Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-24
NEWS FROM PERU NORMAL.
Series OF Debate Covering Many
Topics of Live Interest.

bGEheA OF DGhMte9 Covering many
Topics of Live Interest.
One Of the best series Of debates that has
ever been held in Peru closed Saturday
evening after five consecutive sessions. The
five questions which were discussed are
Trade Unions.'' Central National Bank. 4"
"Laborer's Old Age Pensions" Income
Tax" and Equal Wages for Both Sexes"
The following speakers took part: Neva
Best Of Homer, Archie Hosterman Of
B~rownvilie, Sanford Clements of Elmwood,
Mary Wright of Nebraska City. Joseph
Goldstien Of Dawson, j. b. Dennis Of
Peru, Ira Crock, OF Salem, D.. II. Weber
OF Barnston, Maude e. Wilson of Ray
mond, Emery Veatch of Fairbury, Anna
Daniel Of Clarkson. George e. GOWN Of
on aha, Audubon Neff of Rural Retreat,
Va, L. W. Dirks of Johnson, Winifred
Perkins of Mullen, A. j. Stoddard OF Au.
burn, o. E.. Lincoln Of College View, Elmer
Christianson of Craig, Mabel Banks Of
wausa, John Branigan Of Falls City, J. D..
MacMillen Of Frankfort, Mo. Mabel Bruner
Of Randolph, Carrie Hansen Of Homer,
Joy e. Morgan of Upland, Ethel Robinson
Of Humboldt. c. j. Skinner of Peru, G.. p.
Clark OF Lincoln. Martha Giltner of Madi-
son, Anna Fehlman of Fairbury and Percy
DNpShNlhi6 VI NhduiHOn, ne QSCiSlOnE OIL inc
judges. DR.. Fl. c.. House, Prof. G. B. Cornell
and Prof. Louise Mears, will ,Ps published
early next week. AZ
Prof. Weeks. head of the department of
agriculture, accompanied by his assistant.
A.. c. Kuenning, took an exhibit from that
department to the Nebraska Corn Breeders
asFo citation at lincoln this week.
Superintendent E. j. Bodwell of Beatrice,
nrAaidant Of Tho naord - Tr.n-g,-~o o.
state Certificates, and Joseph Sparks. presl-
dent of the Board of Examiners for County
Certificates, visited Peru Thursday. They
Peru is used by them as a basis upon
which to grade the professional training
In the other schools OF the state. Each
gave o splendid address at convocation.
Prof. ]. w Searson has been called to
Grand Island. to the. home OF his aged
father, who is IN a critical condition and
Is not expected to live.
The students and faculty at Peru were
grieved TO learn of ythe death oof Prot.
Murks of the commercial department at
the Kearney normal. Appropriate resolu-
tons were passed by the students and
faculty here and forwarded<to the Kearney
normal school and to the family of Prof.
Murks.
The hall was crowded last Sunday, when
the five delegates who attended the Roch-
ester student volunteer convention gave
their reports. Each gave a short, spicy
talk on some phase of the convention. The
subjects and speakers were as follows:
General Impressions of the Great Conven.
tiOn and It's Meaning Joy e. Morgan;
The Eastern Mission Fields" Barbara
CaIdwill; The Western Mission Fields, +"
Rolla Fosnot; The Spiritual Message OF
the Convention" Frances Willard Blake;
'Rochester's Message to Peru" Prof. Cliff
ford Hendricks.
Word has been received to the effect that
Prof. X. C. Scott has accepted the position
OF physical director, to which he was re-
Gently elected. Prof. Scott and family are
expected to reach Peru within a few days.
At the home OF Mr., and Mrs, Charles
Pesco occurred Thursday evening the mar.
riage of their daughter, Mary Cynthia, to
William Harrison Hutchinson of Peru. Rev.
w. e. Darrow officiated. Miss Pasco
graduated last June from the Peru state
normal and Mr.. Hutchinson is one Of the
popular young men Of Peru.
Citizens OF Peru are pleased that Prof.
Ross House, head of the music conserva-
tory here Is to make arrangements for
special classes in voice work for children.
This win add greatly to tho musical inter-
est in Peru, which is now known as a
city remarkable for its music.