given in
Orosha every year, embraces large num
ber of the finest works in America. Among
tbvm are "Bra a and Brain,'' ''Old
trby." "The Blacksmith." "The Nstlvlty,"
and the "Crucifixion." some of which
have been shown In Omaha and have been
highly prslsed by art lover. Mr .and
Mr. Fontaine have traveled with their
pictures all over the United fttatea, Cuba
and Hawaii, gradually adding to the collec
tion until they nw have a representative
one. Some of these sre on exhibition.
others are In storage, where they sre be
ing kept untl Mr. and Mrs. Fontaine open
heir home In the esst.
Mr. Fontaine Is now In Omaha, super-
Intending the exhibit of hi two pictures.
The Toller" and "The Two Messages."
Mrs. Fontatne has often been In Omaha.
but is now In the south where other pic
tures are on display.
The two paintings at Brsndels have been
highly commended. "The Toller." by If. de
Mareau. la vslued at 160,000. It Is a marvel
lous study of light snd shsde. 'The Two
Messsges" is a painting that Is full of
human Interest. Two figures of sn old man
and young girl are tnarvelousty well done.
This free art exhibition will be continued
throughout the coming week.
PROGRESSING FAVORABLY
SOCIAL SETTLEMENT WORK
Re porta Made ta Aanaal MeetlaST af
the Aseoeiattoa Are Km-
The annual meeting of the Social Settle
ment association of Omaha was held last
night In the assembly room of the Toung
Men's Christian association.
There was a large attendance and much
interest wss shown In th reports of the
Various departments of the work, showing
what has been accomplished during the last
year.
Six directors wers chosen to take the
places of the ssme number who retired
by expiration of term of office. Mrs. Frenk
Crawford, Mrs. J. H. Dumont, Mrs. How
ard Kennedy snd Mrs. W. M. Alderson
were re-elected to the places they have
previously occupied as directors. Mrs. W.
C. Shannon and Mrs. Morris Ievy were
elected to fill the places of Mrs. A. D.
Brsndels and Mrs. Draper Smith, who de
clined re-election.
The principal address of the evening was
delivered by Prof. Lucille Smith, formerly
Interested in settlement work in Ban Fran
cisco, but who Is now a member of the
faculty of the University of Nebraska.
Reports were resd from various commit
tees, which show that the association Is In
fine condition and has been well managed
during the lsst year.
The report of the treasurer shows a bal
ance on hand of tl.0GI.98. An effort will be
made to raise additional funds to provide
certain needed additions to th equipment
of those who are doing the actlvs work for
which the association was formed.
OMAHA HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Orlglaal Poems Are the Soaree
of
lnaalratloa to Some of the
ndents.
Regular meetings of the literary socie
ties were held Friday afternoon. The pro
grams were short.' but on the whole en
tertaining. The Frances Wlllsrd society
gave this program:
Recitation by Rhoda Lincoln: original
story, Ella F. Fleishman; recitation. Mar
Jorle Beckett; "A Memorable Night." Ag
nes Dunn, and an original poem by Ida
Brodkey.
After the meeting these officers were
elected for' the remainder of the year:
Prealdent. Marjorle Beckett; vice presi
dent. L.lla caley; secretary-treasurer, Ma
ble Rood; editor-in-chief, Ant on la Dau
gaard; sergcant-at-arms. Ruby Isaacson.
A colonial program was given by the
members of the Prlscllla Alden society.
A story by Msry Reynolds wss sn intro
duction Of the topic, which was carried
out In the following numoers:
A poem by Bertha Anderson; an essay
by Beulah Frasler; story by Alice Wood
worth; "Historical Facts," Ines Wood
hurst; reading by Helen Cosgrave; "The
Chronicle," by Margaret Beevers.
An Interesting topic, "A Tour of Inter
est in Our Country,", wss carried out In
the following numbers by the members
of the Pleiades society.
Piano solo, Beulah Wltmore; "IJfe In
a Mining Camp," Anna Mulltn; "China
town," Ora Russell; solo, Mary Beach;
"Life In Lumber Camp," Rose McOov
ern; "The Mormons." Margaret Murphy;
"Among the Mountain Whites," Beulah
Wlteman; "The Tar," Claire McOovern.
