Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-05
Nebraska
Normal Board
at Alliance
Land Inspected and Members Enter
tanned at Banquet in the
Evening.

ALLIANCE, Neb., Jan. A-(Special.)-
Members Of the State Board of Education
visited Alliance Monday to inspect the site,
offered for the new normal school. The
party was greeted by the city's foremost
citizens and taken to the Drake hotel.
where luncheon was served, being Joined
therein by the reception committee, which
consisted of G. l.. Griggs, f. e. Reddish.
w. w. Norton, S. X. Warrick and Mayor
F. w. Harris.
The committee escorted the guests over
the city and to the various tracts offered
for their consideration as sites for the
normal, either Of which the Alliance citi-
zen believes is sufficiently attractive to war
rant immediate acceptance for a normal.
Emphasis was laid on the advantages
offered such an institution by the modern
city of Alliance.
The trip of the afternoon was followed at
6 o'clock by a banquet at the Alliance hotel.
which more than 100 citizens attended.
The invocation was pronounced by Rev.
]. l.. Vallow of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Ira E. fash, postmaster and presi-
dent Of the Commercial club, was toast
master. r. NJ. Hampton, vice president Of
the First National bank and president Of
the Nebraska Stock owe association,
entered seriously into the advantages
offered by Alliance for the normal, in re-
spending to the subject. Western Ne
braska-Its Future Development"
"Alliance-Its Moral and Religious Atmos-
phere," was dwelt upon by Father w. l..
Mcnamara, pastor Of the Holy Rosary
Catholic church. He said Alliance should
have the school because it is a city COM
posed of law-abiding citizens. when l
discovered the subject upon which 1 was
to speak," said Father Mcnamara, Il began
to cast about for material. 1 betook my
self to the legal fraternity of our city and
l was informed, not by one, but by all the
attorneys of Alliance, hat one attorney
could easily attend 10 ali the law practice
of Box Butte county and one legal gentle-
man, in order to add force to his argument,
added that this one would surely starve to
death.
Alliance is a city of over 5000 inhabi-
tants. Yes, 1t is a busy city, but from this
you must not get the impression that 1t is
not a religious city. We have nine large
churches, built and maintained by the peo-
pie of Alliance. Other cities can boast of
their large congregations of women, of
their large Sunday school classes, and while
we are not behind them in these, we sur
pass all others in the number of church
going men.
when the Catholics of northwestern Ne
braska decided to build an academy to care
for the needs of the people, they decided
after mature elaboration to place it where
1t was likely to do the most good and
minister to the wants of the greater mum
Der, and it was in Alliance that st. Agnes
academy was built"
Senator L. L Raymond of SCOTS Bluff
followed, speaking to the subject, 'Tribu-
tary Territory" Mr.. Raymond said the
newly opened up portion of the valley along
the Union Pacific road was also in the van
for the location of the normal at Alliance.
Superintendent Of City Schools D.. W.
Hayes, an ex-member of the State Board
of Education, gave Educational Data .
He produced facts and figures In proved
that from a meager beginning the Junior
Normal that has been located in this city
for the last several years has gradually
grown to be the largest of its kind in the
state.
Under the escort of the Crawford COM
mittee, the board will leave In the morn
ing for that place after which they will
proceed to Chadron, Alliances most for
midabie opponent.