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CALENDAR OF NEBRASKA CLUB?.
January.
. ( Hall In the Orove, Do Women
" Need the Ballot Lincoln
6, Woman's c, Dickens. North Hend
- J XIX Century c, Painting In Ger-
j many Seward
. I History and Art c, Christmas and
J New Year Legends Seward
- J Fin de Steele c. Karly American
( Paints and Painters. Seward
7, Woman's c., Musical Omaha
8, Woman's c Oratory Omaha
8, Woman's c, Frcrch Conversation. ..Omaha
8, Woman's c. Child Study Central City
8, Woman's c. Ethics and philosophy.. Omaha
a i Woman's c Richelieu, Louis XIV..
" t Court of Verseilles. Mlnden
with devotional exercises. The first
paper was by Mrs. Medora D. Nickell.
state superintendent of scientific in
structions. The subject was "Recom
pense,'' and sbeguvean exceedingly well
written -paper, taking the position that
labor, whether of hand, brain or heait,
enlarges and strengthens the physical,
mental and spiritual life. The bestowal
of one's self fur humanity's sake is
usually a thankless gift. There is a re
ward, but you must tind it for yourself
in advancement of mankind impossible
but for your appreciation. This paper
was briefly discussed by Mrs. S. M.
Walker:'
Mrs. O'Laugblin of Pawnee City, state
superintendent of hygienic cooking,
of their youth should bo of exeu.plary
moral character, there would be fewer
tares among the wheat when it is gar
nered She believed criticism of the
school was uujust without thorough in
vestigation. The influence of the kinder
garten wag very great, however, and in
later life, many evil traits in a child
might be traced to germs of character
neither trained nor eradicated in the
primary room. The nation was await
ing the restoration of the old iileaa of
personal honor and integrity. If the
homes were such that in them these
matters are not inetilled in the child,
the duty of the teacher is to supply the
want. The discussion brought out
many new points. Mrs. Phillips and
8, Sorosis, History -. Stanton
o (Frances M. Ford c, Dutch
I Palntprs anil Art Strnnnhnri?
10, Woman's c. Household Economics.. .Omaha What the world most need is not charity,
10, Woman's c, English Literature Omaha
furnished a floe paper upon "Hygienic other Lincoln teachers led
Reform." The startling statement was
made that of the people who die in the
tenement house district in New York
city, one-fourth die of consumption.
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tic emotionalism of Miss Butt's would
stir up a conscience if the rudiments
of conscience were left.
Now there is a mystery about Miss
Butt, as there was about "Trilby." I
happen to know one of Miss Butt's
teachers very well and It is from him
that I have the disclosure. The girl
has absolutely no musical intelli
gence; no musical memory, no musi
cal taste. The brain cells are nob
fashioned the right way, the nerve
tissue is not of the right fiber, and
Miss Butt will never while time en
dures be an artist. When she was
"discovered" ten or twelve years ago
she had, as she has still, one of the
most remarkable voices in the world,
a physiological wonder. It was, he
said, the most wonderful .'oice he bad
ever taught; it was capab'e of every
thing but certainty, precision, that
unfailing exactness which distin
guishes the artist from the amateur.