A Joint meeting of the Webster Debating
society snd the Hawthorne society wss a
success from every stsndpolnt. Joe Wool
ery played a violin solo. A debate between
H. Salisbury and L. Salisbury ws the
boys' share of - the entertainment. The
girls, aa the Hswthorne Gtock compsny,
played a one-act sketch, "The Dumb
Walter.",
A minstrel show wss given by the mem
bers of the Browning society. Miss Msrlon
Carpenter wss the Interlocutor, and Miss
Erna Hsdea and May Johnson plsyed the
roles of endmen. The Inside men were
Bessie Heaton, Irma Gross. Louise Lewis
snd Alice Johnson.
At a short meeting of the Margaret Ful
ler society srrangements were msde for
'th meetings to be held March t and April
2. For the March meeting this committee
was elected under Helen Rayley: Qretchen
Williams. Henrietta McCague, Harriet
Blake, Lois Howell snd Margaret Nattln
ger. For the April meeting the following com
mittee was elected, with Miss Nsrda 8cott
as chairman: Ruth Oould. Helena Trim
ble, Grace Qllmore and Ruth Evans.
The following program wss given by the
D. D. B. Debstlng society:
Current topics, Herbert Field.
Debate, "Resolved, Thst tariff for pro
tection la better than a revenue." Affirm
ative. W. Hanes and 8. Gould; negative,
V. Rector and F. Rlppens.
The program closed with a recitation by
Wlman Beebe.
Foley's Honey end Tar cures coughs
quickly, strengthens the lungs snd expels
colds. Get the genuine In a yellow pack
age. For sal by all druggists.
AD CLUB MEETS MONDAY NCN
A Special Meeting la failed to Hear
Ad Maaager of Kartell
Compaay.
The executive committee of the Ad club
have railed a special meeting at the Com
mercial club rooms Mondsy st 12 o'clock.
Luncheon will be served, sfter which the
clubs will have the pleasure of listening
to Mr. A. lieerge Pedersen, sdvertising
manager of John V. Farweil company of
Chicago, the largest wholesale dry goods
house in America. Mr. Pedersen will after
wards leave for Lincoln to attend the con
vention of the Nebraska Federation of
Letallers, where he is billed to deliver an
address.
At this meeting the matter of properly
Sdvertising lh state of Nebraska will be
discussed. That this la neceaaarv. hmm K.r,
forcibly brought to the attention of the Ad
club by an article In The Omaha Be.
March I, wherein mention waa made of a
special writer on the Chicago Record
Herald staff referring to Nebraska a a
"forlorn waate and th wild of th west."
A full attendance of Ad club member
nd business men Is requested to 6s pre
sent, ss some formal action will he take
A laasjeroaa taoaed
is rendered antiseptic by Buckles's Arnica
Salve, the healing wonder for sores, burns,
piles, ecsema aad salt rheuna. 3c For
sale by Ucslvn Drug Co.
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE WORK
Progressive Activities in Various
Institutions.
EDUCATIONAL GROWTH APPARENT
Doaa of the "Little Rd a.!..!
Heave" Saaaded la Kew Raglaa
Kdaeatlaaal Notes aad
Pereooala.
A trip i being planned by the students
of the forestry department pf the fnl
versity of Nebraska for the purpose of
siucying the nursery methods snd field
plsnting In the sand hill regions snd to
see st first hand the results of the govern
ment experiments In tleee semi-arid reg
ions along the lines of forestry. The party
win g3 to italacy m Thomss county snd
It Is expected that about fifteen men will
make the trip, which will take about two
weeks.
Word has been reelved from Prof.
Clements of the University of Minnesots
and formerly of Nebraska telling of an
anti-tuberculosis exhibition to be held next
week. Prof. Clements Is a member of the
eommllte and will also deliver an address.
He also reports thst the botsnlcsl summer
tchool work will be done this year at the
aside station on the Pacific cosst.
In accordance with the new state re
quirements, the medical students will here
after receive two state medical examina
tions. Instead of one. ss hs heretofore
ten required. The first examination will
be given at the end of the second year'
work, and will cover four subjects, of
which some will be laborstnry work and
practical tests will be given In the ex
amination. By dividing the state examine
tlon Into two parts, the last me coming
at the end of the course, it will be Just
s thorough! or even more so, snd yet be
lee of a strsln on the students.
