The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-04
STATE NORMAL
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

at the state normal school of Moor
head, MINI, as president of the Ellen
dale normal and industrial school,
meets with general approval. Mr..
kingsford visited Ellendale a short
time g and while there gave an adj
dress in the school auditorium where
ne proved himself decidedly a master
OF the PLATFORM talented and force
ful speaker, holding the interest of his
audience throughout his discourse. He
called forth a response from his hear
ers such as no other speaker has ever
before received at this place. The fol-
lowing is some account Of his train
ing, experience and qualifications, as
gathered from authoritive sources:
he completed the grammar grades of
the Rushford, MINI, schools, afterward
entering the high school, where he
completed the full four years Latin
and scientific course in 1890. After
teaching for two years, one year in the
rural schools and one in the grade of
the Rushford city schools, he entered
the state normal school at Winona,
where he remained for two years and
was graduated from the full advanced
course with the class of 1894. After
graduating, he again taught for a year
before entering the state university at
Madison, Wis. He entered the univer-
sity N 1895 and was graduated il 1898,
receiving the degree of B. A. Since
that time he has taken postgraduate
work in sociology and history. at the
University of Chicago.
His education has been obtained
wholly through his own efforts, all
his school expenses above the eighth
grade being paid for by his own eff
forts while attending school. AL
though handicapped by the necessity
OF paying his own way, he was able
TO maintain an excellent standard OF
scholarship, being made yaledictorian
OF his class in high school and ranking
highest in a class of 100 in the
normal school, and also being one
OF the fifteen honor students in his
class at the University of Wisconsin.
AS stated before, he began his work
as a teacher in the rural schools Of
fillmore county, Minnesota. The second
year he accepted the eighth grade of
the Rushford, MINI, city schools where
he declined reelection to enter the VII
mona normal school. While at the nor
NAL school he had practice work for
n year in the various grades and
various subjects and also taught in
the night schools of Winona to pay
expenses, While at the university he
earned his way by teaching in the
preparatory department.
The first year after graduating he
accepted the SUPPLEMENTARY Of the
Wateryille city schools which had an
enrolment Of 900 and q faculty of ten.
He declined reelection for the fourth
year to accept the position Of superin-
tendent OF the city schools of Litch-
held, MIMI, where there was a faculty
OF eighteen. AT the end of six years
he resigned to accept the superintend-
ency Of the city schools of Moorhead,
Mimi, which vas rendered him unsoli-
cited. Moorhead has a population of
about 5000, an enrolment of HOO and
a faculty Of twenty eight teachers.
Five years ago he resigned as super
intendent of the Moorhead schools to
accept the p~rofessorship of history,
sociology and civics in the state normal
at M~oorhead, a position which he will
hold until the end of the present school
year. Judging from the expressions
from the president of the Moorhead
normal and Of his associate professors
1t is with the deepest regret on their
part that Mr.. Kinsford leaves their
midst During the past five years his
connection with the normal has given
him a wide range of experience in
various lines of executive work. In
addition to the usual duties of the
teacher, he has been called upon TO
take part In various works of a public
nature, among which may be mentioned
his work as institute conductor and
state institute lecturer; each year he
has been called upon to give com
mencement addresses in numerous
Minnesota cities; he has planned and
arranged programmes for state educa-
tional meetings; he is a leader and
director Of young mems activities in
the normal school-soeial, athletic,
oratorical and otherwise. The forego-
ing, in addition to the training and
experience already mentioned, admir-
ably At him for the work Of an exc
cutive.
During the past eight years he has
interested himself in the new industrial
movement in education and is in entire
sympathy with the recent efforts
among educational leaders to make
our institutions more practical.
He is a man who wears well. After
an experience of more than fifteen
years as a teacher and superintendent
of schools in Minnesota, being in two
places for periods of six years each,
he has the unqualified endorsement and
support of such men as the follows:
ing; Pres. Frank A. Weld of the
Moorhead normal; of the members Of
the faculty; of the business interests
of the city, including the commercial
club: and Of such distinguished educa-
tional leaders as the following, all Of
whom know Mr.. Kingsford personally
and are familiar with his work: r.
win Shepard, secretary of the National
Educational association; DIR. George n.
Vincent, president of the University of
Minnesota; Supt. r. e. Denfeld. Du-
luth, Mimi; Supt. S. L. Heeter, st.
Paul, MINI. He is not unknown in
the educational circles OF North Da-
kota; among those who endorse him
are DR.. Creegan, president of Fargo
college, President Hiilyer, OF the May
Vile normal; Prof. "A. p. Hollis, of the
| Valley City normal, and others. He
has, in short, the best OF backing as an
educator and Is a man among men.
In his relations with men he is
forcefuI, responsive to suggestion, tact
full, self reliant and unusually effective
in the facility and power OF expression.
In the point OF sound Judgment, knowI-
edge of men and AFFAIRS. scholarly In