THE BEE: OMAHA; SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1919
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HISTORY PLAYS
NEW METHOD TO
TEACH SUBJECT
Democratize Pupils of Gram
mar School, Pleads Dean
McProud of Wesleyarv .
.University.
Mora than 300 teachers attended
the Grammar grade section of tfie
Nebraska State Teachers' associa
tion in Central High school Friday
afternoon. In spite of the large at
tendance it was almost impossible
to get nominations for sectional of
ficers for the coming year. W. B.
Ireland of Madison was made presi
dent without opposition, and Mrs.
Mary Geesetnan of Ansley was
elected secretary.
"Democratized Knowledge."
"Conscious social pressure is the
strongest influence democracy-can
exert." said Dean B. E: McProud of
Wesleyan univeristy.Sn an address
1 on "Democratizing the Grammar
Grade Pupil." An illustration of the
use of this principle in a kindergar
ten rlass was civen bv the dean,
who pleaded for greater breadth and
wider use of ideals throughout
school life. Dean McProud declared
there is need for a change in present
day curricula, in methods of teach
ing, in control and in the quality of
output n
. "America- is demanding, he said
in conclusion, "that we turn out
men and women with a democratic
purpose of mind. Our system now
' results in intellectualized education,
not democratized or socialized
knowledge w h i c h makes our
school, all the more dangerous to
rfemocracv."
As a practical method of teaching.
history, J. Kay Oates ot uoiumous
suggested that a class organize itself
into a constitutional convention, one
' boy impersonating George Wash
ington, another Alexander Hamil
ton, another Benjamin Harrison,
and so on until all members were
represented. -
Object Lesson History.
"Let Governor Randolph open the
convention," he continued. "Each
child should ascertain what his char
acter said and did and present it at
the proper time. History will then
be meaningful because it will be
motivating."
"The story of the Pilgrims can be
dramatized by the grammar class:
costumes designed by the industrial
arts students, music written by the
music students. The effect of such
study will result in a growth of de
mocracy and love for history which
present methods do not insure."
President W. B. Owen of the Chi
eaeo Normal school closed the meet-
' ing of the grammar section witnarr
x address on A fJew Basis tor tie
mcntary School Method."
Burgess-Nash Choir Will
Give Program Armistice Day
' A special patriotic program will
be given by the Burgess-Nash choir
Armistice day. They are also
planning special music for Thanks
giving and Christmas.
The choir has been giving daily
concerts; in the store, for the past
week, confining their selections to
-new popular songs. Regular chorus
work and light operas will be taken
up by them in the near future.
Minnesota State Bonus.
I Application blanks .for the state
bonus of j Minnesota have been re-
'ceived'by Everyman's Qub at 116
South Fifteenth street Minnesota
ex-service men, soldiers, sailors and
marines, are invited to call at the
cju-for advice. '
"Big Boss" Goethe, Wanted i Sign Working
fin the "Altogether "--Small Boy Has Luck
This Laxative v v
Is No w in Half a
Million Homes
They regulate their health with
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When there anr vmea and young
children and elderly people it it always
well to have a mild, gentle-acting laxa
tive like Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepmn
handy. Hu it a combination of ample
laxative Kerbs with pepsin which does all
that ii required in constipation and does
it with safety and comfort It i free
from', narcotics and may be given to
babies. Half, a million mothers have it
in as many good American homes, and
these families are healthier for it. Every
drug store sells Syrup Pepsin at 50c and
$1 a large bottle, the latter for those who
already know its merits.
Inspitt tf tht ftt thai Dr. ColdwelVt
S'rup Pepsin is tht largest selling liqnid
laxative in tht world, thtrt being over
6 million bottles told toch year, many
who need its benefits have not yet used
it. If yon have not, tend your name and
addrest for m free trial bottle to Dr. W,
B. Caldwell, Sit Washington St., Monti
cello, Illinois.