The graduate club met lat week t the
temple. At S a supper wa served, aftrr
which the evening program was given.
Dr. Condre presided and addresses were
delivered by Governor Shallenberger snd
Dr. L. A. Sherman. Dr. Sherman's sub
ject was, "The Lesson Tnlt In Graduat?
Work." Besides these addresses the fol
lowing graduate students gave reports on
their resesrch work: J. C. W. Lewis,
American history; George R. IRue, so-
ology; Mrs. T. F. A, Williams, political
science; O. F. Barnby, chemistry; J. W.
Roberts, botany
At th meeting of the Cornhusker board
it was decided by a unanimous vote to
dedlcste the 19n book to Dr. George E.
Condra, professor of geography and geo
logy. Dr. Condra has slways taken an ac
tive Interest In university affairs and the
honor is conferred upon him in apprecia
tion of his work and his effr.rts to promote
nd encourage the Nebraska spirit. He
hss been at NebraAa during the last
twelve years and Is a member of the
Sigma XI fraternity.
KBARHEY NORMAL.
A Variety of Edaeallonal and Social
Entertalaaseats.
Frank Harrison, editor of the Nebraska
Capital, waa a visitor Monday and at the
chapel services he delivered a most Inter
estlng address, taking for his talk inctdents
of his trip to the states of Central America
He condensed in his speech of an hour
what It would take one dsy to discover by
reading and study. . Mr. Harrison's tslk
was good to hear.
Thursday evening the Froebel Kinder
garten Bund carried out a well-planned
surprise on their instructor. Miss Anna E.
Caldwell, In honor of her birthday. Re
freshments were served.-
Toe Toung Men's Christian association
held its regular meeting Wednesday after
noon and the delegates who were sent to
Hastings to attend the state convention
made report. Charles G. Ross and Ralph
Marrs were the principal speakers.. Ross
discussed the first half of the program, in
eluding the banquet, at which Superintend
ent Davidson of Omaha, E. R. Gurney of
Fremont and Hon. W. J. Bryan were pres
ent and responded to toasts. Their talks
dealt with the wotk of the association from
viewpoints of men In different fields of
activity.
Prof, and Mrs. M. R. Snodgrass enter
telned the faculty Saturday afternoon at
4 o'clock at a "Kaffe Klatsch." Misses
Jennings, Caldwell, Ludden and Ruth,
dressed In Dutch costume, received the
guests. Refreshments wer served In the
order of a 5 o'clock tea. They then retired
to the parlor, where tbey were entertained
by German songs by Misses Greaves and
Ruth. Miss Hoslc, who hss traveled in
Germany, gave her Impressions of things
never resd of In books, on sea and land.
Mrs. Snodgraas gave an instrumental se
lection as a closing.
The Joint committee of the T. W. and
T. M. met Friday and decided to hold a
saturnalia soms time before the close of
the semester.
New seats for ths chspel are rapidly
being put in place.
from Vera.
PERU, Neb., March 7. (Special )-Real
estate continues active In Peru and this
week ona of the Isrgest desls ever msde
here wss consummated. Last week the large
Culbertson rooming house wss sold to D.
K. Snyder for KOOO. This week Mrs. Goudy
becomes the owner not only of thst, but
also of the smsller residence of H. W.
Culbertson. beside It, psylng a total of
M.000 for the two. This give Mrs. Goudy
th entire holdings of Mr. Culbertson in
this part of town, with the exception of a
let with 66-foot front Just south of the
Christian church. On this lot Mr. Culbert
son Is planning to erect a fine large houso
as soon as spring opens up snd the weather
will permit. Tne brick building sold lo
Mrs. Whitflfld recently has ben trsns
f erred to Mrs Ida E. Good snd is being
thoroughly remodeled. Mrs. Good hss
rented the building to J. W. Fsrmer for a
ear. whose daughters will run a millinery
store therein.
The Peru Commercial club held a meet
ing lsst evening st which they discussed
the water works proposition. Several en
gineers were reported roady to give figure
on a system, and the president of the club
as instructed to notify one of them to
come. A member of the city council reports
thst that body Is In hearty sympathy with
th movement.
