Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-21

The first thing was the report of til
nominating committee. The report E.
the committee was adopted and tn
following officers were declared cleo
ed for the coming year:
President-N. C. Mcdonald of Mar
dan.
: Vice President-Martha Tatem o
, Wiliston:
Second Vice President-Fanny Ami
don of Valley City.
Secretary-Clyde r. Travis o
Mayville.
; characterization Mcdonald o
Towner.
Place Of 1911 Meeting.
The place for holding the meeting
of the association next year was the1
decided upon. Fargo made strong
bid, being backed up by invitations
from Mayor Lowell, the Commercial
club, the board of education and the
corps of teachers. Grand Forks also
made a bid, but it was recognized
that if the N. D. E. A. did decide to
return to the Red River Valley that ii
was Fargo's turn to entertain the edu'
Gators. Upon motion Fargo was chos'
en- as the 1911 meeting place. Devils
Lake, jamestown and Grand Forks all
put up spirited invitations for the
educational meeting for 1912.
| Higher and Professional Education.
The most important of the depart
mental meetings of the morning was
! that of the department of professional
and higher education. The meeting
was we'll attended. The presidents
! address was delivered by Prof. NJ. A..
Brannon of the state university. A
| number of able and interesting pa.
pers were read before the department,
among them that of President ]. H
Worst of the North Dakota agricul-
tural college on the topic, What Has
Been the Influence of Higher lnstitu-
tons of Learning Upon the Develop
ment of Vocational Education"
This paper in full will be published
in an early edition of the Tribune.
Another excellent paper was that OF
Prof. SQuires of the state university
on Some Current College Problems"
The other addresses, those of Presi-
dent Mcfarland of Valley City, Presi-
dent Kern of Glendale and President
did and deserving of special mention.
Department Of School Administration
The department of school admins !
tration held its urban session at the
court house. One of the best papers
of the association was that read at
this meeting by Mrs. Fannie Dunn
Quain of Bismarck on Sanitation"
Various problems relating to urban
schools were brought up and discuss
ed, and other valuable papers were
read.
EVENING SESSION..
At o'clock in the evening the gen.
eral association assembled in the au-
ditorium of the Presbyterian church
filling it. The feature of
the evening was the lecture by Dr.
John w. Cook, president of the
Northern state normal school of De-
kalb, ILL.,, on Tendencies in Modern
A vocal selection by Miss Alma Mar
cellus had been arranged for, but ow-
ing to the fact that the piano had
been removed from the building and
10 pipe organist was present the num-
Der had to be dispensed with.
When President Smith introduced
)r. Cook to the delegates assembled,
he latter was accorded small sized
walton. He is, very capable speak
,r, having achieved national reDu-
alton on the platform. He won the
attention of his hearers instantly and
vas frequently interrupted by ap-
)lause as he made use of some humor-
JUS illustration. DR.. Cook said in
)art:
Dr.. Cooks Lecture.
"The most difficult problem whose
solution was ever attempted under
he sun is to civiliZe man. The rea-
ION of it is not far to seek. The
civilized man is the man who pro-
leeds in his actions and in his con-
luct in an orderly way. Man has what
nay be called inclinarions which run
counter to what may be called bis
ense of duty. Civilization is the act
# taking ones self in hand and sub
the inclinations to what
me has come to regard as his sense
# duty. 1t is an old story, this strug-
lie of man between duty and inclina
ion. 1t has been the theme of all T
,reat lecturers. It has been the theme i
# all great states-how may we re. f
olive between what the state may t
equire and what the individual may i
Lesire?
Society is bunch of habits b
orps of comment habits which peo- u
lie have. A group is bunch of srec- '
al habits. This was all broug ut
bout by education. Education is The s
most tremendous thing under the t
un. Man is nothing without educa- I
ion. If tie teacher did not do his '
york to transform humanity into wnlt t
We call groups of habits there would t
,e no civilization.
what is science, religion, or art: ,
They are not objective entities that
ire set out by themselves. All tho
science in the world is in mems heads,
n mems thoughts. 1t is the individu-
Il that has the civilization. But the
state has something more than the
he individual. 1t is individuals that r
lave a common corps of habits. This :
process of education, this bringing
lbout of groups Of individuals having 6
common corps Of habits, is type {
If orr civilization For all real and =