Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-07
SENATOR ARNEY IS
PRESIDENT PRO TEN
Republicans of Iowa Upper
House Select Marshall
town Man.
Waters is SECRETARY

tFrom Staff Correspondent
Des Moines, Jan. 6.--(Special Tele-
ram)-Senator w. H. Arney Of
Marshalltown was named for presi-
dent pro TEN of the Iowa senate at
the republican senatorial caucus held
here today. E. S. Stanley of Cedar
Rapids was elected sergeant-at-arms
Tom Waters, jr, of Des Moiens was
named secretary of the senate. Other
officers of the senate were chosen at
| the caucus.
Vocational Conference.
State Superintendent Deyoe has
called meeting Of the subcommittee
on vocational education to be held
Monday, January 8, at which time
report on the legislative measure
to be presented to the coming general
assembly will be discussed. This COM
mittee was appointed at the vocational
conference held in November. What
the Iowa educators hay in mind is
state legislation which will make it
possible for them to take advantage
of the Smith-Hughes bill providing
federal aid to states for vocational
education. This bill is now pending
in congress, but its early passage is
anticipated. The Smith Hughes bill
would provide for the training of vo-
cational teachers and the payment of
part of the salaries Of these teachers
in instructing studens.
New Professors Chosen.
At a meeting at the state house
held yesterday the state board of edu-
cation elected the following new pro-
fessors: N. c. Grimes, to be profess
sor of mathematics, state university,
Iowa City; Benjamin H. Van Dat,
professor of manual training, Cedar
Falls; George W. Samson, piano,
Cedar Falls; Miriam Richer, home
economics, Cedar Falls. The board
made no decision as to its recommen-
dations to the legislature on the edu-
cational survey report.
Harding Names Force.
Governor-elect w. l.. Harding has
given out the announcement of his
force of assistants in his Office. They
are as follows: Pardon clerk, Emma
K. Blaise; notarial clerk, Nellie E.
Heist; messenger and usher, Douglas
Miller. These are all reappointments
Homer F. Wood of Odebolt, who
served both Governors Carroll and
Clarke as requisition clerk. will take
up other work. The appointment of
Charles E. Witt of Shell Rock, as
private secretary, was announced by
|
Crooks Work Two Banks.
| Two local banks were worked yes
terday by crooks on the old 500
bill change game. One of the men
entered bank with 500 bill and
asked for smaller bills in exchange.
After receiving them he turned away
and started to go, but came back and
said he had changed his mind and
throwing the bills down on the coun-
ter asked for his 500 bill back. The
clerk gave it to him and the man
hurried away. When the clerk
counted the bills he found that the
crook had kept out $50. This same
game is reported to have been worked
on another bank. By the time the
clerk discovered the error the man
was gone.
Offers Land for Park.
!. Mrs. Martha Buell. Mum of New
. York City, wife of DR.. Mum, has
offered land she owns in the vicinity
of McGregor overlooking the. Missis-
sippi river free of charge if the gov
eminent decides to secure adjacent
lands for a national park. Through
efforts of Senator Kenyon and others
a movement has been on foot for
some time to establish national park
in this picturesque country. A fed
eral agent is now inspecting the area
around McGregor.
Would Cure Ragtime Singing.
: In order to eradicate the perni-
cious influence of much of the So
called popular music" A. M. Devoe,
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton, has sent out proclamation set
. ting apart the week of February 10
to "a as week of national song.
.. The purpose of the plan is that school
children and elders as well may be-
come better acquainted with our ma
tional songs. Among other things
the state superintendent says: "If a
suggestion might be made it would be
that Sunday evening be devoted to
sacred music in the churches; Mon
day to the subject of juvenile mu-
sic; Tuesday to instrumental music {;
Wednesday to composers; Thursday
(Washington's birthday to national
and patriotic music, while the last
program of the school week be given
over entirely to folk and home mu-