Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-05
WOMEN TO COMMAND CADETS
Principals Of Omaha Schools to Take
Charge at Stations.
CADETS TO ACT AS GUIDES
VIII Escort Visitors Go the Teach
era Convention to the Head
quarters aud Make selves
Generally Useful.


One hundred uniformed Omaha High
school cadets will be on duty IN the city
wednesday morning to guide the teachers
who come to the forty-sixth annual ses-
sion OF Nebraska pedagogues to the sew
eral places of meeting. These cadets
will be commanded by three women prin-
cipals Of Omaha schools-Mlss Fannie
Forsythe, principal at Leavenworth; Miss
Eta Smith, principal at Monmouth park,
and Miss Ann L. Hutchins, principal OF
the Franklin school
Miss Forsythe and fifteen cadets will
be in charge Of the Webster street sta
ton where they viii capture visiting
school ma'ams and school masters indls-
criminately, Miss Smith with company
of promising young soldiers will hold
the fort at the Burlington and Miss
Hutchins will be In charge OF the Union
depot. Each principal has been delegated
supreme command of her company and
will direct maneuvers without interior
ence.
While neither Of the three women lead
ers Of the young soldiers has seen actual
military service all have been pronounced
competent to command an army II nee
~tn'f'as . AAASS A. pAeg AlAeg sbhlAh AGdIlAtA
who is serving her first year as prin-
cipal, established her right beyond a
doubt to at least a captains commission
when she safely rescued 500 children from
the Leavenworth school Friday when fire
for a time threatened the destruction OF
the building.
The move to organize a cadet lnforma-
ton brigade was found necessary since al
least 1000 teachers will visit Omaha from
the state and also from Iowa. Many OF
these have not been in Omaha and Others
will not be informed as to places of meet.
ing and where rooms can be secured. This
information is to be furnished by the
cadets, who will also escort teachers Il
the session chambers.
AS indication that the attendance at the
convention will be the greatest ever as.
sembled to any teachers convention In
Nebraska the local arrangements commit.
tee point TO the fact that nearly 20OC
rooms have been reserved. The Younl
Mems Christian association alone ha,
listed 1900 and the majority Of then
have been taken.
r. J. Barr, superintendent Of the Grant
island schools, notified Superintendent
f. U. Graft of Omaha Saturday that HI
would attend the Nebraska teachers con.
venuon beginning Wednesday with forty
five teachers from Grand Island. Severa
other principals and superintendent
throughout the state have notified tbs
local arrangements committee that theii
schools would close to allow the teacher!
an opportunity to attend the big conven
ton.
A reception for the teachers will bt
held Thursday evening at which MAJ
Landow will play and Miss Mary Nun
chhoff will sing. The South Omaha High
School orchestra win play in the interims
The enrolment fee of 81 will admit teach
ers to all sessions and to this reception.
The committee has decided to begii
enrolment Wednesday morning at tn,
Rome hotel and also at the Auditorium
1t was at first planned to have all teach
ers enroll at one place, but so man!
schools of the state have signified thei
Intention of sending such o large numbe
that all could not be properly HANDLED
at one registration place.
When the first session is held at thu
Auditorium the visiting pedagogues will
see a room draped with hundreds o
United States flags, large and small, will
a background of green bunting. THREE
hundred huge flags are being used II
the decorations in addition to hundred
OF smaller ones