The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-14
REQUIREMENTS ARE
LAID down BY
BOARD
Muse Live Up to These in Sc
curing $4,000 For Three
Departments
AGRICULTURE IS
THE PRIME FIELD
Large Number of INQUIRIES
Have Been Made Con-
corning Work
AGRICULTURE IS
THE PRIME FIELD

I1dVe Been MADE Con-
corning Work
AT a meeting of the state high
school board of North Dakota held
to receive attention was the adoption
OF a statement of requirements for
n five state high schools that at
n close of the school year 1928
are to receive from the state $4,000
each for establishing and maintaining
a department of agricultural, manual
training and domestic economy, ac-
eording to chapter 40 Of the general
laws OF 1911. From the large num-
Der of inquiries made of members of
the board and the state high school
inspector and the persistency of these
inquiries, n is lead to believe that
many of the high schools of the state
are DESTROYS of receiving state aid.
This chapter 40 of the general school
iasW of 1911 may be found on pages
~ to ID of the manual of the state
high school board for 1911. The re-
quirements for the five schools main
tanning an agricultural department as
decided upon by the state high school
board are as follows:
Rooms
Schools maintaining an agricultural
department. and receiving state aid as
dehned in this act shall, in addition
to other laboratory and recitation
rooms, be provided with a room or
rooms for agriculture, another room
IT. manual training and another one or
TWO rooms for domestic science and
art. The rooms for agriculture shall
be on n h9garnnn ~ fcc< a1or clD1l
nave a floor space of 1000 square feet
In the aggregate at least and shall
V an outside entrance. The man
ual training and domestic economy
rooms shall each have a minimum of
700 square feet of floor space. All of
these rooms shall be we'll heated,
lighted and ventilated.
Equipment
Beside the general reference and
supplementary library and the equip
ment Tor ciences there shall be spe-
three divisions of the department.
II manual training shall already have
been established or immediate provi-
sion shall be made therefore, and an
needed. there shall be added equip
ment for turnery. forge work, etc.
Materia! for exercises shall be fur
nished free of charge. \ reasonable
SAao &c may US llduS lOI luInD6r IN
articles taken home.
Instruction
There shall be employed for twelve
months in the year. a specialist in
agriculture who shall devote his en-
time time to agriculture and related
subjects. He shall be a graduate with
a bachelors degree at least. of an ag-
ricultura! college or university. one
VINO Is skilled in agriculture and the
art of teaching. The minimum annual
salary OF this specialist shall be 81, 200
and he shall be entitled to a vacation
Of four. weeks.
The instructor in manual training
shall be n skilled in the art Of teach
Ing and n who has had at least two
years of special training beyond Sec
ondary grade in his subject. This in
structor shall devote all Of his time
TO manual training. which shall in
clude woodwork: metal work mechan-
lea drawing and related subjects.
The instructor in domestic science
and art shall be one skilled in the art
OF teaching and n who has had at
least two years of special training be-
yond secondary school grade in her
subject. She shall devote all of her
time to instruction in domestic sci
ence and art, which shall include cook
ing, sewing n related subjects.
The other instructors in the high
school sha be the superintendent and
at least two assistant high school
teachers whose qualifications shall be
as prescribed by the state high school
board for first class schools.
Enrolment
Ihere snail be an enrolment of at
least twelve pupils doing first work in
agriculture as their major subject, and
the enrolment in the other subjects
Gas manual training and domestic SCI
ence and art) shall be determined by
the local authorities. Pupils may en-
roll for a short course, sometime in
November or about December 1, as
the local authorities may decide. Sixth.
seventh n eighth grade pupils shall
receive instruction in the departments
which is suited to their grades. TUT
tion shall be free. but pupils may be
required to purchase their text books.
Board and Lodging
Suitable board and lodging shall
be furnished to nonresident pupils at
a reasonable price. Prices where
board and lodging are secured shall
the superintendent and board of cdu-
cation. The community in which one
OF these departments of agriculture
is maintained shall be one strictly en-
forcing all laws relative to minors
smoking cigarettes, visiting pool rooms
6Ct., regarding the sale OF intoxicating
liquors and any laws affecting good
morals.
Conduct of tho department.
The general features of the curricu-
lum of the department shall be de-
termined by the state high school
board. but details shall be determined
by local authorities to suit local con-
ditions. The conduct of these de-
tails shall not be contrary to the spir-
1t OF the rulings of the state high
school board. Inspection and examina-
lions. ETC., shall be The same as in
state high schools. |
Laboratory courses. the experiment
tai tract, the short course" high
extension work. SUNNI err classes
and the training of teachers for
in the open country. shall be
in the conduct of tho school.
Experimental Tract ,
The department shall have for its
use In experimental work at least
acres OF land of avrrl~n quality as
with all lana. in the vicin-
ity. This land shall Lc owned by thci
school district or held by it on n long
term (seven or more years. lease. III
be fenced against such animals
ms horses. sheep md swine. shall be
provided with Il ool house and with
shall he cultivated under the
direction of the agriculturist during
season of 1912 and thereafter. The