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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1914)
The Sunday PART TWO EDITOEIAL PAGES ONE TO TWELVE. maha PART TWO SOCIETY PAGES ONE TO TWELVE. VOL. XL1II NO. 45. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORN1NO, APRIL 26, 1914. SINGLE COrr FIVE CENTS. Last W5 Edward pace-' erkm jL. iA boys have had the habit of mak- Ol good over since (here ' were any J Omaha boys. In every direction, the and everywhere they have accom pllshed the distinction of rising in- the world. Two of the latest of these to arrive at public notice are Edward Bracey Per kins and Joseph Burke Egan, tho one in New York and the other in Boston. Stopping from his junior year at Columbia uni versity, Mr. Perkins 'has assumed charge of the publicity of Shubert attractions among clubs, con ventions and society people in New York. He haa also been promoted to the position of assistant manager of the Thirty-ninth Street theater, one of Gotham's most fashionable playhouses. ' Mr. Per kins turned (Town several excellent press agent offers early n the season, one of them an advance agent berth ahead of a big Broadway musical com-, edy production. Although young in the business end of tho theatrical profession, he is already re garded as one of tho most dependable men for that line of work. , He first gained attention in New York with amateur college productions. While doing the preas work for "The Brigands," thet annua1 show given by Columbia university, at the Hotel Aator last April, PerkinB had the New York dailies using moro copy on the collego production than on any other three professional attractions. During January, February, March and April he handled the publicity for several New York clubs, and also attended to press matter regarding athletics at Columbia. He returned to college in September and took up his junior year studies in tho Pulitzer Sahool of- Jour nalism. A few weeks later, however, the alluring offers of stageland beckoned, and much to the sur prise of his classmates and fraternity brothers, -he left college and took up his duties in the offices of Messrs. Shubert in the new Shubert Theater build ing on Forty-fourth street near Broadway. Perkins is well known in Omaha, having alwajH lived, here until going to New York. He graduated from the Omaha High school. It was -while in, tho high school that he became interested in newspaper writing and he worked for a year and a half as reporter on The Bee, getting a broadened experi ence by covering several different "runs." After taking some special summer courses in July and August, 1912, be entered the Columbia School of Journalism in September as one of the ninety seven charter students. He enrolled with enough advance credits to make him a full-fledged sopho mpre. Before he had been In New York two weok-i he landed positions with both the New York World I and the Evening Globe to write college news for their columns. At the time of the ,dlsastrouB Omaha tornado in March Perkins supplied several of the New York newspapers with Omaha photographs. 'While at Columbia Perkins became very activo and. popular about tho campus, and received qulto u -number of honors.) He laB elected associate editor of Spectator, the dally student paper, and also became news editor of the Dorms, a weekly humorous magazino published by out-of-town stu dents. He was also elected to membership in the Pulitzer Press club, an honorary journalistic society taking its' name from the late Joseph Pulitzer, who established the Now York World and founded tho school of jqurnalism at Columbia; worked as press agent for the annual varsity show, was a member of 'the athletic association, 'the University Press clUb and the Western club, and also served on the Alumni day reception committee. In January ho was elected' to the Politics club, an upper class po litical society with limited membership composed of juniors, seniors, law school students and pro fessors of the politics department Later he was Chosen delegato to the Intercollegiate Civic league, a national organization composed of, all political cluts In colleges and universities throughout the country. Together with about forty other college student delegates, representing a total .of .thirty two different educational Institutions, Perkins-attended the Intercollegiate Civic league convention held in Washington on April 10 and 11, At college Perkins occupied a suito of rooms in one of tho . student dormitory halls with Franklin Dunning Fowler, son of Thomas P. Fowler, president of tho Now York, Ontario & Western and director of tho Santa re. and other railroads. . ' i PexMnsls the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic- W. Pet Kins of Omaha. While at Columbia he betjauie a very active member of the Phi Gamma Delta frato'rnlty there, and 'he has won many friends among the Greek letter men In tho east. In his Journalistic work at Columbia last year he cov ored many interesting stories. He wrote a comedy vaudeville skit last spring, the material for which was accepted and is being used this season by n couple of very well known entertainers. He Ib alrso the author of a vaudeville sketch which will be pro duced at the beginning of next season. In