Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-04
Educational Notes

braska, visited the college last Tuesday. and
made short chapel address. urged the
students TO form an organization to study
important questions and to secure the serv
ices OF able speakers to discuss such
| questions.
Only ten students remained In the dor
| mites during the Thanksgiving vacation.
The others ate their Thanksgiving dinners
| at home. or the professors, Miss Boomer
| spent the vacation visiting friends In Lin
| coin, Miss Hall went to York, and Prof,
Noel visited friends In Missouri
Fremont College.
The Thanksgiving vesper service, held las,
| Sunday afternoon in chapel. was well at
| tended An excellent musical program was
rendered. Rev F. H. Gillette. pastor OF
the Christian church, made an address,
on why We should BE Thankful"
Some very interesting chapel talks have
been given the students this last week. On
Tuesday morning Prof, Softlcy spoke upon
the subject. "A Light That Never Shines. -
Wednesday morning Mrs, Gilbert took up
| the subject, The Light That Shines
The chapel exercises on Thanksgiving
morning were among the most interesting &
Of the year Mr.. Swartzkopensky told many
! Of his experiences as member OF the body
guard Of the czar the customs Of the Rus
sian people, interesting facts concerning the
Russian government and Siberian prison
| life.
Rev. Jordan, president of the Grand Is
| land college, addressed the students Fri
day morning
Many students took advantage of the
holiday on Thanksgiving and went to their
homes to spend the day
A unique dramatic and musical recital was
given last Tuesday evening In the college
chapel by Prof. II. w. Munson and Mrs. N.
w. Gaines, assisted by Prof T. R. Kelly
on the cello. The program was thoroughly
enjoyed by all who heard 1t. The proceeds
Of the recital are to be used for the bene-
fit Of the encyclopedia fund, and those In
charge feel well satisfied over the financial
returns.
Doane College.
Most Of the students remained in Crete
Thursday. They had a turkey feast at
Gaylord hail. and games and taffy-pull In
the evening at the church Friday lessons
went on as usual. Several days extra Will
be added to the Christmas vacation.
Miss Meston, dean of women entertained
the Bachelor Girls club at luncheon Satur-
day in honor of Miss Grueger. handker-
chief shower for the guest Of honor fur
| nished the entertainment.
The Young Mems Christian association
and Young Women's Christian association
held a special Thanksgiving service at
a. m. Thursday. Ray Nedrow and Miss
Beth King were the leaders.
Sunday was Doane College day at Ash
land. President Allen preached in the morn
ing on EDUCATION" and in the evening on
college Life" Leslie Palmer 20 and Rob-
ert e. Reed IT furnished music.
President Allen has received another gift
Of $1,000 in Nebraska contingent on raising
the rest Of the amount necessary to build
the boys dormitory, He has the plans for
the proposed dormitory, drawn by Dean and
Dean. architects Of Chicago. The Dean
brothers are former students Of Doane.
Bellevue College Notes.
President and Mrs. David R. Kerr spent
Thanksgiving and the weekend with friends
in Central City, Neb.
The foot ball team returned from Tarkio
early Friday morning.
Professor Edwin l.. Pulls. head Of the ex-
preston department, gave q reading Friday
evening at Schuyler. Neb.. Of THE Man
From Home"
The attendance at breakfast Is greater
than usual during vacations because of the
order Of Miss jackson, college matron, that
| the morning meal be held at eight instead
Of seven until college work is resumed on
Tuesday morning.
A larger number than usual Of the college
| students Is remaining at Bellevue over the
Thanksgiving recess. Glasses will not begin
again until Tuesday morning, Monday morn
ing being granted as an extra day to allow
students to return without travelling on
Sunday.