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SCHOOL AND COLLEGE WORK
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Feature, of Spring- Activitiei in
Various Institutions.
DOINGS AT TEE STATE 50&XALS
bniill of Call's Graduates ladl-
rated by Yalo Reeardo
School Vaeaaetce Kdaca
tIMal Watee.
Tha West Central Nebraska Teachers'
association convened In Kearney, March
38 and 29, and a targe' number ' of the
members found occasion to rlfclt the
normal. A reception waa given by the
normal to the member! of the ansoclf
tloo on Thursday from 4 to at which
laree number were nresenti Mies
Anna Caldwell of the kindergarten de
partment and Dr. Clark of tha depart
ment of education gave addressee, while
the normal school furnished the -music
for the entire association. . Mrs.'' Grace
Steadman and Prof. George N. Porter,
sang; the glee club and the orchestra slab
assisted. Mtse Eunice Bothwell read a
number of selections.
Dr. C. L. Colgrov of Cedar Falls. Is..
who gavs one of the principal addresses
of the educational association, took oc
casion to visit the normal during his
stay in tha city.
Tha commercial department waa given
the chapel period on Tuesday, March '2.
Their entertainment consisted of a mu
sical comedy In which R. D. Waltermlre.
Florence Wolf, Clyde Simpson, Henry
Knutson, Anna Hermansen. George Par
ker, Milton Dossett, Reuben Sanderson
and John Shlelda participated . The pro
gram consisted of original Jokes and
popular songs.
President Thomas of the normal at
tended the Central Educational asso
ciation at Aurora and took psrt In the
program. , . --
Dr. Clark of tha department of educa
tion spoke before the Southwestern Edu
cational association at McCook. -
Among the former atudents who took
occasion to visit their alma maUr dur
ing tha association were Earl Cheddar
den of tha Lexington' high sohool, James
T. Anderson, superintendent of the
schools at Callaway; Elmer Berqulst,
Ocneata Clark. Vera Oilmore. Bertha
Bank, Clara Danieleon, D, F. Dlckeraon,
Alios M. Hall, Edna Anderson and Fay
Oillaa of Lexington; Lara Era, Alice
Marquhtass. . Nellie Brown, Bess ' Cooley,
Gertrude Baker, Beth Cunningham of
Gothenburg: Blanche Wldaman. - Calla
way; Helen Hartsell, Rlvsrton;, Gladys
McConnaughey, Osceola; Bessie Stewart,
Ogallala; Ella Blake. Susie Campbell.
North Plaits; Edith Shull, Holbrook:
El lire Chesemore, Elm Creek; Florence
Antonldee, North Platte; Elsie and Ella
Trimble of Ravenna and Shelton: Kittle
M. Wilson, Osceola; Ruby R. Manuel,
Lexington; Mrs. Sawyer Olbbon and Su
perintendent Cleo Chappell of Lincoln
county. These young people are snthu
slaatio la their educational work.
The Juniors were delightfully enter
tained Saturday at the normal building
br Miss Cora O'Connell, their class
adviser.
FREMONT COLLEGE,
Water Retards Reglstratlea
far ps-tagr Term.
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Tha spring term at the college wis
ushered In under difficulties owing to
the high water, and the registration has
been alow. -Classes were organised on
Tuesday, a 'baa always beea tha cus
tom, hut, Mi .eavaral eases there were
not over six or seven to begin tha work.
Tha classes are now filling up, how
ever, every day adding to the num
ber, and by Monday the school will be
fully organised. Students who stayed
to attend the teachers' assoeistloa felt
re payed, notwithstanding tha failure of
the leading apsaksrs to get here.
Mlaa Naana Lynn Forbes, teacher of
expression, acted as Judge at the dis
trict high school debate given at Blair
between tha Blair and South Omaha
high schools, April t Subject, "Resolved
that the movement of organised labor for
the dosed (hop should receive the sup
port of public opinion." South Omaha
won tha debate. Miss Forbes also acted
as on of the Judges in a district declam
atory contest of ths North Nebraska as
sociation March at Twenty-two schools
were represented. ,
President Clemmons attended the
teachers' Institute at Albion, where he
poke.
