The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-02
This Topic Basic Theme
for Every Session of the
Teachers Convention
Features Of the Convention Today Are Addresses BY Dr.
Winship Of Boston
Second Day Finds the Pedagogues Getting Down to Business
More Officers Elected

years and the necessity Of good rural
schools Is the important issue In the
question Of public school instruction.
DIT. Winship is man of great abil-
ity and is known as an expert In rural
school problems SO that he was en-
abled to give the teachers OF North
Dakota many pointers which will
doubtless find their way into the stat
ute books OF this state within the next
few years.
The general theme OF the afternoon
Country Life In North Dakota. The
question was started by Eupt J. W.
Riley of the Cass county schools who
read a fifteen minute paper on The
Country School as a Community Cen
ter. This was read In superintendent
Riley's characteristic fashion and
proved an instructive and beneficial ef-
fort to all who heard his views on the
topic.
The One Room School was the sub
ject of an intensely interesting paper
OF Mrs. Jean McNauhton Stevens,
which Is given in full in this Issue
of The Forum on page 8.
A general discussion followed Mrs.
Stevens paper. after which there was
another musical number, furnished by
the Fargo schools. Prof N. c. Alb
bolt of the state university then read
a paper on Consolidation which IL
given in The Forum on page 9.
The rest OF this afternoons pro-
gramme includes paper by supt. J.
A. Haig Of Devils Lake, a paper on
The Preparation Of Rural Teachers by
Supt. w. G. Croker Of Lisbon and a
paper by Prof. B. A. Wallace of Valley
City.
Tonight DR.. winship win give an
other one OF his excellent lectures on
Education for Prosperity, Efficiency
and Service.
May Decide Next Place.
It is possible that the place OF the
next convention may be decided at the
business session late this afternoon
although II was not certain at the time
The Forum went to press that this
matter would be reached. The cleo
ton Of officers for the ensuing year
will take place tomorrow afternoon at
the close Of the convention.
Rural School Department.
In the various departments which
held sessions this morning there were
helpful and interesting programmes.
Converting at the high school building
were the departments OF ruraI sduca-
ton. superintendent, school admins
tration and secondary education. all OF
which were well attended.
Mrs. Stevens. in the rural school de-
partment, presided over another pro-
gramme of unusual interest and one
that was highly beneficial This morn
ing's session in that department was
held jointly with the elementary and
the industrial sections, and the as
sembly room of the high school build
Ing was packed with teachers.
The programme began with a fine
paper on "A Better Environment by
Prof. MacNeal @. James Of Valley City,
which was pronounced one OF the best
that has been heard at any Of the
round tables OF the convention.
Left over from yesterday morning
was the address OF Pres. F.. A. HIIIyer
Of the Mayville Normal school, who
spoke this morning instead on Inspir-
alton, Old and New Sources. Prest-
lent Hillyer made strong plea for
he betterment of the country schools
ind for the better preparation OF the
'ural school Instructor. He stated that
while 1t was useless TO compare the
school system OF so young q state as
North Dakota with that OF Magsachu-
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