Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-08-06
SCHOOL OF FORESTRY
North Dakota Agricultural High
School at Bottineau Doing
Good Work.

The North Dakota School of For
estry, at Bottineau, N. d., has COM
pleted the first successful year Of it's
life and with the increased appropri-
ations and addition of land is fast
growing into powerful secondary
educational institution. 1t has an
able corps in its faculty and officers,
and drawing large class of stu
dents. An institution that will en-
courage and develope horticulture
and forest culture in this state
should be supported by all.
Theodore Roosevelt has said: "a
people without children would face
hopeless future; country without
trees is almost as hopeless. -
When North Dakota became state
in 1889 constitutional provision was
made for State School of Forestry,
to be located somewhere in the
counties of McHenry, Ward, Rolette,
and Bottineau, as determined by an
election to be held for that purpose.
Such election was held November 6,
1894, resulting in the location of the
school at Bottienau. The legislative
assembly OF 1897, enacted a law nam
ing the school the North Dakota
School Of Forestry; declaring it to
be located at Bottineau by virtue of
the vote taken thereon according to
law; and defining it's object to be to
give instruction in ''such arts and
sciences as shall hereafter be deter
mined by the board of directors, and
especially in the art and science of
forest culture" In 1901 a. tax was
levied for the maintenance of the in
stitution. The recent legislative as
sembly amended these acts declaring
that the school should offer such in
struction as is given in an agricul-
tural high school, laying special
stress on the encouragement of hor-
ticulture and forest culture
The first building of the school was
erected during the summer of 1906,
funds for the same being subscribed
by the citizens of Bottineau and vi
cinity. This building, two-story
frame structure is located on grounds
donated by citizens of Bottineau.
The last legislature passed an act ap-
propriating s25,OO for erecting and
equipping a new building and green
house, both of which will be COM
pleted during the ensuing year. In
the fall of 1906, the board of direc-
tors purchased an additional fifteen
acres Of land, making total of thir--
ty acres possessed by the school at
present, to be used for experimental
work in elementary agriculture, hor-
ticulture, and forest culture. Since
January 7th, 1907, the school has had
a total enrolment Of ninety-four
students. During the coming recess
it is purposed to remove into the
more commodious quarters being pro-
vided with the funds appropriated
for that purpose at the last session
of the legislature. Tuition is free
to all students, residents Of this
state.
The courses offered are broad, i'm
cluding English, German, French,
Civics, Political Science, History,
Mathematics; special attention to
sciences, physics, chemistry, geogra-
ply, physical geography, geology,
meteorlogy, zoology, entomology, and
commercial courses. with bookkeep-
ing, commercial arithmetic, law,
short hand and tpyewriting.
However, as was intended by the
legislatures, special work and courses
are offered in the study Of agricul-
ture and forest culture, with practi-
cal experiments. They include:
Nature study which consists of
text, field, laboratory work, and lee
lures. Study Of local land forms and
climate conditions, native animals
and plants, and seed termination.
Botany This course aims to give
the student general knowledge Of
plant life and also train his observa-
tion, Judgment, and expression. The
first two terms will be devoted to the
study Of the elements Of the science,
plant structure, plant physiology and
seed termination. The third term. r J.
includes work In Crypt gamilc \ Botany
with special attention to fungi
causing plant diseases. and the col g /.
Of . herbarium.
Elementary agricult ture general
course deal ling With the fund mental
principles nnde wing agricultural
prod ction. III incl cludes = study of
n ~ ntsa aniymalR soil field and forest