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USE BY SCOTT BOWXE
lias OF SCOTT'S EMULSION
Miss Doris Goethe, convention
hostess, is being praised v on all
sides for her work with this big con
vention. She has conducted the
rooming bureau and successfully
handled a thousand other details
which wereirpon her shoulders,
v She heard late Thursday afternoon
that a certain curtain needed at the
Auditorium was not in its place.
Rushing to the building she round
the report true, got several volunteer
workers and the curtain was put in
place in "jig" time.
Manager Franke of the building
also received a visit from her and
learned that the electric sign on the
roof was working with only about
10 per cent efficiency.
"About three letters in the sign
that meant to say 'Nebraska State
Teachers, were lighted up last
night," she said. "We want more
illumination tonight. ' Every letter
on the job. Remember I"
Mr- Franke remembered and got
busy. The sign was working "al
together" when night fell.
His Good Luck.
Bov Scout Tohnnie Leeder was
doine some clerical work at then
convention headquarters, seated at
a table between Miss Belle Ryan,
assistant superintendent of Omaha
schools and Miss Patty Atkinson.
-By MYRTLE MASON-
Superintendent of Schools Bever
idge came in. ; . x " .
"Why, hello, Johnnie, how ; did
you happen to get a seat between
two' such good-looking girls?".; ex
claimed Mr.' Beveridge.
Tohnnie wasn't flustered a bit.
''Oh, it's just my goe-d luck," he
said. '
Hadn't Asked Everybody.
The avidity of the Boy Scouts, in
"eating up" work around the big
convention is gaining them com
mendation n all sides. v They are
always good-natured and obliging,
in conformity with the scout code
of ethics.- - ' - '."
One of them 'asked ' Miss ' Belle
Ryan about the owner of a certain
trunk .: Miss Ryan didn't , know
abont it. "
"Well, I'll find em yet.said the
scout. ' "I haven't asked everybody
around here yet."
. Finds Western "Pep."
Dr. Otis W. Caldwell of Columbia
university declared that this is the
astic teachers' convention ..he ever
attended. '
"It is. simply wonderful to me,"
he declared. "This must be the
western 'pep' that we read about."
"I see jome newspaper man has
written up a story sayingthat the
school teachers don't weafsilk pet
ticoats and silk stockings and bright
colors," said Miss Viola Grey ' of
the Lincoln high school faculty.
"Now, there's a reason just as
much of a reason as for the 'break
fast food. Do you.know what silk
hose and silk petticoats cost? No.
Well; they cost enough, especially
nowadays. j
, .."And do you know what the sal
ary of the average teacher is? No?
Well, it is little enough.
"There you have two reasons.
Each of them is good.
"However, I think a Canvass of
the- situation would show that a
majority of the teachers do wear
silk stockings.- They probably don't
in the school room. But on state,
occasions like the present," they do.'
"I really think the school teacher
of today is vastly better dressed
than was her predecessor of 20
years ago.
"And though they may not look
exactly like chorus girls from a
best, the biggest and most enthusi-burlesque sh,ow in regard to dress,
L 1 1 -1. .
uicy diwdys luun ucau -
"And they've got something inside
their heads, too. Don't forget that
Most of them prefer to have their
wealth in their brains rather than
merely displayed on their backs."
Tells Astonishing -
Story of Health Work
Among County Pupils
- The astonishing story of what a
youngs woman county superinten
dent of schools did in revolutioniz
ing the schools and health condi
tions in Renville county, Minnesota,
was told to the county superinted
dents' section Vf the Nebraska
Teachers' association by Miss Ame
lia Beftgtson, the young superin
tendent who has become famous all
over this country, and has tofd her
story even before the National Edu
cational association.
"I first induced the board of
county commissioners to allow me
$300 for an assistant superintendent.
I -called her that because the state
law did not permit the hiring of a
county nurse. '
"The nurse and I started on a sur
vey of the health of the pupils of
thaL county. We met all sorts of
opposition, but when some of the
directors themselves found that
their own children were half blind
or half deaf, or had serious diseases,
the opposition disappeared.
