The Omaha Sunday Bee
PART TWO
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SOCIETY
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kobakly the moat welcome conven
tion ever assigned to Omaha for enter
tainment is that of the Nebraska State
Teachers' association. The men and
women of the teaching profession will
gather here from
and city in the state on Wednesday,
November 8. and the sessions of the many sections..
will continue throueh Thursday anil rvi.w t.,-
Ing by the attendance at other annual conventions,
Superintendent Graff and his aides in making the
arrangements expect between 4,000 and 5,000
teachers at this meeting. The choice of OiUaha
was made by a referendum vote of the association
members, this being the third time in thirty years
that Omaha has won the meeting. So keen an in
terest has been aroused and a program of-su'dh at"""1,
tractiveness and value has been outlined: that
already many school boards have voted to close
their schools during that week and thus permit
every teacher to attend.
Wednesday, the opening day, will be marked
by the annual meeting of superintendents and prin
cipals. Heretofore this meeting has been held at
a different time from the teachers' meeting, but
this year everybody connected with education in
Nebraska is to congregate in Omaha at the one
lime. wuue me superintendents and principals
re holding their sessions the teachers from out
lide points will scatter themselves among the city
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operation that day as usual for the particular pur
pose of permitting the visiting teachers to see
methods of teaching used here, especially in the
physical and manuitl training and dome3tic scionce
departments, also in the special study classes.
Wednesday evening one of the great treats of
the meeting is to be offered at the First Methodist
church. This will be the formal opening of the
convention, and the feature will be the address of
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Dr. William G. Frost, president of Berea college.
This college Is located in the mountains of Ken
tucky, in Berea county, 'and President Frost is the
Abraham Lincoln of education in that section. He
Is a magnetic orator and will have a most interest
ing theme,"EducatIonal Pioneering Among South
ern Mountaineers."
Each year a central thought governB the
makeup of tho program for the teachers' meeting,
nd this year the papers and discussions will have
particular reference to the physical side of school
life. All over the country more and more thought
Is being devoted to the great task of graduating
from the public schools young men and women
strong and able in body as in mind; equipped phys
ically as well as mentally to meet the exigencies
and stand the strain of modern living. Omaha
chools and those of many other Nebraska cities
stand in high place for their excellence of method
in developing the weak body and perfecting the
strong one. Those teachers who have not yet had
opportunity to catch the inspiration of this ad
vance movement will find a splendid chance open to
them at this meeting.
f)r. William M. Davidson, superintendent of
schools in Washington, D. C, whose recent depar
ture created universal regret in Omaha and Ne
braska, is coming "back home" for this meeting.
With him will come Dr. Philander Claxton, United
States commissioner of education. During the ses
sions Dr. Davidson will meet with the mothers'
section for story telling, as well as taking an active
part in the general program.
Carroll G. Pearse of Milwaukee, formerly of
Omaha, will be among the prominent educators In
attendance. He is now president of the national
association.
One of the noted men whose appearance at
this convention has stirred a keen Interest is Dr.
William A. Evans of Chicago, for years commis
sioner of health In. Chicago. During his service he
originated a good many Important reforms and
won a national reputation. lie is the originator
of the open-airBchool and is president of the public
health section of the American Medical associa
tion. His subject will be "Sanitation of the School
Itoom."
P. G. Blair, superintendent of public instruc
tion of Illinois, is another advanced thinker and
progressive administrator of school affairs who is
to appear before tho Nebraska teachers with an
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address on some pertinent topic.
The George Junior Republic, whose fame has
traveled round the world, will be represented at
this Omaha meeting by the organizer and master
spirit, William Reuben George of Freeville, X. Y.
A. K. Wlnshlp, editor of the Journal of Edu
cation, with a very fine reputation as a lecturer
on school tor'.cs, will make an address, and Henry
S. Curtis, Ph. D recognized as an authority on
organized play in the schools, will constitute a
great platform team, discussing matters on which
they have spent years of study. As potent a per
sonality In her own field, that of music, is France!