To teach her was like building ropes
of sand. One day those wonderful
tones would do what you willed, they
obeyed like the keys under your fin
gers. The next there were little in
accuracies and lapses and she would
never seem conscious of them. She
was not particularly ambitious and
not fond of work. When she did
work, it was without fervor. She was
good natured and took reproof, and
smiled her middle class smile and had
some trouble with her h's. She boned
away at "Alceste" Schubert and
Schumann, but she preferred ''Kath
leen Mavourneen" and "Abide With
Me" and she fieely acknowledged her
preference. There simply is not one
fibre of the artist in all her six feet
two. So, in spite of her success in
America and her popularity in Eng
land, the voice is practically lost, a
sort of runaway engine that may pull
up anywhere. It is perhaps the most
wonderful contralto voice In the
world, but there is no mind to direct
it. It is very much as if an organ
builder, having completed his master
piece, should lock it and throw the
key into the sea; and only chance
winds, blowing into the reeds, make ciation of teachers it has become the
an echo there. Therefore, there is custom of several of the auxiliary asso-
something ghastly about that great, ciations to meet to discuss various prob-
triumphant voice when it sings what lems immediately pertaining to their
it has been taught. One feels as own departments. Wednesday after-
though the voice itself were under an noon the N. P. W. C. gave an interest-
evil spell, as though it had been put ing program at University hall. The pie. as a diversion of funds from the na-
to sleep, or frozen, or in some way new chairman of the educational com- tional treasury. Onecf the ladies pres shoes a d
subjected to dark enchantment, mittee, Miss HaBcall of Wakefield, pre- ent knew where one hundred and four long, short, thin ami Bthick feet Pand to
There is something mortuary about sided. Mrs. Gertrude McDowell of dollars collected at the Spokane, Wash., make each look '2ri3t.IL,.
Fairbury spoke first on "Children's teachers' institute and intended for the u4r "Cornell'" shape here shown has
Reading." and was in fayor of giving the temple is likely to be lost to that object E i ' W blending of
best in literature to children, even when through the action of the national W.C.
Cozy c. Ludwig and Rudolph
Guelphsand Ghlbellincs Tecumseh
Woman's c. Myths Legends and
Folk Lore Our New Posses
sions. Fairbury
I Friends In Council, Burns,
1 Wordsworth and Scott Tecumseh
10, Woman's c Herbert Spencer Ashland
. (Woman's c.. Territorial Ex-
I tension Plattsmouth
1 Zetetic c , National Build-
12 1 ings American Educa-
f tional Institutions. Weeping Water
., I Pansy c, Lowell Helen Hunt
Jackson Tecumseh
13, Womin's c. Child Study North Bend
13, Review ua5 Art c., Raphael York
I History and Art c.. Death of Will
9, ( lam III. BlackstoneFloxam
Herschel Albion
j History and Art c. The Saxon
I Rulers Seward
Fin dc Siecle c. Early American
Drama, Familiar American
Songs. Seward
I Woman's c. House of Hanover
13, English View of American Rcv-
I olution Syracuse
13, Woman's c, Charlemagne Dundee
but enlightenment, not the hand of
power, but the band of brotherly kind
ness reached cut to help.
The reformation of the slums must be
by such means as will reach the indi
vidual roan sad woman and the indi
vidual home. This paper was reviewed
ably by Mrt. M. P. Hoover of Bennett
Referring to her participation in a state
teachers' institute, held December 27,
1853, Mrs. Hoover outlined vividly the
great degree of advancement during the
years.
It was
thought the home held on to children
too lung. One teacher thought the
home must set a value on kindergarten
work to make it effective Another
thought the kindergarten had to edu
cate the parents as well as the home.
Superintendent Pearse of Omaha
spoke on "The Kindergarton as a Part
of tho Public School System." He
thought it waB being more and more
recognized as essential. It was being
put in where the school boards were
shown that it was not an additional ex
pense in reality. He thought the teach
ers ought to make the various school
boards understand that the pupils re
ceived a training in the kindergarten
which enabled them to maka faster
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Enthusiastic addresses upon the tern- progress after getting into the primary
pie in Chicago, by Mrs. S. M. Walker room. Illustrations of this were given,
and Mrs. C. M. Woodward, trustees of Interesting papers were given on "The
the temple, were given, the audience Significance of Play" by Miss Clara Bou-
showing mucb zeal in the work. telle of Omaha and on "f ho Story Hour"
At the business session the following by Miss Meredith Smith of Omaha,
resolutions were unanimously adopted: The seesion of the state library asso-
Reeolved, That we desire to express ciation was full of practical suggestions,
our increasing interest in the temple as J-J- Wyer immediately opeued the pro-
the appropriate monument to Miss gram with his paper on the starting of
Frances E. Williard, and our conviction town libraries. Mr. Wypr, who is
that it is the imperative duty of temple librarian of the university library, dts-
trusteea to as adequately as possible
protect the valuable interest. A f-vv II 4-
We must earnestly disapprove of ofli- J. JTlOw 1 1 lITX
cial interference by the National Chris- ...
tian Temner. nee Union lino- .lirpMlv , VJ" """ H"P your pariicu-
During the sessions of the state asso- or indirectly to the diversion of support
from the temple, either material or
moral.
