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the com. -it. - W- 1 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIUM r LHBS- LOUISA L IUOKKTT8. MIIMMMMilKMMMItlHMMMMMM Following are the officers of the Gen eral Federation of Women's clubs: President Mrs. Rebecca D. Lowe. Atlanta, Ga. Vice President Mrs. Sarah S. Piatt, Denver, Colo. Recording Secretary Mrs. Emma A Fox, Detroit, Mich. Corresponding Secretary Mrs.George W. Kondrick, Philadelphia, Pa. Treasurer, Mrs. Phillip N. Moore, St. Louid, Mo. Auditor Mrs. C. P. Barnes, Louis villo, Ky.. State Chairman Mrs. Louisa L. Rick- etts, Lincoln, Nebr, Officers of the State Federation of Women's clubs; President Mrs. S. 0. Langworthy, Seward. Vice President Mrs. Anna L. Apppr son, Tecumseh. Recording Secretary Mrs.F. H. Sack ott, Weeping Water. Corresponding Secretary Mrs D. G. McKillip, Seward. Treasurer Mrs. C. W. Doano, Crete, Librarian Mrs. G. M. LambertBon, Lincoln. citizenship, asking for a wide system of education, unification of tho courso of study, bettor teachers and bottor super intendents. In tho collogo soction of this association wore such speakers as President Harper, of tho University of Chicago, President Henry Wade Rogors of tho Northwestern university. This was tho forty fifth annual meeting of tho Illinois? State association. mittoo to investigate children of that class, froo text booke. the condition of It also indorsed The Minnesota association at its thirty-sixth annual mooting at St. Paul took for genoral consideration, "How and to What Extont Can Our Schools Impart a Knowlodgoot Our Institutions and Forms of Government and Pro mo to Patriotism.' The thought of patriotism and citizenship Boomed to permeate all of those conventions. Another import ant qnoBtion discussed by tho Minnesota teachers wbb ' 'Music in tho Schools." MIbb Amelia Hofer of Chicago presented this interesting topic, after which it was thrown open to the house. Minnesota had Icbb than fifty enrolled at her first meeting thirty-five years ago. At Indianapolis, Ind., on Docombor 27th gathorod tho Stato Teachers' asso ciation and othor kindrtd organizations Thoro woro over two thousand in attend anco. It was tho forty-fifth anniversary of tho association and tho now president expressed tho belief that it would bo to tho interest of the association to rccog nizo that under tho present plan thoro are too many sections ontoring into its affairs. This thought should roceivo attention from thoso associations which aro j lBt catching tho flno fronzy of hav ing half a dozon sections in soBsion at tho samo hour. Dr. E. Benjamin An drews, superintendent of tho Chicago schooh, gavo one of tho loading addresses. The growth of interest in Stato Teachers' associations is one of the marked signs of the times. Take our own state; eleven years ago the first Btate teachers' association was held in tin city of Lincoln with an enrollment of 102. Today it has enrolled 1,096 members. The city of Lincoln seems to bo the favorite place of meeting, as nine of the eleven annual meetings have been held here. This is the capital of the tate; seat of the state university; it has three fine libraries to which the visitors have free access and several auditoriums to accommodate tho large body of dele gates and visitors. Lincoln always an ticipates this yearly visit of tho teachers and the auxiliary societies which meet heio at the name time, with great pleas ure. That the holiday season is a favor ite time for these educational gatherings is indicated by the many meetings held at this time in different parts of the United States, and the topics selected for discussion are of special Interest to the women's clubB which aro co operat ing with these educational associations throughout the United States. The great Southern hotel of Colum bus, Ohio, was the scene of a notabio gathering of educators last woek. It was the annual gathering of township school superintendents in which every county in the state was represented. Tho Ohio state association of school examin ers was also in session at tho same place and afterwards in joint session the two bodies discussed a number of questions of unusual intoreBt as follows: How to Becure tho proper inspection and classifi cation of rural schools. How to create healthy public sentiment favorable to supervision. How best to encouragb or ganization. How to foster the growth of township libraries, township high schools and other recognized educational agencies and to lengthen tho school term and pay teachers proportionately to service rendered. The