Mrs. A. Kate Gilbert of the college
faculty baa returned frem Florida with
bar health greatly Improved.
Thursday morning seven little folks.
puptla ef riefeasor Templeman, gave two
mandoUa numbers la chapeL
YANKTON COLLEGE
Ckeerlag Ward trans Abaeat Tram
f the laetltafteav.
A recent letter received at the college
from Rev. A. Craig Bowdlsh. "ST. now a
student' In Hartford Theological semi
nary, tells of his Interest and pleasure
in the work he la doing there this ysar.
Mr. Bowdlsh Is wad -known In the Con
gregational ministry of South Dakota
sine his graduation, and la an alumnus
of Chicago Theological seminary. He la
a loyal friend of the college, for soma
yeera a trustee of the Institution and at
the prssent time a member of the cor
poral board. Yankton students and In
structor appreciate a word from those
who hare left th college halla ... ....
Students living oa th Nebraska aide
of th river and friend who had planned
to spend the vacation week at . Santo
have decided wisely la remaining a
South Dakota sell. Th going out of th
Ice mat week makes th matter of cross
ing th river uncertain - and dangerous,
not ts say impossible. Mac irk there
have beea but two years, TITt and MM,
when th tea held as ton as It did this
year. The date both of the rears was
April i. Marco W waa the data this
CHADROX WORM AX SCHOOL,
Activities at Pnraltr sad Kadeata
Piasadtag a Brief Yaemtlew.
' Easter varatiea tubs from Friday until
Monday. Hh to'ata. '.
Deaa Stsckdal and Professor Phil port
went to Rushvill March 31 t serve as
Judge tat th declamatory contest there.
Professor Wileoa returned th following
evening from Alliance, where he had
gon aot as Judg la to contest at
la th Engu-a departSMat a list f
aeveaty-flv book baa bean selected for
supplesaentary reading tor th first pre
paratory dials From this est eaea
student will select thro beak which are
te be read during th semester.
A meeting of th freshman claas. of th
annul waa held Tuesday neon la Mis
Clark' IMS. Officer were elected .as
follow: sponsor. Mr. Phil pott:
deat. Mis Bra Leah; sees arassdeht. Mia
' 1 Mary rwer ecruu-T-tfeur, Paujjel crimes apoa his.
editor. Miss. Ermine Carmeea. Th preel-
! drat appointed a color and flower com-
(mittee of two. Miss Elisabeth Kreisen-
Johnson, it was de-
dded to meet once every two weeks.
Motto aot decided upon yet.
Th -boys", literary society, which will
he known hereafter as the Philippic De
bating society, has now completed Its
organisation; and Judging from the In
terest that I shown by the members it
will undoubtedly become one of tbe
strongest societies In school.. A good num
ber, of boyS were present at the first
regular meeting, and all took an active
part In completing the organization.
Kerraska wkslbyax notes.
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raldtlve af SehMl Wla Twe
Oratorical Prlere.
fleeter vocation organ April 4 and
closes Aprilll.
The 'floor! In the balls of the main
building, which have been in place for
twenty-flv years, are being replaced dur
ing, the present vacation.
8. ,B. iCosad of the freshmen class won
first place in the 'state prohibition ora
torical contest at Central City last week.
This fnakeettWa atate oratorical co nests
which' Weiliyan hss won his ysar.
Clarence Davis of th sophomore won
first t)lce In the local peace oratorical
contest., Mr1. Davla will enter the state
contest to be, held In a few-weeks.
Much .Interest Is being shown in track
work . and base ball. Most of th base
btll men, are-spending their vacation at
University Place tn order to get In as
mucfl preliminary practice as possible.
Although the beginning of the week's
endowment Campaign la atlll two weeks
off. .another subscription of COM waa re
ceived ,from "Father" Hiram Burch. a
pioneer minister and the first field secre
tary ' of thd' university, last Saturday.
This duplicates a similar gift from Rev.
Mr.'Adiitnr two weeks ago.
" Mrs. Heller aa Child Tiwlalaa.
Mrs." Harriet Heller, formerly of Omaha
and, now 'of Chicago, has an Interesting
.trtkltiln the, Journal of Education, Boa-
ton, 'issue -of March 21, on the subject
of -'teaching 'children sex hygiene. 6n
artues Ulat" the kindergarten and prl-
maoy grade In schools should have this
sUBrt''sulj(Md; that children ar then
most reoepttve,' end training then Incul
cated will be more fruitful than in later
years- lb .paper la based on her ex
perience as A teacher, and contains much
of Intereat- to teacher and others con
cerned in' Iho -topic. . . ,
Eaacatlaaal Neteo,
Contracts .for the erection of the new
school .of. mines building at ths Oregon
Agricultural, college have Juat been let
for IM.OM. The building will be ready tor
occupancy September 1.
Without' alieatlon Ihe University of
Wisconsin can claim the oldest coed In
the United Btatee In Mrs. W. D. Win-
i d. A varsitv aludrnt at m. studying
physiology, sociology and philosophy, sue
makea an Interesting case.
President Foster of Reed college, tn
Orison, has been In the east making an
Investigation of conditions at Its Institu
tions of learning, one or Me findings is
that Ihe average American undergraduate
has very little regard for eeholarahlp.
Mrs. Francis White, nearly W roars
old. Of Baltimore, will go to England In
ths spring to lake a course In Cambridge
In hirigllgh. She has been out of school
nearly fifty years, but la looking forward
to the work In college with Interest.
Miss Kleartor M. Colleton Is on of th
two teachers appointed to make an in
vestigation among the children of the
public schools of Boston for the purpose
of. learning how the schools can become
moat Helpful In giving vocational In
struction, i '
Miss Sophdnleba P. Breckenrtdre. pro
fessor of civics at tha Chicago university.
is second vice president of the National
Suffrage association. Hhe la a aatlva of
Kentucky and a member of the well
known Breckenrldge family of that state,
flhe Is Intensely Interested In ths prob
lems of working glrla.
Miss Bessie Merlon Coats, B. A., Vae
sar, 1907, hss received Ihe Alice Free
man Palmer fellowship, founded In IMS
by Mrs. David P. Klmbsll of Boston.
and yielding an Income of 11.000. Miss
Coats Is the. holder of the Mary E. Ivss
fellowship In philosophy for UlO-li at
ISIS.
Mr. Jsne K. Bather's sifts to tha I nl-
verslty of California aggregated more
than ihk.im. Mrs. father's first girt was
the lather gate at the Telegraph avenue
entrance to (lie university as a memorial
to ner nuaoana. one enaowea two pro
fessorships, each for UJO.OCO; provided
two book fund of loo and IW.Ous and
gave 3U0, for the erection of a bell
tower of whit granite.
At a eerillar mtln tit the aelMwil
board of Ravenna. Neb., all positions for
wnivn contracts nave not neen eigne
wsre declared vacant. This leaves the
prlnolpalship and two other high school
positions vseant, also three grade poal-
tlons. Principal Hayea has accepted tne
prlncipalahip at Clarkson for the coming
Tear.
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Seller Cwlleg Katee.
Th Bellevue Concert company gave
successful 'entertainment at Fort Cal
houn Friday, evening In the opera house,
returning to Omaha in automobllee after
tha performance. The company consisted
of th mala quartet Raymond Jones,
first tenor; Paul Johneon second tenor;
S. a Stookey. baritone, and Paul Klaaer.
bass; Mr. Olen Rico, soloist: Mies Hasel
Wilcox, violinist snd Mies Edna Flndley,
accompanist. Concerts I Bellevue.
South Omaha and Plattemouth are being
arranged for by the manager. Mr. K laser.
The annual banquet tendered by the
sophomores to the graduating class waa
held at the Loyal hotel In Omaha Satur
day evening, and waa tha most elaborate
in menu, -floral decorations and epleadid
mueio.ever given to a senior claaa of
Bellevue. A very original program fol
lowed.- Th-guest of honor were Presi
dent Stookey and Miss Margaret Gra
ham and Judge and Mrs. a. L. Sutton.
Orle Lee Webb, president of the eopho
more class, 'acted as toastmaater. Spe
cial care took the banqueters to and from
the hotel. .
Wewsaal Seiee.
Prof. Beck's orchard has suffered the
loss by freeaing of over MO tree.
Prof Hares and Dean Rous of th
norms! are absent this week at the Dle-titot-Teaohors'
aeeoctatloa meeting at
Alliance and Bridgeport
Prof. LfMr went Is Falls City to act
aariudg lira' declamatioa contest snd to
adfireea -the tucnarasoa toumy Taaca
ers" association.
eAle Senator Selleck addressed th stu
dent at 'Thursday chapel eervlc on the
subject-of ths stats's responsibility to
education.
Miss Marahan. traveling secretary of
the- twate- Young Women's Christisa as
sociation, was in Peru this week. She
was given a kenalngtoa tea on Friday
night and addressed th students 8ua-
day. i - - - t .
Miss Ferguson of the demeetle science
department entertained her senior class
at dinner - Saturday.
POLICL SUSPECT LEWIS
OF NUMBER OF BURGLARIES
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Freak Lswta. wanted tor th larceny
ef twa trpc writer from the Rohrbaugh
Boaln college, and also for taking two
etorag batteries from th John Dear
PJaw. company's bulkimg. wsi at rested
yesterday, afternoon ay Detective Daa
Lahey and Stev Maloaey, whit he waa
atMmpttag to seU th batteries to a
parwabrexer. He was ehaured with grand
larceny' at th pone etatloa. although
lwla denies having stolen anything but
Ule' battariea, which ar worth tl each.
Detective Lahey better that Lewis
Is. tne maa who ha beea coeaaslttiag
burglarle her for th last tare sboIimbs
and be as working now t Cx number
BIG HATS DRIVE KIM AWAY
Ranchman Prevented From Appre
ciating- faster Services.
SUBMERGED IX SEA OF LIDS
Serlsaa Oat After He Gets Opaewtaa
Ity aad Hereafter Will Worship
la the Ace, eel Hatae Xear
v Hla Heaae.
George Russell came in from Albion
Sunday morning, slicked up a little, and
attended Easter service In one of the
city's fashionable churches.
The preaching was fine and th music
entrancing, he aald, "but all that I saw
waa an array of hats. I live out on a
ranch, ten miles from town, and having
beard of fashionable attire at church.
concluded to ere some of It. When I
entered the usher gave me a very good
seat, but I could not e a thing. I sat
behind a woman who wore a hat that
must hare been four feet in diameter.
The width waa not aa much of an ob
jection If I could have seen over it. but
that was an Impossibility, for on top of
th main structure wsa something
closely resembling a small stack of al
falfa. It looked aa though the forage
plant had been, cut green, raked Into a
heap and fastened on top of th hat
ith long plna. In my Judgment, the
hay stack oa top of the hat waa three
feet high.
. Shift Hla Posltle.
"When I got a good chance I slid into
another seat, but this waa aa bad as the
first, for I got behind a woman who
wore a hat covered with flowers to a
height of aot aa Inch leas than two feet.
There were popple, hollyhocks, geranl
una, cox combs and all manner of run
ning viae. Sitting around among th flow
er and vinea were stuffed bird and
bugs.
Then I made another change and thla
It me I got behind a hat that resembled
a chicken yard, only the fowl were dead
is. They ware hovering over nests
tilled with eggs, while scattered about
were halt a doaen HtU chicks that
looked aa It they bad Just gotten out of
th shells. "
"This waa enough of fashionable city
churchea. In th future I will confine
my devotion to the services la th old
school house near home."
