gD . THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 12. 19IT.
BOARD PLANS BIG
BDILDINGPROGRAM
Dr. G. D. Stray er in Survey Re
port Says Efforts in Fast
Have Been Indefinite
and Haphazard.
"Qne of the most important, if not
the most important, public enterprises
being conducted in all communities
is the public school system," wrote
Dr. George D. Strayer in his survey
report which has been submitted to
the Board of Education.
"With a gradual adoption of a pro
gram for continuation schools, for
evening schools and for a wider use
of the school plant for social pur
poses, the time is approaching when
the entire population of every city
will be served. In the past it has all
too often been the custom to allow
a school system to grow as the city
has grown, without any plan or pro
gram. The future needs of the com
munity have received little recogni
tion in the purchase of sites or the
location of buildings and the need
of reorganizing the school system in
terms of changing social conditions
has received little consideration.
"The Omaha Board of Education
has realized that the building pro
gram of the past for their city has
been indefinite and haphazard. They
have fully realized the need for adopt
ing a program covering a number
of years before they invest any more
of the money entrusted to their care.
Interiors a Disappointment.
"Though many of Omaha's school
buildings present pleasing and sub
stantial exteriors, it will be disap
pointing to citizens td learn that in
many of them the interior does not at
all conform to present requirements
of school arcihtecture."
In determining adequacy of the
.school buildings, Dr. Strayer and as
sistants applied a system which is
based on 1,000 points as a perfect
core. The 1,000 points allotted to a
perfect school building are distributed
' among 12S items which enter into the
construction of a achool plant, ac
cording to the judgment of a large
number of competent educators from
all sections of this country.
Dr. Strayer estimated Omaha
should spend $5,000,000 during the
next ten to fifteen years to place the
school system on an adequate basis.
The committee on buildings and
grounds is working on a building pro
gram which includes a new nigh
School of Commerce and a t high
school for the north side. The prop
osition of junior high schools is be
ing seriously considered.
Among the schools whjch will be
replaced with new structures in the
near future are: Central, Benson, Du
"pont, Long, Walnut Hill, Saratoga,
Farnam and Lowell.
The Board of Education is con
templating presenting to the voters a
definite building program which
would require voting $2,000,000 addi
tional school district bonds.
Plans have been drawn fot a new
High School of Commerce on a site
already obtained at Twenty-second
and Davenport streets.
Italian Crop Estimate
For World is Optimistic
(CorreiponJei)d of Th Auoclattd Frm. )
Rome, July 30. This month's bul
letin issued by the International In
atitute of Agriculture of Rome an
nounces a careful and detailed itudy
of coming crop conditions in the prin
cipal agricultural states of the world,
and, in consequence of these studies,
a generally favorable situation.
In France, Great Britain and Italy,
ayi the report, meteorological con
ditions have been extremely favorable
during the past month while in north
ern Europe, notably in Luxemburg
and Holland, the crops are retarded.
1 Even in Switzerland, continues the
report, the outlook is for a crop of
less than the average size, unless the
excellent results in the spring bring
up the total to normal. Russia, in
spite of late frosts and cold, faces a
favorable situation, on the whole and
may hope for results equal at least
to last year.
The report then deals with the
United States, -and finds that prospec
tive losses due to bad weather have
been overcome so that the crop total
may be expected to be about ZYt per
cent better than last year, even
though still 18 per cent behind the
average.
Of Canada, the report says that the
next crop may be counted upon as
4 per cent better than last year, and
16 per cent better than the average
for the last five years. In India
concludes the report, the situatibn is
excellent, the production being 19 per
cent better than last year and 5 per
cent above the average,
Greeks in Anatolia
Sent to the Interior
Cotrepondtnc of Th AitocUtad Pro.)
Athens, July 10. Latest Havas dis
patches from Anatolia says that after
the abdication of King tonstantine.
virtually all of the Greeks who lived j
near the coast were sent to the in-1
terior, . I
The Turkish soldiers In Anatolia j
are said to be in a bad plight They
are miscellaneously armed with Man
sers, Martinis and almost any avail
able kind of rifles, and are com
manded by 'German noncommissioned
officers, whose rule is such as to pro
voke an irritation that cannot be dis
guised nor concealed.
The situation is the worse for the
fact that the fare of the troops h
getting steadily worse. Meat, which
once was plentiful and cheap, is now
almost unobtainable, because the
Germans are said to have sent away
everything lhey could lay hands on.
even to dead horses.
Forty Hariey-Davidson
Gas Bikes for Fort Omaha
The United States government has
placed an order for 1.500 motorcycles
with the Hariey-Davidson factory at
Milwaukee and while there last week, !
Victor Roos, their local representa-:
tive, saw a squad of men putting the
machines through a road test before
being shipped to different localities.
The aviation station at Fort Omaha is
to receive forty.
British Line Makes Some
Big Steamship Purchases
(Corretpondenc of Th Associated Frew.)
Liverpool, July IS. According to
the Journal of Commerce, the Holt
Line, Ltd., has bought the four steam
ers, : Knight Companion, Knight
Templar, Knight of the Garter and
Knight of tha Thistle, for about
' $3,500,000,
Man Who Signaled "Hold the Fort for Help is
Coming" at the Battle of Kenesaw Mountain
To the Relief of Altoona is Visiting in Omaha
"Hold the fort, for help is coming i"
Fifty-three years ago flashed out
the message from General Sherman
on Kenesaw mountain, Georgia, to
the hard-pressed garrison at Fort Al
toona, twelve miles away.
Yesterday a white-haired old man
told in simple, but dramatic, language
the story of that eventful day which
led to the writing of the famous gos
pel hymn, "Hold the Fort, for I Am
Coming."
