Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-15

The legislature OF 1897 provided for the
gathering of Industrial statistics and di-
recting the county assessors to make care
ful reports of the number of manufacturing
establishments found in their respective
districts, the amount of money Invested in
the same, the number of hands employed
and the wages paid the same This was
calculated to cover every branch of business
in which laborers were employed and to
show the actual amount of capital invested
so that the statistical tables would be OF
some value in showing the resources and
liabilities of the state. The assessors were
to make these reports to the county clerks
who would in turn use them in making a
full county report to the commissioner OF
labor. Quite number of the counties have
made no reports whatever and figures re-
celved from other- are far from being cor
rect. Consequently the industrial report
will, as last year, be rather inaccurate
Many of the counties reported only on corn
and wheat and some on live stock and not
on grain.
Takes No Action.
Auditor Cornell has taken no action on
the salary claim of ]. G. p. Hildebrand,
chief clerk in the new insurance depart
ment. The claim is for services rendered
during the quarter beginning July l and
ending October 30" Mr.. Hildebrand failed
to explain why he figured quarter as being
four months and asked for only three
months salary. Auditor Cornell will OF
course refuse to allow the claim until after
the decision OF the supreme court regard
ing the Weaver act
Congressman Burkett is recovering from
a relapse after severe attack Of appendi-
cits. His physicians think he will be able
to be out In week or so. but he will not
be in condition to take an active part in
the campaign
The annual meeting of the Superin-
tendents and Principals association of Ne
braska was brought to a close here this morn
ing after the election of officers for the
new year. This has been one of the most
successful meetings ever held by the as
sociation The attendance was not large
but there were many prominent educators
here and papers of more than ordinary
Importance were read. The officers selected
are: President, A. H. Waterhouse, Omaha
vice president, w. l.. Stephens, Fairbury;
secretary Celia NJ. Burgert, Beatrice.
detailed course OF study for grades has
been outlined by the association, based on
the following report of the special commit
tee:
THE purpose OF the work in English
should be to secure freedom OF expression
TO secure correctness Of expression. to en-
large the vocabulary, to teach pupils to con-
meet both oral and written expression witt
thought, and to correlate literature witt
technical English as medium Of culture
"These five purposes involve many things
each of which is, in itself. Of the utmos
Importance. With the first, however, the
primary teacher Is most concerned. 1t /:
easy to say, encourage the child to express
himself but to do this in the best sense II
an altogether different matter. To obtair
freedom OF expression there must be frs
created a desire for expression, and hereir
lies the teachers paramount responsibility
To select those topics OF conversation which
come within tho understanding and environ
ment OF the pupils requires much tact.
every lesson in the curriculum Is, IN
certain sense, a language lesson. and a!
such should be borne in mind by the teacher
Care must be taken not to interfere Will
the thought or make thought impossible b!
untimely correction or criticism. Thos
points which need correction should be mad