The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-03-26
SCHOOL ;s Meeting
Held Successful Conve6.
NEE Saturday Attern6b.


school officers meeting at One
NEE was furnished the Courant
by Miss Clara NJ. Rue, deputy
county superintendent.
The school officers of Botti-
neau county met last Saturday
in Omemee according to form
er announcements. 1t was one
of the largest meetings of it's
kind ever held in the county
and every portion of the county
was we'll represented. AL
though Superintendent Chris
tenson is we'll satisfied with
representation, the splendid en-
thusiam and interest shown by
the officers present, he wished
every district might have been
represented.
State High School Inspector
Richard Hayward gave two ex-
cellent talks, one on winter
schools and the other on better
teachers and higher wages. Mr..
Heyward's addresses to say the
least were very inspiring and
full of good sense. Prof. Bar
ger of Westhope had been as
signed paper on Consolida-
tion' and in his discourse did
the subject justice. He point
ed out to the officers wherein
the consolidated school was far
superior to the little one-room
school and showed how the
welfare of the future citizen
depended on better rural
school system than the present
one. Prof. r. K. Thompson of
the School of Forestry demon
strated what improvements
could be made by planting
trees and shrubs around
school house and it's aesthetic
effect upon the growing child.
He also told us how the grounds
should be prepared, the kind of
trees used and manner of plant
ing. The preparation of the
ground, cost of trees and cost
of setting out was cheap COM
pared with the beneficial re-
suits obtained in the long run.
r. NJ. Lammont of Min
neapolis and w. H. Lackey of
Westhope talked to the officers
on the need of a more scientific
method of heating and ventilat-
ing the little one-room school.
Stress was laid by Mr.. Lam
mont, on the fact that the
spread of the white plague
or consumption must be check
ed on account of it's rapid
spread, and one method to
assist in this check was by a
system of heating and ventilat-
ing which would take in fresh
air and dispose of the impure
air in the school room. Each
gentleman represented a diff
ferent make of stove although
the principle of the stoves was
the same.
These officers meetings are
no doubt of the greatest i'm
portance to the rural schools
for they will bring to solution
some of the important rural
school problems and possibly
the future social problem of
the rural community.
The officers in attendance
follow: r. K. Thompson (sub-
stitute for A. Besancon) NJ. V.
Amsbaugh, H. Carbonneau,
Mrs. John Slyter, Frank Neh-
ring, r. H. Fairfield, John
Sanderson, John Oliver, Frank
Schoonover, NJ. Myhr, L. B.
Wall, +. A. Brainard, Robert
Brander, Geo. w. Dixon A. r.
Bate, Martin Christensen, H.
O. Anderson, Knute Olson, N.
Magnussen, Owe Froseth, Vim.
Albertson Substitute for G..
Hemway) w. B. Barger (sub-
stitute for N. McDouga1D, I. T.
Ronning, John Peterson, Ed
Wollan, G. F. Shong, Joseph
Teskey, Chas. Fulwiler, Nils
Dokken, Ole Wigeby, w. NJ.
VanWoert, Martin Retrum, J.
E. Raftery, L. H. Mixer, J. L.
Riddle, H. H. Nelson, John
Haugan, Knute Jacobson, S.
G. Smith Substitute for ]. D.
Smith), ]. L. Gorder, H. r.
Russell.