Profs. Searson snd Del sell are In attend
ance at the Otoe County Teachera' asso
ciation meeting today. The association Is
In session at Nebraska City and the pro-
feasors hsve prominent places on the pro-
grsrh.
AMHEHST tOl.I.EtiE.
thaaaes fa Faealty, Oaleera of the
Moalhly aad Oratorical Teaas.
Prof. William A. Nltsc. for several years
head of the romance language department
In Amherst college, Amherst, Mass, hss
been appointed hesd of ths romance depsrt
nient of the Cniversity of Chlcsgo. Prof.
Nits was head of the Amherst depart
ment until 1S0T, when he went to California
to lake charge of th department at th
Vnlvereity of California.
Georg A. Plimpton, "74. president of th
bosrd of trustees, lectured on "Education
n the Time of Shakespeare" In Johnson
hsprl st I o'clock Msrch 4. Mr. Plimp
ton hss. In connection with his publishing
business, msde a unique and valuable col-
ectlon of books of the Shakespearian period
snd llustrated his lecture with examples
selected from It.
The editorial bosrd of the IJtersry
monthly met Monday evening to elect of
ficers snd members for the coming year.
George F. Whlcher. '10. of New Tork City.
wss elected edttor-ln-chlef. snd Vernon
Radcllfre, 11. of Brooklyn. N. T., manag
ing editor. Frank P. Abbot. Jr., 'It. of
Brooklyn, N. T.. and Lee D.-Van Woert,
11, of Oneonta. N. T., were elected to the
board. The election of assistant business
msnager was postponed until May 1.
The Kellogg Fifteen, from the class of
1911, hss been snnounced by the public
speaking department. From these men five
will be chosen to contest on Monday even
ing, June 28, for the prise of ISO given by
the late Rufus B. Kellogg of the class of
1858 to the member of the sophomore class
who excell in declamation.
WISCONSIN rSIVERSiTY.
Development la the Department
of
Joarnallsm.
Provision has Just been made .for four
year's training In practical Journalism next
year, which will Inolude daily experience
In all th detail of newspaper making In
connection with the Dally Cardinal. A
modol newspaper office equipped with type
writers, files of the leading newsparor
throughout the country, and some t,0W
well written newspaper stories of various
types taken from the best edited papers.
Is to be established In connection with the
new division of Journalism.
A coure In the elements of newspaper
writing Is to be required of the freshmen
In the courses preparatory to Journalism,
and they are to act as sub-reporters on
the Dally Cardinal, the work on which Is
to be taken up and criticised by the In
structor In this work. In the sophomore
year, the students preparing for Journalism
will tske the course In newspaper re
porting and correspondence, snd will act
aa the regular reporter on the Cardinal.
The Junior In the coure In newspsper
editing will fill the positions of university
editor, assistant university editor, manag
ing editor, and assistant managing editor
and by a system of rotstlon will gain prac
tical experience In all the desk positions on
the psper. The staff of editorial writers
will be made up from-the seniors in the
course In editorial writing. Students In
this coi'rse will meet several times a week
In confe.-enoe to decide upon the editorial
policy of the paper and divide up the work
of editorial and paragraphing.
The Alumni association of the university
has decided to offer a graduate fellowship
In Journalism, valued at HO, to any gradu
ate of the courses preparstory tt Journsl
Ism, the fellow to devote pert of his time
to work on the alumni magsslne. The
Cardinal sssoclatlon will offer next year
a number of undergraduate scholarships
in Journalism ranging from 110 to 1100, to
be awarded to the students In the courses
In Journalism on the basis of work dons
on the Dally Cardinal.
The new courses In editorial writing to
be given by Prof. W. O. Bleyer, In charge
of the division of Journalism and. chairman
of the courses preparatory to Joumsllsm,
are the element of newspaper writing,
one hour a week throughout the freshman
year; newspaper reporting snd correspond
ence, three hour a week throughout th
sophomore year; newspaper editing and
editorial management, two hours a week
throughout the Junior year; editorial writ
ing. two hours a week In the first semester
of the senior year; special feature and
magsslne work, second semester of the
senior year, ..two hours a week. -
A course In agricultural Journalism for
those preparing themselves to be contrlbu
tors or editors for agricultural periodicals.
