THE BEE: OMAHA FRIDAY, .NOVEMBER 7. 1919.
NATIONAL UNITY
IS NEEDED IN. U S
CLAIMS M'KENNY
Says England and France Have
Settled Race Problem, With
n America Still Confront
ing it.
Prof. Guernsey Jones of the Uni
versily of Nebraska and president of
the history section of the state
Teachers' association, intrpduced
President Charles McKenny of the
University of Ypslianti, Mich., the
first speaker in the history section,
at-the rirst Methodist church yes
terday.
The subject of President McKen
T'ey's address was "A Plea for Social
Sciences.
Places in World
"Education's to prepare young
men and young women to take their
place in the world, so that they may
be a help and service to others,"
said' President McKenny. "In this
work more and more interest is be--irig
taken each year, and the people
of today are beginning to realize
that their children can reach a high
er standard in lie by having the
best education
"The educational, curricula is
changing, as it is bound to do, as
the countries come into a new sit
uation. In a day we have become
the world power, policies of gov
ernment have changed and policies
of education must change.
"Two events have come that have
changed the whole . problem of
schools'. The Spanish-American
- war, and the great war just waged.
We must prepare our children to
meet the present obstacles which
arise after the war.
Plea for Negro.
"A problem which confronts the
American people now is the race
problem. And the fiation which has
progressed the most is the nation
to settle this difficulty.
"England has developed national
unity, 'and France has also
progressed far along this line, but
the people of America have yet'to
learn' the- meaning of national
unity.
"We must teach national unity in
our schools of today, and if we do
riot, we will be always surrounded
by turmoil and strife..'
"I am pleading for Americanism,
and relationship of group to group."
Dr. Fling Ttalks.
The main speaker during the
morning session was' Dr. F. M.
Fling of the University of Nebraska,
history department, who during the
peace conference was in Paris as the
historian for the American army.
Dr. Fling spoke on the "Publicity
at the Peace Conference."
t "You cannot imagine the difficul
ties which the newspaper men had
to contend with, and the ways and
means they had to use in getting .the
small amount of news they did get,"
, said Dr. Fling. "The Big Four"
after holding a conference at the
start of the. peace negotiations de
cided that it would be dangerous to
allow the correspondents to be ad
mitted to the peace conference, .be
cause in many cases facts were mis
represented, and -men were quoted
as saying what they had not said.
The American government was fa
vorable to some publicity, but not
too much, he said.
Never Be Known.
"Yo"h will see if you read the pa
pers that there was a surprising
- amount of news that correspondents
got regardless of the restrictions un
der which, they worked. A go&d
newspaper man, if he was 'on to the
ropes,' cauld get 'inside 'dope,' and
could also get copies- of the peace
treaties before they were censored
for publication. But the main
things that were done, and the im
portant decisions which took place
in the conference, will never be
known. N
"After much discussion among the
newspapermen and magazine corre
spondents it was arranged to have
a conference between Colonel
House, Mr. Lansing and the French
:nd English diplomats each morn
ing, during which Colonel House as
spokesman would give the newspa
per men thc news of what was to
happen at the conference during the
day.
What Colonel House Said.
"Usually in the morning, Colonel
1 House would walk in and say, 'Well,
gentlemen, there isn't much to tell
you today, perhaps something im
portant will come up tomorrow,' and
the correspondents had to be con
sent with this, and seek elsewhere
for news.
"Much delay was experienced in
correspondents getting their news
, back to America, by mail. The ca
bles were so crowded that the cor
respondents of some of the smaller
papers had to trust to the mails,
ind often their papers would not get
:heir news for two or three months
fter it had been sent from France."
Nebraska Poet on Program
at State Teachers' Meeting
John G. Neihardt, Nebraska poet,
jave a reading from some of his
ivories before the story-tellers' sec
tion of the convention" in the Audi
torium yesterday afternoon. Edna
Vf organthaler of Lincoln. read a
itory and Mrs. C. O. Bruce of Lin
:oln spoke on impressing patriotism
n children through stories. Musi
ral numbers were furnished by the
)maha Ladies' trio.
