Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-04-30
THEIR BUSINESS is FINISHED
Convention of County Superintendents
of the State Closes Its Busi-
ness Session
Interesting Discussion Of Educational
Matters Had by Superiutenc-
ents Today
Resolutions Will Be Reported Late
This Afternoon-Progra oss
Entertainment

The concluding session of the county
superintendent association meeting
was convened at the senate chamber
this morning.
In opening the session Stale Super
intendent Devine stated that this was
the, first meeting of the association at
which it had been possible to secure
the attendance of the chief executive
of the state, and then introduced Gov
ernor White.
The governor said he had been
warned by the state superintendent
not to speak on educational matters,
but thought it only rlse of the latter
to monopolize that subject himself,
pected to be called upon to say any
thing. as he had thought his duties
ended when. he turned over the cap
| itol to the association and made the
weather. He urged upon those pres
ent the advantages to the schools and
to the state of the planting on the
public school grounds, citing the fact
that the general government through
| it's forestry department was ready and
| equipped to assist by suggestions and
advice as to the varieties. of trees for
the different soils and climatic condi-
tions. and thought that each county
could have some public school grounds
for the purpose of giving object les
| sons in the matter of tree planting
and culture. He also urged the ad-
vantages to the state at large of max
ing a state educational exhibit at the
St. Louis Worlds Fair
At the conclusion of the governors
remarks a discussion of the question
OF the adoption of universal course
of study was taken up and was parti-
orally, the general tenor of expressions
being toward favoring such a course.
a few dissenting, and among them
Supt: Hagen of Richland. who seemed
to think that owing to diversity of
conditions in different counties, would
be better to have each county map out
it's own course of study.
| Supt. Devine announced that no
standings would be accepted from ap-
picants whose standing had been OBJ
| tanned during a longer period than
| two mr. OF 20
cepted before the applicant had at
tanned the age Of Is years. ..
This brought forth an earnest dis
! cussion, which was participated in by
State Superintendent Devine, Presi-
dent Carhart Of the Mayville Normal
school and others, and resulted in
motion prevailing that normal and
high school markings in lieu of exam
| nations be not accepted
President Carhart entered into a
somewhat earnest and thorough dis
cussion of the difference between the
knowledge of the subjects taught
gained by the summer and high school
graduate and the mastery of those
subjects gained by the normal student.
A committee on resolutions was ap-
pointed and also one on the subject Of
an educational exhibit at St. Louis,
both Of which will report at a meeting
at the parlors at the Northwest this
afternoon at 5 O'Clock.
From the universal expressions of /.
approval of the work of the CONVEX
ton and the benefits that are derived
from such interchanges of views as
can be made possible in no other way
the impression is left that much good
to the school interests will result from
these gatherings.
| The business of this mornings ses-
sion concluded the work of the meet
| ing. This afternoon the superintend-
ents will be shown about the peniten-
tiary and twine plant. and tomorrow
will be taken to Wilton and the Wash
burn mines, the train leaving the
Washburn depot at S:15 and return
| ing in time to catch the $40 train
east over the Northern Pacific.