The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-20
GREAT TRI-STATE CON-
VENTION CLOSED LATE
THIS AFTERNOON
Continued From Page One.

lie took the position that the money
1T took to build and maintain these
institutions was very we'll expended.
He showed by facts aud figures that
from a business standpoint there was
nothing better than these ms. 'tu-
tions.
With land a few years ago at $40
or SIS an acre the shiftless farmer
was then making as much as the hard
worker. The man who tiIIs his soil
well will meet all conditions and In
the end will be the winner for the
shiftless man has either got to sell
out. change his farm methods or go
broke. The farm land Is always
growing more valuable. 1t Ia a lament
able fact that 1t Is only the good
farmers who attend these meetings.
for the others apparently don't care.
The farmer who tries to have the
best. educates his children and looks
after his farm in business like way
Is bound to succeed, while the one
who doesn't fails and has to sell out
and leave the farm.
want to say that the agricul-
tural college and experiment stations
are doing a wonderful work. A man
told me who was close observer that
fully 80 per cent OF the farmers of
this state are taking advantage of
the work OF the experiment stations.
We have got to make this land pro-
duce a percentage on what the land
Is worth now, not what it was worth
fifteen or twenty years ago. The ne
terprtsfng farmer will Investigate
HwpTIyf HING thee A
affects his business
Mr.. Delaney said there was no ex-
cuse for the shiftless farmer, and In
closing he begged every farmer in
the state 20 study and use the find
ings of the experiment stations.
Address by Student.
The next speaker on the morning
programme was Edwin Traynor Of
Starkwe5ther, a senior class student
az the A. c., and one Of the best and
closest students OF the college. He
took for his subject, why an Educa-
ton Benefits the Farm Boy and What
the Agricultural College Is Doing 10
Supply That Need. The paper was
one Of the best prepared papers Of
the entire week. He extolled the agri-
cultural college and its methods. He
said that there was no institution any,
where which could give the farm boy
such an education, one that not only
fitted him for farm but fitted him for
almost any work in life. It was a
mastery effort and Mr.. Traynor was
given much applause at its conclu-
sion.
The last speaker OF the morning
was Prof. ~ G. Abbott of the agri-
cultural college and his subject was
The Country Schools in North Da-
kotA His address will be found on
page 10, part 2, Of this issue OF The
Forum
Excellent Band Concert.
Before the meeting was called ia
order last evening the splendid cadet
band connected with the North Da-
kota Agricultural college of this city
gave grand concert on the platform
Of the stage at the operahouse which
was most enjoyable. The house was
well filled and after each number OF
the band and its director Doctor Put
nam were given most liberal applause.
The music was heartily enjoyed by
the audience which appeared to be
disappointed when it was concluded.
On Thursday Night.
One of the best addresses of the
series Of meetings in the city this week
was delivered last night BY Prof. w.
z. Larson, assistant superintendent Of
public instruction OF the state of Wis
consin, whose home is at Madison.
His subject was The Rural School
Problem, and he took the position that
the country high school or consolidated
school would remedy much Of the trou-
BILE that was encountered at present.
He said In part:
mach has been written in past
years about the conservation Of natur-
al resources. The man himself IL the
one who must do the conserving. Ma
ture gave us the soil, the waterpower
and other resources. Man must use
them right We have made great
progress In the past century, and this
includes farming
Rural school education generally
means the one-room school house and
II is not too much to say that many
OF the great men ana women of tho
country have been educated therein,
but we are all aiming higher and this
10 right, for man is progressive ami
NAL.
There should be a country high
school in every community where boys
and girls can receive a broader and
higher education and more thorough
had the same aid from the local police
one. We need such schools and we
need them now. Children who have
common school diplomas could then
enter the high school which fits them
Tor almost any walk in life. The aim
OF the country school should be to
develop the entire country in which
II is located. Teachers should be
selected from the country with a fair
knowledge of what should be taught
the boys and girls in that communi-
ty. In Illinois in the county Of Put
nam there IS such high school located
which has forty six boys and girls as
students and ii has been made a sue
cess. In Wisconsin such schools are
being established and in many of them
agriculture is one OF the lessons
taught. The efficiency of these schools
lies in the interest that is taken by
the country in which they are located
as we'll as In the interest Of the teacher
who should be selected with great care.
The teacher should be familiar with
all that pertains to rural life''
Mr. Larson was given liberal ap
plause when he had concluded his adj
dress.
Mrs. CampbelPs Talk.
The next number was Mrs Louise
Campbell, and the subject assigned
to her was What Home Economics
Man - NFn a . a cSt14dnx.t ~ a. A ,~~t