The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-20
. HOME. AND SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
al .aasd H and S Dept

School work Is In Its infancy vet. We
are having exceptionally fine North
Dakota June weather here now. We
have a delightful climate and there
are good openings for capital In real
estate and In some lines Of manu-
facture, for we have the woods. |"
What a delightful change for the
school teacher to 60 on q vacation
trip to spend her winters In Cuba,
teaching school-just to rest mn. Land
can be bought there, now, at $25. 100
per acre in the little towns along the
railroad. We are not in the real es-
tate business, but IL any teacher
wishes to buy an acre or more on
speculation or for q future home, we
can recommend this friends Judgment
and integrity to make q safe invest
ment for you. He Is not In the real
estate business either, but we feel
sure he would not be unreasonable in
his charges for anything he does for
you. This sounds "fishy," don't it.?
You "bite" or let 1t alone, as you
choose. We have no ak I'd grind.
Portable school Houses.
And now comes boon to the school
boards in new sections in the way of
portable school house that looks
like a good thing. These houses are
put up in sections Of kiln-dried lum-
Der and given one coat of paint and
so constructed that they are sanitary
and warm In winter and cool In sum-
mer and can BE put up in short time
by men of ordinary intelligence.
This plan would merit of having the
school house in the center of pOpula-
ton all the time as it can be taken
down In sections and moved on
wagons in a short time. The cost is
very reasonable.
A Successful schooI-ma'am.
Miss Irene Finkle, Grafton, is visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. Geo. w. Colborn,
at $40 N. Fifth street, Grand Forks,
this week. She has just been re-
elected for the third year to teach in
district No. 8, Walsh county, where
she has taught two years in success
sion, ten months each year. She re-
ceives salary of $4,000 per month
and seems to have the good will of
the patrons and pupils as we'll.
She will buy her years supplies of
ink, pens, pencils, penholders, tablets,
drawing paper. ETC., from her uncle,
while In the city.
Shall We Drop Vertical Writing in Our
SchOOls.s
Supt. j. Nelson Kelly, of our city
schools, one of the foremost educators
IN the country, has taken the proper
course to determine whether the YER
teal system of writing should or
should not be discarded. He had
questions prepared for leading edu-
Gators to answer and another set for
business men to answer and he sent
them to every state In the Union and
to large foreign cities and the con-
sensus of opinion is strongly in favor
of the vertical" He has found that,
without a single exception, the lead
Ing Normal school men uphold the
vertical writing. u.
There seems to be abundant proof
that the vertical is the speediest, most
legtble and compact writing. What
more do we want? Legibility should
be the first aim, then speed and COM
pactness There you are. /.
Grand Forks Is, indeed, fortunate in
having SO able an educator at the head
of her institutions of learning. Some
are slow in recognizing Mr.. Kelly's
ability. He never goes of half-cocked.
He pursues methodical, logical plan
before making any change from the
old to the new and when he has
reached decision, those who have
not given the matter any gray mat
ter" should not kick until they know
what they are talking about. In all
our experience, in over twenty years
directly interested in educational
work. we have never met a more care
full, cautious, conscientious, painstak-
Ing educator. He is a very pleasant
gentleman to meet, broad minded and
liberal, slow to act on new ideas, un-
less they bear a preponderance of evil
dence Of being better plan than he
is using. Everything is. weighed to
the ounce and If found wanting; is
dropped before experimenting upon It.
Our schools are gaining wide repu-
tation and every citizen, even from
selfish motive, should uphold them.
Do you know there is fine Com
mercial department in our city
schools II you listened to the clos
ing exercise of our city schools last
June you will bear me out in this
statement "The orations Of. the
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