The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-17
Bio Plans for Summer.

Although Wednesday of this week
the last regular events of the school
year proper at the state university, a
stranger visiting it's campus during the
coming weeks would hardly believe
that the regular session Of the big state
school is over for the year. On Mon
day, June 10, the doors will swing out
again to welcome the gathering of sum-
mer school students and, with only
this short breathing spell for planning
and readjustment, the valuable plant
and equipment and the busy faculty
will be at work again on the big prob
lem of spreading the gospel Of effici-
ency and better information over these
prairies of North Dakota. Every good
school in the country is coming to see
the folly and wastefulness of allowing
such resources to lie idle during a good
fourth of the year and our own uni
versity is not behind the possession in
this particular.
The results from last years summer
session were highly gratifying and still
better things seem to be in prospect
for this year. All Of the departments
of the university will be open and
enough of the members of the faculty
will be on hand to keep things moving.
The opportunity thus presented for
teachers, high school graduates and
advanced students Of all kinds to add
to their stores of information and in
crease their working efficiency is one
that should not be lightly passed by
In response to the remarkably favor
able weather conditions this spring,
the university campus is already bios
somed out in the full glory Of summer
and the parks and the river near by all
taken together make the university and
Grand Forks a most delightful place in
which to spend few weeks of an out
ing. Last years session was very en-
joyable from the social side in spite of
the hot weather and this year will be
still better
One week after the opening of the
college summer school the teachers
from Grand Forks, Walsh Pembina
and Ramsey counties will assemble for
a FIVE weeks training school-five
weeks of six days each. Dean Ken
nedy Of the University Teachers coll
lege, veteran school man of the state,
will be In charge and his efforts will
be most ably seconded by faculty
made up of members of the university
faculty, prominent school workers from
he interested counties and other teach
ers well known to the educators of the
state. All Of the ordinary certificate
work will be offered as also will be the
branches necessary for first grade
certificates. Strong courses in agricul-
-ure, manual training, domestic science
and art and music will be features.
Prof. Gordon p Randlett of the agri-
cultural college will be In attendance
for at least part of the session and will
give some of his excellent demonstra-
lions in methods of teaching agricul-
.ure. In this branch of the school, too.
he social side will not be neglected.
-f advance indications are at all true
here will be a large number of the
eachers from these counties In attend
lnce.
weather conditions were ideal for
commencement week and all the varied
exercises wene off without a hitch.
Degrees were conferred on class Of
ieventy-six from the various colleges
II the university. This is a good |
lied class considering that, on ac-
'ount OF the change in the law course
rom the two-year to the three-year
Ian, there were no graduates from
hat department this year. More than
ne usual number OF alumni and friends
4 the graduates and Of the university
we're In attendance and participating
n the exercises. A variation in the
Usual plan was tried this year by
which the exercises were all carried out
n three days instead OF four and thus