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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1899)
jjig , f vw- THE COURIER - , Geiiex cil Acl HMMNMK . , . vTtfVS XUAYDON: : ART : : Gb-U-B : SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBIT State University. i Studentfli lffo 1 Ofrilclreri IOc i , 8Scisora or Member MlilpTJcketM H.OO, eiblo, uniform lubor legislation shull bo flecured throughout tho different Btatos. "Resolved, Sixth, That each club in thiB Federation shall appoint a standing committee whoso Hpecial duly it shall be to inquire into tho labor conditions of y women and children in that particular " locality. That each State Federation shall appoint a similar committee to in vestigate its State labor Jaws, and those relating to sanitation and protection for women and children. That it also shall bo tho duties of these committees to in fluence and secure onfo. cement of labor ordinances and Stato laws of thiB character. That these committees at specified times shall inforn their or ganizitions of all conferences and con ventions in the interest of Bocial and industrial progress, also that tho Gen. eral Federation shall appoint a com mittee of livo members, whoso duty it shill be tj collect the reports of tho above mentioned work and presont tho reaultB at tho next Uiennial." In accordance with the last resolution, the following woro pppointed n com mittee on the Industrial Problems Af fecting Women and Cliildron: Mrs. J. K. Ottloy, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. J. G. Hume, Dc'B Moines, la ; Mrs. Lavi Young, Portland, Or.: Mjfs Clara de Grdtlonned, Washington, D. C; Mrs. C. S. Brown, Chicago, chairman. In compliance with these resolutions of tho General Federation tho chairmun of tho committee appjintod to have thiB work in charge urges that every wom an's club at once appoint a committee of those int rested iu tho subject, and that their names and addressB be for warded with such suggestions and in formation hb may apply to their own particular locality. Upon receipt of Buch names and addresses a eocond cr cular letter will bo sent to all local com mitteos containing such advice and help as the General Committee can offer, and arranging as nearly bb mayba a uniform course of investigation and study. Every club is urged to take action at onco and Bond addresses to Mrs. Corrinne S. Brown, C2I10 Wood lawn Ave., Chicago. The moc)e6t announcement that Gov ernor Pointer had availed himself of the privilege of appointing a joung lady to receive the benefits of scholarship in the Oread institute aroused a very natural curiosity which was to be gratified very speedily, as tho noxt mail brought a cir cular giving an account of tho institute and its work in detail. Tho Oread is picturesque building located at Worces ter, Maes., where all things pertaining to domestic science, are taught. Its founder and builder and patron saint 1b EK Thayer, who commonzod tho build ing in 1818, when ho was a young man just from Brown's college and full of on thusiusm and altruism. The first tower was completed that year and opened as a Bcbool for tho higher education of girls. It takes its name from this lino in Virgil: "Ilinc utquo hinc glomerantur Ore- ades," which translated rends, "Hero and thero gathor tho mountain nymphs." . Tho institution hasalwayB boon known by this name, but at tho goldon jubilee last full it wub rochristonod and will henceforth bo known as the Oroad in Etitute. Thoro is a marked individu ality about its projector, who still lives in tho city of his adoption, and thoro is also a marked originality about tho building, whoso aichitecture was tho conception entirely of Mr. Thayer. Jt has a frontago of about two hundred feet, nt oHuh end are ,round towers four stories high, which aro largo buildings of themselves, the right hand one is where the school opened and waB held the first year. In 1852 tho loft towor was finished and in 1851 the towers were unitod by tho construction of tho con tra! building, which is ,throo Btones in height there. Thero aro two smaller towers at tho main or central entrance to tho building. I'ia said that hero Mr. Thayer "planned and .built aathedajs camo and went and his finished work was an architectural triumph." Fifty years ago it wae almost alone in Htrording opporluni y for the higher education ofgiils. It preceded Smith, Wellesley aud Vassar. Its mission in that special work is fulfilled and now entering upon ils second half century it begins a now mission as an educational institution along different lines but no less important. "It is a school pat terned after no other, but has an indi viduality all its own, and its purposes rest upou as sure a foundation as tho niareivo rock upon which rests tho home of tho school, and the principle of the one will prove as enduring as the rock foundation of tho other." Before the close of February the school