Is to be given by Mr. J. Clyde Marquis.
editor of the agricultural publications of
the university, formerly assistant editor
of the agricultural periodicals Issued by
the Phelps Publishing company of Sp'ring
field. Mass.
The spring forensic season opened lsst
week with the sophomore oratorical con
test, Monday night; the senior open orsVrt
cal contest on Wednesday evening and ths
Junior orations on Saturday. March 6. The
final contest of the winners on Mondsy
Msrch 8.
Desn F. E Turnesure of the college of
engli.ecrtng at the Vnlverslty of Wisconsin
was elected president cf the Engineering
Society of Wisconsin, composed of city
engineers, general mat agers of power and
traction companies, contrsetlng engineers,
superintendents of water snd light plants,
mechanical and civil engineers and super
intendents of highway corstructlon, at the
organisation meeting held at the university
this last week. A largfc number of mem
ber of 'the faculty of the engineering ecl
lege are charter members of the new ns-
socl&tloa, which will hold snnusl meeting
foi the purpose of discussing municipal
engineering problems.
The widely agitated question of Hie d
visablllty of tariff on steel articles manu
factured by trusts isJiie subject of a new
bulletin Just published by the debstlng snd
publio discussion department of the unl
vttslly. In it reference Is given to import
ant Uri.'f h'-storiss and IT books and
magsxine articles dealing with various
phases of the question, both on ths affirm
ative and the negative side of the debate.
Prof. Thomas H. Dickinson of th de
partment of English hss. Just published an
edition of two of Goldsmith's plays
Good Natured Man" and "Sh Sto p to
Conauer." Prof. Dickinson Is the author
of the new play "The Unbroken Road
which has Just been produced by Harrison
Grey Flske. with Bertha Kslich In the
leading role.
Prof. Si- 8. Sleughter of the" Latin depart
ment Is the author of a new bulletin on
"The High School Ccurse In Latin." a
No. 4 In the high school series of the unl
verslty bulletin.
BEHISD THE TIMES.
"The
l.lltle Red School Hoase"
ew Easrlaad Doomed.
of
A special commission on education
In
Connecticut, of which President Luther of
Trinity college was chslrmsn. hss msde an
Important report on the condition of the
public schools of the stste. In the Isrger
cities snd towns the commission finds the
schools well up with modern requirements,
but in the smsller towns of sparse popula
tlon and mesger revenues sntlqusted and
half-starved schools are the rule. The re
port. In part, ssys
"Very grave Injustice la being done today
to a large proportion of the children o
the slate through the Inequalities of school
! opportunity resulting from tht ytem
of
local management. Partly thla Injustice Is
due to ths different ability of different
committee to maintain auitable school;
partly It la due to Indifference and incom
petence on th part of local authorities;
psrtly It is due to petty and unworthy
Jealousies lisble lo exist between commui.l
ties and In communities. A a result of
these snd other causes we repeat that a
large proportion of the children of the atat
are not receiving proper Instruction. A
large proportion of the fund devoted every
year by the stste to the support of schools
fail to achieve th purpose for which It
Is appropriated. A considerable part of
this money I without doubt rather worse
than wasted; for ther ar school In this
tste of which It msy fslrly be sstd thst
It would be better for ths children to work
or plsy rsther than to be compelled to at
tend them. Tour commission rfave been
painfully Impressed by the condition of
msny of the school buildings In the smaller
owns of th stste. They sre old, unclesn.
offering no proper shelter, poorly heated,
unventllated. associated with outbuilding
ffrnslve to the Senses snd sensibilities of
child snd sdult sllke. ,W find fur
ther, that aside from the buildings them
selves, very msny of these school are
equipped but poorly or not st all with the
thing necessary for th sdmlnlstrstlon of
school In these dsys. Ther re without
reference books, without maps, and In many
esses the children arc without textbooks.
Indeed, most of the tools for ths mainte
nance of a school sre lacking
"Through the prevalence of the district
system or through the willingness Of town
authorities to maintain more schools than
are really necessary or desirable, there are
altogether too msny schools In the country
towns. Tour commission believe that
school of four or five or even of eight or
en pupils csnnot In any case do good work.
