The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-06
HOLT PRESIDENT
OF SCHOOL BOARD
:. Q. SMITH, WHO HAS HEADED
BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR
THREE YEARS, DECLINES THE
FOURTH TERM-THoRP vAcAN.
cY NOT FILLED.

D. B. Holt Is the president of the
new board of education which was or
ganized last night. Organization was
the only business of Importance trans
acted by the new board, the election
Of new member to take the place Of
z. ]. Thorpe, whose resignation was
accepted by the old board, having been
postponed for one month.
after the old board had adjourned
sine die the new board gathered about
the table with every member present
Judge n. c. Young was chosen tenn
porary chairman and after Superinten-
dent Hoover had read the credentials
OF the three newly elected members
Mrs. c. @. Weylon, Prof. Harry W.
McArdle and Stephenson Dunlop the
business Of organizing was taken up.
e. o. Smith who has served the
board as president for the past three
years was nominated to succeed him
self by Mr. Dunlop.
Mr.. Smith, however, Withdrew his
nomination in favor of d. B. Holt In
withdrawing Mr. Smith stated that he
would be out of the city for a great
deal of the time this year and he be-
lieved that he could not flll the place
as he should There were no other
nominations and Mr.. Holt was unani-
mously elected.
During his three years service as
president of the board Mr. Smith has
established a splendid record as dur
ing that time he has not missed one
meeting Of the board.
Following the selection of a presi-
dent the matter Of choosing a sec
retary was taken up. The resignation
Of Mrs. Bremen who has been both
secretary of the board and has also
acted as stenographer and secretary
for Superintendent Hoover, has left the
board with hard place to fill and
there was great deal of discussion
over the secretaryship.
Judge Young believed that the two
offices should be separate and after
some discussion it was decided to
elect Superintendent Hoover as acting
secretary of the board until the next
meeting. He is to secure whatever
assistance he needs during that time.
After this matter had been settled
the board took up the proposition of
filing the vacancy left by the resigna-
tion of Mr. Thorp
After a very short discussion 1t was
decided to postpone this until the next
meeting which will be held June 2.
Only one name was mentioned for
this position, that of DR.. r. A. Beard,
but as most Of the members declared
That they had not given the matter
any thought 1t was decided to post
pope 1t.
he hnn rI tIAr al a.
June meeting.
B. Holt, c. o. Smith, Mrs. Frances E.
Bolley Stephenson Dunlop, D. B. Holt,
N. c. Young, @. A. Carpenter, Mrs. c..
J. Welton, H w. McArdle.
Last Meeting of Old Board.
Previous to the meeting of the new
board the old board held very i'm
portant session, cleaning up all the
business of the year.
Aside from the recommendation of
the graduates for the class of '09, a
full list of which win be found in an
other column probably the most i'm
portant matter was the adoption of
a recommendation of the class ex-
tension committee.
This recommendation provided for q
three year commercial course in the
high school instead of the four year
course which is now given. The reas-
on for this is that there are many who
desire the shorter course. Those who
finish this three year course will be
given a certificate of completion only
and not a full diploma. 1t is provided
however that those who wish to take
the three year commercial course and
then wish to go on and take enough
studies to graduate will be allowed to
do so.
Another High School Teacher.
This committee also recommended
that because of the great demand from
the students for more manual train
ing that the sewing which is now done
In the seventh and eighth grades be
also made an elective of the first year
high school; that mechanical drawing
be revised and extended and that the
study Of elementary agriculture be ex-
tended. This recommendation also
carried with 1t the recommendation for
another high school teacher to take
charge of the sewing class and to as
sist in other work.
This recommendation was unani-
mously adopted.
The following report of the secretary
was accepted and placed on file and
after the approval of the bills the old
board adjourned:
secretary's Report.
on hand, city treasurer May l,
1903 ..............,....... 21,320.59
Funds overdrawn: