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Dean Bessey Writes of the
Nebraska Schoolmasters
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XlT DGAM CHARLES K. HESSrjY.
At the invitation ot J. 11. Milter a
meeting irai held !n the Lincoln hotel on
December IS. 1S3S, .u which there were
present Chancellor MacLean. Trofi. She t
man and Besy, Superintendent Baylor,
Principal Waterhome and Mr. Crabtree
The matter had been thought out prettv
carefully by Mr. Miller and on this ac".
count he was made chairman cf the meet
In. It wan decided to have no formal
constitution, but the following; rules n-ere
adopted, and In many respects they are
the same as those we have now:
1- ThB Nebraska Fchoolmaeters' club Is
nd Professional union,
w..',; Names of candidates for membership
.may be submitted to the executive com-
Pip rlub at anv meeting.
J' tiT mmlfeis mav W eleebnl ot any
meeting. One hlank ballot rhall be on
"tnicted tr postpone tho election. No
,c.!'ij ?" ' ftow.d a to nonntness of
. candidates.
. Tin offl.-e.rs halt be, president mid
lSr and l.hcM gUn conttltut th
executlvo committee. The officers shall
.miI"1 at ?c ,a1 '"""tin? of the1
fiS?Lyc?.,n,, snfc" orvo until the
oiecuon of their successor.').
in. .iJ1"11", 6t "n ccefdlnB meet
fl be determined by a majority
eDrA.1 Preceding meeting.
6. The expense of the cIud shall be
b" QUy by all niembirs ot the rlub,
and any member who falls to pay his
E, .i of Aue,. Bpm,e Morn the next
AhMnl ihf rthy forWta hls ""-mtwr.hlp:
hntr;lnr?u 'ho Klvo twentyfour
nours notice to the secretary Khali be as
sussed but one-third the usual fee.
m' JlTmii!0 lhe aPProval "t the execu-
committee, any number may jit his
hHSr,01. of tw-h"-ds the usual fee
brim? with him rciests to the meeting.
.i ',1"" ) two-thlrds vote mav in
lli,.. to ny. fut'' meeting In
emerarency casa. the executive may e-nt'J2-aU
lnvlJtlon to any prominent edu
cator or public .nan who may be tern-
,Dh.rfrl J' ln.,th0 cltv- "xecuil". majMn
their dlscrfitlo.t call moetlns of the club
to entertain distinguished guests.
Informal from Start.
Chancellor MacLean was insistent In
his determination that the club should ba
very Informal, and In ordir to emphasize
It sat during: a considerable portion of
the meeting- with his feet on the table
around which the tnembers were- gath
ered. No more emphatic action could
have been taken by such a man as Chan
cellor MacLean.
It was arranged to have a special meeting-
for the election of additional members
and. this occurred on December V, Su
perlntendenta Keed. Dlnamore, Pearae and
Jackson. Profs. Seattle, Ward, Hill and
Luckoy and President Perry were elected
to membership. About this time it was
decided that Mr. Miller should continue
to be president of the club and Mr. Crab
tree secretary.
Early in January of 1899 the first regu
lar meeting was held, at which the mem
bership' was limited to twenty-five. In
thla meeting the practice of having a
dinner In connection with the paper and
discussions was Inaugurated.
The second meeting occurred early in
Marfih and the practice which had been
inaugurated at the beginning of dropping
all titles was emphasized. Everybody
was plain Mister. There were no chan
cellors, presidents, professors, superin
tendents, etc At the last meeting of the
year Mr. Miller was elected president for
the year following and Superintendents
Stephens and Bodwell, Profs. Powers and
Pttlson and President Kerr were added;
to the memberahlp.
With the first meeting In the fall some
changes had taken place in the member
ship. Chancellor Maclean having ac
cepted trie presidency of the University of
Iowa.
Andrew Elected.
During- the year of 1IM-1900 meetings
were held regularly and some additions
were made to the membership. It was
determined that at the last meeting ot
the year early In May the wives of the
members should bo Invited. At this last
meeting It was recommended that Chancellor-elect
Andrews should be elected to
membership, which was done by acclama
tion. During the year 1900-1901 Superintendent
Pearse was the' president and about this
time the former practice of dropping all
titles began to weaken and we find mem
bers addressed as '"president" or "chan
cellor" or "professor." Here, too, the
custom ot having one meeting of the
year In Omaha was Inaugurated.
