Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-18
VALLEY CITY NORMAL NOTES

Mr.. Twamley of Grand Forks, pio-
neer in the state and at one time a
university trustee, visited the normal
during chapel April 4. In his address
to the students he spoke of the work
of the public school teachers in MAX
ing the children Of foreigners into
American citizens. s4
I DR.. John P. D. John of the De Paw
university, who gave series of lee
tuers in the M. E. church, visited
chapel April 5, and spoke to the stu
dent body on School Ethics The
point of his talk was, what is right in
school life is right everywhere else;
what is wrong outside Of school is
wrong in school.
Superintendent Stockwell has Of
fered prizes of five and ten dollars for
excellence in public speaking. About
an equal number of young raen and
ladies will take part in the contest,
making about fifteen in all.
Prof. Craig gave a talk to the re-
view geography class April s, explain
ing the different theories pertaining to
the formation Of the earth.
The April Bulletin contains a very
interesting and instructive article by
Miss Floe A. Farlow, member of the
model school faculty, whose profess
sional training was obtained at Teach
5ers' college, New York city, on the
"So-Called Children's Lies, in which
she says that these socalled lies have
always been source of great concern
to teachers and parents. There are
many causes for lies, and among them
are vigorous imagination, fear and in
herited tendencies. The child should
not be accused of lying. This will
only blunt his sensibilities and prob
ably cause him to think of a lie as a
part Of his general makeup. Neither
should the child be punished for doing
a wrong when he has done no wrong
and has indicated no tendency for ~
ing, but has merely shown delightful
sense of the imaginative. The child
should be led toSsee the difference be
tween the real and the unreal or imag
mary. ~,
More difficult to deal with than those
lies caused by Imagination or fear are
the ones caused by inherited tenden
cies. Proper mental association, kind
ness toward children, formation o.
right habits and worthy ideals, shoult
do much toward eradicating this habit
or tendency for lying.
| Mr. Mattson, a former student who
attended here in 1893-94 and who is
now manager of the Northern Lant
| and Colonization company at Shey
enne, was at chapel April Ii and spoke
to the students on the past and pres
ent of the normal school.
The class in elocution will devot,
the first three weeks of this term re
/ viewing technical work, after which
the members will begin memorizins
selections for a recital to be given a
the end of the first month
The physics class has been making
number of excursions to points o.
interest in town for the purpose o.
seeing how electricity is put into prac
tica1 use. It has visited the power
house, an X-ray machine, the tele
| phone exchange, and recently took g
| free street car ride out to the 500 sta
ton and back.
| On April the old and new mem
bers of the board of management fol-
this state normal school met in Presi
dent McFarland's office and organized
for the ensuing two years The mem
| bers were all present and Oh E. A
Pray of this city was elected chair
man and President Mcfarland secre
tary. The other members of the board
are CIV. Paulson of Fingal, W. r.
Reid of Armenia; E. R. Brownson, class
of 1897, Of Williston, and Mayor Sew
ern of Jamestown. After the organiza
ton the important business to come
before the board was the selection OF
the architect and the plans for the
new auditorium. Architect Beebe OF
Fargo was selected.
| IN the evening the institution ten
dered banquet to the new members
of the board, the Barnes county legis
lative delegates, the members of the
faculty and frineds of the institution
at Ladies hall.
After an elaborate course dinner
President Mcfarland explained the
sentiment which prompted the gather
ing. Several other addresses were
given by different guests, s5sS ..s
Ethel Stansbury.