Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Naughty Sophomores Are Forced to
Stay After School.
THEY sNEAKED AGAINST RULES
DIR. r. l.. LOvcIRnd Lectures on
"The Cry of the Children" for
Benefit OF west side
Mission.

The sophomore class Of the Omaha High
school last week took the reins in its own
hands and a large squad left the high
school campus in a body and visited
Chnd's Point. carrying out in the lesser
Institution all the traditional features Of
sneak day at the universities. The plans
Of the other classes fell through or the
ranks Of the school would have been de- /
pleted. Only twenty-five or thirty Of the |
sophomores succeeded in getting away. |
The faculty had given plenty of warning |
that the move would not be countenanced. |
Now those who were absent are required !
to make all Of the time missed by remain f!
ing one hour later each day for seven
days. All the class meetings Of the soph-
omores have been prohibited. Those who
participated are forbidden the holding OF
any position Of trust or engaging in ath-
letic contest or other competitive contest
representing the school or class.
The Junior class was given a half holiday
Friday for having presented the best record
! in attendance
Manual Training Pleases Patrons.
Thursday and Friday afternoons at Haw-
thorne school and Brown Park school were
| given over to a presentation of the work
accomplished in the manual training de-
partment as far as it has been developed
| in these schools. In both schools this was
the first year and the first public eNhibi-
ton. Hawthorne school gave it's enter
tainment Thursday and Brown Park Fri
day. At the former place a program was
rendered, consisting of exhibition class
work in the manual training departments
from the kindergarten up. The classes in
bench work, clay modelling and sewing
were shown at work. Specimens of work,
) including all the perfected articles, were
arranged in a big exhibit room where hun
dreds of parents and friends took great
} pride in them and expressed the greatest
satisfaction.
At Brown Park Friday a similar pro-
gram was carried out. The primary grades
gave a musical number. The second grade
pupils gave a dramatzed reading. The
seventh and eighth grades gave fine ex-
hibition of the methods used in teaching
sewing Prof Nichols and Miss Meyers
conducted the classes the former in bench
work and the latter In clay modelling. The
exhibits were excellent. The teachers were
a trifle anxious as to what the patrons
would think, but they need have had little
fear, for the highesi praise was poured
out for the new work. 1t is evident that
the next few years will see vast change
in instruction in the grades in the South
: Omaha schools, in which the work of
manual training will play a greater and
> greater part.
"Cry of the Children"
Rev. DR.. Frank l.. LoVeland of the First
, Methodist church of Omaha, gave his lee
ture last night at the Methodist church OF
South Omaha for the benefit Of the West
side mission. The attendance was fair. DR.
I.oveland chose as his topic the CRY ol
the Children" He emphasized the right OF
the child to be well born. ''It is more
= faulty theory of economies to breed poor
: specimens of human kind, than II tht
: breeder of stock were to persist in rear
ing tho worst blood in his herd The fact
remains, however, and 1t is illustrated bJ
= the thousands of pinched, unhappy, flacclC
- faces of children that they lack the essen
tlal points of well-bred animals Beneath
the burden of an ineffective body the wal
of their souls arises to God.
. Humanity has not the right to brint
e such offspring into existence. We hav'
II as a church, spent too much time EN-
d phaslzing the fact that we must be born
again. Now, would it not be better If W,
e had been born right the first time.
V I'VE spend a vast amount OF effort il
g. revivals, in campmeetngs and chautau
n ouas to save formless, besotted adul
and we are too delicate to insist on observ
y ance of laws which would give the indi
IS vidual power to resist the inroads of pas
n sion.
Expense of Crime.
"The state spends enormous sums in con
victing and Furnishing adults for ever
species of crime Douglas county spend
$4,000 annually in its department of jus
r tlce. Yet when an appropriation is aske
for steps to prevent crime tremendou
opposition is met. But Of late better sign
4 are coming. The juvenile court has adopte
- the principle of prevention as opposed I
punishment. The duty Of the state is n
longer looked upon as it was
THE church and the state have sper
vast amount of time preparing divorc
IN laws, but the laws covering marriage al
IN limited to an age qualification only. A
10 the penalties OF msmating and of unfor'
to seen causes OF unhappiness could best
rt prevented before the marriage bond is ell
tered. l, for one, advocate the requiremer
4. Of a rigid physical examination to the car
e. didates; for with all the romantic VI
VI realities which we love to cast about II
n union of men and women, broader than a
al sentiment, or creed, or intellect is II
physical man and physical woman. Wal
~
homes Of perfect physical harmony"
Jesse Carr Dismissed.
Jesse Carr was given his prelIminal
trial and dismissed before Judge Callanf
yesterday from the charge of shooting Wi
Intent to wound. He was charged wi
5 shooting Fred Fryson, a negro Of oman
at the residence OF man named Page,
Pidgeon on the night OF April a. II
&c evidence showed that Fryson had come
South Omaha looking for trouble and HI
formerly threatened Jesse Carr. He e
tered the place pretending to be looki
-. for his wife and while he looked throul
- every room he failed to see Carr. He we
- down the stairs and Is said to have be
e' told that Carr was still in the rooms.
started back upstairs, when Carr stepp
,es out on a landing above him and fired y
- shots at him. One shot struck FryseC
le' the stomach, inflicting a flesh w9uud- Z
DC court held that Carr fired in gelt-dsfense