The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-02

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sets. yet at the same time the people
Of this state could at least have as
good system theoretically as Massa-
chusetts and work toward that ulti-
matum constantly so that in time our
system would bio as good in reality.
He said that the bay state laws
provided that no teacher In the rural
schools could teach unless graduate
of q high school. President HillyeF
declared that rule would not work here
! as good many rural school would
go without instructors IL such law
were In force In North Dakota. He
thought the best thing at this time,
however. was for the better prepare
tion of the rural school teacher
through the channels OF a normal
at least. President HiIIyer was loudly
applauded.
jamestown School Gardens.
The last number OF the programme
In the rural department this morning
was delightful talk Of Supt. "A. @.
/ Crane of jamestown, who told about
the school gardens of that little city.
| Mr.. Crane spoke off hand in the most
interesting manner and held the in
terest Of his audience every minute
l while he was on the platform, and 1t
was with general regret that his hour
came to a close.
H The Jamestown school gardens for
1911 were awarded the first prize for
being the finest public school gardens
In the United States, and this was in
competition with the public schools OF
Hartford, Conn, washington, d. c.,
Cleveland, Lebanon, Ind, and Inde-
pendence, Kan. superintendent Crane
said he had received letters from Bos-
ton to Seattle inQuiring about the
school gardens of jamestown, and that
visit their city and see the gardens
for themselves and the notoriety had
all been unsolicited, too.
n The seeds, he said were furnished by
the Flower mission of Cleveland and
they had taken an ugly vacant lot
near the center OF the city which had
been used for about everything UNI
calmly that could be imagined The
lease was granted him by the railroad
which owned the property and the wo-
men of the city furnished funds to
clear the place and break the ground
ntAA AlO StdAlSu OAA ~ AAAdhE the place.
slightly and ornamental to the city In
1908. Since then he said the gardens
had been most SUCCESSFUL. He showed
pictures of the children at work and
the picture which had been used this
year on the catalogue of the seed house
which offered the prizes for the best
school gardens In the United States.
Visit the Schools.
At the conclusion OF Superintendent
Cranes talk Mrs Stevens announced
that the final adjournment would be
taken in order to permit all the tech
ers to take advantage of the trolly ride
over the city to visit the various
graded school OF the city.
The subject OF the hour was the
Teaching of Lower Grade Reading and
the Washington school was visited in
particular.
Superintendence Dept.
The department. OF superintendence,
presided over by superintendent of
Public Instruction Taylor, held most
instructive meeting this morning. Mr..
Taylor made several clever little talks
on the school laws OF the state which
directly affected the county superin-
tendents of North Dakota.
The room was crowded with the
county superintendent who came to
hear the number Of fine papers that
were read and the able discussion