In these earjler years the number of
meetings each year ws hot fixed, the
number usually running from five to six
or seyen, but there was a gradual growth
of tha feeling that the meetings should
be limited to a smaller nurnber.
At the last meeting of U) year Presi
dent Kerr of Bellevue college was made
president. of the club for the ensuing
year.
In the years that follow minor changes
were "made lit the rules In order to avoid
friction which had arisen on account of
he ease with which any candidate might
RILE ITCHING
OF SKIN TROUBLE
Small Red and Yellow Spots on Leg.
' Covered with Dry Scale. Had to
Walk Floor Nights. CuticuraSoap
and Cuticura Ointment Cured.
R. F. D. No. 3. CUrkflsld. Minn. "My
imhKIi w&fl nf Inn stndlnr. It started
wltk some small red and yellow spots about
toe sue or a put new on my
leg and BTory morning there
was a dry el on top cor
ertng the affected part and
when thaM scales were fall-
Ins off the Itching was mora
.thin I could stand at Urns.
rThe first year I did oi
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enlr itching Terr badly at
Mnes, but the second year It advanced all
around my leg and the Itching was terrible.
I had to be very careful to ksre my clothing
around the affected part rtry loose. At
night time I often happened to scratch the
sore In my sleep. Then I bad to stand up,
get out of bed and walk the floor.
"Then I read the advertisement of Cuti
cura Soap and Ointment and I wroU for a
ample and got it. To my surprise I was
feeling relief after the second application,
go I got a cake of Cuticura Soap and a fifty -cast
box of Cuticura Ointment and when I
had used them I was nearly over ths itching,
u t mnihfr hox and that healsd H
i .. . u intbH mroth and fine, but I i
Vept on with the Cuticura Soap for six weeks j
nd ths cure was complete." (Signed) B.O. .
Qardea. Nor. SO, 1912. ,
Cuticura BoapJic andCutleuraOIntment J
tOc, tr9 ,old eTerywhere. liberal sample of
each mailed free, with 3J-p. asm noon.
dress pot-crd "Cuticura. Dept. T. Boston."
who share and shampoo with Cu
eur leap will find It best for slda and scalp.
be blackballed and the membership limit
,was gradually raised from twenty-five
to a much larger number. At one tlmo
a little more than ten yara ago ballot
Ing by mall was Introduced, but after a
trial of a year or so It was Abandoned.
Mnnr Tarnrri Dunn,
There was one period during which It
was very difficult for any one to be
elected to membership, the common ex
perlencs being that every name presented
was met lth enough nigatlve voles to
defeat election This threatened to bring
about much bad feeling, but gradually
this died out with the growing feeling
ot good fellowship which arose In the
flub, In looking over the minutes one Is
struck by the feeling thnt the club has
riot at any lime given way to any money
making projects. Year by year at the
unnual examination of the trrasurer's ac
counts It has been found that the club
treasury contained but very few dollars,
scarcely moi'e. than enough to cover
postage before the no.xt dues were coi
leited. This lack ot money In the treas
ury doubtless has had much to do In all
these years with keeping the principal
objects ot the club constantly In mind.
We have never been tempted to Indulge
in any luxuries at the expense ot the
treasury, since the treasury could not
meet nny considerable demand upon It.
It Is pleasant to record that the club
departed from Its usual format progrnm
at Its Omaha meeting In March, 1901.
when It became known that Superinten
dent Pearse was to leave Omahp. to ac
cept the superintendency of the schools
of Milwaukee, Instead of the 'egular
program a series ot fitting toasts vera
admirably responded to by different
members 'who were close friends of Mr.
Tearse.
It Is Impossible In a brief summary
such as this to Indicate the accessions
and the losses to membership which have
been such as to quite materially change
the personnel In the twelve years of tht
club's existence. It would be a picas
ant thing to speak particularly ot the
different membera who have been with
us for a time and taken their departure,
but, there la not space to do so In these
brief chranlctes.