will have begun its first year under the new rogimo and will become iu fact the "Oread Institute of Domestic Science,'' for it proposes teaching everything that term imp'ies and comprehends. The students will not only bo taught how to properly boil a potatoe, scrub a Hoor or weop a room, but bow lo manage and direct tho most elaborately furnished and maintained home. Practical lessons will bo given in mar keting and selocting foods; how to dem onstrato dishes and teach. With the opening of the school a freo scholarship is offered to every state and territory in the union. Tho young lady appointed by Governor Poynter as Nebraeka's rep resentative is Miss Madgo Wiggins, a state university student. All the do mestic economistb in the stiito will now havo a personal interest in tho Oroad institute of Worcester, Mass. THE TRUCE OF THE BEAR. HV ItUDYAltl) KII'LINU. (From Literature, Published by Harper 0 "rothors. Copyright, 1808, by Bud yard Kipling.) Yearly, with tent and rifle, our careless white men go By the Pass called Muttianee, to shoot in the vale below, Yearly by Mutt anee he follows our white men in Matun. the old blind beggar, bandaged from brow to chin. Eyeless, noseless, and lipless toothless, of broken speech, Seeking a dole at the doorway he mumbles his tale to each Over and over the story, ending as he began: Make ye no truce with Adam-zad- the bear that walks like a man 1 "There was a flint in my musket - W pricked and primed was the pan, hen I went hunting Adam-zad . the bear that stands like a man. I looked my last on the timber, I looked my last on the snow When I went hunting Adanwad fifty summers ago! "I knew his times and seasons as he knew mine that fed By night in the ripened maize-field and robbed my house of bread -I knew his strength and cunning. as he knew mine that crept At dawn to the crowded goat-pens end plundered while I slept. "Up from his stony playground down from his well-digged lair Out on the naked ridges ran Adanwad the Dear. Groaning, grunting and roaring, heavy with stolen meab, Two long marches to northward and I was at his heels I "Two full marches to the northward, at the fall of the second night, I came on mine enemy, Adam-zad, all weary from his flight. There was a charge in the musket -picked and primed was the pan My finger crooked on the trigger When he reared up like a man. "Horrible, hairy, human, with paws like hands in prayer Making his supplication rose Adam-zad the bear I I looked at the swaying shoulders, at the paunch's swag and swing. And my heart was touched with pity for the monstrous pleading thing. "Touched with pity and wonder, I did not fire then . I have looked no more on women I have walked no more with men. Nearer he tottered and nearer, with paws like hands that pray From brow to jaw the steel-shod paw, it ripped my face away 1 "Sudden, silent, and savage, searing as flame the blow Faceless I fell before his feet fifty summers ago. I heard him grunt and chuckle I heard him pass to his den. He left me blind to the darkling years and the little mercy of men. "Now ye go oown in the morning with guns of the newer style, That load (I have felt) in the middle and range (I have heard) a mile ? Luck to the white man's rifle, that shoots so fast and true, But -pay, and I lift my bandage and show what the bear can do I" (FkihBke slag in the furnace, wiuboto ana wimereo and gray ft ....u.. ...c uiB puna rxggar, h gives jgood worth for his pay.) 'Rouse him at noon in the bushes, follow anrJ r USm U,.J Not for his ragings and roarings flinch ye from Adam-zad. "But (pay and I put back the bandage) this is the time to fear, When he stands up like a tired man, tottering near and near) when he stands up as pleading, in monstrous, man brute guise, When he veils the hate and cunning of the little swinish eyes. When he shows is seeking quarter, with paws like hands in prayer. That is the time of peril- ' the time of the Truce of the Bear!" Eyeless, noseless and lipless, asking a dole at the door, Matun, the old blind beggar, he tells it o'er and o'er; i' umbling and feeling the rifles, warming his hands at the flame, Hearing our careless white men talk of the morrow's game: Over and over the story, ending as he began: "There is no truce with Adam zud, the bear that looks like a muni" If you want the I HI 0 MONEY You want the Clean, well ventilated care. Cool in summer. Warm in winter. Elegant diners. Pay only for what you order. Ele gant chair cars. Attentive porters. Everything the best by tho Burlington. G. W. bONNBbL, C. I & T. A News and Opinions of Na tion Importance. THE SVlH Alone Contains Both. " Daily, by mail $6 a yeai Daily and Sunday by mail S9 a year TE SVlflDIW SUN is the greatest daily newspaper in the world. Price, 5c a copy. By mail $2 a year. Address The Sun, New York. 4 rrxorx), I H. W. BROWN J Druggist and Bookseller. 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