E. Clark of Milwaukee. She is president of the
National Federation of Musical Clubs and has
achieved a high reputation as supervisor of music
in the schools of Monmouth, 111.; Ottumwa, la.,
and Milwaukee. Her services are in demand at
state teachers' meetings in all parts of the country.
In the Latin section Benjamin L. D'Ooge of
the Ypstlantl, Mich., normal school will be the
main attraction. He is regarded as one of the
greatest Latin scholars of the present day.
The only possible way to carry outran Intelli
gent and cohesive program for such a large num
ber of educators Is to divide them into sections;
and to accommodate the many sections, or groups,
& dozen different meeting places inuut be provided.
These places are assigned the different groups at
varying hours. Tho high school will be a busy
place, with meetings in progress in several rooms
at one time. The Auditorium will Ae used for
meetings and for an exhibit of industrial work
from various Nebraska schools, with $2C0 in pre
miums offered fcr the best work. Miss Anna V.
Day, assistant Mate superintendent, will havo
charge of this exhibit. The First Presbyterian and
First Methodist churches will bo opened for mctt
ings, as will the public library, the Young Men's
Christian association and Young Women's Chris
tian association and the city council chamber.
The University of Nebraska, the Kearney and
Peru normals. University of Omaha, Dotn tud
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Fremont colleges will all have headquarters Jor
their alumni, students and patrons, and all of them
will hold reunions and indulge in banquets during
the convention.
Folk lore dances and kindergarten games will
be exemplified on an elaborate scale by kindergar
ten teachers and girls of the training class. Miss
Margaret Wallace of the Saunders school is drill
ing u group of her pupils to present a dramatiza
tion of "Cinderella." Both of these entertaining
features will be put on at the evening meetings.
Thursday and Friday, at the Auditorium and will
be delightful to behold.
Following are tho officers of tb various sec
tions, with placo and time of meeting!
Superintendents and Principals President,
George E. Martin, Nebraska City; secretary, County
Superintendent Dorothea Kolls, Grand Island.
Wednesday at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m., Young Men's
Christian association.
Argumentation President, R. I. Elliott.
Broken Bow; secretary, Charles Mohrinau, N'tllgh.
Friday at 2 p. m., high school, room 108.
Board of Education President, James C.
Elliott, West Point; secretary, J. F. Daly, Wlsner.
Thursday at 2 p. ni., high school, room 108.
Biological President, H. U. Duncanson, Ceru:
secretary, Charles Fordyce, Lincoln. Thursday at
2 p. m., Friday at 2 p. in., high school, room 304.
Child Study President, Emma Wilhelmson,
Wesleyan university; secretary, Winifred Wolga
mot, Lincoln. Friday at 2 p. m., Presbyterian
church.
College Section President, W. R. Jackson;
secretary, II. B. Alexander. Thursday afternoon,
Presbyterian church. Business seKslon at 2 p. in.,
general session at 3 p. m., administrative division
at 4 p. m. At this last named session the im
portant topic for dlsrusslon will be the preliminary
report of tbe medical Inspection committee.
County Superintendents President, E. E.
Hayes, Kearney; secretary, Miss L. Nemaha Clark,
Kem&ha. Thursday at 2 y. m., Friday at 2 p. u.t
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city council chamber, both business sessions.
Drawing and Manual Training President,
Marlon Smith, Kearney; secretary, A. J. Mercer,
Kearney. Friday at 2 p. m., high school gym
nasium. Teachers of Education President, W. A.
Clark, Kearney; secretary, Mrs. Alberta Anderson,
Lincoln. Thursday at 2 p. m., Friday at 2 p. m.,
city. hall. General subject both sessions, "Profes
sional Teachers in Nebraska."
German President, K. A. Whltnack, Peru;
secretary, F. H. Relusch, Lincoln. Thursday at 2
p. m., Friday at 2 p. m., public library.
Grammar School President, R. V. Garrett,
Scribner; secretary, Alice M. Burly, Lincoln.
Thursday at 2 p. m., high school, room 209.
High School, Joint Section Presidents, E. F.
Monroe, Shelton; J. II. Welch, Stanton; secretaries.
Merle Davis, Lincoln: Mae Klrkpatrlck, Weeping
Water. Friday at 2 p. m., high school, room 309.
