Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-03
AND COLLECE WORK
Various Events at Nearby and Dis
tant Institutions. "
UNIVERSITY BUSINESS TRAINING
College Influence In the PubIic Life
of the Country-Limits of Car
neEIe PhIantbropy-Eda-
e~attonaI Notes.
stat. Normal school Al k~enrner.

state Normal schOoi at h~earneys
The last week brought notice Of the
election Of the following students: Miss
Corinne Orchard. intermediate at Silver
Creek; Misses Madse Loverin. Catherine
Nye. Edith Kreis and Nettie vosbers in
the Kearney schools.
Pr, sident Thomas left for Nelson, sat
urday, to address the Nuckolls County
Teachers ASSOCIATION.
The debate between the girls Of the
Peru Normal and the girls Of the Kearney
normal took place in the chapel Friday
evening, the question being. Resolved,
That the Cities Of Nebraska Having a
Population of loco or More Should Adopt
the Commissioned system Of Municipal
Government The kearney sirls held the
affirmative.
Prof. Neale and Miss Greves each ad-
dressed the Keith County Teachers as
sociation at Ogslslls Saturday.
Miss Kate Driscoll Of Valentine spent
several days last week visiting friends at
the normal. She returned to Valentine
Sunday.
Miss Anna Caldwell. kindergarten super
visor, and Miss Gertrude Graves of the
normal gave a program at Grand Island
Thursday night.
Tit students in the biological depart
menb of the normal are making good use
Of the new field glasses in studying the
birds of the vicinity, and the botany classes
make frequent excursions to the alfalfa
fields and to the Platte river in search Of
the belated spring flowers.
The Young Women Christian associa-
ton of the normal gave their annual May
supper in the dining room OF the new
Methodist Episcopal church on May l..
Preparations were made for serving 100
people. At this supper strawberries and
cream was the feature of the menu.
The fourth, fifth and sixth grades IN
the practice schools have lately done some
very creditable work in design. Ali pu-
pills in the room were requested to make
designs suitable for border decorations for
scrim window curtains which the girls OF
the room had hemstltched. Out of the
many designs thus procured, Miss Lowe,
the critic teacher, selected the best, and
under her direction the boys cut stencils
from this design and the girls and boys
together mixed and applied paints. After
completing the curtains all took pride in
adjusting them to the windows and feel
a great pride in their product.
The really big musical event of the year
in Kearney will take place Monday even
ing, May "a, at the kearney Opera house.
On that date the Oratorio society Of the
State Normal school will, under direction
of Mrs. Stesdman, with Miss Grace Hsmer
at the piano, present as a part of the
yearly commencement work Gaul's can
tata, THE Holy City This work will be
given entire by a finely balanced chorus OF
100 voices. or the many fine choruses in
this work, mention may be made OF Thine
Is the Kingdom" Great and Marvellous"
and the double chorus, Let the Heavens
Rejoice This latter consists of two four
part ehoirs, fifty voices in each. The
soloists chosen so far are Mss Mercer,
Mrs. Steadman and Prof. George n. ror-
ter. The tenor will be H. G. lessen of
Omaha, who comes very highly recon-
mended. Music for baccalaureate Sunday,
May %, and commencement day. May 26,
will be Of the best and will consist of
work by the Girls Glee club, a mixed
chorus, a quintet, vocal solo work and
pipe organ numbers.