Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-18
STATE TEACHERS MEETING
Arrangements Are All Completed for
the Annual Gathering OF Ne
brnska Pcda-ogucs.

LINCOLN, Dec 17.-(Special )-The final
arrangements for the thirty fourth annual
meeting of the Nebraska State Teachers
association have been completed and next
week the pedagogues will begin to gather in
this city from all over the state. This year,
owing to the good times and larger salaries,
the generous concessions of the railroads in
granting half-fare rate and the excellence
of the program, will witness the largest at
tendance in the history of the organization,
which is one of the largest of the kind in
the west. The program includes addresses
and discussions by men of national reputa =
tion and music of exceptional quality. Com
ing as they do during the Christmas holi-
days the annual meetings OF this associa-
tion are always well attended, but this year
the indications point to larger attendance
than ever Murat Hastead, for many years
prominent figure in journalism, will be the
principal speaker. President Thwing OF the
Wesleyan Reserve university of Cleveland is
also one of the speakers.
The work of the association will begin
Tuesday evening with a cneeting of the edu-
cational council at the State university. The
following day the auxiliary associations will
meet and in the evening a general session
will be conducted. Thursday the teachers
will again meet in general session in the
forenoon and in the afternoon the college,
high school, grammar school, primary
school, county superintendent and school
boards sections will meet, followed by an
other general session in the evening. Sim
liar meetings will be held Friday, the last
day Of the convention.
Considerable interest has already been
aroused among the teachers concerning the
election of officers Several prominent Ne
braska educators have been mentioned for
the presidency and rather warm fight Is
in prospect. Dean Charles Fordyce, who
was elected president at the last meeting,
may be re-elected, but as no one ever held
this position for two terms cOnsecutively the
chances are against him. There is some
talk of superintendent Wolfe of South
Omaha, it being said that the election to
this important position would increase some
what his chances for the chancellorship Of
the State university.
Members from the several congressional
districts will choose delegates to the nom
mating convention. Each district is entl-
tied to three members. This convention
will make nominations for the various Off
ces and VIII submit them to the general as
sombly Thursday morning for final action
Tho injunction case instituted by the
Lincoln Medical college to prevent the State
Board of Health from issuing a physicians
certificate or license to B. w. Drasky of
Hastings has been continues in the district
court until December %. Drasky has filed
an answer in which he says that he has a
large family dependent upon him for sup
port. He says that he attended the Creigh
ton Medical college in Omaha for two years
and then entered Bellevue hospital medical
college in New York. graduating year later
and received diploma giving him credit for
four years work. After this he took a
postgraduate course of ten weeks and re-
ceved another certificate.
The Nebraska Beet Sugar association will
bold a special meeting in this city next
Wednesday to discuss subjects OF import
anco connected with the promotion of the
industry and to arrange a program for the
next annual meeting.
The Nebraska section of the American
Chemical society will meet next Thursday
in the chemical laboratory of the State uni
Versity.