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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1899)
THE COURIER, tlast years of thn nineteenth century lave women experienced the pleasure, le broadening, and the power which )mes from a union of sympathies and ipirations. The individual benefit of woman, able to attend the biennials, largely the result of pergonal as university of Chicago and the pact year has studied general hietorjrar suggested by the educational committee of that in. stitution. The coming year they expect to study the literature of different coun tries, in connection with topics of current interest. Duting their winter semester elation with cultured, earnest, success- they are planning to take up some spec- il women, Tniarasaociation enlarges ie horizon and broadens sympathies, timulates aspiration and chokes out Blffisbnesst The delegates who enjoy ie benefits of a biennial must necessari. bring back to their clubs increased mowledge, sympathy, and enthusiasm, tal topics asVWoraan in Art, Woman in Music; Woman in Literature, and Woman in War, and hope to secure some competent lecturer on each topic. The secretary of this club is Miss Annie K. Cleary who clones her interesting ac count of the woman's club of Sunerior ich a force to make the club better by saying, "We feel that the first year of prepared to exert an uplifting influence our club has been marked with a reason- In the community. able degree of success, that it has been a Personal?, I must admit that the great aid to individual members, and jcial features oi tne biennials are very tends to a broader intellectual life." ittractive. Here we-meetour friends, fee, and relatives, from the extremes of The first sc.ool of its .kind will soon- he United States. .Qirl-Kod riD(k . hli.4 ml. It into ho nnnnnrl Vo d.ooUsfe jautffl-usfhMi -we have' hot vember 1st, at 5418 Greenwood avenue" en or Heard) from for years. I have Chicago. It is a trainfnir school fo lympathy, with the lady who went to backward children or for the boys and e Denver biennial as the represents- girls who are slow, or weak, or nervous. ve of her clb, Out.iwo.wa'. still, un- It will be oalisckihe Chicago Pbysiotogl. nvincesr tnwuie biennials were a cal school and its oblaefc will h t nm. rAhdloeceessrygood. Atalunch- vide not only a school but a home for n at one of the hospitable, homes of boysandgiris who are unable to compete hat fair city she found herself seated with normal children, owing to infirm!- y a dear friend of ber girlhood days ties or illness Mies Mary R. Campbell of bile farther up the table on the oppo- Milwaukee, Wie., formerly in charge of te side was still another schoolmate the girl's department of the Wisconsin horn she had not seen, or heard from instituto for feeble minded children is or years, under tne inspiration or. tne to have charge of the school which is to ometit she arose and, after explaining be affiliated with the university of tbe doubts mat nad beset ner as to tne benefits of the biennial, said, "I am a convert. Tbe forming of so many new md delightful friendships, and this pleasant renewal of the friendships of )ther days are among the rare privelegos jf life, from this time on I am for feder ation and will assist so far as time and itrength will allow." it has been said that the clubs edu- ite individuals; tbe state federation the citizen, while, the general federation represents the nation. In other words, the club is the school, the state federa tion the university, the general federa tion the post graduate, and I hope that there is not a club in the state of Ne- iraskathat will be content1 with any thing leas than all the good it can get by )eing affiliated with the state and gener al federations. Chicago. It will be under the supervi sion of a board of seven trustees among whom are Dr. William R. Harper and Prof. George H. Meade. At present the number of children will be limited and only children under fifteen will be ad mitted, even then, preference being given to the very young. Prominent' physicians and specialists will be in at tendance, medical treatment being in cluded with the instruction. The sense theory for overcoming neural defects will be used, and the curriculum varied to suit individual requirements. Music, tythm, and dancing, will be special features in the system. While tbe school will have the1 help of a number of phil anthropists it is expected that it will be self-supporting from tbe beginning. Al though the plans are still incomplete a large number of pupils are already as- ln answer to the third question: "Clubs sured and requests are coming in rapidly. (desiring to join the general federation hould make application for member ship, accompanied by their constitution md