The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

u. s. Conn, Columbus, vice.president
Miss Florence link ONeill, sec.
rotary treasurer.
"Cut out shop" That's what the
school folks" told their committee
of nine" It's what the Committee
of nine" whispered to the special
commltte of three" It's probable that
some suggestion of this will slip into
the constitution of the new club. It's
certain that the speakers at next years
banquet will be put next"
Talk of the higher life, of politics
in the first ward of cabbages and of
kings but not of the birch rod and the
speler nor of the why's" Of new certi-
fication plan and the assorted five
essentials" Please don't talk shop.
school folks" from north Nebraska
who gathered in Norfolk Friday for
their new north-state club, which they
launched with business meeting and
a first annual banquet" have a SER
ious purpose in the new organization
which starts so auspiciously but that
purpose the school people agreed was
not to talk shop In other words the
North Nebraska School Folks Club"
is not to be a competitor of the North
Nebraska Teachers association which
holds annual meetings in Norfolk.
The big spring association meeting
in Norfolk with its attendance of half
a thousand is properly very much of
the Snoopy shop" The new club Is
a social organization of north Nebraska
educators to bring them together in a
cultural way, to expand common bene-
fits that come from men and women in
the same line of work meeting tOgetl-
er occasionally.
What the school folks meant when
they frowned at "shops" was that
coming together in the annual banquet
they would forget school teaching but
remember the while that they were
school teachers. The promoters of the
club believe that anything that broad
ems the teacher makes for the benefit
of the school.
The present idea of organization
formulated roughly yesterday by the
committee of nine" contemplates an
annual meeting of the club. The after
noon will be given over to the busin-
ess meeting and program # an hour
or so at which the ban" on shop will
be lifted. In the evening the banquet
proper will be given. The toasts will
be along varied lines and will avoid
written papers. A speaker of promin-
ence from away may be the guest Of
honor at the banquet.
The business meeting Of the embryo
club was called to order in the Pacific
hotel Friday afternoon by President
A. " Teed of the North Nebraska
Teachers association. Miss link of
| O'Neill secretary of the organization
acted as secretary of the gathering.
The North Nebraska School Folks
Club" was accepted as the title Of the
organization.
Along the line Of organization a
l"committee of nine" consisting of the
presidents of the three North Platte
normals. three county superintend-
ents and three city superintendent,
was named to meet in Lincoln, on the
occasion of the stale association meet
| ing, for the purpose Of formulating
report on the purposes of the club
and outlining a constitution to be pass
ed on next year. The committee is
composed of President J. NJ. Pile of
the Wayne normal, President w. Fl.
| - &C hr
iGtnt o. A. Thomas Of The Kearncy
state normal, Supevint andent f. s.
Perdue of Madison county, Superinten-
dent Florence e. link of Holt county,
Superintendent Pilgay of Pierce county
Superintendent U. 5. Conn of Column
bus, Superintendent ] Il. Delzell of
Lexington and Superintendent Camp
| bell of West Point.
Superintendent z. ]. Bodwell, head
of the Norfolk schools. received a
pretty compliment in election as the
| first president of the new club SUI
perintendent U. s. Conn of Columbus
was named as vice-president. Miss
Florence Z. link, county superinten-
dent of Holt country, was elected sec
rotary treasurer. These officers con-
stitute the clubs executive committee.
1t was voted that the members pres
ent at the initial meeting and banquet
should become charter members of
| the club.
While the meeting place of the new
club has not been determined the senti-
ment of the charter members is known
to be very favorable to Norfolk, the
hub city of north Nebraska. In fact,
meeting of north Nebraska school
folks held any place but in Norfolk
would be very much out of place.
And the school folks know It,
FORMAL OPENING OF DEPOT.