It Is not too much to ssy thst from Soft to
M) schools now maintained In the state
could be closed, the children being sent to
centrsl schools, to the very greet advsnt-
sge of the Interests of education. In a
town in Windham county, for example, the
aggregate attendance In four of the schools
ken together Is less than 17. In log towns
here are S4S schools In which the aversge
attendance for the year 1907-1 was less
than twelve pupils each. Very often a
hardship results even from the town sys
tem of schools when, for example, children
are obliged to travel or to be carried a
long distance In order to attend a school
In their own town, whereas by simply
stepping over an Imagtnary line they could
attend a school olose st hnd. There re
seversl Instances of this sort to which spe
cific reference msy be made If desired."
The conclusions of the Luther commis
sion embrace the complete abolition of the
old district school snd the substitution of
a system whereby town school sress may
serve ss the unit and several such areas
msy be grouped. If need be, In the Interest
of Improved educational work.
Edacatloaal Notes.
The attorney general of Indiana holds
that a pupil may he expelled from the
public schools for affiliating with a secret
society. There la no exception, even If his
father Is a natural bom Joiner.
The lower brsnch of tha Orevon lvlala.
ture has passed a bill requiring that at
least six months' school be tsught Annually
In every school district in the state. It
wss ststed In the debate thst of the J.flor)
districts more then SuO had less than aix
monins instruction.
Miss Agnes Irwin, dean nf riatriirr nt
lere, hss resigned her prsltlon. to take ef
fect In September. She has been at the
head of the college for fifteen vtari. tvtr
since It ceased to be an annex merely of
Harvard college. Vnder her direction Rad
cMffe has taken Its place as one of the
nrai American colleges. On her mother's
side shs is related to Benjamin Franklin.
An unprecedented sosridal of Honor drink.
ing and rls-arette smoking on the part of
boys snd girls In the high school of New
buryport, Conn., wss brought to a head
recently by the expulsion of a girl member
of the Junior class. Other expulsions are
expected ti occur. The expulsion of the
girl came as a result of an Im-cstlgatlon
Into charges of misbehavior on the part'
of boy and girl atudent by th school
commit tee.
A atudent In a New England high school.
whose picture appeared In the papers In a
sweater ornamented with th school initial.
has been ordered by a Jidge to. leave school
and go to work to support Ms 17-year-old
wife and their baby. The boy 1 a proml
rent athlete, a th It Itlal Indicates. Hs
n et his wl'o a year ago at the high school
danre in a neighboring townand they were
marrkvl without the knowledge of the
bride's parents.
To encourage proficiency In studies, to
provide recognition for those who deserve
well of ths college community for their
application to college work and to remove
the apparent Injustice of the present pub
lication of honor scholarships, from which,
with one exception, those not In need of
financial aid are excluded, the faculty nf
Brown university has voted to establish
two honor scholarships without aid. Ths
holders of these scholtrshtps ars not to be
prevented from holding scholarships with
financial aid, but the publication of the
names of the holders of the money scholar
ships will be discontinued, except in the
case of the Oaston scholarship, which will
go, as now, to the member of the senior
class who has the best record for the first
three yesrs of his college course.
MISS MACRAE QUITS BROWNELL
Mlaa Mavadoa of Yoakers, New York,
Is Selected a Her
Saccesaor.
Miss Edith D. Marsdon of Yonkere, N. T.,
hss been selected by the bosrd of trustees
of Brownell Hall to fill the place mads va
cant by th resignation of Miss Euphen
Macrae, who for ielght years has been prin
cipal of the lntltutlon.
For mors then a year It has been known
that Miss Macrae hss contemplated giv
ing up her work at Brownell. It is said,
however, that there will be few other
changes In the faculty.
Sturdy oak from little acorns grow
advertising in Tha Be will do wonders tor
your business.
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partmtnts ar la lull operation.
A good plar for boy who doa't
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examinations are gives; regular
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Pupils ar received at any tlm
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Twenty Thousand
Dollars in Fund
Now for Teachers
Financial Showing for Annuity Made
at Meeting of the Association,
Which Elects.