association of Michigan mot at Lansing the past woek with an attend ance of about nine hundred educators, including all gradeB from superintendent of city schools down to the teachers of the cross roads school houses. There was much enthuBiaBm reported but from the program we should judge that the state which claims to be the "Athens of America" must look well to her laurels. This waB-the forty eighth anni versary of the association. It is pleasing to note that nil nations aro appointing representatives to tho peaco congress tBkod for in tho czar's mesenge. It now remains for peace organizations all over tho world to lend their strength and influence to this movemont for a higher civilization. Tho United Socioty of Christian Endeavor at Boston is in locoipt of tho following mebsago in regard to universal peaco from William T. Stead, London, for the Christian Endeavorors of the world: "The year 1800 brings with it a great opportunity. In the last nine years Christian governments havo spent upon armaments for war a sum far oxceeoing five thousand million dollars. To abato this gigantic waste of tho resources of tho civilization the Russian emperor has summoned all governments to a confer ence. That conference will fail unless vigorously supported by demonstrations of enthusiastic approval all around tho world and an appeal to the Christian Endeavorers to do their part in evoking that enthusiasm and giving it practical shape. Now !b the time to act. Lot each socioty be converted into a local peaco conferonce. Otherwise the re sponsibility for the failure of this great opportunity may rest on your hands." tion in educational matters that her Amorican eousinB aro not likoly to adopt. Tho Midland univorsity at Birmingham has added to its industrial dopartmont a chair of browing, a brow ory laboratory, and have arrangod a Mpocial courso of instruction for brew ers and malt makors. This seems car rying industrial education pretty far. Much farther than our country has yet dono. Still let ub bo proparcd, for oiu educators soom poBBosHod of a fronzy to bo tho first to tako up now departures along all linos. Industrial education is all right; thon tho (juosUon arises, if wo niUBt have malt and boor, why not bavoeducatod BciontiBts proparo them? Still wo havo littlo fear of that idea being adoptod by our educators or tolor atod by our pooplo. Tho tomporanco sontimont is too utrong in tho United States for any Stato univorsity to add such a dopartmont to its curriculum. The Southern Educational association held a very interesting and important meeting at New Orleans. Delegates were present from Virginia, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky and Missouri. This was the eighth annual convention of this associa tion and many important subjects re-igk-lating to educatioLal work were read and discussed. Par example, ono on "Higher Education in tho South;" an other on the "Need of Secondary Schools in the South," and anotbor on "Correla tion of High School and College Work." It is interesting to notice theso topics as they not only indicate bow far southern educators havo come in tho past twenty five years but how far they still must advance. Missouri also held its state association last week. Tho citizens of Jefferson City had patriotically decorated the city and the thousand teachers took it by Btorm. The annual convention of tho Ohio Music Teachers' association was also held last week at Delaware, O. ThiB organization embraces most of the prom inent teachers of music in the state and has a membership of nearly one thous and. There were two fine concerts given on Wednesday and Thursday and the convention closed with a grand con cert by tho Cincinnati Symphony orchestra. The Modern Language Association of America held its annual meeting at Charlottesville, Va., during the holidays. This association include? many of America's foremoBt scholars. One of tho most important events of this meet ing was the report of a committee on the subject of reforms in teaching mod ern languages. Tho report is a very important one, as it is likely to trans form the present system of teaching. The State Association of Illinois was fortunate in securing President James N. Canfield of Ohio Stato university for an addresB. He made an eloquent plea for tho common schools as bearing tho great burden of perpetuating intelligent At the Iowa State Association of Teachers held at Des Moines last week the high school teachers endorsod high school athletics, inter-school athletics and appointed a committee to prepare