Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-18
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Work on the school grounds is pro
crossing as rapidly as the season will
allow. Much leveling about the hos
pital building improves that part OF
the property and the improvement will
be quite extensive within few weeks
The prospects for good strong
team in baseball are very good. The
interest in this sport is much greater
than usual this early in the season.
The senior class is larger this year
than ever before and there are great
er number of the graduates who have
had experience. Moreover, the mem
bers are locating more rapidly and at
| better salaries than heretofore. The
demand for trained teachers is grow
ing and the school boards with whom
We have dealt are taking our state
! ments as to the qualifications of the
teachers. The women in the class are
locating at from $50 to $40 per month,
while the men secure places at from
$85 to 500 per month. The place re-
curing a teacher for three grades,
and expecting her to do the janitor
work or to teach Latin, music and
drawing on the side. must offer more
than SIS to secure good teachers. But
there are not many places like this.
The small towns are especially gener-
Gus in their pay. We expect that the
entire class will be located by the
time they graduate.
The executive committee of the
North Dakota Educational association
met in tMayville on Friday of last
week and planned for the coming an-
nual meeting of the association. The
Mayville normal was we'll represented
on this committee, three members Of
the faculty and two graduates of the
school being members. Those pres
ent were Supt. S. Henry Wolfe, Mi
not; Mrs. Jean McNaughton Stevens,
Towner; Supt. E. M. Sherry, Rolla;
Supt. R. E. Smith, Hankinson; Deputy
Supt. w. E. Parsons, Bismarck; and
Pres. T. A. Hillyer, Miss Lake G. Wat
son and Clyde R. Travis of Mayville.
The time of the annual meeting was
fixed as October %, "a and p. The
place is Grand Forks, and it is ex.
pected that the membership will reach
1000. The secretary was instructed
to adopt some plan for cooperation
with the county and city superintend
ents in seclring advance enrolment.
The program for the general sessions
was planned quite definitely and will
depart somewhat from the form9:
custom of consisting of addresses by |
local talent almost entirely. 1t is the |
plan to secure at least three speakers |
Of national reputation, each to appear |
twice or three times during the meet
ing. One general session will be |
given over to local talent, part of the
time being devoted to the reports of |
committees appointed at the last
meeting. The general sessions will
be held on Thursday and Friday fore |.
moons as heretofore, and the election
Of officers is scheduled for Thursday
forenoon. A time limit will be set for
every feature of the program and will
be strictly followed.
The volume Of proceedings for the
1911 meeting Of the North Dakota Ed
lcational association, after three
months delay in the hands of the
printing commission on account of
ack of state funds, is being printed
and will soon be ready for distribu
ion. The officers of the association
regret that the delay occurred and
hat they were powerless to prevent it.
The appropriation for printing was not
nearly sufficient and much printing
las been delayed because of this fact