spare time from college studies and other activities last year he wrote several hhbrt stories, three of which were accepted and published In different New York magazines. It costs an out-of-town fraternity man at Columbia university about $1,100 a year on the average for all expenses, and It is a fact that Per kins made nearly, that amount of money last year by, dint of his writing ability. He is always vorv modest and never talkative about his work, and 'erkins in Boston H ii I'l.'H i3 ' only a few of his most Intimate college frlendu knew of tho'succesB ho was making as a writer, Ho expects to spend tho coming summer nbroad. He will leave Now York In Juno and will not return until early in September. Together with a couple of friends from London he will spend most of his time in Paris and Berlin. Joseph Burke Egan was born in this city and was a member of tho class of 1899 at the Crelghton arts college, and is now making a name for himself and his former home In staid old Boston, his pres ent homo. His first novel, "Little People of the Dust," was Issued from the Pilgrim Press, Boston, October 15, and so great was tho demand for the work that another edition was Issued November 15. Mr. Egan recently rejected a proposal to pub lish another novel in serial form and it will appoar under the title of "The Hermit of Happy Hollow," dealing with life in the northwest. Egan also has scvpral plays before the castorn critics, which proni ise well. Mr. Egan is engaged each day with tlo duties of submastor of the Washington Grammar school, the largest grammar school in New Eng land, having an enrollment of 4,000 pupils. 'He In the son of Mrs. Josephine Carroll, now oakling at 1618 North Twonty-fourth stroet, South' Omaha, and was born in Omaha in 1880. Mm. Carroll is one of Omaha's .oldest -school teacher and Is one of the. best known, in this part of the country. She Is the daughter of John Godola, on pf tho earliest pioneers In Omaha, who owned ttu corner of Thirteenth and Farnam streets, whore ha died In 1863, Seven months after Joseph's birth ew York how World Their Talent nH!!!!nuuinmj!iiu!!uwiM .vv .egg his father, Michael J, Egan, an engineer on the ' Burlington, was killed in a wreck. Mrs. Egan be gan teaching in the Omaha public schools in 188.1 and' since that time, with the exception of twolvo years whon she was the wife of John C. Carroll, now decoasod, has been on the roster of the Qui aim school toachers. She Is now teaching both night and days school, nights at Comenius and days at Omaha Heights. For ten years sho has been teach ing each Friday night a class of foreign girls at. tho local Young Women's Christian association. She has been for years a member of tho teachers' exam-. ining board at South Omaha and a member of the Library board. She was a close friend of the late John A. Crelghton. Joseph Egan gained his primary schooling In Pacific school, after which ho spout eight yoara at the Crelghton arts college. He soon outdistanced his classmates in lltorary efforts and his taste turned toward pootry. His first poom was pro nounced a gem for one bo young, by Father Weir, S.- J., one of the faculty, who preserved the few stanzas. At the age of 11 he began contributing to the various literary magazines of the country. His ljterary ability enabled him to win several inedale, notable among them being the Intercollegiate En glish etssay medal In 1S89, the year, of his gradua tion. . Upon leaving Crelghton Egan's aspirations for a high literary education led his mopior to tak him to. Harvard. Mrs. Carroll studied a special course her son took pedagogy anir journalism, while Mr. Martin, now dean of Crelghton law and Eqan in i ' i , -1 , 1 1 .i ir ' f, 'S school, roomed with them and studied law. Mrs. Carroll returned aftor a year and a half. She proudly points to the fact, that with the exception of tho first yoar, Joseph earned his ontlre tuition and spending money through tho great school. This he did by teaching classics at St. Thomas Aquinas collage at Cambrldgeport, Mass. He found favor with the school authorities on the day of registration, He arrived late and tho registrar was ready to clotto the books. .Egan an swered a few questions so promptly that they do cldod to hold the books open for him, and gave lam a written examination. The young man had had nothing to oat that morning and was forced to undergo an examination lasting from noon until S o'clock In the evening. The paper as a result was barely legible, requiring the services of a,n ex port to declphor It. According to his mother, ho was always a poor penman. The results of the de ciphering, however, admitted him to Harvard with out question. He graduated from Harvard in 1904 and that same year was appointed submaster at the Washington Grammar sohool, the position which he still holds. In many ways this school is wonderful. U handles about 4,000 children, and is situated in the most congested district of Boston. Space is so valuable that tha children play on the roof. One thousand five hundred of the students are boyo, and four base ball games can take place at one time or tho roof, while 500 little girls can play. Tha stairs aro of glass, up which the scholars march (.Continued on Page Twelve.). in V