"There was one woman who par
ticularly talked against the novel
movement. There was no way to
stop her. But ,the time came when ,
we examined her own 7-year-old
daughter and found the child en
tirely blind in one eye. When her
parents learned this they rushed her
off to the city to a noted eye suf
gon. He told them they had come
just in the nick of time or site
would havef-been entirely blind fir
life."
Miss Bensrtson Showed a chart of
the results of the survey in Renville
county. Out of 5.UUO children ex
amined, 4,095 were found defective
in some respect, as follows:
Bad teeth, 2,361: nose trouble,
2,284; throat trouble, 1,705; weak
eyes 1,397; ears, 720; malnutrition,
689; nervous diseases, 671; neck
glands, 591; general appearance, 348.
Miss Bengtsoals work ,was so
successful that now they have three
nurses constantly at work among
the children of Renville county and
are preparing plant to double this
number.
The meeting, which was held in
the Young Men's Christian associa
tion, was also addressed fey Prof. C.
L. awain, commissioner oi rural
schools of Missouri, and Prof. G. W.
Brown of, Peru Normal school.
library Section of
Teachers Headed by
Miss A. V. Jennings
More than 200 men and women
attended the library sectional meet
ing of the Nebraska State Teachers'
association Friday afternoon at
Central High school.
Miss Anna V. Jennings of Kear
ney State Normal was elected presi
dent for the coming year and Miss
Josephine Lahmers of Lincoln, sec
retary.
- A resolution by Miss Charlotte,
Templeton of Lincoln was' carried
"that the chairman appoint a com
mittee 'to make a survey of exist
ing conditions of the school libra
nes in the state and outline a pro
gram ot school liDrary develop
ment. ,
- Miss Edith Tobitt, retiring presi
dent of the section, appointed Miss
Anna Jennings of Kearney, chair
man; Miss Jessie Jenks, Wayne
Normal,, and Miss zorjt snieios oi
Omaha as the committee. -
Dr. C. H. Tudd of the School of
Education, Chicago, talked on stim
ulating boys and girls to read. He
emphasized the need for books and
more books in our schools, and said
the school boards must be made to
see the value of accessible libraries.
' Miss Anna Jennings, president
elect, said:" "I have been in libra
ries all over the country, and the
Omaha High school library is the
finest working institution of its kind
I have ever seen"
"English" courses in the high
schools will have to be changed,"
in the opinion of Miss Jessie M.
Towne of Omaha, "because children
are reading more every year and will
sooiKjiavs read, what we want them
tn have in nnr ronrsps."
The library section meeting
closed with remarks from Principal
J. G. Masters of the Omaha Central
High school. " y
Red Demonstration Will
- Not Be Allowed Near Gary
Gary, Ind., Nov. 7, Distribution
of circulars urging steel strikers
and others to attend a demonstra
tion at -East Chicago, Ind., cele
brating the second anniversary of
soviet rule in Russia resulted, in the
arrest of Henry Bernhart and John
Kraft by United States soldiers.
Col. W, S. Mapes, in command of
the federal troops, announced that
the demonstration .would not be
I permitted
Another Omahan Says
He Lost Big Supply
Of Liquor to Thieves
Another victim of "high-jackers"
was reported Thursday night, when
M. A. Davis, 530 South Thirty-first
avenue, told the police that on Oc
tober 16 thieves stole liquor valued
at $2,500 from the basement of his
home.
He was reticent at the time of the
robbery, he said, because he feared
police investigatio.i, but with the
recent epidemic of liquor thefts, he
said he thought, it best to add his
misfortunevto the. list.
N The loot consisted of 14 cases of
whisky, several cases of gin-and light
wines, two cases of sherry, claret
and brandy.
The "high-jackers" pried a base
ment window, and secured the
liquor by the same methods used in
recent thefts.
100 Professors in Montana
University in Labor Union
Missoula, Mont., Nov. 7. More
than 100 members of the faculty of
the University of Montana have be
come members of the new Faculty
union, No. 120, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, and
a salary scale is berhg prepared, ac
cording to faculty members today.
