Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-09
What THEY SAY

A Fortnightly Member: Members
of the Fortnightly club feel that the
club has been placed in false light
by the action of its members in pre-.
senting school report to the board
of education as report of the club.
if such was the case as reported.
The club has received no report from
any committee, has Endorsed no re-
port, and the matter presented to the
board OF education last Tuesday night
is only the individual opinion of the
member mentioned, and is not the
opinion of the club. When the club
appointed school visiting commit
tee it was with the best Intentions and
a desire to aid the superintendent and
teachers in their work, but the in.
discreet manner in which it has done
it's work has thwarted the original
purpose of the club and introduced
an element of discord in it's former
ly harmonious relations.
Oscar H. Will: Under the heading
"Coure of Study" appearing in the
Tribune of the 7th inst, was sur
prised to learn that there were such
very important s'doings" at the regu-
lar meeting of the board of educa-
ton last Tuesday evening. Your pub
LEGATION of an alleged report was the
first intimation had that the aim
less and disjointed talk carried on
by ladies present was report of any
person or any club. To avoid misun-
derstanding would suggest that any
person or persons or clubs that have
reports or clubs that have reports or
suggestions to offer to the board of
education present them in writing ov-
er their own signature or the sigma
ture of the proper club officers, The
subject matter will then be in proper
form to be of use to the board
AS to printed course of study,
there is a standing committee of city
superintendent appointed last May
to prepare syllabi for the work of all
the grades below the high school.
Any person or persons or club in Bis
marck that desires hand in making
out these syllabi should appear before
the committee and get their ideas in
corporated for on its issuance and APP
prevail by the state superint sadent il
will be used in all the city schools
of North Dakota. The club or clubs
CT person or persons who want
course of study are knocking at the
wrong door
Our high school is following the
work laid down in the last high school
manual. Eight courses are constants
and seven are optional Studies are
offered as options that the inconven-
lent high school quarters allow US to
teach. ] believe the board of educa-
ton is competent to manage the
schools without interference 1t i
always willing to listen to and re.
ceive suggestions offered with the sin
cere desire o. peneftting our schools
Three members of the board have
seven children in attendance and they
certainly must be credited with de
sire to have efficient work done. ii
personally feel that creating public
furore, rushing into print and gossip
ing about trivial matters is not the
way to remedy faults. A straight
forward. kindly and helpful suggestion
without Interior motive is in my judg-
ment the proper method of treating
school matters
Fanny Dunn Quain: Since the ar
ticle concerning a systematic course
of study in our schools appeared in
the Tribune, the question has been
asked What is course of study?"
The answer should be, "A printed out
line of work, in detail, for every month
in the school year and covering all,
of the studies throughout the grades
that are prescribed by law"
1t is customary in first class schools