Omaha daily bee., 1897-07-03
WOMEN TALKING EXPOSITION
Governor Has Promised to Remember Them
in Appointing State Commission.
PLANS FOR A BUILDING FOR CHILDREN
Method of Raising the Money IL Pre-
scented, Discussed and Endorsed
by Members of
Board of Managers.

The woman's Board OF Managers Of The
exposition convened In regular session at eN
position headquarters yesterday with al
the members present except Mrs. Mcdowell
Of Falrbury, Miss Chase of Papiliion anc
Mesdames Hartford and Cudahy Of Omaha.
Mrs. A. j.. Sawyer OF Lincoln, president
OF the board. delivered an interesting talk
TO the members on the importance of the
duties devolving upon them and the necessity
OF earnest cooperation. The address Of tn,
president was along broad lines and was cal
culated to arouse the enthusiasm OF the
members of the board and dispel any feeling
Of lack of interest which might exist. She
outlined very briefly the general scope OF
the work which devolved upon the wOman'e
board and made numerous suggestions re-
garding the work to be done. The address
was favorably received and the members
manifested their approval by a dainty CLAP
ping of hands.
Secretary Ford made a verbal report OF the
conference had with the governor by the
president and secretary, acting as a special
committee for that purpose, regarding the
appointment Of the state commission and
especially with reference to the appointment
of a woman on the commission and the
protecting of the educational interests of the
state. The governor was reported as saying
that he would see to 1t that the commits
sloners to be appointed should give the in
terests represented by the women proper
recognition.
The committees appointed to attend the
meetings of the National Kindergarten as
ISOLATION and the Drawing Teachers as
ISOLATION for the purpose of securing these
meetings for Omaha in 1898 reported their
failure and the reasons for II.
ENDORSE THE PLAN.
Secretary Ford read the report OF the
executive committee. covering the work that
had been done since the last meeting of the
board. The portion of the report bearing
on the Girls and Boys building, a descrip-
ton of which was given in The Bee two
weeks ago, received the closest attention
from all the members of the board and
formed the subject of discussion until the
noon adjournment. The plan as a whole was
enthusiastically endorsed some of the minor
details forming the subject of prolonged dis
cussion.
The report OF the committee described the
building itself somewhat in detail. Draw
ings showing the elevation and plans were
shown, the details being explained by vice
President Kimball, chairman of the spe-
cial committee which originated the idea,
The remainder Of the report was devoted tc
an explanatory circular, which is being pre-
pared with a view Of sending 1t broadcast
over lnt NNSl. lHls tithldl tAlldAhS NV
plan by which 1t is proposed to raise the
SS,0 900 or 10000 necessary to erect the build
ing and decorate 1t in a suitable manner,
1t is proposed to ask the girls and boys OF
the transmississippi region to subscribe to the
stock of this building, the shares being {
cents each. An individual or school subscrib.
ding for twenty shares will receive a hand
some certificate of stock, and individuals OF
schools subscribing for 200 or more shares
will be placed on the roll of honor to b'
displayed in the building. The interior o
the building will be embellished by hand
some pictures. and these will be awarded
at the close of the expedition to the school!
contributing the largest subscriptions o
stock. In making these awards schools II
the country and those In the cities AM
towns will be grouped in separate classes.
The latter section of the circular formed
the subject of considerable discussion, ant
1t was finally decided that in making these
awards to schools. the decision should be-
based on the per capita amount subscribed
1t was also decided that a charge should
be made for caring for children in the
creche sufficient to cover the expenses of 9
matron and attendants.
DETAILS FOR THE EXHIBITS.
The afternoon session of the board was de
voted entirely to tie discussion of the plan
for educational exhibits which was drafted
by the executive committee. The plan Gov
er5d the classification in all branches OF
school work, this portion of the plan covering
four sheets of paper closely typewriter. 1t
also included the conditions to govern the
individual preliminary contest designed tc
secure the best grade of work for the exposi
ton. This is the competition to be held be
fore the exposition opens and is entirely in
dependent of the exposition itself.
The classification of school work to make
individual and collective exhibits at tbs
exposition covered every branch of schoo
work from the lowest grade to the post grad.
uate course of colleges and universities. Com.
potitors In these classes were graded accord
Ing to the nature of the work, the idea be
ing, as President Sawyer expressed it, 'tC
prevent a child in the hrst grade from com
.pcting with a college student" Suitable
prizes were provided for in each class and tn,
conditions of entry were prescribed. Thes,
details were very ~voluminous and will b,
published in pamphlet form in the near fu
ture and will be distributed in every schoo
district in the transmississippi region.