It is declared that the charter of the
union does not carry a strike pro
vision. '
SCHOOL LEADERS
OPTIMISTIC ON
CONSTITUTION
Superintendents Feel Sure
1 Proposed Changes Will Be
; : Accepted by Teachers'
Association v
"We will beat 'em easy," , said
Supt. JvA. True of McCook, rela
tive to the constitution of the Ne
braska State Teachers'' association.
. Just what he meant is explained
by his further comment: "A good
many of the school men of Nebraska
are against the proposed new con
stitution because itjs undemocratic.
We believe the things that the teach
ers of western Nebraska want can
be gained for them witjjout tearing
to pieces our present sfat,e teachers'
Sssociatiofl.i
, "We want to amend our present
constitution to place the presiden4of
every district association throughout
he state, on the1 executive commit
ted and the give the executive com
mittee the power to secure talent for
the district associations, the same as
they secure it for the state associa
tion, and to pass the talent around
on the chautauqua plan." .
"That will give all of us more tal
ent at less expense. It will give the
teachers of western Nebraska just
as good a program as the state asso
ciation. But it will leave the state
association under the present -plan
of government." :
Two active supporters of Mr.
True's views are Supt John L. Mc
Commons of Cambridge, and Supt.
R-F. Essert of Alma.
They were securing signatures to
petitions bearing out the ideas ex
pressed by Superintendent True aj!d
declared Friday morning that they
had double the necessary 100 names
required, to bring the matter befofc
the executive committee, who will
be compelled to refer the matter to
the entire voting body as a referen
dum measure.
OMAHA MAY BE IN
TOTAL DARKNESS
IN THIRTY DAYS
Electric Light President Urges
Strict Conservation In
Momes.
Unless Omaha takes immediate
steps to conserve fuel by using less
light, the entire city, including all
factories, packinat houses,, hospitals
and state institutions will' be with
out electric, light or power within 30
days, according to J. E. Davidson,
vice president of the Nebraska Power-company.-,
Mr. Davidson, in a statement yes
terday, declared that if the strike
lasted even 14 days more many
homes and factories would be with
out light or power.
"It takes 15 or more days to bring
coal to Omaha from the mines,'"he
sfcid. , "Hence if the strike ends,
leaving less than a 15-day supply oft
coal oil hand, the power plant may
have to go without coal for several
days.
. Largest Consumer in Omaha.
"The power company is by far
the largest consumer of coal in
Omaha," continued Mr. I Davidson.
"We must meet the present situa
tion as best we can, and it is up to
every citizen of Omaha to co-operate
in making the present coal
supply last as long as possible. Re
gardless of the decrease in revenue
to thepower company I advise
users of electricity to conserve
licht. -
"t have ordered the use of elec
tric signs and display lighting of
the Electric. Buildine discontinued."
Mb. Davidson explained that if
individual users of electricity would
conserve, the total savings would be-
enormous. One 50 wattMamp turn
ed on in 25,000 homes requires more
power and hence more fuel than is
used to supply asy one of Omaha's
biggest industries, even the packing
. r r. ' 1 - J
nouses, Mr, uaviason saia. .
Acting ' Chairman Snyder .of the
Terminal Fuel ' committee said first
deliveries of commercial coal held
by the railroads' to umana nrms
was made yesterday.
"We are delivering coal to local
dealers only when they show that
they actually v need it," said Mr.
Snyder. .
"Moreover) only coal which is
consigned to. them is being, de
livered. Those who have no coal
consigned to 4hem are out jot luck,
for the present, at least
"I believe there is sufficient coal
T
on hand to care for public utilities
at the present time," said Mr. Sni
der, "and I have made no recom
mendations for the curtailment oJ
any of these utilities-
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Conforming with thVlaws of Nebraska, we will sell
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bargains. '
Gordon Fireproof Warehouse & Van Cq.
F. P. Stephenson, Auctioneer. . '
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