Omaha daily bee., 1914-01-04
Nebraska.
GUILD WILL COMBAT TRUST
Two Organizations at Work in State
Educational Circles.
IoD ECHOES OF RECENT BATTLE
state Normal hoard said 60 Have
in View Number OF Changes TO
Reward Those who stood
by the euns.
lFrom a statt correspondentl


LINCOLN, Jan. 8.--Cspeolai. )-Insur-
gency In the ranks OF the Nebraska
Teachers association OF Nebraska is not
sleeping. as evidenced by meeting of
the committee selected to set q time for
the next meeting Of the Educational
Guild, the insurgent organization, at the
Lindell hotel last night.
The meeting was attended BY Or. A.
c. Thomas of Kearney, superintendent
o. =. Stewart OF Sterling ana County
Superintendent l.. c. kuster OF johnson
county. No exact date was set for the
meeting. but general discussion of
plans were made and consideration of
members for admission, there being
something like fifty new applications for
membership.
The guild was organized about a year
ago and, with the addition of those who
have made application, will number in
the neighborhood Of loo members. The
object of the organization is to fight
the schoolmasters organization, which
the members say exists, and to provide
that merit alone be considered in the
selection of teachers for the different
positions in educational circles OF the
state.
Said Mr.. stewart last night: I'VE are
not fighting to control selections OF
teachers to the good positions OF the
state. We simply want every teacher In
the state to have an equal chance for
promotion with every other teacher and
we want merit to be the standard and
not membership in any club or trust TO
govern appointments. We want TO know
IL teachers who have made good have
got to step one side for no other. reason
than that they will not knuckle down
to certain ring which controls educa-
tional selections at the present time, and
their places given TO those who are
within the charmed circle OF the school
masters club. In fact the only thing
we are fighting for is a square deal for |
every teacher and chance to draw our |
educational breath freely without being |
subject to having our wind shut off by |
the despotic hand of an educational
trust"
standpatters Meet.
secret meeting of the heads of the |
schoolmasters' ring was held In. lincoln |
only few days ago, and were 1t not !
that gentleman who knows thief all |
happened to be at the Burlington depot
and saw them strinsing along to catch |
train the fact that they we're hero
might not have been discovered.
j. w. Crabtree, formerly one OF the
prime ministers In the trust, but now
engaged in educational work in Wiscon-
sin, entered the station first About half
block behind him came George L.
Town OF the University Publishing COM
pany, also directly interested. About half
a block farther up the street walked
state Superintendent Delzeil and his
brother, W. N. Delzell, of Peru, both
members OF the trust and the former a
member Of the State Normal board. All
were going toward the station, and the
question arises why they refused to walk
together. Later II was rumored that a
meeting had been held and that other
members Of the trust had been present.
Proposed Changes.
IL is rumored now that the normal
board proposes to appoint superintendent
=. j. Bodwell of Beatrice to the presi-
denoy Of the Kearney normal and that
superintendent A. L. Caviness OF Fair
bury will 60 to Beatrice to take the place
made vacant by the promotion OF Prof
Bodwell II is not known whom they
have selected to go to Fairbury in the
place OF Caviness.
Another pretty authentic runior has II
that when the board meets President
Hayes will be deposed as president of the
Peru Normal as the price paid to T. ].
Majors for his suppot OF the scheme to
throw over President Thomas Of the
Kearney Normal last summer. When
Majors was on the Normal board sew
eral years ago he had absolute control
OF the Peru Normal and II is pretty sNn-
orally believed In Lincoln that he pro-
poses to dictate things at the school now.
Whether a majority Of the Normal
board will have the courage TO pull off
the game as the cards have been stacked
remains 70 be seen. The board meets on
Tuesday, January 1S. and 1t Is just pos
sible that the No '13'' may prove hoo
coo that the trust may not care to go up
against.