by-laws to the chairmen ot state correspondence of their respective iates." These applications shall be en loraed by the state chairman, who then forwards them to the president of the . F., she in turn presents the applica tion to the directors a majority vote of I whom is necessary to an election. As long as the clubs of Nebraska have the privelege of a delegate in the bien nial, not one of them can afford not to belong for the mere pittance of ten cents Russia is to the front with tbe .great est colozination scheme the world has ever known. The new regions of her vast empire which are to be opened up by the Trans Siberian railroad will be the field of this new enterprise. The road will not be completed and opened to the public until 1904, but even before that time the colonization will begin. Two hundred thousand families, includ ing a million people are to' be transport ed to various localities selected by the government. Each family will be given fifty acres of land, with tools, seeds, and the requirements for cultivation, and .... ' per capita. The next biennial will be farther, the government proposes'to see them ' sarely through the first year. There are other governments thatt;)aim a much higherjgrade of civilization than Russia that might take pointers from this humanitarian scheme. By the way, 'tis said when this road is completed it will only take thirty days to travel around tbe globe. teid at Milwaukee: within sucn easy liBtance that Nebraska should be large ly represented, and thus enter into the national life and enthusiasm which the general federation fosters. I shall be pleased to correspond with any one in the state desiring information about clubs either for local organization, pro grams, or state or general federation. I shall be much pleased to receive a pro gram of the coming years'' work from each club in the state. Please -address Mrs. A. O. Ricketts, Lincoln, Nebr. One of tbe newest and mopt active clubs in Nebraska is the Woman's Club if Superior organized in June 98. Al though only just entering upon its see- The clubs of Texas are devoting a large share of time to tbe study of Sbakspere. The Ariel club of Denton, Texas, has adopted a very thorough method for studying their favorite author," For an afternoon's study they take one or two scenes from a play, read it, make notes on history mythology, lo cations mentioned, etc. Then on club day each member assumes some charac- is presented. This is followed by a gen eral discussion and a paper. Of course this is a slow method of goinfcT over a play but when it is completed each member ot that club can be familiar with every line in the play. As an ad junct to its Shakspere study it also has a "table talk" oc current events and de votes some time to parliamentary law. Mrs. Frank A. TompkinH is the efficient president ot this club. Apropos, the Mary Arden Shaksporo club of New York City has inaugurated a new departure in club work.- This club limited to twenty-five members has planned an exhaustive study. ' They have arranged for annual symposium at Stratford-on-Avon, to which all Sbake pere clubs may send delegates. Its sec ond gathering ivas held last July. It is a new idea nd must be a very ptaaaant feature of club work to take a summer outing to the historic location of the subject under discussion. The New-York school of Shakspere offers an inducement to a thorough study ot a trip from New York to Lon. don and return for the best work on King Lear. Test of said work to con sist of examinations on the play and essBys on special topics relative to it. This competition to bnopen to all Shake pere clube. nd year's work this club compares faV- iralllv tnWIt -nn 4U. - Im... A hnlf "J ll ( 3 -.., -, uibu -uu -n uvmmv m ii ier iuu iub B.ouu ! re-read eacn mem- core of years. It is affiliated with the' er reading her notes as her ehur.ot-.. Miss Kate Friend of Waco, Texas, has Just taken the prize which entitles her to thin trip, to Stratford-on-Avon. Miss Friend is a most enthusiastic Shaksper Un student, and in taking this competi tive examination under the New York school ot Shakspere wrote over two hundred and fifty pages of manuscript, in answer to questions, and seven essays on related topics. This will enable her, next June, to meet other favored stu dents from other countries. It is my understanding there is only one prize to a country. With such an inducement the study of Shakspere will receive a new impetus. A Corn is King! Long live the King! The latest report from statistician Snow places an estimate on the corn crop of the' country for this year something over 2,200,000,000 bushels. These figures are exceedingly gratifying to those stateB whose prosperity is largely de pendent upon its corn crop. Going