Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-05-07
VALLEY CITY NORMAL NOTES

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Rev. James Anderson Of the local
M. e. church visited the psychology
and school management classes April
25, and also greeted the students in
chapel. He commented on the clear
outline Of the ordinary work in this
school and also showed the value Of
discriminating between the abso-S
lutely right and wrong Of things.
The tennis club has been recently
organized with Roy Cross of Valley
Oity as president and Ethel STAINS
bury Of Finley as secretary and
treasurer. About twenty-five stu.
dents have Joined, and if enough.
funds can be raised another court.
will be fitted up.
Mrs. Una B. Herrick, Instructor in
physical culture and elocution, has
selected the junior play, 'The Pro-:
fessor's Malady." a comedy in three
acts, by Sol Smith Russell, to be,
given during commencement week
In order to take in more members
of the class a curtain raiser, The
Sleeping Car Farce by William
Dean HoWells, is to be given also
The juniors of last year gave sheri-
dams most celebrated comedy, s.The
School for Scandal
The literature class this term is
studying Macaulay and Carlyle.
Their principal productions are
taken up, each member Of the class
selecting a certain idea and develop
ing it in class. This practice accus-'
toms the pupil to think on his feet,
to make clear and concise sentences,
| and also to get the subject matter
well in hand before presenting it to
the class. M &. Il
Dean w. S. Pattee Of the Minne-
sofa university college Of law will
give the baccalaureate address at the
Normal commencement, June 49,
1 f, ~ i 49, i -
Prof. Mcfarland is absent this
week attending a meeting of the
i principals of normal schools in the
central states at Emporia, Kansas
Some questions that will be discussed
| will be the good and evil If literary
societies, music clubs, fraternities,
dances, etc, in the school; the direct
teaching of ethics and the function
of the normal school, whether it
shall cater to current ideals, set up
standards, or copy educational ideas
of theorists. At the same time will
| occur oratorical and athletic con-
| tests by representatives from five
states. 81.
Horace Arnold, president of the
i school board at Larimore, was at the
/ normal Saturday to confer with stu
ldents who are to teach in Larimore
next year. ss.s9 .aaE' .5.s.i. II; Il,
| Several seniors have secured posi-
lions throughout the state. Mabel
Grindy Of Grafton will teach the sec
ond and third grades in Neche; Ida
4 Gullickson of Grafton, first and sec
| ond grades in Pembina; Hannah
Kilian Of Wilton, the fifth grade at
Anamoose; Katherine McCusher OF
Anslem, the seventh grade at Lis
I bon; Hattie Mcpherson Of Valley
City, the fifth grade at Jamestown;
| Margaret Thomson Of Pingree, a
Il rural school in Stutsman county;
Florence Pugh Of Casselton, the sew
i enth grade at Iarimore; Jessie
/ Bearse of Williamson, Mich, the
sixth and seventh grades at Ender-
i lin: jennie Bestul Of Grafton, the
primary grades at Mimic; Harriet
4 Gazette of Enderlin, the seventh
i grade at Wimbledon Jessie Cod
/ ding Of Valley City, music and draw
i ing at Hunter, and Florence Hanson
/ OF Courtenay, the third and fourth
4 grades at that place.
Prof. Weeks gave few remarks in
regard to Arbor Day in chapel May
2, in which he said that So per cent.
Of the acreage in the United States,
not including remote possessions, as
Alaska, is wooded territory. At the
Il present time one-tWentieth of the
/ acreage Of the United States is in
4 cluded in forest reserve. Geographic
cally the forest has been very prom
II inent and is prominent yet in this
/ country. The forest area is increas-
j ing and many of the eastern farm
1 regions are being reforested. The
j significant feature Of Arbor day lies
/ In the lesson OF the use Of the forest
1 and the Importance OF it. Forestry
{, Is a very important public question
/ at the present day.
ETHEL STANSBURY. u