The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-19

y0Af0, Win the ClIlZoAe VI 0AAOI w
the firing line, and 1850 people
who compose the population Of tho
northwest part Of The 0tate. Deofosnd
~ Interested and cheering them on IN
= common cause, q battle for . sore
" needed educational institution. The
victory that finally came was we'll
earned and equally we'll deservd.
The normal school once up and in
full swing In the midst Of this great
school population is so far-reaching IN
its possibilities for good. that 1t is
beyond words to express. Delay, how
ever, has followed delay, postpone
ment has followed postponeme nt, and
all Of it utterly needless. In this
drama of needless distinctions, We
are today confronted with Two, and
for the time being, significea' words,
namely; Revision VS.. Amendment.
The dire needs Of one-third OF the
population of this stae are to be
weighed in the scale Of legal techn1'
caliyies; to be tra4>ed to a micro
scopic, split-haired, leg-l controversy.
The dream of 50 t0i boys AMI girls,
the hope of - go laren s must 30
sidertracked, forgotten in this legal
battle of a nice distinction of terms.
The author Of the normal school bill
introduced 1t AZ an amendment to
the co1etitution Of tho state. The H.
lslature At three Consecutive sessions,
Thought, believed and did vote for 1t
40 ! constitutional amendment. The
people OF the state voted for it after
aix ysar n censidesA,Ion Is ar
smendment to the constitution, and
oyeewhslmins1y endowed 1t g. the
polls. II Tie intent Of tie author OF
tho bin, the legislature and the people
!, 70 govern in the slightest Degree
Rsvision viii spell Amendment In ~
question at Issue.
There 10. however, = much bigger
question involved than nice dlst1nc-
ton 40 to the exact meaning OF the
words revision and amendment. That
question ts bigger than any one man
or set Of men; bigger than the at
,orney general, the legislature or tho
supreme court It Is, shall funda-
mental and wise public policy, an un-
questioned great moral right granted
BY both legislature and people nave
anv weight in the scales of exact JUS
toe? That question is the moral rlght
for the higher education Of great
and rapidly growing section OF the
state. and which as I have already
stated. contains a population OF $780,
600 intelligent, progressive people
These people live in fourteen counties
Of this state and they are nearer
To Minot as a common center than
they are to the nearest educational
institution now existing in this COM
monwealth Those counties comprise
a territory as large in extent and
numbers of people, as the six coun-
ties in which our educational instltu-
tions are located, including the coun'
ties directly adjacent to them. These
fourteen counties have 1861 schools
or nearly one-third the whole NUMBER
Of schools in the state. In the ne4t
i've years they will build three new
schools where the James and Reo
River valleys will build one. They
have now $4,000 children or about
one.third of all the children of the
state.
East from Minot 200 miles; west
124 miles; south 100 miles; nortn
"a miles, and there is found no IN
stitution of learning. This great sec
ton for twenty-five years has paie
IT. pro rata share Of the necessary
Tux, 70 build, equip and maintain al
tho anstitutions Of this state, and W
To Aste has received nothing IN 70
turn. Today It has but ia students
IN ss>ch ana Ill Of the educational IN
stituaions representing this sree
northwest population. why? Bscaus'
- 10 distance increases to an inst&
rutson Of learning. the attendance rap
fd1y decreases, and on the other han'
"A the distance decreases to an inst'
tuition Of learning, the attendance raj
,d,v increases. Tho great truth Q
this statement 10 evidenced BY TN
,ares attendance in our INSTITUTION
az Earning from counties IN wnic
they are located.
Let It b. said to the sverlsstin'