somewhat into detail Mr. Snow says that the increase over last year, which was also a year of good crops in the corn belt, is especially notable in Kansas and Nebraska. The railroad estimate of the size of the corn crop this year is 360,000, 000 bushels for each of tbess states, a crop so large that it will tax the carrying' capacity of the railroads entering their territory. It is also estimated that the crop in Illinois will be so large that it will make the problem of handling it a difficult one. Last year the figures for Kansas were 133,000,000 bushels and for Nebraska 159,000,000 bushels. Showing how large is the increase in each state over last year, the estimate for Iowa shows a falling off for this year being 219,000,000 bushels as against 255,000,000 for last year. This estimate, however, has been criticised by local authorities. Missouri's crop is estimated this year as 179000,000 bushelB against 155,000,000 last year. Illinois, estimate shows a gain ot 19,000,000 bushels, while in Ohio and Indianna the eastern end of tbe corn belt there is a slight failing off from last year's crops. All in all this seems generally a favorable year for agriculture, and as tbeprosperity of our people is so largely dependent upon tbe farming community there is occasion for great rejoicing in the states wher corn is king. Mrs. A. O. Ricketts, Chairman State Correspondence. Dear Mrs. Ricketts In response to your inquiry regarding tne "toasts'' and impromptu responses which constitute a part of each program of the New Book Review club of Lincoln, will say the idea was given to us in a report from a Bos ton club, and has been in vogue in our little club since its organization over four years ago. Iho plan is very simple yet often taxes the ingenuity' of tho "hostess" who pro poses the toast as well as the members who respond. We have a social half hour "over the teacupi" at the close of our book review. With each cup of toa a slip of paper is given upon which is written a toast. These aie numbered and when each member is served our president calls tbe numbers and each ono responds in a three minute talk on thb topic given ber. As to tbe subjects upon which we calk will say by the clove of bur club year most current topics will hsve been "toarted," and all disputes and perplex ing questions will have been settled to our own satisfaction at least. You ask for the benefits derived. Each member is devoted to this feature of our afternoon meetings and feels she has been benefited in more ways than one. It is no longer difficult to give 'an im promptu talk, at least three minutes long, and there is an absence of timidity 8nd "that dreadful heart" beating" when called upon unexpectedly to ssy some thing. By most of us, however, this freedom is confined to our own littie circle but we trust we will soon be "brave" 'enough to join the ranks of those who can speak before larger or ganizations when called upon. We would recommend this feature to all clubs, and auch as can conveniently weave in the toasts with an afternoon program will enjoy many pleasant talks "over the toacupB." Trusting I have answered all your questions. I am fraternally yours, Effie Leeie Scott. Tbe Fifth Annual meeting of tbe N. F. W. C. will be held at York in the second week of October. The railroads have granted one and bnethird rates on the certificate plan if one hundred or more are presented. The ladies of York supply rooms in private residences, while rates have been secured at hotelB and boarding houses. Word is jeceived from tbe Ceramic club of Omaha that it will send a delegate and each member' two pieces of china (o help in the art exhibit. It is desired that every lady' shall contribute some choice piece of a'rt; for this exhibit. The following pro gram must commend itself to the club women of Nebraska and we bespeak for this annual meeting'a large attendance: program. jfo Tuesday", October 10. uv 2 p. m. Meeting of the executive.board, 3 p. m. Meeting of board ot directors. 8 p. m. Reception of delegates and friends. ' Wednesday, October 11. Op. m. Invocation. Address of Welcome, Mrs. C, S. Carscadden, York Response, Mrs. A. Apperson, Tecurasetr President's address, Mrs. S. O. Langwortby, Seward Report of recording secretary, $J Mrs. H. F. Sackett, Weeping Water Report of con eepbnding secretary," "' Mrs. D. O. McKillip, Seward Report of committee on credentials, Roll call of delegates, Appointment on committees. Club reports. 2 p. m. Department of music, chair- , man, Mrs. D. A. Campbell Address, What shall we do with1 music, Mrs. H. F. Doane, Crete Italian Opera., i Paper Mrs. Frawley, Stromsburg Piano duo, Meedames Sedgwick and McCpnahay, York : Aria. . .'. .'. . .Mrs. Laura Sheety, Omaha ' Continued on page 8 f .(! '1 .