Railroad Will Use
Auto Truck at Depot
An auto truck for unloading and loading
freight will soon be put in use at the
Burlington freight depot. The Burlington
has been testing one at tha depot for tbe
last week and finds that It will save time
aa well a money and Intends to put
three er four In operation.
Th truck ha a fire-horse power motor
and I capable of hauling 4.00 pound
Willi It can eerry a good load Itself.
several trucks can be coupled to ft and
thua do what It would take at least half
a dosen men to do.
Tbe engine Is very slmpl aad almost
anybody can run It It ha a direct
shaft driv and can b turned around la
a vary small apaos.
ELECTRICAL ASSOCIATION
MEETS HERE THIS MONTH
Th Nebraska Electrical asaoelatlon
will hld a convention In Omaha April It.
17 and 1. Manager E V. Parrish of the
publicity bureau of th Commercial club
will Issu Invitations and Drograma for
th meeting In a few day. W. J. Dean
of the General Electric company, E. A.
Bullock ef Norfolk, President H. A. Hokl-
reg. Tic President F. H. Brooks aad
Sceretary B. J. Bell of the Union Electric
Light aad Power company and Wal-
demar Mlchaelsen will be among the
speaker. More than M0 electrical men are
expected to attend th convention. Th
Loyal hotel hss been decided upon as
their headquarter and a big banquet will
be given there, probably th last night
The electridana will make an automobile
inspection over th city.
SALOON KEEPERS WARNED
TO EXCLUDE ALL MINORS
Juvanll court officials hare issued er-
der to parent and aalooa keeper warn
ing them aot to allow little chap to
enter saloon. A JO-year-otd boy waa be
fore th court y aster day and sentenced
to th Industrial school for "rushing the
can" and mingling with th habitue of
th liquor dispensaries The sentence waa
suspended during good behavior.
Juvenile who amoks cigarette ar alas
th object of a crueade by Juvenile offl-
a. On lad waa sentenced to th De
tention home for smoking cigarette. To
bacconists win be watohed and It caught
In the act of selling tobacco to boy com
plssat will be tiled sgslnst them.
ASHLAND BRIDGE STANDS
SOLID AGAINST THE FLOOD
Secretary Whit of th Ashland Plaits
River Bridge company la explaining why
th automobile brides over the Plant
river east of Ashland withstood the flood
says: "It waa bins its th spans were
MS feet apart and th pillar supporting
them were rank to a depth of forty to
forty-fire feet tn th river, below the
normal water line." -
Secretary Whit add that .th brtdga
waa aot swerved aa Inch out of Una by
the tea. Tha brtdga I owned by a stock
company. pttaliaed tor tai.OOO. Th
bridg cost SS.se, most t th capital be
ing furnished by i aidants of Ashland.
Deadly- Fright
sufferers from lung trouble
tin they learn Dr. King's Nsw Discovery
wUl kelp them. Fries SO and SI M. For
sal by Beaton Drug Co.
PENF0LD COMES HOME
FOR AK-SAR-BEN WORK
Secretary H. J. Fafo! returned to
Omaha yesterday ta begia the work ef
to saw Ak-Sar-Bea year. He baa apeat
tw asonths aa his five-acre leasea ranch
south at Baa Diego and between times
has studied th picture of Omaha's snow
banked streets and read ef bUssards here,
busying himself with snowing his team
aad packing lemons and orangea.
H announced that aa would begia
war ea see aibai chip immediately ee that
aatttatiocia may be started early la June.
Knight of Ak-Sar-Bea aetlvltle aeoally
begin the first Moaday ta June. There are
new Si paid memberaklps.
Chaasberisla's Cough Rsmedy ha woo
Ita great reputation and ex t nerve aal
by Its nmsrksbls cure ef coughs, eslds
and croup. It caa oe sipesat spea. Try
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