Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-15
Nebraska
FIRE DAY FOR THE SCHOOLS
Teachers Over State Will Be Expected
to Tell Pupils.
RESULT OF FIRE WARDENs WORK
Sample Program Outlined by state
superintendent for. Use Generally
throughout state Of Nebraska
-Millcrs Meet.
CFrom 8taff Corregpondent)

F'rom Staff CorresUondent)
LINCOLN. oct tSpeclalJ-The first
Friday IN November November L. 1910 Will
be known as fire day Every teacher will
be requested Go give the children some tn
formation about fire risks and what to DO
u case of fire. The work or the teachers
Will be systemized and aided through the
use OF fire prevention text book when
has been prepared under the supervision
Of Fire Warden a. v. Johnson. About TO-
90 copies Of this book will be distributed
among the teachers.
FIRE day" has been fixed for November
by state Superintendent Bishop.
Detailed PROGRAM.
\ on this day program devoted to fire
eduoauon will be urged upon all Of the
: teachers. tho program outlined in the text
book being as follows:
Each teacher will arrange a program
from the material at hand and obtainable
aEd IN accordance with the facilities OF the
school These points should be kept In
mind. .....
/. Program should be such as to stimu-
late an interest'in the subject.
2 Some helpful knowledge should be i'm
parted
3 The program should be such that each
pupil will feel O. personal responsibility in
taking the proper precoutlon in his own
home and In other places where there Is
occasion for the presence Of fire or ma
terials which might lead 20 the production
Of fire.
Special invitations should be given 20
school officers and patrons TO be present
fire day"
Tho program may include tho following
features:
Music natriotic seIectiona
Introductory remarks by the teacher as
to the origin OF fire day ard the need of
It's observation.
Compositions by pupils on the following
SUBJECTS:
THE use and abuse of matches"
use OF kerosene and lamps; how 70
klndle a fire and how not 70 ldndle fire,
etc"
Story of the origin and results Of the
Chicago, Baltimore and other fires.
Discussions by the school on SUBJECTS
presented in compositions, and questions
by the teacher which will bring out discus
sions.
These questions should be made so direct
. that any careless habits in handling fire
or fire material will be brought to notice
Pupils will become interested in knowing
the safest and best ways Of dealing with
; fire.
The text book also includes snort chap
ters on the following subjects: The extent
of the fire waste, carelessness with
matches. the safety match, when matches
cause death, coal oil or kerosene lamps,
kindlng a fire, stoves for cooking and
heating fires from chimneys, stovepipes
,and smoke, sparks the ash heap and the
coal pile danger from heating gas, danger
from Christmas trees, electricity and fire
protection.
Tho business Of this fro commission is
10 prevent fires where possible and to hunt
out incendiary fires. In the work of fire
prevention a general campaign of educa-
ton is regarded as effectual and the issu-
ance of the text book in connection with
the programs 70 be carried out in all
schools on sire day is an attempt to
make fire education a live subject.
Miners Meet.
Twenty-Five members Of the South Platte
\ NailIers' club met Thursday afternoon at
the LAndell for an informal discussion Of
the wheat market. Anllsrs from over the
entire Platte valley were in attendance
during the afteTnon and twenty stayed
for q banquet at the Undell in the even
ing. There was no toast list az the ban
gust, but an informal discussion OF the
wheat market was engaged in.
Moving Material Yards.
BmpAoyes OF the Burlington storehouse
are engaged IN loading cars with the ma
terials which heretofore have been stored
In the lincoln yards. The office depart
meut moved Friday 70 the new quarters
at Havelock and the materials Of which
Il has charge will follow as fast as they
can be moved The old building in the
yards is to be converted into a storage
room for Odd roCoroA
Company Changes Plan.
The German-Amsrican Mutual Life In
surance company has changed from a mu-
tual writing a stipulated premium policy
with profit-sharing clause to a company
having on deposit a reserve of 100000
writing q mutual legal reserve level pre-
MUM policy. The change has been au-
thorized by the insurance department and
Is made in accordance with the insurance
law allowing mutuals TO engage IN old line
business when the proper reserve has been