Over IW.on Is now In th treasury of
the Teachers' Annuity nd Aid -aaancla-tlon,
aa ahown by the report of Mr. Eolla
W. Nichols, financial secretary, to the
members of the association at th annual
meeting Ijeld Saturday afternoon at the
city hall. The majority of th large mem
bership wss present at the meeting and
considerable Interest was shown In the
work of the sssoelstlon daring the year.
The snnusl report of 1W showed the
sssets of the .association to be I17.KH.7S,
while thoe of IMS are 0.014 40. I'nder
the constitution no disbursement for aid
will be made until there I the sunt of
l.0V In the treasury Most of the money
la Invested in first mortgsges on real es
tate, lls.ono being invested In this wsy.
The other funds are distributed fol
lows: Vnlted 6Uteg government bonds.
,; cash baxar. HSJ.M; Auditorium
stork. I12; rssh In bank, SM.4S.
There are ninety -nine members of th
association, three member being lost dur
ing the year through death and resigna
tion. Each member pay . 110 In duo
yearly. Miss Sarah McChaan. late prin
cipal of the Long school, wa the member
removed by death, and a sad and Impres
sive - feature of the annual meeting was
a memorial tribute to her memory. Mis
McCheane had been an active member of
the sssoclatlon since Its founding snd wss
devoted to Its Interests, having occupied
a continuous position on the governing
board. The sister of Mis McChene es
tablished a memorial to her by making a
ubstantlal gift to the association.
The last order of business st the snnual
meeting wss the election of officer nd
director for the ensuing yesr. but while
the election of officers was accomplished
with little trouble, th teacher became
tangled up when they came to elect tha
director. A number of nomination were
made snd then the teechar persisted In
voting for all of those nominated. Finally
It was decided to vote for but two at a
time. This resulted In the election of the
following directors: Mis Kate Brown,
Mis Clara Mason, Miss Pearl MacCum
ber. Miss Mary McMahon and Mr. Agnea
Harrison. The latter was elected as a
dlrector-at-large. The other four will have
direct supervision over th four depart
ments of work of the sssoclatlon kinder
garten, primary; grammar nd high school
grades.
The following officers were elected:
President. Miss Martha L. Powell; first
vice president, Mrs. Nora H. Lemon; sec
ond vice president. Mr. Mary B. New
ton; treasurer. Miss Emma Wheatley;
financial seoretary, Mrs. Eolla W. Nich
ols; recording secretary. Miss A. D. Orr.
HELP BELLEVUE ATHLETICS
Program to Raise Foods Is Aided by
Literary Societies Which Post
pone Meetings.
All Bellevue college literary societies
postponed weekly programs In order that
the program given for the benefit of ath
letlcs might have the attendance of all.
This program was arranged under th
supervision of Athletic Manager Jones to
(rovtde is fund for the' starting of spring
athletics. Msny old students returned for
the event, which Is a popular one.
Last year's quartet was on hand and
received n old-time welcome. This quartet
has sung all through eastern Nebrsska and
Is everywhere recegnlxed as first-class.
Drum Major St. Clair of the Fort Crook
band, who 1 a warm friend of Bellevue
athletics and genuinely admired by all
collegians, rendered a solo on the baritone
horn.
A large audience responded to the occa
sion. A number of Omsha people, friends
of students cr of the college, came down,
as also a large delegation from the vlllag.
Th program;
Th Man Behind the Gun ! Park
Messrs. Ruggles. Browne, Hambltn
and K earns.
Intermexso Cherry I Albert
Messrs. Potts and McOovern.
Piano Solo Selected
Miss Ines Thomas.
After Whiles J. Whltcomb Riley
W. G. James.
Solo Selected
William A.' Kesrns.
Fluts Solo Rejoussance..
Mr. Bacon.
Quartet Sweet Genevlev
l.acnt of the Witches .,
..Kohler
....Anon
.Cassard
Mies Mitchell.
Plsno Solo Selected
Mr. Brown.
Oood Masters. If In Iov y Be.Weatherly
H. H. Hsmblln.
My Old Kentucky Home, With Variation
Drum Major St. Clair.
Quartet Good Night Parks
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