The following papers were read dur
ing the period beginning with the first
meeting and ending with the forty-sixth:
(Here Dean ilessey gives by title the
papers delivered and discussed at the
forty-five meetings of the club.)
Discussions nt Meeting-.
Looking over these papers the hlsto-
rian Is able to sort them out into a few
jeneral heads. Thus about alx of the
papers deal with the formal divisions of
educationat work-tho grades, the high
school and the college, and In these pa
pers the problems connected with theso
divisions were discussed. About the same
number of papers gave attention to tho
pupils. Including tho studies proper for
the pupils, the question of the develop
ment of the child, his play, his health
and his morals. A few papers were de
voted to the mechanical and the busl-
nesa side of educationat work, and a few
also to general topics, which Included
ciiltural and historical matters.
To the historian of these earlier years
there comes the suggestion that perhaps
the club has given too little attention
to questions of actual teaching and
presentation. But one paper, that upon
Knsllsh teaching, took up thl matter
in all the years of the club's existence.
It Is notable also that but two papers
dealt directly with college problems, and
but two to grade school problems. Theso
observations may suggest the lines along
which papers might well be prepared in
the club. In the near future.
In looking over my historical summary
of the Schoolmasters club, which I pre
pared three years ago, I may add that
a pretty regular attendance snce then
has not shown any change In the pur
loee and spirit of the organization. The
meetlnss today arc very like those ot
the early days.
(8lgned) CHARLES K. BESSEV.
.WillDempsey Gets
Away from Officers
and is Yet at Large
Will Dempsey, rated by the police as
a "bad man," Is again at freedom. After
being sentenced to sixty days' Imprison
ment In Judge C. W. Brltt'a court, he was
escorted to the county Jail, and Just as
the door of the building was reached he
broke away from Officers B. J. Dickin
son and C. H. Darnell. After an excit
ing chaee up Harney street he escaped
and later In the evening was captured
at Council Btufls. He remained In
captivity Just a few moments, when he
escaped from the officers there and Is
still at large. '
Dempsey has been arrested innumer
able times for harassing Mrs. Grace
Kresslngham, 109 South Twenty-eighth
avenue, his last offense being on Septem
ber t3. Mrs. Bresslngham was advised by
the police that the next time the man
bothered her to shoot htm, and the last
time he appeared at her home she did
so, He was ai rested some time later by
a police detective.
Last winter Dempsey appeared at the
Jitesstngham home and was badly slashed
about the head and body by the widow's
crippled son. Ray Davis, when he found
the trespasser In the house.
After escaping last night he telephoned
Mrs. Bresslncham from Council BlufM
that be was going to return and kill her.
lis also so luformed Constable Tt. W.
Bryant's folk tha.t he was after the
head of the family, Mr Bryant being
out ef the city.
The police are still looking for the
fugitive.
Tom Shumacker is
to Visit in Omana
Tom Schumacker, twenty years ago a
clerk In Union Pacific headquarters, but
now chairman of the executive commit
tee and also chairman of the board of
directors of the Rock Island railroad
system, will be In Omaha next k on
a tour of Inspection of the company
lines.
Mr. Schumacker has not given out the
Itinerary ot the trip, but It Is known that
tje will be accompanied by(a number of
the head officers of the road, and It Is
expected that his special train n 111 be in
the city for an hour or two. The trip at
this time Is the first that Mr Suhu
macker ha made over the system since
he became Its head and Is made tor the
purpose of ascertaining Just what the
road needs to put it in first-ciasj condition.
Materials are good quality of serges
and wool ratines, black and white
checks and fancy mixture fabrics.
Some are worth $5, but most are worth
$6.50 and someare worth up to $7.50.
None ever sold at a price so low as
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400 Women's 1 Misses' Wool Dresses ggS $3.69
ON SALE FRIDAY IN OUR BASEMENT CI .OAK DFPT
Yp spruroil these lplrablo now wool lrM In all slr.es for women and ihIwr In our inimenxo purcliaso front it prominent 'ev
Vork jobber. We bought them nt such n reduction tltnt we plnee them nil In one big lot nt one special price, for one lny only.
