The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-04-07
The Teachers Chance Days.

The second days session OF the
North Nebraska Teachers association
was ushered in with wet snow which
covered the earth during the night.
Tonight James II. Garfield, secretary
of the interior under President Roose-
welt, will talk on, 1.-The Progressive
Movement"
Last night DR.. John D. Driver OF
Chicago lectured on America Facing
the Far East" devoting much Of his
time to other topics. He said there
will be no war with Japan because
Japan is bankrupt and friendless; he
criticised President Taft; he praised
the Jewish race. He said the negro
is all right in his place but is not
the white mans equal. He censured
hobble skirts and other fads import.
ed from Europe.
Rev. Edwin Booth, jr., opened the
evenings program with an invocation
which was followed by a vocal duet
by Misses Ruth Rouse and Opal Dunn.
Miss Beulah Hayes rendered a vocal
solo and Miss Leota Leach acted as
accompanies.
Before 8 o'clock, Thursday after.
noon, every room in the high school
was crowded with about 400 teachers
and a large number of visitors. The
teachers attended their various Sec
tional meetings, which were held in
four Of the rooms, and others made
themselves comfortable In the high
school auditorium, where the high
school students gave some interesting
special exhibits.
In room 9, Superintendent ]. H.
Kemp Of Wayne presided over the
high school section; Mrs. Arbie Men.
denhall presided over the grade sec
ton in room 8; Superintendent A. l..
Burnham presided over the county su.
perintendents' and rural sections In
room z, and Miss Edith E. Beech OF
Laurel had charge of the primary sec
ton in room 8.
After the lantern slide illustrations
by County Superintendent A. V. iced
of Ponca on Country Life and the
Rural School," Miss Amy Leigh Paine
of Norfolk called to order the special
exhibit session OF the high school in
the auditorium. The exhibit was a
surprise to the visiting teachers and
they applauded heartily the successful
efforts of the local students to enter.
tain them.
Miss Flora Engelman, assisted by
Rome Keleher, gave a lightning rod
exhibition, using as an illustration the
proper electric apparatus which form
ed the batteries to which were con
nected metal parts representing the
clouds. A miniature house was placed
on stand and in very explicit man
ner Miss Engelman lectured on the
great safety appliance of the lightning
rod. To demonstrate barn being de
, stroyed by fire, a miniature barn In
which gasoline had been deposited was
used and when the contact was made
the gasoline blazed up wildly.
,, The ancient elementary Roman
school was participated in by six stu
dents CARRIED in the Roman style, who
recited, counted and wrote in Latin.
/, Following the Roman school, the
high school quartet, composed o
Misses Leota Leach, Iona Anderson
Eva Collins and Leatha Norvus, gave
selection in Latin.
The stock judging was one OF tn,
features of this part Of the program
: Miss Gladys Pasewalk was the judg,
I of the horse; Ira Hepperly judged
hogs and Carl Zutz talked on cattle.
The German class made a decided
l hit in the little play entitled Father
4 Birthday" German was Spoken
throughout the play and much merri
ment was caused when father accept
: ed as gifts seven pipes.
d Opal Dunn ended the exhibition
K with vocal solo sung in German.
The English song entitled "Sing Nj
d to Sleep" was beautifully rendered Il