The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-01
IS
WELL ATTENDED

The large room at the state normal,
assigned to the use of the teachers
| institute, for Clay county which was
| opened this morning at 9 o'clock was
well filled. superintendent Rushfeldt
said the enrolment var nearly 100 and
she thought that number would be
reached with the afternoon arrivals.
The outlook for q successful session
Of three days was gratifying alike TO
Miss Rushfeldt who has been working
very hard to make the institute at
tractive, and President Weld who was
most assiduous In making things
comfortable for the visiting teachers,
many of whom are not strangers to
the environments about the Moorhead
normal.
There was not a moments delay in
getting to work for Miss Rushfeldt
had arranged to have things going like
clockwork. Following the organiza-
ton was the story hour, under the
direction of Miss Mabel Osgood, the
new kindergarten teacher at the nor
NAL. To thoroughly understand the
real art of telling stories to little tots
SO as to be effective and win the point
aimed at by primary teachers one
must hear a trained expert like Miss
Osgood. One of the things she said
"1o 5tSAlCo Scio ~ JSbAlS SAAAAAS IA
are a power in the moulding of charac-
ter" AND she quoted a notable German
teacher who said that a child should
hear a good story and see a good pic
ture every day. Miss Osgood also said
that a copy Of the Mother Goose
stories ought to be in the possession
OF every teacher and she quoted
several brief reasons why. A child
lives in two worlds, the strictly realis-
a.. w. 49, ~-rao~
was in marked contrast with the lat
ter. She advised that in the telling
of Bible stories, as much as they may
be allowed by the school management,
the original text should be adhered to,
there never should be m attempt to
simplify the words, only in a very few
instances.
During the progress of reading her
paper, Miss Osgood gave a demonstra-
ton Of story telling to little tots, a
class of the latter having been brought
into the room for the purpose, and in
this she emphasized the points she
wished to impress on the visiting
teachers.
A grammar lesson was given by
George F. Howard Of the state uni
versity and that was followed by
chapel exercises conducted by Profess
sor Wilson Of the state university.
The session This afternoon was OPP
ened by Miss Deans, supervisor of the
model school, who gave a very help
full and plain talk on elementary his
tory, following which library extern
sion work was explained by Miss
Whitman of the Moorhead public H.
brary, the session being closed with a
talk on arithmetic by Professor How
ard. The programmes for tomorrow
will be as follows:
8:15-9:05-Language.
Belle M. Deans, elementary school,
Moorhead normal.
9:10-9: 50-Arithmetic.
George F. Howard.
9:50-11: 00-Playground Work.
Louise Freer, physical training,
Morhead normal.
11:00-11:25-Club Organization.
George F. Howard.
:30-Chapel.
Afternoon Session.
1:30-2:15-Class Exercise in Read
ing.
Myrtle Sholty, primary department,
Moorhead normal.
Observation-Disclosures Acre Yield
Corn Contest.
c.. E. Brown, Clay county a~gricul-
turist.
3:25-4:0O-Wha the Public Expects
of a Teacher.
Atty. J. w. Witherow.