Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-23

Dedication of Gymnasium-InstRI
New Equipment.


New Equipment.
Mrs Steadman Of the department of mu-
sic accompanied by her ladies' chorus and
the normal orchestra, provided the enter
taInment feature OF the chapel Friday
morning Mrs. Steadman has splendid
chorus OF about fifty voices. Prof Patter-
son is in charge Of the normal orchestra.
Prof. Clark w Hetherington, who is
working under the direction of the Play
ground Association Of America, will visit
Kearney on Tuesday and will lecture at
the chapel Tuesday evening upon the sub
tect of Fairgrounds. He will give an IL
Illustrated lecture at the close Of which he
will meet the teachers of the normal for
conference.
The furniture and equipment for the
north wing. which is now completed, are
arriving and will be installed Monday and
Tuesday. The building will be occupied
when the semester opens on January 25.
The Board OF Education held a meeting I'm
Kearney on January Il and accepted the
building This is one of the finest struc-
lures for school purposes in the middle
west It is built OF gray pressed brick
which blends tremendously with the gray
of the central building. II is l23 feet long
by fifty-seven feet wide. There is also a
connecting building between this and the
main building eSxs6 feet The first floor
win be devoted entirely TO library, both
reference and text: the reading room is
5Sx90 feet, with splendid light. The second
floor contains six fine recitation rooms be-
sides consulting rooms. cloak rooms and
lavatories, This floor viii accommodate the
departments of music ana art. including
clay modelling. reading, elOcution: also the
departments OF English and Latin. The
third floor contains five large laboratory
and lecture rooms besides two consulting
rooms locker rooms, storage and lsvator-
les. The building is finished in the finest
oak.
/ Prof. Porter spent Friday in Hastings.
/ Prof. Mercer attended a meeting Of the
athletic association composed OF delegates
from the various colleges of the state. The
meeting was held In Lincoln Friday,
All OF the members OF the Board OF Edu-
I cation, together with President Hayes of
Peru, President Conn of Wayne and Presi-
dent Sparks Of ChRdron, were in Kearney
on January Il. They arrived on the noon
| train and a special assembly WAS called.
A program consisting OF special music by
4 Mrs. Steadman and addresses by various
members Of the Board OF Education and
the presidents OF the Normal schools was
/ - iaAAhNh anu AululSNtu a piCaSdlA Nohif
/ The students appreciated very greatly the
| opportunity to meet the various members
Of the Board Of Education and the presi-
dents Of the normals
The new gymnasium was dedicated FRI
day evening with a double header IN basket
ball. The girls team from the Grand Is
land High school played the Normal girls
while the Central City Y NJ. c. A. played
I the boys. These were the first games
played by the Normal this year and while
both Central city and Grand Island High
school won the games the Normal is not
discouraged as both teams showed excep.
tioHal form considering the fact that they
have had no suitable place in which q
practice. The new gymnasium, which Is
60XSO feet with a basket bali court 40NcU
will overcome many difficulties, About
the basket bail court is track which viii
give splendid opportunity Tor indoor train
ing. The normal team viii play Wesley an