Petticoats
Blnck cotton tntfetR and black Bnteen petticoats In all alios,
woll made nnd carefully slaed. Mado to sell In a regular way
at 75c and $1.00 each: Friday (t mt
in our basement Cloak Dept.. A4tf 5lilfl Mf
VVV UIIU vvv
at
TZ N
1IOT8' I'ICWO
Lined Cotton
Undershirts
and Drawers
Worth 35c each
19c
Hosemcut.
v J
Women's Cotton
Fleece, Lined
UNION
SUITS
75c Vnlue.H
45c
Ilnaemcnt.
f
oiiii-ii p r nut y
HANDKER-OHIEFS
Bmbroldered
corners and all
around inb'd.
Also Kin'i Plain
5
cea.
Basement.
v
1
300 Women's $89
Skirts
Worth up to $4
If yon with a tk irt of om(, rrice
able miit.V. Hiade in (xct llent styh from
good materials, at a jin'ce that wili easily
tare you a miliar or tiro, you thnuld ut
(end thit talt.
Thete tkirt are pretty $e-titt in light
and dark blue, fan, tiiarom gray, green,
pfnirf aiirf blacks alt iixti button
tri'mmef , with new tide features
ItAKemcnt Clunk Dept. Krldny.
m
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Light and dark shades plain or
trimmed waists, prottily draped skirts
high collar and low nocks, long
sleeves black, navies, Copenhagen,
maroon, grays tanplMdsand new
mixtures". Wide variety of models!
House Dresses
D 9 Wcl1 mdo. of good materials In
UvL 1,Rht nnd dirk shades; cut full a
In a regular way S5c to $1.00
Hon. at sixty-three cents.
nd ample, and worth
Haaoment Cloak Sec-
Flno Torchon
nnd Clunj-
LAOES
A l no Oriental
llniuls, worth 10c
5c Yd.
Basement.
Women's, .Men'ii
nnd Children'
HOSIERY
Terr rood quality,
mad to sell at
iao ana ISo
pair, at
9c Pr.
Basement.
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.Mercerized
TABLE
DAMASK
Guod Lengths,
19cYd.
Hivironcm.
2,000 Pairs of Women's High Shoes SBrtSgSfMS $1-95 Pr.
Hamplo Ijot Women's Shoes
factory seconds worth f -
$2.50. at J I
Women' Storm Rubbers A I
quality all sizes to fit IQ.
any shoo XcC
High Grado Infants' Shoes, in
patent kldskln with dull kid or
cloth topfl, in red, brown and
white; hand turned soles, worth
$1.25 to $1.50, QO
now at wOt
Nnture Shaped Shoes for
Children. Soft tan or dull
leathers, also patent with
dull leather tops, button
styles, worth
to $2
dainty patterns all
colors and combinations
a big special
bargain, all sizes
Infants' Soft Solo
Shoe values like these are absolutely unequalled. No other storo can mako
such an offer. Fine shoes in patent leather, soft kidskin, dull calfskin in but
ton styles. Theso are all striotly up-to-date shoes in every way and an excel
lent value at their original price. You can bo correctly fitted and save a dol
lar or more at the same time because we offer tho entire lot, all sizes and widths,
39c I FRIDAY and SATURDAY In Our BASEMENT Shoe Dept.
I Shoes MfjHflfHitfMMffHIffiftllHfHMiJsHHisisisMMIsisWMts
$1.25
Boys' Dress Shoes 3otft patont
leather in button and blucher
styles, welted oak solro splendid
$3 values all bIzc
Keif. Sllnnem for Wnnmn .rmr.
Istyle all sires, In Dasomc'nt Shoo
uepartmont
at OUC
Infants' Button Show hand
turned soles worth a r
to 75c, at tVC
Women's Felt House Slip
pers, JulloL or cunity
styles; all qq
colors VOC
Men' Storm Hulihcrs, A I
quality, all 17 j
sizes, at OC
Girls' Shoes In slzos tip
to ii, dull kid leath-or in
button OQ
stylos, special p 1 37
DRESS GOODS En1!1
Ono of the leading dress goods manufacturers closed
out to us flvo cases of this season's best selling
dress goods at a big concession in price. Tuoy nro all
mill onds, perfect goods, in lengths from 214 to 6
yards. Marked for quick selling at about half price.
ends, each.. '!!... 59c, 98c nd $1.39
"'l Kayser's Wool Gloves
VlOVeS and Mittens at 25c Pr.
