Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-15
THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.

" ''A' WI W III ulEltI INSTITUTIONS. Inc
Fairbury High school ira k team is a good
repre- sentative Of this class of athletics.
It has won victories this year in competi-
tlon over Beatrice, Nelson, Crete and
Hebron in a meet and over Auburn in
single competition.
Secret societies have generally adopted
the memorial day idea, setting apart one
day In each year on which to pay tribute
to the memory Of their members gone be-
tore' This ceremony takes various forms.
according to the customs of the order or
the season Of the year. On last Sunday the
odd Fellows, Knights Of Pythias and An
ciont Order Of United Workmen held me-
mortal services, the first two orders having
theirs at their lodge rooms, the last meet
ing in the open air at Hanscom park. The
interest shown by the members and their
friends In the proceedings is very we'll
proven by the pictures taken by The Bee
staff artist.
No Hawkeye will see the beautiful land
scape pictures in this number Of The Illus
trated Bee without feeling a swelling NJ
his bosom. They are just two glimpses of
scenes near the state farm at Ames. but
they may be duplicated a thousand times
over In any part Of the magnificent COM
monwealth OF Iowa. From Lyon to Lee.
from Fremont to Allamakee. there is not
a county In the state but has soil of tested
rlches, whose prairies and swales, who's.
bottoms and bluffs, hillsides and meadows,
return rich yield to recompense the farm
er's toll, or furnish luscious pasturage for
herds Of the finest stock known to man
KIND. People who know the state do not
wonder at its greatness, and its loyal sons
and daughters
From Mississippi's winding stream
To where Missouri's waters CLEAN"
heartily Join In singing the refrain,
Iowa, my Iowa"
NEBRASKA bankers, in common with their
brethren all over the country, are organ
lzed into a state association, which is again
divided into groups, the object being the
Interchange of experience and opinion on
topics OF interest to bankers. Group
which represents the Southeastern Ne
Bankers association, recently met
at Auburn, sixty-fve banks being repre-
sented. At the close of the session ]. w.
of Pawnee City was re-elected
president. Edwin Jeary OF Elmwood vice
and H. D.. Wilson of Nebraska
City secretary and treasurer.
omaha presents to the world this year
a class OF l49 young men and women who
~ iOuiteeh years nave devoted them
serves with more or less assiduity to the
study OF the various branches OF learning
taught In the public schools. From the
a-b' alb OF the primary grade to the
last years work OF the High school course.
they have steadily progressed, through all
the different degrees OF written lore. under
going from time to time such tests as
were needed to determine their proficiency
and fitness, until now they stand on the
OF a college career or the reali-
ties or life. In no essential particular does
The class differ from any of the others
hat have preceded It during the history of
ne Omaha High school. Its members have
hard and have fairly won the
they have been presented with.
Each has formed some definite plan as TO
me future, subject, of course, to such /
as unforeseen exigencies NAV t
require, and each is full Of vigorous. healthy I
and a desire for usefulness in life. |
These annual graduations from the high I
schools OF the country have been the sub S
OF much Jest, but they mean the yearly /
to citizenship of men and women c
Who have been trained at public expense r
or the assumption Of the duties Of that 7
When they leave the high 6
ichool the young people have been trained {
o think and act intelligently. to approach 8
he problems of life in the light of reason, [
nd to act with understanding on the
erious questions that will confront them.
heir education has not been finished, for
hey have yet to learn to apply in practice
What has only been theory with them up u
o the time OF their graduation, but they 1