The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-03-31
TEACHERS TAKE NORFOLK.
SCHOOL MA'AMs ARRIVE FROM
ALL OVER NORTH NEBRASKA.
GOOD MEETINGS ARE PROMISED
From Every Look and Act, II ls EVi.
dent That the Teachers Haven't
Grown Any Older Than They We're
When They Visited Norfolk Last.

The school ma'ams Of northern Ne.
brasla took charge of Norfolk this
morning and every train that has ar.
| rived all day long brought scores and
scores of them to the city TO attend
the annual convention of their asso.
citation which will be held here dur.
ing the next three days of this week.
Spring vacations which have begun
In the schools of the state, aud which
began In Norfolk today, have permit
ted the teachers to leave their duties
with books at home and como to Nor.
folk for Il right good time all week,
getting together aud listening to the
many instructive papers and lectures
which will hold forth.
Norfolk has entertained these self
| same teachers before, and knows how
to appreciate them when they come
back. Not for several years, 1t Is true,
have they assembled in this city Tor
their convention, Fremont and Colum-
bus having had turns at II, but they
all feel at home in Norfolk Just the
same and Norfolk feels as though II
! knew them before they ever arrived.
Many homes I'm the city have thrown
open their doors to the teachers, and
many others of them are stopping at
the hotels Of the city Tho weather
of today has been better than II gen.
orally Is when The teachers arrive, so
there may be some hope yet that the
N ~ IA, of
stant gloom.
The sessions begin this afternoon
and tonight the declamatory contest,
in which twenty schools of all over
this section of the state are represent
ed will hold the boards. The sessions
will continue tomorrow, both morning
and afternoon, with an entertainment
tomorrow night. On Friday the same
sort of program will be followed, the
event ending Friday night in time for
the teachers to return to their homes
on Saturday if they choose.
The school ma'am held sway today
everywhere about town. The potent
topic which greeted the citizen from
wherever he might be, had to do with
the fetching school maam, They look
just about as they did several years
ago-thcre are, in fact, no signs of
their having grown any older during
their absence from Norfolk They are
still the same diguiGcd crowd, with
little clicks of their own for passing
away the time. Their looks show that
they have been working hard all win
ter and that they need rest, for
school teachers, If any class of work
crs, are entitled to all of the rest they
can get out Of life.
Contestants have been arriving all
day for the declamatory entertain.
ment tonight and it is said that the
competition will be 50 fierce that in
tercst will not lag for minute
throughout the program.
The meetings, both day and even
ing, will be held in the NJ. r.. Church
The local committee believed it had
secured the Auditorium for the even
ing meetings, but the arrangement
has fallen through, and all meetings
perintendent O'Connor is authority
for the statement that he hired the
Auditorium from the local manager
for three evenings for $50, or $40 an
evening. When the matter went to
the Sioux City manager he stated that
a Shakespearean play was booked in
the house for Friday evening, and
asked that the teachers make that a
part Of their program for the week.
When he was informed that the teach.
ers' program was complete including
Friday night he replied that the house
was taken for Thursday night also,
but later said that this date might he
cancelled for $50. II appears that the
company that was coming here, learn
ing the situation, cancelled the date
OF its own accord, then the house was
offered to the teachers for two nights
at $l20. This was way beyond the
capacity OF the teachers 10 pay, and
they then said they would take the
house for tonight, suppOsing of course
that the price of $50 originally made
would hold good Yesterday, however,
the local committee was notified that
the house for tonight would cost $50, |
and they very promptly concluded 10
eliminate the opera house from their
calculations altogether and transfer
their meetings to the church
This kind of treatment OF Norfolk |
people does not go far toward popu
larizing the Auditorium. The teach
ers are Norfolks guests and the city
is anxious to have them well pleased
and well treated during their visit
here, so that what might have been
done by the management Of the house
to assist in entertaining the visitors
would have been taken by the people !
OF the city as a personal favor. But
evidently the management does not |
care for the good will OF the people |