About 50 dozen samples ot Women's a"nd Children's
"Kaysor's" Wool Gloves and Mittens, good assortment
in white, black and colors. All clean perfect giovea
of the famous Kayser make, worth to 50c, OR-
tJ
at pair
Children's leather Gauntlet Gloves, lined,
seconds of 50c quality; at, pair. OOC
TsU Q 17TQ front laced Corsets for medium and
LUi.uLi I O Blender figures; made of coutll. well
web garters attached.
boned, with six heavy
$1.48
BRASSIERES
1 . 25 c
H. & W. Brassieres, embroid
ery trimmed, 50c val-
ues, basement, at.
Warner Brassiere that hooks in front, made of good
quality muslin, trimmed with torchon nj
lace, Corset Dept.. basement uOC
Wftiitaf.
Boys9 Clothing
FRIDAY IN THE BASEMENT
400 Boys' Suits, $1 to 94.HO val
ues at ljil!.t5 All are yoke Nor
folk models In splendid weight
fabrics; ninny are
all wool. Ages G
to 1 6 years. . . . .
$2.95
$3.75
Boys' Corduroy
SuitsrWorth$5
The over serviceable corduroys in
now drab shade, full lined with
khaki cloth; ages 0 to 10 years.
Boys' $5 Chinchilla Cverzoats at $3.95
I-isht gray, dark gray and til no shades, inudo in tho o QC
now half belt model, ages 2 to 8 yearB PO.i0
Boys' $5 Winter Overcoats at $3.75
For boys, ngos 9 to 17 years. All these coats are long, with
convertible collars, gray and brown, in plain or d 7C
mixtures pO. O
Boys' 75c Flannel Blouses at 49c
Light or dark grays, blue, brown" nnd tan shades-' all made with
the new link button collar- many are all wool ages AQ
6 to 16 years Tr5C
Bajeorient
An accumulation of rem
nants of various cotton
goods from our week's
selling at, yard... 3)4
Whifo and cream colored
Outing and Canton Flau
neis, lengths from 2 to
yards, worth 6c a yard,
at, yard .v. . .3H
Good grade of Bleached
Muslin at. yard ,5
Remnants of Curtain
Scrim and Casement
Cloth, worth up to 15o
a yard at, yard 5f
Plain colored Sattncs in
remnnntu of 2 to 5 yards,
15u quality at, ard..5
Good grade white fluffy
Outing v Flannel, ai,
yard CK.
Soft, velvety KIiutmo
Flannels, in now l'ursan,
floral nnd novelty designs
at. yard 10
Best grado Outing Flan
nels in plain colon's, also
stripes, checks and fig
ures, at, yard. . ,g)6
LACE CURTAINS a'
la Our
aaoment
1,500 importers' samples of I.aco Curtains. These are
half curtains in fine Irish Point, Duchess, Mario
Antoinette ami Scrim; special In basement OC
at, each ., 4uOC
Two cases of single J,aco Curtains, worth $1.50 to
$3 a pair; special in basement at A f
each 4l7C
BED SPREADS
Full sis Hd HpreitdM In
beautiful Marseilles pat-terns-i-air
excellent spread
for rooming houses and lin
tels worth 11.75 J ,25
TOWELING
Unbleached Turkish Tow
eling, good, heavy weight,
for steam towels,
at, yard , ,
9c
Any Woman's Trimmed Hat
Advance Notice of Big Special Sales For Saturday !
1800 pairs Women's Kid Gloves
Kid, cape and mocha, in all col- 70.
ors, worth up to $1.75 pair, at pr.
700 Women's Silk Dresses
Actually worth up to $15.00, jC go
on sale Saturday at. . . , . . . v.uO
In our entire stock
(whitt's excepted)
Saturday, I (lay only
Just i price
Women's Winter Coats
Bought at a sensational reduction from
a New York jobber, worth $10.00 and
$'2S)0 -on sale Saturday in basement. .
