Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-27
superintendent TAYLOR SUBMITS
Biennial REPORT PERTAINING TO-
GRADE AND CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS

cure classification as a graded school
with 4 maximum state aid of $4,000.
The provision Of said chapter allow.
ing only one school in each class to
be classified in each township should
be amended so as to make it possible
for one school in each class in each
district to secure classification aid
aid in the counties operating under
the district system.
Particular emphasis should be plac.
ed on the consolidated school and
wherever conditions are such that
such a school can be successfully
maintained, the people should be en-
couraged and assisted in establishing
and maintaining such a school by a
liberal grant of money by the state.
Each consolidated school in a ru.
raj district should be aided annually
in the sum of $4,000.
NO school should receive aid in
more, than n class. A. school aided
asa graded school should not receive
aid as a consolidated school. l trust
this important matter may have the
most serious consideration of the
state legislature.
Introduction
. The twelfth biennial report of the
Department of Public Instruction COW
ers the period from July LIST, 1910, to
June ! 30th, 1912, inclusive. During
this, period the educational forces of
our state have been active and I be-.
lieye have accomplished much that
will be permanently beneficial. The
first six months of the period covered
by this report were a part of the term
of Supt. Stockwell, who retired from
the position of superintendent Of pub
lie instruction on January 1st, 1911.
The wo-, done by Supt. Stockwell In
his official canacity is we'll known to
the people of our state and the bene-
fetal effects of his strenuous labors
will be felt for many years to come.
The present incumbent took charge
of the office January 1st, 1911, sc this
report covers only eighteen months
of the present term.
Legislation 6naCteo
The legislature Of 1909 provided for
a commission to recodify the school
laws of the state. This commission
consisted of Attorney General Miller
and e. ]. Taylor, who was deputy ST.
p%eriatendsnt of public instruction, ".
officio members, and Prof. Joseph
Kennedy, dean of teachers college of
the state university; Prof. A. D.
Weeks, in charge of the teachers
course at the state agricultural COL
lege, and Prof. r. NJ. E1ack, member
of the faculty of the state school Of
science. @
The commission organized and aft
er months OF work drafted a bill which
repealed practically all the education
al laws and substituted therefore new
legislation and such of the old as was
found adequate to present day needs.
The bill became law and went into eff.
feet July 1st, 1911. 1t has, therefore,
been in force only one year of the
time covered by this report.
Board Of Examiners
The moot sweeping change made
by this law was in the certitication of
teachers. A board of educational ex-
aminers was created consisting of
five members, of which the superin-
teadent of public instruction is ex-
officio secretary. The appointive
members of this board are Prof. Jo-
seph Kennedy, Prof. R., NJ. Black,
supt. w. Il. Hoover and 'Supt. P. S.
Berg. A complete report of the off.
cial acts of this board Will be found
in this report to which the attention
of the public is specially directed.
The results of the labors Of this board
have been beneficial in the, extreme
and although the board has had
charge Of the issuing of certificates
for only one year, 1t can be safely
said that the present method of Ger.
tiicating teachers is much better than
that provided for in the laws prior
to July LIST, 1911. 1t is to be hoped
that the present law will not be Sc,
riously interfered with by legislation
until it has had a o. rigid trial
than one years existence a give 1t.
State Aid Law
The Legislature Of 1911 also enacted
a law providing for state aid to ru-
raj, graded and consolidated schools
and created the Office 0. inspector OF
such schools. This law also has been
in force only n year of the period
covered by this report and the re
suits already apparent justify its en-