These resolutions were called forth by
reason of the attitude of the national
officers of the union who are discounte
nancing gifts and donations to the tem-
OFFICERS OF N. F. W. C 1899 & 1900.
Pres., Mrs. Anna L. Apperson, Tecumseh.
V. P., Mrs. Ida W. Blair, Wayne.
Cor. Sec, Mrs-Virginia D.Arnup, Tecumseh.
Rec Sec., Miss Mary Hill. York.
Treas., Mrs. H. F. Doane, Crete.
Librarian, Mrs. G. M. Lambertson, Lincoln.
Auditor, Mrs. E. J. Halner, Aurora.
lar type of foot.
Juafflji,
it, like "the jasmine, white as death."
Whose is the Face?
For The Courier.
Builders of mind wrought castles grand,
Dreamers of things to be ;
In every scene your fancy frames,
Whose is the face you see ?
Whose face to you more beautiful,
A thousand times more fair
Than ever artist saw, or sought
To paint on canvas rare?
Whose the face your thoughts unveil
At each well-won success,
That wears for you a smile of praise
A look of tenderness?
Whose is the face you ever see,
Tho' time be swift or slow?
And whose the love vou feel to be
The dearest heart can know?
I ask a secret, to be sure ;
Few ever will define,
Till time unfold the story old,
But I will tell you mine.
The face I see is old and worn,
With whitened hair above,
But every line and look and smile
Bespeak my mother's love.
R. B. Morgan.
they do not fully understand. Many
teachers were present to hear Mrs. Mc
Dowell's theoreis.
The Vacation Problem," presented
by Mrs. Emma Page of Syracuse, gave a
a history of the "vacation'' schools
which now form a part of the public
school system of Boston, New York and
Chicago. The idea is to make of them
recreation schools, of which manual
training, music and art are prominent
features. In Chicago the echools are
said to be the cause of a decided de
crease in juvenile ciirae.
The discussion, "Does the intellectual
life develop simultaneously with the re
ligious life, and are the schools under
obligations to foster both equally," was
opened by Mrs. Lobengier of Omaha,
followed by the Rev. Dr. Stein. The
first seven years of a child's life were'
said to be the most important for relig
ious training. The majority of child
ren are taught no religion at home. The
religion taught in the public schools of
England for fifteen years resulted in a
decrease of crime. Professor Hart was
also called upon for remarks.
The program given by the W. C. T.
U. educationnl department was opened
T. U. officers.
J. B. High of the Chatauqua depart
ment of Beatrice read a paper on "The
Caatauqua as an Adjunct to the Pub
lic School," which was discused by Su
perintendent W. R. Jackson and J. W.
Crabtree All the speakers spoke of
the educational value of the Chatauqua
system. Miss Julia Fuller of Beatrice
spoke on "Home-Making as a Social
Art." This was discussed at some
length by Mrs. Gertrude McDowell of
Fairbury, Mrs. Mary D. Russell of Wy
more and Mies Fuller.
Prof. F. A. Stuff of Wesleyan univer
sity read a scholarly paper on "The Way
to Rad a Book," in which he explained
the methods employed in visualization
aud showed how to find the high water
mark in each story. At the close of the
' paper, Mipa Ella Watson of Lincoln was
appointed president of the association
and Miss Julia Fuller of Beatrice secre
tary. In the kindergarten section Mrs. Win
ona Sawyer of Lincoln spoke on "Kind
ergarten and Home." She thought that
if parents were as soltcitious about the
preparation of the teachers for their
work as they were that the instructors
fashion and common
and shapely.
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