The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1905-07-28
THE TEACHERS
Of Bottineau County
Meet. i.
A BIG ATTENDANCE
A Good Average, Enthusiastic Spirit.
County Superintendent Christensen
is Getting the School Work
in Good Shape. ~


in Good Shape.
The teachers Institute of Bottineau
Co., opened here on Monday morning
in the Bottineau High School, with
Prof. w. T.. Hoover of Park River. as
director with Miss E. Miller of Fargo,
in charge Of the Primary Department.
That Prof. Hoover and Miss Miller
have charge of the institute must cer-
tainly insure a very profitable session
for the teachers of the county. Prof.
Hoover is fast becoming one of the
we'll known educators of the state.
Miss Miller's work in the department
of Primary instruction is Of first
class order, and the teachers declare
her to be enthusiastic in what she does,
and covers lot of ground we'll. Prof.
r. J. White, our own principal, has
charge of The department of Civil Cow
ernment and Reading, and this makes
the teaching corps strong force.
Pres. Hoover expresses himself we'll
pleased at the calibre of the teachers
of the county, and says that they more
than compare with other counties in
the state; and that there is good spirit
manifested all the way through. which
is indicated by the splendid average
attendance of IS per cent. "a
On Thursday evening DR.. E. p
Robertson, President of the Red River
Valley University was here on behalf
of the state Board of Education andt
lectured before the institute to good
audience in the Presbyterian Church,
But there could have been a larger at
tendance and greater interest manifest
ed however, by the citizens in tho
schools of this town and county. The
Dr. took the word IDEAL. as the
starting point of his theme-saying
that the word stood for five necessary:
elements in school work namely, Intel
ligence, Duty, Energy, Altriusm and
Love. r y y
Before entering upon his subject,
the DR.. incidentally referred to the
fact that though efforts are being
made to raise the standard Of salaries
among the teaching fraternity, it was
yet insufficient to warrant any one
making the matter of teaching life
profession.
On Friday the session was joint
one between the school directors and
teachers of the county combined. This
is move on the part of the County
Superintendent in the right direction,
and under his administration better
condition of things will be brought
about between the school boards and
the teachers. This was the object of
Fridays session. State Superinten-
dent w. L. Stockwell was here and
dealt with the new school laws which
80 into effect Immediately, and was
certainly very timely subject. The
care of school property and school
grounds were throughly discussed. In
the Joint session which convened at /
o'clock, the teachers wages and the $45
minimum law was taken up by the
Hon. w. L. Stockwell, who has the.
educational work of the state thorough
ly at heart and without doubt or
question has made unprecedented leaps
and bounds in advancing the state
educational interests He is not
merely man who has facts and
figures and necessary data at his fin
gers end, but he is forceful speaker
and can enthuse and inspire the stu
dent life of the state.
Other addresses were delivered in the
course Of the afternoon 8 proceedings by
Supt. Peterson addressing the teachers
on the sRelation Of teachers to school
Boards, and the Rev. Chas. E. White
on the Moral phases Of Present Day
Education, after which both teachers
and directors entered into free dis
cussion Of the various points of contact
and interest. Such free parliments
upon these vital questions cannot but
produce the proper relationship and
adjustment Of all contracting parties
in the educational work Of the county.
In the evening the teachers are plan
ming for trip to Lake Metigoshe,
which will be in every respect pleas
ant elimination tc q very busy weeks
study. II.
The following is a list Of the many
teachers who have been regular in at
tendance, and we'll domiciled in the
homes Of Bottineau's q good citizens.
BoTTINEAU
Mrs. Lillian Poole, Mande, Walker,
Lars Hoh, Minnie Cameron, Julia
Belts, MI. Vern D. Poole, Mary Tracy.
Arthur Erikson, Margaret Haskett. q I
SoURIs II
Helen Garrison, Evelyn Kirkconnsl,;
Marie Myhr, E. !. Aashsim, Leola.