Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-19
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
George w. Berge to Be Principal
Speaker at Y. M. c. A. Banquet.
BOOSTING FOR NEW MEMBERS
Lee Wayne, Engineer at Brick Yards,
Has Arm Crushed by Getting H
Caught In the CoEs of the
Clay Mixer.

George W. Berge will be the guest OF
honor and speaker at the Young Mems
Christian association banquet this evening.
The arrangements for his speech we're per-
fected several weeks ago. Mr.. Berge is
given the privilege Of selecting his own
topic, but II is understood that 1t will deal
with the associations relation to the live
questions of political interest.
The banquet is primarily for the purpose
of stimulating membership. Plates will be
laid for loo guests. The hour is $50 y. m.
The membership Of the South Omaha as
ISOLATION has never been what it should
have been since the association closed its
doors while the present quarters were be-
ing erected. Many efforts put forth have
not succeeded in regaining all that was lost
at that time. The membership was then
above 100. The hope or the association
rests on the results OF the present cam
psign.
These matters will be discussed by vari-
Gus members of the board of directors.
The menu of the banquet is in the hands of
the Women's auxiliary. e. d. Wiers will
preside. The toastmaster of the evening is
DR.. r. L. Wheeler. J. P. Bailey will speak
on the physical department work. The mu-
steal numbers will consist of a solo by o.
M. Williams and a selection by the associa-
ton orchestra.
Engineer Loses Arm.
Lee Wayne, Eighteenth and Chicago
streets, Omaha. had his left arm crushed
off yesterday evening at the Krittenbrink
brick yards at Twenty-eighth and V streets.
Wayne is the engineer of the plant and
while oiling a boxing Of the clay mixer his
sleeve caught in a cog and his arm was
drawn into the machine. 1t was mangled
70 Tho o1A1- 4 -u.. l. A. A. Sat
Omaha hospital, where DR.. w. H. Slabaugh
amputated the arm above the elbow joint.
He suffered considerable pain after recover
ing from the anaesthetic.
Abide by InterschoIastIc Rules.
The high school pupils held a mass meet
ing and organized an athletic association
last night. with a membership Of seventy
five. 1t was voted to enter and be gov
erned by the rules of the Interscholastic
association. This ruling will have a de-
cided effect on the foot ball squat. Under
the rule of the association a strt t adher-
ance to the qualifications will bar several
members of the foot ball squad. One of
these is George Rapp, the present captain
and quarterback. The situation is that
Rapp passed in only one study last spring,
when the association requires three. Rapp
has this excuse that he did not take the
IlnaI examination In the other studies,
being forced to leave school before the
term had expired. 1t Is thought that under
the interscholastic rules he will get his
standing from the first semester Of the
year rather than the last. This will allow
him to play in the team. His loss would
be seriously felt and If It can be done
under the rules he will be retained. Clar-
ence Meany and Emil Gall were two other
members affected by the association rules,
1t appears that they have not the same
reason for their standing. 1t was almost
necessary for South Omaha to enter the
association in order to complete it's schedule
and have n chance for the championship
The prospects are bright for the best team
by far that has ever been turned out. Even
with the loss of all contested member
enough material is left for a good team.
The officers Of the South Omaha Inter
scholastic Athletic association are: John
Campbell, president; Russell Clark, vice
president; Prof. r. II. Johnson. secretary
and treasurer. The chair appointed a spe-
cial committee to draft a constitution and
bylaws under the prescribed rules of the
Interscholastic association.
Opium Den RaIded.
The second opium den ever discovered in