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p.6................Our people can not show too great a love for institutions of learning but they should see to it that our cultural adjustments develop in the right direction. Our Swedish-American people should be especially interested in the attempts which are made to establish pe

A resolution adopted in the meeting of "C. S. P. S., Grand Lodge," (Czecho-Slovak Benevolent Society), at Chicago, May 30, 1901. Whereas, Carter H. Harrison, Mayor of the City of Chicago, in accordance with the law will reappoint some members of the School Board of Chicago, whose te

If Ch. R. Walleck is to be reappointed to the School Board it is necessary that all resolutions for this purpose adopted by our societies, clubs, lodges, and committees, be forwarded, in English, to Mayor Harrison. It will not suffice to simply have them published in the Bohemian newspapers.

As in other years, this year we turn the Mother's attention to the coming vacation time. Schools will stand empty for two months, teachers will enjoy a well earned rest, but the streets will be filled with children deprived of a mother's care, not only will they wander aimlessly on the street

Charles F. Johnson won the oratorical contest in which four members of the Northwestern Academy's literary societies participated at Fisk Hall, in Evanston. The prize was fifteen dollars. His subject was: "The Modern Viking."

In a meeting of the Bohemian-Democratic organization of the 10th ward, which was held on July 10th, in Cervenka's Hall, and to which the citizens of the 11th ward were invited, the following resolution was adopted. In as much as more than 75 per cent of Bohemian democracy of Chicago

The Polish Gazette in this manner addresses the people in Upper Silesia: "How is it with the Czechs? There cities and farms were already Germanized and now everything is changed because the Czechs considered: "In what lies our future?' and the answer rang throughout the whole country, 'In our

The German Catholic Societies obtained a temporary injunction from Judge Vail, to prevent the distribution of free text books at the Public Schools for the first four grades, but it appears that this legal action will not be very effective, since the books were promptly purchased and distribu

We lack educated people who could regain for us our nation and her honor. The clergy, for the education of its own class, has organized a society under the name of Motinele (Little Mother), the purpose of which is to help clerical students. They do not care and will not help the liberal stude

The Chicago public schools distributed books valued at $70,000 free to all the pupils. The Catholic societies not only protested against the free text books, but even went to court to get an injunction. They got the injunction too late because all the books have been distributed. We do not kn

Although the schoolbooks have been procured for all the pupils at public expense, so far not one has been distributed. They have remained unused since last week. The delivery was accomplished shortly before the German Catholic Societies obtained a write of injunction. The School-principals we

Dr. Josef F. Lunak, 658 Loomis St., Appointed Professor of Practical Dentistry. It is with pleasure that everyone receives the report that one of our countrymen has been honered by being called to act as a Professor of Dentistry at Northwestern University. Dr. Josef F. Lun

Children between the ages of 6 and 7 should attend school. It is not our business to dictate to the parents to what kind of school their children should go. The choice between the public and parochial schools is entirely up to the parents. Above all we should remember that any school is bette

Several members of the school board are understood to be in favor of discontinuing the evening schools. Some of these members regard such a step as necessary because the funds available for evening school purposes are exhausted or nearly so, while others would abolish this branch of our publi

The Truth Lovers Society held a banquet and the displaying of the flag. Many people came to the Freiheit Hall on South Halsted St. The first speaker on the program was Mr. Antanas Kriszeziunas, who explained that the celebration was Lithuanian and not political or religious. Attorne

Judge Neeley decided today that according to law, the School Board does not have the power to supply free text books to the children in the Public Schools; it would require new legislative acts to give this power to the administration...... This does not end the affair by any means, since the

According to the prison authorities at Auburn thousands of letters for the assassin of President McKinley were received during his confinement at the Auburn prison. Some of these missives were accompanied by flowers overs or dainty delicacies sent to the prisoner by women of high social stand

In the American universities there are found quite a number of Poles, a fact which is sometimes mentioned in the American newspapers. Lately one has been running across Polish names among the athletes of the universities; and so in Princeton University, at Princeton, N. J., can be found among

Some of the labor unions in Chicago consider it wrong for the public schools to give boys an opportunity to learn a trade, and in this connection the unions have directed vigorous attacks against the board of education for initiating vocational courses in the schools in Chicago. Manual traini

The crisis that threatens to cripple the public school system of Chicago is a present-day illustration of the saying of the Good Book that the sins of the parents are visited upon their children. The children of Chicago must now suffer because their parents, the voters of Chicago, have permit