Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-20

boarded the special train which hae
been provided for them to make the
trip to the military reservation. The
drop in the temperature did not serve
to deter many from making the excur
sion. although it detracted somewhat
rom the splendor of the occasion
Nevertheless, the commanding officer
very kindly had arranged band con
cert by the regimental band for their
entertainment, and then battalion
dress parade was given. The com
panies are small numerically at pres
ent, owing to the fact that so many
of the soldiers enlistments have ex
PRED. But the occasion was one that
will not soon be forgotten by those
who are not acquainted with military
life, as we'll as being appreciated by
those who had previously witnessed
the ceremony. The association appre'
ciated very much the courtesy of the
Commercial club which made this
splendid treat possible. The special
train left the for, for the city in am.
pie time to land its passengers at the
+; Northern Pacific depot in time for sup.
per.
EVENING SESSION..
At S o'clock "Wednesday evening the
auditorium of the Presbyterian church
was packed with association members
who gathered TO hear Rev. Chas. w.
Harris lecture on a Mediterranean
Cruise. The lecture was illustrated
by a fine series of steropticon slides,
many of them handsomely colored by
hand. 1t was rare intellectual treat
, and was greatly appreciated by the
audience.
Program for Today.
The principal feature of the after
noon session of the general association
today will be an address by DR.. John
W. Cook of Dekalb. ILL.,, on "A Neg
lected Factor" This evening at s
o'clock at the Presbyterian church au.
ditorium, DR.. Cook will again lecture
on The Tendencies of Modern Edu.
! cation In the afternoon there will
! be series of twenty minute addresses
on the general theme. The Schools
! Relation to Public Health"
OF the departmental meetings, by
far the most interesting will be that
OF the department of higher and pro-
fessional education, which will con-
vene in the lecture room of the Pres.
byterian church at o'clock this fore.
noon. Papers will be read by the pres
idents of the leading North Dakota
educational institutions, and many in
teresting topics will be discussed
The department of superintendent
will meet again this morning at the
Commercial club rooms. Among the
themes to be discussed is state Aid
for Rural Schools" The department
of school administration will hold its
initial session at the court house.
Among the papers which will be pre-
sented will be one on "Sanitation," by
Mrs. Fannie Dunn Quain of Bis
:; marck.
Department Of Superintendence.
The department of superintendent
met at the Commercial club Wednes-
day morning. A number of papers
were read, among them one by Coun-
ity Superintendent c. L. Vigness of
Burleigh county. Mr.. Vigness said:
c. l.. \igness, superintendent OF Bur-
leigh county, said:
The problem Of supplying our rural
communities with properly trained
teachers should deserve our most serl-
Gus attention. The rapid development
OF the middle and western parts of the
state calls for an ever increasing num-
Der OF teachers: and the trend OF the
times calls for better trained teachers.
1t needs no arguing that our normal
schools at the present time are unable
to meet these demands for teachers.
Their graduates take up teaching in the
cities and graded schools in the towns,
and the rural schools get practically no
teachers from them. Consequently, the
rural schools must seek its teachers
elsewhere. and they very naturally turn
to the high schools. The result is only
a little better than might be expected.
The high school graduates are called
upon to do work for which they have
absolutely no training, and the country
boy or girl must work out their own
salvation under the guidance OF untraln-
ed teachers 1t is really to be wondered
at that the results are what they are.
The good book tells us that when one
blind undertakes to lead another blind
they will both fall into the ditch. 1t is
to be wondered at that not more OF
our rural schools 60 that way, because
they are not in condition to give the
training which the times demand for
the rural population.
Now. many states have undertaken to
offer some remedy for this. Some have
established departments in connection
with the high schools, others have es.
tablished county normal schools, and
still others have established smaller ag-
ricultural colleges-all for the purpose
chiefly of offering work in preparation
for rural teaching Our own state has
done very little along these lines. 1t
does great deal for the encouragement
Of higher and secondary education. but
tor the uplift of the rural schools and
with them the rural communities, very
little has been done. The last session
of the legislature enacted into law .
provision for ten and half months
course in the state normal schools for
rural teachers. which is excellent so far
as it goes but It is too limited in its
scope and will cover only small frac-
ton of the real demand for trained
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