Nebraska History Teachers President, R. H.
Graham, Wymore; secretary, C. N. Anderson,
Kearney. Thursday at 2 p. in., Presbyterian
church.
Latin President, F. W. Sanford, Lincoln; sec
retary, Edith Mattoon, Beatrice. Thursday at 2 p.
in.. Young Women's Christian association.
Literature President, Mary Sullivan, Omaha;
secretary, Virginia Byerley, Nebiaska City. Thurs
day at 2 p. m., high school gymnasium.
Mathematics President, William C. Brenke,
Lincoln; sem-tary, C. B. Cornell, Peru. Thursday
at 2 p. m., high school, ro6m 209.
Music President, Rees3 Solomon, Norfolk;
secretary, Mrs. Grace Hoyt, Columbus. Friday at
2 p. in., high school, room 204.
Medical President, Dr. Solon R. Towne,
Omaha; becretary, Edna Mantor, Randolph. Thurs
day at 2 p. m., Young Men's Christian association.
Physical Science President, W. B. Johns,
York; secretary, MIhs Henderson, Nebraska City.
Friday at 2 p. m., high school, room 209.
Physical Training President, R. CI. Clapp,
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Lincoln; secretary, Bess I. Dumont, Omaha. Fri
day at 2 p. in., high school gymnasium.
Primary and Kindergarten President, Allc
M. Cusack, Lincoln; secretary, Minnie Wilhelmy.
Nebraska City. Friday at 2 p. m., Young Men's
Christian association.
Rural Schools President, County Superin
tendent Hulda Peterson, Holdrege; secretary, Miss
Grace AbIi, Broken Bow. Friday at 2 p. m., Pres
byterian church.
Science President, W. G. Bishop, University
Place; secretary, Emily Wood, Omaha. Thursday
at 2 p. m., Young Men's Christian association.
Story Section President, Marie Ryan,
Omaha; secretary, Mrs. Minnlo Notts, Lincoln,
Thursday at 2 p. in., Young Women'sCbrlptu aa;
soclntlon.
This story-telling section has a program thai
promises to be more than ordinarily interesting.
It is as follows: Selection, South Omaha High
School orchestra; song, "Good Morrow, Little Rose
bush;" "Meadow Talk," Laura Goetz; story, "The
Three Weavers," Mrs. Charles Axtell; story, "The
Birth of the Arbutus," Miss Kato Swartzlander; se
lection, South Omaha High School orchestra; story,
"How tbo Whale Got Its Throat," Mrs. Vincent
O'Shea; talk, "Value of Story Telling," Dr. W. M.
Davidson; dramatization, "Cinderella," Saunders
school, director, Miss Mary Wallace; song, "The
Birthday," Miss Martha Grym; selection, South,
Omaha High School orchestra.
The conferences of district association officers
will be held on Thursday at 4 p. m., at the high
school, where rooms will be placarded for the vari
ous divisions. Following are the division officers:
Southeastern President, Superintendent A. Ik
Staley, Superior; secretary, Superintendent Lulu S.
Wolford, Pawnee county.
North PresidenCSuperlntendent J. II. Kemp,
Wayne; secretary, Superintendent Emma R. Miller,
Cuming county.
Central President, Superintendent ?. C
Stephenson, Hamilton county; secretary, Superin
tendent Mary Jane George, Nuckolls county.
East Central President, Superintendent Johtf
M. Matzen, Dodge county; secretary, Mrs. E. B.
Williams, Saunders county.
North Platte Valley President, Superin
tendent W. L. Greeusllt, Scott's Bluff; secretary.
Superintendent Agnes Lackey, Scott's Bluff county.
Northwestern President, Superintendent 'II.
H. Relmund, Crawford; secretary, Miss Olga M.
Gereke, Crawford.
Southwest President. C. F. White, Trenton,
secretary, Miss Grace McClelland, Cambridge.
West Central President, Superintendent L.
A. Qulvey, Cozad; secretary, Superintendent Wil
liam Ebright, Lincoln county.
Nominating committees are scheduled to meet
at 0 p. in., Thursday, at the high school, where'
rooms will be asslgued them by placard.
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