The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-01-21
Y. c. NORMAL NOTES.

In spite of the severe storm which
prevailed Tuesday, the winter term
opened with an enrolment of five hun
dred.
The first musical event of the term
was a concert by Marie Herites, the
celebrated Bohemine Violinist, given
under the auspices of the Valley City
Music Club. The students were admit
ted free to the recital of this wonderful
artist.
President Mcfarland has received a
letter from William Danish, of the
class of 1908, who is one of Uncle
Sans teachers in the Philippines. Mr..
Danish encloses a photograph of his
school-the little red school house
aver the herald of civilization. The
picture of Mr.. Danish, clad in white
linen, amid tropical foliage, forms an
interesting contrast with present
North Dakota conditions.
The meeting of the North Dakota
Educational Association held in
Valley City the last two days OF De-
cember and the first day of January.
was in every way a pronounced sue
cess. All doubts that Valley City
could comfortably entertain such an
assemblage YER dissipated, and the
Normal buildings proved an ideal
place for holding the meetings. PORT.
Hollis was elected president for next
year.
The Normal alumni and the regular
Normal boys team played a fast game
of basket ball Friday evening. The
final score was 20 to l6 in favor of the
Normal team. The basketball man
agement has practically completed the
playing schedule of the boys and girls
teams for the year.
Miss Jeanette Dedrick, Of Chicago,
has been engaged as studio accom-
PIANIST and assistant in vocal culture
in the Music Conservatory. Miss
Grace Schermerhorn, of the Spring
field, Illinois, Teachers Training
School has been engaged as teacher OF
geography. Miss Maud B. Rice is the
new assistant in %elocution and physi.
cal culture.
The May Festival will occur on the
24th and 25th of that month. There
will be four seperate programs ex-
tending Over two days. There will be
a chorus of 200 women's voices, and a
chorus of male voices assisted by the
famous. baritone David Bispham.
The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
will give a concert, and the Choral
Society, assisted by the orchestra and
by several soloists, will present
Goumod's oratorio Redemption
This will be the greatest musical event
in the history of North Dakota.
Miss Amidon is training a chorus Of
forty voices, which, assisted by eight
soloists, will give an operetta some
time in March.
Mrs. Horrick's classes in e%]ocutio1
will present the fine old morality play
"llveryman;'. early in April.
The annual debate between the lit
erary societies will occur this year OF
March 18th. Preliminary debates will
be held on Feb. Goth, tile Eclectic!
meeting the E. B. G. S. and the Athen
Gums opposing the Clionian's. Thu
question will be decided upon at once
The literary societies have selected
the dates on which they will hold thei
meetings in competition for tn
Brownson Prize of 1925. 90. The f. B
C. meeting will occur April %. tn
Atheneum April "a, the Clionia,
April q, and the Eclectic April %
The faculty committee on l~iterar..
societies will act as judges.
Congressman Stevenson has aske'
for an appropriation of $275, 600 t.
build a dam across the outlet of Re-
lake into the Red lake river. This i
in conformity with the project to estab
lish reservoirs to hold the spring waite
back, so as to prevent overaows alon
the Red river. The Red lake da1
would relieve the river below Gram
Forks of about one third of the amour
of water in the spring, and the lettin
out of the water later in the seaso
would make both the Red Lake an
Red navigable during the balance {
the seasan. The bill has the backin
of the North Dakota delegation. Cor
siderable work along this line could b
done with great benefit to the vale!
The. Wild Rice, for instance, can /
held back considerable by dams {
Rice Lake and points near it's sources
so that it's overflow would be largel
done away with. If the Red Lake pr1
ject goes through we should regar
this as a probability in the future
-Hendrum Review.