rules and regulations governing athletics in the common schools of the stato. The educational council adopted a recom mendation for a compulsory education law and urged women's clubs to take up the discussion of neglected and incor rigible children and appointed a corn- Mrs. May Wright Sowell of Indian apolis, president of the National Council of Women, is already in Washington making preparations for tho third tri ennial mooting of this body, which will be in session there for two weeks during the month of February. Mrs. Sewell says: "The work of the council is well mapped out in its standing committees and we have just added two new com mittees on domestic relations under the law and on the care of dependent and defective children. On the former com mittee is every woman who is a star in the legal profession. These women w'll codify all existing state laws relating to marriage, divorce and the domestic rela tions generally and bring to tho surface their inconsistencies through the na tional council to have some genoral and adequate legislation on the subject. This congress will bo most important because it just precedes that of our quiennial international council to be held in London in June. These national councils of women in Great Britian, tho United States, Germany, Canada, Italy, Sweden, Greece and Holland will bo represented and national councils aro being formed now in France, Finland, Denmark and Switzerland.'' At the London convention, Mrs. Sew ell, who is its vice president, will speak on organization as a factor of develop ment in modern life, Rev. Anna Shaw on "Women as Lecturers." Mrs. Purdy Peck of Iowa on "Social Education of Women," Mrs. Margaret Kane on "In dustrial and SilK Culture in the United Status," and Miss Ootavia Williams Bates of Dotroit, Mich., on "Women in Legal Professions." The attondanco at tho Plattsmouth Womans club on Friday ovoning was smaller than usual, but thoso who braved tho inclement weather were well repaid, tho program boing most excel lent. Mrs. Toliff as chairman of tho school visiting committeo for tho month of Docombor, gave an interesting roport of bor throe afternoons spont in tho work. Sho thought tho moans of ven tilation in some of tho rooms inadequate and also spoke of the dolapidatod condi tion of the window shades not being in keeping with the standard of excollenco and order that should be maintained in our city schools; tho suggestions em bodied in her roport will doubtless bo acted upon by the school board. Mrs Root and MrB. Elson were appointed to serve on this committeo for tho month of January. Some very good music was enjoyed by the club, Mr. Tucker singing "Once in the Purplo Twilight" delight fully, and Misses Baird and Smit'a play ing a piano duet most acceptably. Quotations from Sholloy were given in response to roll oall and Mrs. Stouteh borough road an interesting paper on hiB life and works. Mrs. Unruh also gave some incidents of this talented poet's life and domestic troubles. MIbs Mauzy'a apologies for the length of her paper on "Glimpses of the Authors of tho Elizabethan Ago" wore quite unnec essary as tho subject matter was so in teresting and the paper so well written, no one found it too lengthy. Miss Gass had Feudalism for her subject and her manner of presentation made her re marks most entertaining. Mrs. Toliff closed the program with an instructive paper on English Literature from Chaucer to Spenser which showed care ful preparation and research. Parlia mentary Law and Current Topics will furnish the program for the next meet ing of the club and as this is a popular dopartment'it.is expected a large num ber will be present. Tho City Federation of WomenB clubs of Tecumseh plodgor. itself to work this year for the City Library and they are redeeming their pledge right nobly. During holiday week they placed the "Old Maids' Convention" on the boards. Tho opera house was filled and the audi ence so intensely appreciative that it was decided to repeat tho performance on Now Year's Eve. The two entertain ments notted a sufficient sum to pay for a set of tho Warner Library which the federation had purchased and leaves a nicevmonnton hand for other books. On the evening of January 4th, the Library Board gavo a public reception in the library rooms when the new books were formally presented to the Board by the City Federation. Excellent music and speeches helped to make the occasion memorable. England has introduced an innova- Miss Anne Rivett, hairdreseing and shampooing, moved from Burr Blk to Emporium, 143 South Twelfth. &