Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-28
Bangs DID GOOD WORK
AT SCHOOL Of DEAF

DAs LID A]<A4AI, DCC. 6C.~V'A AIS II
has been generally known for some
months locally and to the board NJ
control that D. F. Bangs intended tc
give up his position as superintend
ent of this institution at the close OF
the present school year or on July
!, 1912, it was not until the latter
part of last month that his formal
resignation was presented to the
board and by the board formally &C.
copied. With the close of the pres.
ent school year Mr. Bangs will have
completed a term of seventeen years,
coming here in 1895 from the Mime.
sofa school for the deaf, with which
institution he was connected as a
teacher for seven years says the
North Dakota Banner.
Mr. Bangs has practically spent all
his life among the deaf, his father
having been for many years superin-
tendent of the Michigan school for
the deaf, and prior to that for ten
years a teacher in the New York
schools for the deaf, Washington
Heights, so that upon completing
school, it was more than natural that
Mr.. Bangs. in casting about for life
work, should choose the profession
of his father. Upon entrance to the
profession, he has given an opportun-
ity of going to three different schools.
Owing to the warm friendship be-
tween his father and DR. Noyes, then
superintendent. of the Minnesota
school, and in accordance with the
wishes of his father, Mr.. Bangs took
up the work in the Minnesota school
where he remained until offered the
superintendency of the North Dakota
school. The position was offered him
upon the recommendation of DR.
Noyes, and in 1895 he came to Devils
Lake with his wife and infant
daughter.
When Mr.. Bangs came here, the
school had but one building and that
only partially completed very linn
tied and uncertain income and an at
tendance Of about thirty pupils.
Lamps furnished light, stoves furn.
ished heat, water was hauled from
town in barrels. and there was about
as primitive and democratic a condi.
ton Of life existing as was possible
In an institution. The field for i'm.
provement was certainly great. Step
by step the school has gone ahead.
1t was increased from thirty to over
eighty pupils. The incompleted
building has been erected during Mr..
Bangs administration, lamp to cleo.
tricity and the old water barrel to
city water. During the administra.
ton Of Mr.. Bangs about 215 pupils
have been admitted to the school,
twenty-eight have graduated Of which
number eight have successfully en-
tered Gallaudet college,.
During his admins tration Mr..
Bangs has tried at all times to bear
in mind the best welfare of the deaf
and has labored conscientiously and
untiringly for all would equip them
to better fight the battle Of life. To
these efforts the people of North Da-
kota have responded literally and
willingly and under the various
boards of trustees with which he has
been associated and with their hear
ty and loyal support, Mr.. Bangs has
been able to create school for the
deaf in North Dakota which will
compare more than favorably with
sister schools of similar size. He
will turn over to his successor
school we'll equipped, happy family
of bright and energetic deaf children
appreciative of the advantages here
offered and anxious for self better
ment.
Financially the school has ample
means for the fulfillment of It's mis-
sion. Many kind words have been
said of the school and its manage.
ment in the years gone by. and
many warm friends through the state
are ever ready to hold up the hands
of the man to whom may be COM
mitted the future care and educa.
ton Of the deaf of this state.
Mr.. Bangs and family expect to
make their home in Lincoln, Me-
braska.
NEW COUNTER.