The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-09-23
the SCHOOL OF FORESTRY
Enrolment on Opening Day Indicates
Large Attendance This Year.

been ordered with the view Of
organizing regular classes in
gymnasium exercises for both
boys and girls.
The fall term opened Monday
morning with an enrolment
indicating that the attendance
for the year will be the largest
in the history of the school.
Frank E. Taylor came
directly from Chicago univer-
sity, at which institution he
only recently completed his
work for graduation, to take
charge of the work n
mathematics and boys athlet-
ics.
Throughout the year the
library will be open Tuesday
and Thursday evenings of each
week from 100 o'clock until
8: 90. Both students and the
public generally are invited to
make use of it during these
hours.
Miss Nan Thompson, in
structor in English and girls
athletics, arrived last Thursday
evening from her home in
Dexter, Iowa. Miss Thompson
graduated from the English
department in Cornell college,
Mt. Vernon, Iowa, in June.
Miss Myrtle Kline of the
commercial department return
ed Saturday evening from a
pleasant vacation spent at the
home of her parents at Pitts
burg, Kansas. On the return
trip she stopped over at Cler-
mont, Iowa, to be in attendance
at the wedding of Miss Maud
Blunt.
Hardness of the factory in
the shipment of material has
delayed work on the green.
house for several days. Geo..
|. Higgins, who has the con-
tract for the erection of this
house, is very desirous of COM
pleting it, and will resume
work as soon as the material
arrives.
Students returning to their
work have found many inn
provements completed or in
process of construction. A new
ten-foot cement walk extend
ing from the entrance of the
main building to the street
adds greatly to the appearance
of the grounds as we'll as to the
convenience of the student
body.
The board of trustees and
president of the school wish to-
express their appreciation of
the thoughtfulness of the city
administration in extending the
city water and sewer systems
to the line of the state proper
ty. Advantage has been taken
of the opportunity thereby
offered to procure such fire
protection for the institution,
the contract for connecting the
building with the city system
being completed only recently
by A. S. Nero.
A leaflet has just been issued
outlining the work being in
troduced in home economics, a
copy of which will be mailed
to any one requesting it. 1t is
purposed ultimately to make
this such a course as will allow
the granting Of a degree to
graduates from this depart
ment. AS soon as the appara-
tus arrives, an evening class
will be organized by Miss
Failyer for the benefit of those
desiring to take the work, but
cannot during the day. This
class will meet on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings Of each
week, and will be open to any
person over eighteen years of
age desiring to enroll.
F. E. Older, who, since his
arrival August 1st, has worked
untiringly to exterminate the
weeds and conserve the mois-
ture in the ground, reports that
the trees and shrubs on the
grounds have generally made
a very satisfactory growth
despite the unfavorable season,
and are going into winter in
excellent condition. The Nor
way poplar. white ash and box
elder have done especially we'll,
and several varieties of cur
rants and goose berries have
made a splendid growth. The