Omaha daily bee., 1904-12-29
STATE TEACHERS GET BUSY
Firm General Session Of Association is Vsry
T Well Attended. m
SECTIONS MEET AND EltcT OFFICERS
Afternoon spent I'm orssnisstipn and
Evening Given over 60 Addresses
of welcome, Responses
and Music.

The first general evening session Of the
thirty-ninth annual meeting OF the Ne
braska State Teachers association served
to comfortably fill the First Methodist
church. The session was opened by IN
vocation by Rev. E. Combie Smith, pastor
Of the church. He was followed by an adj
dress Of welcome by City Attorney c. G.
Wright who was formerly Identified with
the profession of teaching Mr.. Wright re-
called his school days and took from the
past some lessons that he said have helped
him through life. V
TN these days of cynicism and pessimlsm,
the one great bulwark we may look to
for the preservation Of the republic is the
teachers" said Mr.. Wright. And II you
would inoulcate in your pupils civic pa
triotism and honesty, and all those things
that go to make true men and women,
you must have within yourselves those
qualities that will inspire confidence in
your, teachings. You must be convinced
that honesty IL the best policy and so on
down the line"
Mr.. Wright was followed by response
by w. L. Stephens, superintendent of the
Lincoln schools. Mr.. Stephens referred in
a humorous vein TO the little feeling of
rivalry supposed to exist between the capt.
tai and the metropolis of the state. I'VE
are here in Omaha, to lay aside the past
differences and to assemble for the purpose
of discussing subjects of interest at least
indirectly to 27S000 school children of the
state" The speaker paid a tribute to the
spirit of the west" in that 1t produced a
sturdy and intelligent race OF men and
women and closed with a few general re-
marks Of interest to the teachers t
The Royal Hungarian orchestra rendered
n ha afr Iua
OF the musicians seemed to strike a par
ticularly sympathetic chord on the SEN
sitive nerves of the teachers. The orches-
ira was we'll received. n
Election of Section Omcers. ia
Yesterday afternoon the various sec
tions OF the Teachers association met ct
the High school, listened to papers and
elected officers The officers elected are
as follows: Literature section; Miss Mary
p. Thompson of Doane college, president; /;
Miss Taylor. of South Omaha, secretary.
Latin section: II. Gillespie OF Doane col
lege, president; Miss Mary Ross of South
Omaha. secretary. Mathematical section:
Miss Edith Long OF Lincoln. president; w.
J. Hunting Of North Platte. vice president;
w. II. Wagner Of Hebron, secretary
Physical science section: Prof. Herbert
Brownell Of the State normal, president
DR.. H. A. Sentry, secretary. History sec
ton: M. Bracelen, secretary treasurer;
Miss Grace Abbott, Miss Kennedy, Mr..
Aylesworth. e. B. Sluman and Prof. Cald-
well, advisory board. Child study section
Mrs. Harriet Moller, president; w. B.
Hart, secretary and treasurer; F. NJ
Smith and NJ. Monday, executive commit
tee. German section: T, M. Boswell, presi-
dent; Pearl Bookefellow, secretary Sci
ence section; A J. Mercer, president; J. A.
Loveland, secretary. ltt
One of the large events in connection
with the meeting of the state teachers
will be the reception to be given at the
Auditorium this evening. Among the or
CARNATIONS that will be. represented will
be tho Woman's, club, Young Womens
Christian association, Young Mems Chris
tian association. Commercial club, La
brary association. etc. committee from
each organization will constitute the re-
ception committee. Punch will be served
at various tables and every effort Is be-,
ing made to make the event an enjoyable
one for the visiting teachers in particu-
lar. The program for this morning Is:
GENERAL sEssIoN-Thursday, a M.
First Methodist Church.
Music-The Hills of Tyrol. .Thummel
"a Singular rWsgner Chorus
What is the Practical in Education?"..
.:B. l. Dooge. Ph. D.. Ypsllanti, Mich:
Music-Daddy Observation-Disclosures. Behrend
Wagner Chorus.
Social Discontent; Some OF Its Causes
and Remedies" Rev. NJ. p. Dowling,
President Creighton University, Omaha
Business session ........................
The program to be given at this evenings
general session at the Auditorium and to
precede the reception, will be as follows;
Music-Pilgrim's Chorus. Wagner
Wagner chorus.
Bedrock in Anglo-Saxon Civilization"
..,...,..........,...G General u. T. Sweeney
Mustc-The Lost Chord. .....,...h...S Sullivan