The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-23
INTERESTING AND PROFIT
ABLE SESSION.
SOME RESOLUTIONS PASSED
Professor Burla Delivers His Last
Address AZ County SUI
perintendent.

SION ~ the fehGIlGfb' institute WnB sur
prisiDgly large considering the man,
counter attrnGtiODM, The music WA,
exceptionally good, the lecture in
tercsting, and aIl felt repaid for com
Ing,
The subject Ut State Superintendent
Problems" He sail In part,
"Eot always and ~ ajI people am
those problems " interest Yet fbem
aro no matters ~ sneb high import NJ
the state ~ these very questions.
one Of the greatest needs IN M eduGa.
tjODal ebnpaetor, schools enough are
maintained jD Montana 10 giye DDp
children the best education iD the
world,
"WLat Of This state2 its iOpO.
graphy, altitude, and climate must be
taken into confederation Activity Nv
ten Times gfeater IN u Rocky noun
taDt lad fJinn that VI one living ~ sea-
lGyeL No poOple Of The globe have
been more generous linn those Of Mon,
tam, The common schools are ever
The object ~ mlieitOus eDre. There
nrD iH the staio 72b school distliets,
80, 900 school children, about Nj, OO0,s
900 w expended annually on tho
schools, Some school districts ARE
larger than whole counties IN Tho
east. VIZ must have n school system
adapted 10 tho peculiar needs
zone problem confronting wv today
" That Of securing 81 tbe passage ~ y
law by the legislature to require
qualified trustees, II man were buy
Ing u home were he not u good jndge
himself, ho would ask the advice ~
some one who was, before purchasing,
How can trustees who have never
oven boon inside NJ u school house, let
alone attended school IN one, know Or
understand the qualifications NJ u
tGaeIlGr.
"AnOtlGr problem Nv That NJ the
rural school There should bo longer
terms, batter touching, This w tmpepS
afiye, Every boy w onliflod 10 d com.
mon school education Th0 state
owes him This, Tho day Inns long
since passed. when Ave months school
Ing IN sufficient, One solution which
settles n part only ~ ihD difficulty w
portable school houses, Tho siDie
should give special attention 10 tho
country schools, Our WDsperity, ilaf |
Of all people depends III no small mOD-
surO on tho prosperity Of the fnymmA |
Tho farm gives trimming FOR active Itfn
which tho ely dDcB not,
"Again, there IN tho problem oil
state institutions, TIw people OF Tho
gtstHa 10 aet air;i,afatrTe ~ lle ADggroHg.-
tiDn, the farming ont, Of Tho slnle In,
.stituti0ns. These institutions would
be second 10 mono Of this country, had
not selhshnGss and pDlitiB inlnlloWd, |
Had NIL institution boon combined,
W0 would have M institution Which
would compare fnyonbly with lhOM
0f any state IN Tho union, AMI inferior
~ mono, A fatal mistake wnS made
In locating tho Normal NJ Dillon
Tho public sell0ols OF Dillon used their
Influence against " instoad NJ support.
Ing " w th0y w0rG bound ~ Do. w
IN n wonder II haA done w muGhi Boz
cause Tho hoad Of the Institution was
doing 0xaetly ~ tho state course said,
he was driven from tho state, An
nblor or y better man never set foot
tho state.
Were tho state Normal IN como tO
Billings " would bo welcomed by tho
school board and tho school tGnGh0rs,
! rejoice IN 400 you Greeting ono NJ tho
finest schools In tiW state, uettGr
than many ponitentiaries, Nothing
gives better roturns fhan money IN
~ schools, sellool ma'ans, mid
school masters, Whatever WI put
INTO tho schools VIII ultimately appear
IN tlie GitiH0ns 0f Tho state,
1--WE have " State board NJ edum,
don that needs fixing, " Nv without
l parallels u tho world, " ~ nnwis0
- place tho choosing ~ memlmrs ~
.he hoard within the power ~ ~ IN
liyidnHL
I'm M department Inn mom pro,
lress boon made than IN Tho school
foom, Competition IN derGep and
than ever before, Tho Time Nv
and now Nv whom thN boy who
NJ become n railroad engineer
vii have N present hts application
where there IarN scores NJ ofllnVh Who
will VIM
nTeaGhars IN more tor You Hnd yaur
Than any 0tfersl Appreciated
nv fHH merit MRd fHI worth
F0H have never had heftar Mh00k /
Pho Mapah IN steadily onward and
onward, Whara IN mBGh marc Inv fhN
TaiH w IN today, The education NJ
men n stHfa m. ours 0HRllt M m fhe 4
,ast I'm VIM world \
nttd lHF sah0nls ~ political harm
|elast Have a0mmiHaianers appointed |
q iRyesfigafet kathlHg waBld davaE I
I'M This REaat state faster Than E00d !
We Sacred trust IN aus MI |
tbe hest the world Hlf0fdstH n
ThH closing days. session M tho i
igstttate, SATURDAY. was /