Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05
MT, PLEASANT.

Mt Peasants seventh dnhudi CAou
tauqua. opened Friday afternoon. the
attractions are being onered oy the
Redpath- Vawter system. Despite the
terrific downpour, the first numbers
we're greeted by unusually large audi
ences. Over one thousand season
tickets have been disposed of by local
boosters. T. E. Graham is platform
manager. Among the list Of attractions
NAV be found the following worth wnlie
events: Lectures by Judge Manford
Schooner Of Garnet, Kansas on the
subject of Unseen Forces. Dr. w: q.
Dickinson, Lou ]. Beauchamp. victor
Murdoch, H. r. McKeen, Byron c.
Platt Jones. The musical offerings are
furnished by the university girls
chorus, Orpheum Music club, Kryls
| Concert band and Sohildrets Hungarian
orchestra. A special feature for
| Tuesday evening consists OF excerpts
from the worlds great plays, acted out
by we'll known Cambridge players. the
chautauqua closes Friday.
Mrs. Minnie L. Coolidge Of Ottumwa
for the past three years matron OF
Elizabeth Hershey Hall, the young
women's dormitory Of Iowa Wesleyan
college, has resigned, her resignation
to take effect at once. Mrs. Coolidge.
assisted by her daughter Miss Florence
who for the past two years, has been
in chat ge of the Latin department OF
the Mt. Pleasan high school, Is at
present operating the large summer re-
sort hotel at Ludinston. Mich. 1t is I'M
derstood that Mrs. Coolidge will have
charge Of an eastern hotel. Her sue
cessor has not been chosen.
| Swedesburg an enterprising farming
community some nine miles north OF
| this city will have new bank building
within the near future. The stock In
the new enterprise is held almost en-
| tirely by the residents of the commun-
ity. The new structure will be one story
in height, 22x80, Of pressed brick, plate
tract for the structure was let Satur-
day.
| County Auditor H. N. Wright has
been notified by the secretary of the
state executive council Of the state
board Of review, to raise the land valu-
alton of Henry county a total Of sixteen
per cent The following additions were
also ordered to be made on personal
property: Colts. one year old, per
cent; colts, two years old. per cent;
stations, AZ per cent; steers. three
years old, II per cent. These additions
will practically raise the valuations to
the high water mark of two years ago.
The total value Of Henry county lands
as submitted by the auditor reaches the
large figures Of $16,575, 16O
The new head Of the English depart
ment and dean Of women. Of the well
known Anglo Chinese college at Nan
King, China, founded with a portion OF
the indemnity money paid the United
States as a result OF the Boxer insur-
rection, Is Miss Ii Ma Ii, formerly OF
Nan King, but for the past eight years
q resident Of this city. Miss Ii Ma Ii
| graduated from Iowa Wesleyan college
with the class Of 1914, receiving the de-
! gree Of bachelor Of arts. This June she
was granted her masters degree at the
| University Of Illinois, having completed
! the work in the remarkably short time
Of one year. Miss Ii Ma Ii was sent
I to Mt. Pleasant by an American mis-
sionary. a former Iowa Wesleyan stud
ent, some eight years ago. At that time
! Miss Ma Ii could scarcely speak Eng
lish From the very first she demon.
strated that she was student Of un-
usual ability, completing the prepare.
tory course in three years and the full
collegiate course In three and e-half
years. Because Of a marked superiority
In scholastic attainments, early in her
college course, she was elected to mem
bership in Iota Phi, the honorary
| scholarship fraternity. She is linguist
Of unusual ability, speaking with great
fluency, besides her native tongue.
English, German and Spanish. She
was greatly interested In the work OF
the Young Women's Christian associa-
ton, and threw her endeavors In that
work. Is widely known throughout the
state Miss Ma Ii despite her foreign
lineage. and out Of place oriental cos
tune was always very popular among
her classmates In addition to her work
in the Anglo Chinese college she bears
a commission from Washington, to
study and report upon Country Life
in China" Miss Ii Ma Ii will sail In
| August.