Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16

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bill and shorter legs than the Wilson, is
slower Of flight and more certain Of direc-
ton. Those shown in the picture today are
Wilson snipe. 1t will not be much longer
until his cheerful note Is again heard on
the sandbar-foT he has this in common
with his p~lebeian cousin, the sandpiper-
and the snipe hunter will again resume his
pursuit Of the tantalizing as well as tooth
some bird.
One Of the best evidences Of prosperity
in a community is the condition of the
public schools. Western people take great
but pardonable pride in this institution and
chCerfully contribute to its support. In the
growth and development of the school is
reflected the progress of the community.
When the school enrolment is doubled
within two years it is a safe assumption
that that town is alive. Corning, Ia, has
had this experience. Eight years ago the
one school house in the town was found
inadequate and a second building was
secured to the younger pupils.
This was soon outgrown and a third school
house was erected. The demand for school
room increased so steadily that 1t was found
necessary to provide more commodious
quarters for the high school. On Friday
next will be dedicated a handsome brick
building, modern in every respect, just
at a cost of SIS, 900. 1t is devoted
to the uses of the high school exclusively.
The building has seven rooms, an assembly
hall and superintendent Office on the
second floor and five class rooms on the
ground floor. In. the basement is a gym
nasium. The building has a capacity for
225 pupils and 1S5 are now in daily at
tendance at the high school. Superintend-
ent Elliott has five assistants in the school.
The Corning school board consists OF c.. F.
Andrews, president; w. G. Chubb, secre-
tary; f. L. La Rue, treasurer; Walter New
comb, Burg Brown, w. w. Runyon and
Henry e. Westrope, directors.
On Friday evening, March 81, at the
omaha club. the alumni Of the University
of Michigan of the middle west will tender
President James B. Angel OF the University
of Michigan a banquet. President Angel
is descended from ancestors who went with
Roger Williams from Massachusetts to Rhode
Island and helped to found the colony. He
was born at Scituate, r. l., in 1929 and
was graduated from Brown university in
1850. After his return from Europe, where
he stayed three years, he spent seven
years as a professor of modern languages
at Brown, meanwhile contributing to
the Providence Journal. From 1860
until 1866 he had editorial charge of the
Journal. during the absence OF its editor.
In 1866 he was chosen president of the
University CT Vermont and in 1871 became
president of the University OF Michigan.
Early in 1880 he was appointed minister to
China by President Hayes. his errand being
to negotiate a new treaty bearing upon
Chinese immigration to this country. This
duty he discharged successfully and re-
signed his office the following year. In 1877
he was appointed one Of the commissioners
to settle the fisheries dispute with Great
Britain, In 1897 he was appointed minister
to Turkey. The sultan objected to DR..
Angel because he had been advised that
the Congregational church, of which the
doctor is a prominent member, was a