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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.
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