Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-07-29

after he was removed from the train, was
seized with another while standing on
the platform in front of the Sheridan
house. Medical assistance was sum-
moned, and he was finally removed to the
police station. He halls originally from
st. Paul, where he was injured in the
head by a fall from a scafolding, and has
since been subject to fits. He claims to
have a brother in this vicinity some-
where, Jerry O'Brien by name, and a
painter by trade.
The man was released by Sheriff Don
nelly yesterday afternoon, and although
still very weak, it is thought he will
com out all right.
THE CAUSE OF EDUCATION.
Things to be Considered in Selecting
ton.
MIR. EDITOR:
l. Professional Ability. He should
be thoroughly posted in all the litera-
ture of the profession. This office
more than almost any other demands
broad and comprehensive views on all
matters concerning the people and their
progress. Since all the people, and all
professions and employments must
pass under the influence of our schools,
and be affected more or less by them.
He must therefore be master of the pro-
fession, and in active sympathy with the
best interests of all the people of the
state.
2. Experience IN Actual School Mat
ters. He should thoroughly understand
the school system of his own state and
know how to adapt it to the peculiar
wants of our western schools. This
knowledge should be derived from a
comprehensive study and experience
with schools and education in other
states, so that he may select only that
which Is best suited to the wants of our
own state. There is perhaps no greater
mistake, and consequent hindrance to
the real progress of our schools, than
the continual effort on the part Of some,
to confne our schools, to just those
studies and methods that are pursued
elsewhere, without regard to their fitness
to our W wants. One might as we'll
attempt to raise cotton and sugar cane
in North Dakota as to pattern our school
work after the exclusive fashions and
mistakes of other states. "New occa-
sions teach new duties" that only the
most experienced can see.
8. A Wise Business Economy. While
this office requires the strictest economy
in expenditures and in the management
of its business affairs, yet it must be re-
membered there is an economy which
cripples and kills, and a liberality which
strengthens and makes alive. The office
must be free from that mario w, partisan
meanness which, in order to appear econ
omical, and to win the favor of the
"penny wise and pound foolish" robs
and cripples the finances by failing to
make wise investments, and thus to pro-
vide for the full growth of the system.
Such economy will ruin any business.
4. Strict Honesty and Integrity. A
good superintendent must expect oppo-
sition and enemies from ignorance and
s%elishness. These lie directly in his
path, and it is his business to combat
these, not to pander to them nor to be
appalled, by them. They are his natural
enemies. He must enlighten them and
win them to the right if possible, but
never yield to them. And even enlight-
ened selfishness will sometimes find
fault. This is a popularity of our free
institutions. The most unworthy, and
even worthless, may criticise. But a
good superintendent has no time to fight
flies. If they sting him, he must bear
the pain, at least until such time as he
can with safety let go the wheel to brush
them off.
Free from Party Interference and
Pledges. No public officer should be
hampered in the discharge of his duties
by pledges exacted for services rendered
by partisan friends; much less should. a
state superintendent Of public instruc-
ticn. The duties and trusts here are too
sacred to admit of any risks or any COM
promises. While q due regard should
be shown for all favors: yet the office, in
this case at least, is greater than the
man, and greater than any party pledge,
which by the way should never be given
without a perfect knowledge of all the
conditions. The interests of the office,
and those of the schools should never be
sacrificed for personal preferences or
party ends.
Good Judgment and Frmness-Ec-
ecutive Ability. No Office or position in
the state demands a larger share of good
common sense than that of state super
intendent of public instruction. It is be.
set by solicitations from various sources
as difficulties between township Of
fcers and teachers, between these and
county superintendent, the adjustment