Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-29
! IyCOLN MAN PRESIDENT
Superintendent Stephens Selected as Head
Of Teachers Organization.
LINCOLN CONFIDENT or NEXT SESSION
Resistr.tion Near the Two Thousand
Mark and n Considerable In
Grease t. Looked for on
the Last Day.
lFrom a stan CorrespondentO

LINCOLN, Dec. %.-(Special Telegram.)-
Tonight Superintendent W. l. stephens
OF the Lincoln schools was elected presi-
dent of the State Teachers association to
succeed ]. w. Searson of Peru. His OPP
ponents in the balloting in the nominating
committee we're ]. u Delzell of Lexington
who had the backing OF the sixth con-
gressional district, and @. ii. Thomas OF
McCook Mr.. Stephens had not announced
his candidacy and II did not develop TIL
late In the afternoon that he was sure
of election Delzers friends had made
a two days campaign for him. He was
elected vice president and r. II. Graham
OF wymore and t. D. Overholt OF Minden
were reelected secretary and treasurer
respectively. stephens had the backing
Of the entire eastern section Of the state
and had eleven out of the eighteen ballots
when the nominating committee met at
6 o'clock George II. Thomas OF McCook
was elected member OF the executive
committee to succeed ]. f. Delzell and f.
l., Rouse OF Plattsmouth a member OF
the reading circle board.
The location of the next meeting will
be left to the executive committee OF the
association, but the friends Of Lincoln have
been making a strong fight and II is pre-
dicted that II will be located here.
Tonight the registration was near the
ZOO mark and considerable increase Is
looked for tomorrow, the last day.
Tonight the alumni Of the Peru Normal
and the Fremont Normal held banquets.
The general session was devoted to
musical program and a lecture by George
j.. Vincent The general session in the
morning was devoted TO lectures by DIR. G.
O. Hoyt Of Ypsilanti, Mich. and DR.. Myra
G. Reynolds of Chicago. The former spoke
Of THE American Appreciation of Edu-
Gated Citizenship as Evidenced by the Elk
penditure OF $3.50. 100000 Annually on Eiemen-
tary Education"
Numerous section meetings were we'll at
tended In the college section it was de-
cided THAI college training is absolutely es-
scntial for high school teachers.
Trouble for Insurance Companies.
Insurance Deputy Pierce intimated today
that his department has the right under
the general police power to refuse licenses
10 companies which have made false state
ments until the officials responsible for the
Violation OF the law are retired. He has
hecn watching the evidence before the New
York committee very closely and COM
panies which falsihed statements may have
trouble In securing permission to continue
doing business in the state. He said that
the erring officials of the Equitable and
Mutual life had been displaced. but refused
10 indicate which OF the numerous COM
r7nics are likely to come under the ban
From his statement II is believed that some
New York companies will experience
trouble in securing admission until they Sc
cure new officials. Ii was intimated re-
Gently that the department would require
rev examinations In cases where the New
York investigation showed Commissioner
Hendricks to have been lax.
Library Association Meeting.
The Nebraska Library association con-
Guided It's eleventh annual session today
after electing the following officers Presi-
dent @. II. Thomas of McCook; first vice
president. Miss Fanny Geer of Columbus;
second vice president. Miss Mary Ray of
IIearney: secretary, Nellie ]. Compton of
Lincoln: treasurer. Margaret A oBrten of
Omaha.
The next session will be held at Kearney
on the same dates as the Woman's club
meeting, the time for which has not been
definitely determined.
Among the lectures was one by ]. l.
Wyer, the university librarian who advised
the most assiduous study of newspapers by
Librarians who expect to be successful
other speakers discussed topics relating tc
the lending OF books and the pay of libra
rians Miss l.. E. Stearns of Wisconsin
said librarians should get the same salaries
as high school principals.