Movies Tempt TeachersCuriosity
Over the Beautiful "Mystery Pair"
By MYRTLE MASON
The room bureau conducted at the
Rome hotel by Miss Doris Goethe
of the Chamber of Commerce, who
is "convention secretary," has done
an enromous amount of work. Half
a dozen clerks are in charge of it
and hundreds of teachers have been
sent to homes and rooming houses
throtfghout the city. The capacity
of the hotels was reached Wednes
day. The "Mystery Pair."
Two young school teachers are
known as the "mystery pair." They
seem to have no friends among the
other teachers, but they are a stun
ning pair. One is very dark and
wears a blue-tailored suit and a bril
liant scarlet hat made of feathers.
The other is tall and bland and
wears a picture hat and ajheavy fur
coat of the latest model, one of
those shprt ones that are very wide.
It is of grey fur.
Boy Scouts Busy.
The Boy Scouts, are doing great
service for the convention. They
meet teachers at the trains, carry
their baggage, direct them to con
vention headquarters, distribute pro
prams in the meeting places, run er
rands and make themselves very
useful in, many ways.
Didn't Know County.
One teacher who was met at the
tegistration desk with the usual
question, "from what county" didn't
know. She came fpji Superior.
"I declare I don't scfncinber what
comity it is in," she exclaimed.
The young clerk didn't know.
"You'll have to go to the foot of
the class," said a fellow-teacher in
the registration line.
And then a man, a mere traveling
man. nerhaos. and not a high brow.
spoke up and sez, sezzee, "Superior?
That's in Nuckolls county."
And the line moved on. And that
teacher was mighty, glad her "chil-
Iren hadn t witnessed her regis
tration.
Miss Goethe In Magazine.
Many teachers are greeting Miss
Doris Goethe, with the exclamation,
Oh, I saw your picture in the mag
azine 1"
Miss Goethe was written up" n
the last number of the American
Magazine as "the only convention
secretary in the United States." She
is that. And she is making a won
derful success of her 'work at the
present state teachers' convention.
"Cut the Show, Kid."
"You're not supposed to go chas
ing out to a show tonight, kid," said
very young school teacher to ner
fellow school teacher in the hotel
lobby Wednesday night. "You're
supposed to go to the Auditorium
and listen to the speeches and im
prove your mind." "
1 know I am but I would like to
see a good show," said the other. .
But they were seen later at the
Auditorium, so it is known they
didn't fall by the wayside.
Shortage of Teachers.
"The shortage of teachers is
startling. I have 200 calls on my
desk now for which I am unable to
nominate teachers," said G. E. Mar
tin, president of the Kearney state
normal school. "The government is
our greatest competitor, he con
tinued. "Girls can take a ix
months' course in stenography and
earn as much money as their sisters
who spend two years in a normal
school acquiring a teaching certif
icate." President Martin is an ad
vocate of the . 12-month school year
run on the quarterly plan, and as
many out-door sessions as are prac
ticable. Division Not Necessary.
"I am happy to see what Omaha
has d6ne for her schools in voting
the bond issue," said George L.
Towne, editor of "The Nebraska
Teacher," in Omaha for the State
Teachers' association. Asked about
the question of dividing the one big
general state meeting into district
meetings, he replied: "It is a real
organization we need, not a division.
I The big question is not one of lo-
r - . : r . : it.. .
iiuuii, mil oi orgamzdiiuii. .vcijr
teacher hi this state ought to be
long to the association. A mob
can't function but a large body of
people can work effectively if they
are represented in some definite
way." ' ..
Great Convention City.
"Omaha is a great convention city,"
came from W. K. Fowler in his
quick, alert manner. Mr. Fowler was
formerly state superintendent of
public instruction in Nebraska and
is now associate editor of "The Ne
braska Teacher." "I am delighted
that the Omaha school bonds car
ried. Other cities and towns are do-,
ing about the same in proportion
Lincoln gave $2,000,000 last June;
Norfolk has recently voted $450,000
Winnebago $150,000, and a rural
school in Burt county, $10,000. In
other words the people are loosen
ing their purse strings and doing
better by their teachers and build
ings and they must do still more,"
Need Parent Help.
Jeanette C. Nelson, superintendent
of Lancaster county, thinks the pro
gram of the state meeting will meet
the needs of rural teachers. "There
is a crying need for parent-teachers'
associations, a greater interest on
the part of patrons in the schools,
closer co-operation between school
and home," according to Miss Nel
son. "The state spelling contest will be
held at Lincoln in the spring," an
nounced R. W. Eaton of Omaha
Wednesday afternoon. "All coun
ties are invited to enter the contest.
