Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-29
SCdOOL AND COLLEGE WORK
Active Preparations for Opening Of
School Year.
RALROAD PRESIDENTS MEMORIAI
sunny Beams on the Routine Ol
Heachers' wOrk.-LOcaI and Dis
~ tant Doings In the school
world.

The opening Of the new year in the Uni
versity OF Nebraska begins Tuesday. Sep
ternber 20. Many Of the young men and
young women OF the state each year be
sin their college courses in the state uni
versity. Its people are better represented in
rs state institution than those Of any
other state. For each 800 inhabitants there
IL one student enrolled in the state uni
versity. This year the authorities are ex-
pecting the usual healthy increase in at
tendance.
Recent inquiries made by the state uni
versity Of students enrolled In its summer
session showed that some OF the school
boards take into consideration the amount
OF college or university training its teach
ers have had in graduating it's salaries paid.
The occasion for inquiries was a request
from the bureau OF education at Washing
ton. ID, c.. relative TO teachers enrolled in
the various summer sessions throughout
the United States The bureau is endeavor-
ing to study more closely educational needs
\ With reference to the salaries paid it's
teachers.
The state university this coming year
offers for the first time a fully outlined
course of four years study in agricultural
engineering. Practically all of the work
has heretofore been offered in individual
course but never presented in way so
fully recognized by engineering as relating
to agriculture. 1t is especially planned for
those who intend in some manner 10 teach
the subject and for those who contemplate
the management of large farms or ranches
which are handled on an extensive scale.
The problems needing attention in this field
are farm engineering. farm motors. irriga-
tion drainage sewage disposal and water
systems, besides other problems Of a tenn
porary character That present themselves.
Among the university graduates, who
were elected to good positions as teachers
the last week are the following Margaret
Smith, high school, Gretna; Wilma Wood
grade teacher hfIavelock Wilhelmina
Wechbach, high school, Wakefield: Enda
King, high school Byron, ILL.,. Bessie Brent
yer, assistant principal, swanton.
There Is no vacation for the lecture and
musical salient of the university extension
department. Prof. f. A Stuff delivered two
lectures before the Cedar county teachers
institute August 25 The steckelberg Con
cert company entertained the Knox countS
teachers at Creighton. August 20. The Uni
versity Concert company will appear on tn,
program Of the Wilsonville chautauqua
September 2. Dean e. A. Burnett of tn,
agricultural college viii be the princlpa
speaker Farmers day at the wilsonvilI,
chautauqua. Dr..A. J. Northrup will delive
his celebrated lecture on "Savonarola" a
Wilsonville on the evening OF September, !
DR.. l. #. Roach will be the orator for tn
Old Settlers picnic at Ohiowa, August 81
Rev. Carl p. Hoiberg, president of tn
Danish. college at Nysted, who is a grad
uate of the University OF Copenhagen, ha
enrolled with the extension department 70
the correspondence course on Life an
Times OF Lincoln" He states In his appli
cation that his purpose IN taking TIL
course is TO become acquainted with tn
first American" Mr.. J. w. Jacobson.
letter carrier OF South Omaha, has tn
honor Of having completed aNgreater mum
Der OF correspondence courses than an
student who has yet enrolled with tn
extension department He has finished on
course In civics, one in bookkeeping, on
in phycical- geography, one on the LIT
and Times OF Lincoln" and one in Englisl
and has just registered for English No.
and the course OF Nebraska history an
Nebraska problems in legislation and al
ministration as given by Prof A D. She
don. Mr. jacobson devotes three hour
study per day TO his extension worl
Through the extension department the un
versity is brought to him as II may be ,
every progressive student. who cannot ps,
sue resident work at the university.
Mrs. Margaret II. Vollbehr, secratarv r
the teachers bureau. spent Sunday at
family reunion at her home in Superior.
Miss Aimee l. Wilson. who has been {
the head Of the stenographic bureau Il
several years, has resigned to go in bus
ness for herself at Spokane, Wash.