Alfred Nye, who has just come to
Omaha to oass his remaining days
with his son, M. A. Nye of the North
American Life Insurance company,
was one of a detachment of the sig
nal corps sent to aid General Logan
in Georgia then.
"In those davs." said Mr. Nye, "we
didn't know anything about wireless
telegraphy we had to make use of
flags and torcnes ror senaing our
messages. We didn't go up in bal
loons and "airplanes to survey the
country; we climbed church spires or
tall tress on a high run.
Sherman WaH Worried.
"But we had thrilling times, never
theless. On October 8, 1864, the
whole army of the Tennessee was on
the march anainft the fort at Altoona,
which guarded an important pass be
tween the mountains. I was with a
detachment of the signal corps sent
to help General Logan who was try
ing to relieve them.
"We soent all that dav uo on Kene
saw mountain, from which we could
signal with our flags over to rort
Altoona. twelve miles away. Now
adays your big guns could shoot that
Up-to-the-Minute Gossip About
Boys in Khaki in Omaha Camps
A great convenience to the young
men desiring to enroll 'in the National
Guards but perhaps absent from his
home town unit, is the new ruling
of the army allowing the recruiting
officers for the regulars to also en
list men for the guards.
Two officers of the Dandy Sixth
refused commissions at Fort Snell
ing to join this regiment. "Ted"
Metcalfe, of Omaha, is one of these
who needs no introduction. He is
first lieutenant of company C
Lieutenant Cecil Cool of the ma
chine gun company is another who
was recommended, at Fort Snelling
for a commission. He is a famous
foot ball played and was half back
on the all-high school team.
The lieutenant and Governor Ne
ville are friends. Cool accompanied
the governor on his campaign tour
last year. According to Captain Met
calfe of the machine gun company,
who also was one of the party, the
governor and young Cool passed
hours discussing foot ball together.
Lieutenant Cool comet from North
Platte. 1 s
While the National Guards are in
the limelight, -the regular army is
calmly sawing wood. At the recruit
ing station in the army building yes
terday, itxty-three men enlisted.
Many of these chose the popular
aviation branch of the service, but
the infantry ran a close second. A
number enlisted as cooks and bakers,
of which the army ta in great need
just now. The army maintains a
training school for bakers and men
who desire it will be taught this
trade.
Why does a dog love a soldier?
"We don't know why it is." said
Sergeant Kinsey of company D,
Fourth Nebraska, but the minute a
bunch of soldiers set up camp a lot
of dogs appear. The newt is tele
graphed to Towserville in a hurry
and all sorts and descriptions of dogs
are on hand-shortly. There will be no
trouble getting mascots at Denning."
Company D has a new mascot ready
to take along. "Turk" is a pedigreed
bull dog and he won his position in
a competitive test in which twenty
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far, but to us it was a great distance.
"Some of General Logan's men and
other troops were trying to relieve
the fort from different sides. In one
body was Dexter A. Thomas of
Omaha, father of C. L. Thomas, city
editor of The Bee.
"General Sherman and his whole
staff came up on the mountains, too,
would-be mascots were eliminated.
There were woolly dogs and smooth
skinned ones, hounds and terriers and
"scrubs" but "Turk" was chosen be
cause of his warlike qualities and in
telligence. There is no more popular captain
in the entire "Dandy Sixth"-than
Captain Buehler Metcalfe of the ma
chine gun company. The boys gave
evidence of this when, Friday after
noon, they presented him with a fine
pair of russet, calfskin boots. Lieu
tenant Cecil Cool made the presen
tation speech and the small engraved
card which was attached to the boots
bore the legend, "Presentd to Cap
tain Buehler Metcalfe, machine gun
company, Sixth Nebraska infantry,
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for the general was terribly worried
about the fort over there. The con
federates had surrounded three sides
of the mountain and were pressing
them hard. At the fort, General
Corse in command of the union forces
fought like a demon. He sent back
messages to us and we seven men
of the signal corps translated them
to Sherman.
"Sherman paced up and down, his
hands working and lips moving. The
messages kept telling how the con
federates were getting closer. Sher
man shouted to us Tejl them we're
coming.'
Signal Famous Message.
"So we signaled the famous mes
sage 'Hold the fort, for help is com
ing. "Sherman kept on walking up and
down and we worked feverishly with
our messages though it was danger
ous for all. After awhile came one
from General Corse. It said:
"'I have lost my nose, part of my
face and a piece of my ear, but I
can lick all Hell yet.'
"Sherman slapped his hands to
gether and exclaimed 'He's worth a
dozen of the men I've got around me
nowf
"But the officers around him just
laughed. They knew he was at high
tension and didn't really mean any
reflection on them.
"Our forces didn't get to Fort Al
toona but General Corse won the day
and kept the fort, anyway."
The old man concluded his story
and sat dreaming.
"Do you know where I can get a
copy of that song?" he asked. "I
haven t heard it for years.
token of their regard and good will."
"We wanted to give him something
he could really use and which no
body would be likely to think of, so
we hit upon the boots," said one of
the company.
Drilling in earnest has not yet be
gun at headquarters of the Sixth in
the auditorium. All the men have
been vaccinated and innoculated for
typhoid and their captains are let
ting them take things easy for awhile.
Several officers are yet; to be appoin
ted in the Omaha battalion of the
Sixth. These will be chosen in a few
days from the ranks and there is much
speculation as to who the lucky ones
will bf.
"We will choose these men solely
on their merits," said Captain Brome
of company A. "We are watching
them closely and the fittest will fill
the vacancies. As so many of the
men are new to us, we want to go
slow till we are sure. The appoint
ments will not be made for several
days at least."
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