Model Community Plans.
W. H. Clemmons, state superin
tendent of schools, brought a set
Of plans of model community
schools to the convention and has
these on exhibition in his room. '
There are models of schools with.
one, two, three, four and six roomsl
each. These are offered to any dis
trict in the state which, taking 'ad
vantage of the redistricting law,
decides to build a community!
school. These schools will take the)
place of the old one-room school!
house for the children of a sma'l
area. Children will be taken to and!
from school in carryalls.
"The first of these community
schools in the state is nearly com-i
pleted at Holmesville, Gage county,
and I expect to dedicate it withiw
a wees or iwo, saia rroi. ciein
Beatrice Pupils Exhibit
And Sell Health Posters
Proceeds Will Buy Tooth Brushes and Paste for
Poor Children Health Cannot Be Estimated
In Dollars, Say Teachers Must Teach Children
Value of Cleanliness."
An interesting feature in connec
tion with the meeting of the -school
hygiene section of the state teach
ers' convention, held yesterday aft
ernoon in the Young Men's Chris
tian association assembly room, was
a health poster exhibit made by the
school children of Beatrice.
These children did their work un
oer the direction of Maxine Biebe
sheimer and .Maybelle Holland of
the Beatrice schools. The posters
were sold to the visiting teachers
and the proceeds .will be spent to
buy tooth brushes and paste for
Beatrice children who are unable to
purchase these necessities"-.
An exhibit was also shown by the
Nebraska Tuberculosis association.
W. G. Brooks, "superintendent of
the Nebraska City schools, presided
over the meeting; Mae Schumakcr
of Beatrice was secretary. Marie
Chambers of West Point stressed
the importance of physical fitness as
a prerequisite to mental efficiency.
Must Teach Cleanliness.
"No amount of mental develop
ment can take the place of physical
strength. Health conservation can
not be estimated in dollars," she
said.
"We must teach the children the
value of cleanliness and we must
leach them that efficiency is impos
sible without good health."
Mrs. K. K. J. Edholm, executive
secretary of the Nebraska Tubercu
losis association, spoke on "The
Health Crusader Movement." She
urged a more simple and sensible
system of teaching physiology to
school children. She quoted the
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following answers given by eighth
grade children:
"A common disinfectant is small-
pox. ' " I
"The diaphragm is another name
for backbone. -
"Respiration means all of the
different juices of the body. '
"The process of indigestion
causes headaches and much impure
blood. '
"Digestion begins in the mouth
and kttps on going."
Referring more directly to the.
Modern Health Crusade movement,
she said:
Clean Inside and Out.
"Teachers, physicians and nurses
assert that they have been teaching
the principles of the Modern Health1
Crusade without knowing that they
had been embodied in the propa
ganda, so-named. We, who are an-'
nouncing the . rebirth of common
sense in hygiene and physiology in
struction, say 'Amen!'
"To qualify as a health crusader,
one must keep the body clean, in
side and outside and the back of the
necK in aaamon.
Mrs. Edholm stated that 100,000
school children of Nebraska are1
practicing the rules of this new;
movement, which she explained ,is'
not really new, but merely a new
way of applying old principles of
health.
"A cake of soap and a tooth brush
are the implements of war in the
hands of these . modern crusaders,"
she 'added. '
Fairbufy Man President
W. H. Morton, superintendent of
the schools at Fairbury, was elected
president of the school hygiene sec
tion, Marie Chambers of West
Point is the new secretany.
Prof. F. M. Gregg of University
Place and Amatia Bengston ofi
Spiivia, Minn., were the other speak
ers.
Earl Johnson, physical director of
Lincoln public schools, was unable
to take his place on the program.
Leader for Hungarian Peace
Mission Has Been Selected
Budapest, Nov. 6. (By the As
sociated Press.) Count Albert Ap
ponyi, the Magyr nationalist leader,
today accepted the presidency of
the peace commission, which will go
to Paris to negotiate the Hungarian
peace treaty when summoned by
the peace commission.
The supreme council has up to
the present taken the position that
it was not prepared to negotiate a
treaty with the present government
of Hungary, holding that it is not
properly representative of the na-
tnons. "This will be the most rad
ical advance in education that Ne
braska has ever seen."
