The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-12-13
NOTES FROM CENTERVILLE

Mr.. Oscar HUM Of Sheboygan spent
Sunday with his parents in this vicinity.
Mrs. Grimm of Kewaunee with her two
daughters the Misses Ida and Louisa is
spending few days in this vicinity, the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Ferdinand HUM
Last Thursday evening a number of
Jos. Schneider's friends surprised him in
honor of his 10th birthday Your humble
correspondent was participant in the
evenings pleasures. German songs were
the 'order Of the day" and the melodious
strains of die Yacht am Rheln," 'Das
Treue Deutsche Her," "Wenn 1ch mich
zach der Heimath sehn," "Wenn ich zwel
Herzen" and others brought tears to
some and deeper thoughts to others.
There Is a charm about these typical Ger
man gatherings which can not be easily
described. We had thoroughly enjoy
| able evening.
Mr.. Thomas Connor has organized q
| literary society which,promlses to;become
an interesting and Instructive feature of
his school the present school year. AL
bert POLAND was elected president and
Hugo Franz secretary and very good
officers they make as Mr.. Connor informs
organized IN his school last year did good
work and that he hopes for equally good
results from this one. There is no doubt
that such societies if not permitted to in
terfere too much with the regular school
| work may be very useful In broadening
| and strengthening the faculties of young
! people above the comparatively narrow
| limits Of their textbook work.
The nesting of the Centerville Literary
Society at Nennlg's Hall last Saturday
| was a decided success throughout. 1t
| was pleasant surprise to the interested
teachers IN the matter of attendance.
Everybody seemed to have turned out
| and the features of the evenings pro-
| gramme were heartily applauded. The
number OF members enrolled during the
evening has convinced the teachers that
their patrons are with them in their eff
forts to promote the interests of the
| schools. The views advanced by the
speakers during he evening on the vari-
Gus subjects seemed to meet with the
hearty approval of the audience.
A pleasant feature ct the proceedings
was brief exercise IN Calisthenics. led
by Mr. Wehrweln and in which all pres
ent took part A large number of chill
uIeu 1IOlu lie various districts IN the
nelgnborhood were present and the sweet
melody of childish voices was plainly to
be heard IN the dear old songs that are
never forgotten on these occasions.
Quite number OF the pupils of Mr..
Connor's school took part in the pro-
gramme and acquitted themselves we'll
Mr.. Conner himself read an instructive
essay on the History of the School Lii
brary Movement IN the U. S.
MIR. Zauder's essay on Book keeping
IN Country Schools met with approval.
The arguments presented in the debate
were strong on both sides. Mr.. Baumann
and Mr.. Mill on opposite sides of the
question read interesting essays tinctur-
ed here and there with appropriate quo.
tatlons from leading poets. Mr.. Mill
with two of his pupils entertained the
audience with some pretty violin music.
he next meeting will probably be held
IN January IN the school of Dist. No 3,
%. lander, teacher.) Announcement of
this meeting will be published later. Z