Immense Lots of Toilet Sets
Entire sample line of
P. Berger, New York I - - QJL X
no two sots alike UoL 2
A wonderful variety
price
2800 Men's Fall Shirts
Bought from Burnham, Munger, Root
Dry Goods Company, Kansas City if
Actually worth up to $1.25, at. .
Men's Undershirts, Drawers
and Union Suits, 3,'200 garments from our or
big purchase worth up to $1.75, at ODC
1750 Men's Sweater Coats
On special hale Saturday at the most remarkable
Values in Sweater Coats ever offered.
Water Board Sits
to Listen to the
Kicks of Owners
The board of dlrfttors of the Metropoli
tan Water district, tittlnc an a orl
of equalization, are being subjected to
the vigorous kicks of numerous property
owners, who aesert there have been In
equalities ot asteutnent In one manner
or another .
Chiefly the protectants obpeet to thr
Water board's assessment of M tents per
front foot for laving new water myitis
where the property owners have installed
private mains at their own cxpenae Tly
city council ordered the auessment re
duced SO per cent In surh cwee. but since
the Metropolitan Water district law went
Into effect the board has levied an equal
charge arainst all property.
In several Instances these prUate
mains aie prractically new and are there-
I fore good for many years, but this fact
has not Influenced the Water board.
An old man appeared before the board
and declared he had Just Installed a prl
ate main til a large expense and that
it would last a lifetime his lifetime. The
chairman of the board said "no dis
crimination could be mad even In such
a case and the asaesmeiit will have to
stand.''
Cause of Insqiunlit.
Too most common ca'ise of Inkonima Is .
1 dif.itders of the Htomacit and conitlpa-
ypg. rhamherlatn t TibleM corivct the
disorder and enable you to slerp. Kor
sale by all druKgUts Advertisement
Key to the Situation Beo Advertising. )
Uncle Sam's Auction
Sale of Lands Draws
Only a Small Crowd
t'nele Barn's auction sale of 0,000 acres
of Indian lands in the vicinity of River
ton. Wyo.. was anything but a succea
The Und was put up at auction last Sat
urday and continued over until Tuesday
and then called oft on account of lack
of bidders. Tho total sale aggregated
lets than i,f acres and the buying was.
almost entirely by ranchmen In Jhe vicin
ity. Superintendent lloone of the Northwest
ern road, with lioadguarturs In I'asper.
Is In the city mid dlsi-ueoliiE the sale of
Indian lands at ntverton, attributes the
lark of Interest to tho fact that lie anc
Ion followid too cloiel upon Hk land
lottery, disposing of practically 1,000,000
acres ot free lands on the forest and
military reserves In Nebraska.
While thete were few buyers for the
Indian lands, appraised at from 11. M to
(30 ier acre, he It of the opinion that
the minimum prices were low enough and
that the sale would have been a success
had there not been so much free land on
the market right at the time.
COMPLAINS THAT WIFE
COMES HOME INTOXICATED
Mm. I.uetta Holt. M3 North Mnctuei.th.
was arretted by Officer Schwaser
Wednesday evening on complaint of her
husband, who asserted that Luetta has
been in the habit of returning to the
house of lato under the sway of lleiy
liquid.' and disturbing the Innquiltiy of
the home
l.uctta wan cautioned by Juin r'uster
that upon her next appearance 'n tit
Dodge street police station he woulj
remain for thirty days.
LOOKING FOR RELATIVES
OF DANIELB. HOFFMAN
The police of fort rfnntli. Ark. have
notified the local authorltbj that Dan li.
Hoffman died recently In a hotel of that
city, and Informed those .UUndlnt; him
that his brother was a butcher working
In Omaha or South Omaha. Bvfore te
address could be obtained Hoffman dn J
A search (pr the relative la belnt. on
ducted here.
'lake Wariiluif.
Don t let stomach, liver nor kldnev
trouble down you, when you can nutckiy
down them with Electric Bitters 60c
Kor sale by your druggist, Advertise
mrnt