Big Husker Homecoming.
"Homecoming day at the Univer
sity of Nebraska will be the biggest
ever this year," avowed Miss Annis
Chaikin, secretary of the University
alumni association. "We will have
a mammoth party Saturday night,
November 15, after, the Kansas-Nebraska
game which' will be a student
mixer as well as an alumni gather
ing. - !
"Harvey Rathbone is chairman of
the committee, he will be assisted by
Verne Hedge, master of ceremonies,
Eugene Holland, Guy Reed, Mrs.
J. H. Avery and Mrs. Ellery Davis.
"The university quartette, and
band will be on hand to entertain.
Square dances and cotillions will
make the oldest alumnus feel at
home." Prominent alumnae - of
Omaha will be among the patron
esses. . -
Nebraska Alumni Luncheon.
At he University of Nebraska
alumni luncheon at the Hotel Fon
tenelle Thursday noon Chancellor
Samuel Avery gave a short talk, in
troduces by Dr. Irving Cutter, pres
ident ef the Omaha association.
R. A. Van Orsdel of Omaha presi
dent of the sstate alumni, urged co
operation on the part of alumni over
the stae in forming local clubs in all
of the counties
Prof. H. W. Caldwell spoke in
the interest of a memorial in honor
of Dr. H. K. Wolfe, in the form of
$10,000 to be used as'a research fel
lowship fund.
Wants School Recognized.
Chancellor Samuel Avery of the
University of Nebraska, who is at
tending the Nebraska State Teach
ers' association convention, says he
is desirous that the university, which
is now recognized as a constitutional
organization, be recognized in the
new constitution in a way that will
react for good upon that institution
and the people of the state.
. "The fact that the university was
recognized as an indivisible institu
tion by the constitution of 1875 and
therefore not subject to the legis
lative troubles that have existed in
some of our sister starts has been a
great' factor in its continuous prog
ress," he said.
Legislatures have always been
very good to the university, in the
opinion of Chancellor Averv. but he
also declares that the fact that the
University is a constitutional organ
ization has had a stabilizing effect
which has resulted in good for the
institution and the people of Nebraska.
Trio of Pretty Teachers
Here for Big Convention
Let Playmates Tell ,
Child of His Errors,
3 Says Primary Teacher
These are typical Nebraska school teachers and they're having the
time of their lives in Omaha this week at the annual state convention.
Left to right: Miss Ruth O'Malley of Omaha.; Miss Esther O'Mal
ley of Spencer, Neb.; Miss Mary Brown of Creighton, Neb.
Pupils Go Through
Playground Stunts
For State Teachers
' Demonstration of playground
games was the center of interest in
the physical education sectional
meeting of the Nebraska State
Teachers' association, at the Y. M.
C, A. gymnasium Thursday morn
ing. v
Pupils from Mason school, under
the command of Director Jones,
went through their daily exercises
with creditable snap and obedience
to command. Louis Romeo was
conspicuous for his alertness and
agility. Miss Elizabeth Hutchison,
an instructor, says he is known in
the Omaha schools for excellence of
posture in all his exercises.
Mrs. R. G. Clapp, University of
Nebraska, addressed the physical
education section saying, that "ath
letics" is a misnomer for girls'
games and sports. Dr. Inez Phil
brick advocated physical tests for
girls before permitting them to take
up school athletics, and Supt. M. G.
Clark of Sioux City spoke on "A
Rational Program of Physical Pre
paredness.
"Give little children all the liberty
possible," 'Miss Patty Hill of Co
lumbia university told teachers in
the kindergarten and primary sec
tion yesterday morning at the Audi
torium. "Little children should be tried by
little juries of their peers for small
offenses or large ones. You will be
amazed when you see the look on a
child's face after his own playmates
and equals have decided that he is
in the wrong and tell him so. He
believes it, whereas if his teacher
tells him his attitude is quite differ
ent and he is apt to think he is per
secuted. "Children want to be allowed to
do things and they should be allow
ed to do them in their own way.
They will find out by trying again
and again. Don't volunteer to tell
them when they are wrong. Get
them into the habit of asking you
when they believe they are wrong."
There were several numbers of
music on the program and Miss
Hill also conducted a "round table,"
answering many questions submit
ted to her In writing by the teachers.
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