The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-21
Isl TO GRADUATE
FROM NORMAL
Young Women Number 1876
Nearly Half of Members
Worker for Expenses.

Valley City, n. D.. March 2l.-The
class Of 1913 at The normal school in.
cludes 1852 members, Of whom 107 are
enrolled in the regular two-year and
four-year courses, and forty-fve are
enrolled in the advanced or f~ve-year
course. The number Of young men in
the class Is sixteen and the number
Of young women 1876.
The highest age among the young
women Is 80 years and the lowest is
10 years. while the average age Of the
young women is 20 2-3 years. The
highest age among the young men is
80 years and the lowest age is IS
years. while the average is 20 rs
years. which is somewhat higher than
the average age Of the young women.
The average age Of the class as a
whole is 20 SIS ears.
One hundred and twent.six men,
bers OF the class are from the state
Of North Dakota; fifteen are from
Minnesota; three from Wisconsin:
three from Iowa; three from Montana;
one from Maine and one from Illinois.
OF these students sixty-eight have had
from three to forty-fve months of act
ual teaching experience.
OF the advanced class twelve are
special students in domestic science;
Six In manual training; three in kin.
dergarten work; four in music and
drawing; n in physical education;
and nineteen are in the advanced Eng
lish course
Fifty-three members Of the class are
from Scandinavian families: twenty
four III from German families; TWEEN.
ty-two from Scotch; twelve from Eng.
fish; eleven from Irish: three from
Canadian; two from French. and one
each from Bohemian, Walsh, Dutch
and Swiss families. ::
As to church membership or pref.
erence, forty-four members Of the
class replied, Methodist Episcopal;
thirty-two Congregational: thirty.
three Lutheran: seventeen Catholic;
seventeen Presbyterian; five Episco.
pal; two Christian Scientist; one Bap.
fist and one Friends.
One hundred and five members OF
the class have studied Latin. 1o1 have
studied German. nine have studied
French, eleven Scandinavian and one
Greek. Fifty-seven Of the class are
able to teach drawing, thirty-two 70.
cal music. sixty-nine elementary agri.
culture. %thirty-nine domestic science
and twenty manual training.
Eighty-ntpe students entered the
normal schodl from a first class high
school: eleven came from a second
class high school and three from q
third class high school. Seventeen had
partially finished a high school course
and thirty-two entered from the eighth
grade. Ninety Of these students are
from homes in towns and sixty-twc
from homes in the country. +,
One hundred and forty-two mem.
beers Of the class expect to teach next
year. Forty-seven prefer the inter
mediate grades. t~wenty-nine the up.
per grades. twenty-eight primary
grades and nine principalships. OF
the special students. fifteen prefer to
teach domestic science. nine manual
training. four music and art, three
physical education and three kinder.
garten. OF the ten who do not intend
to teach next year all but one student
will matriculate for further study,
either at the normal school or some
other institution. One hundred and
six members of the class intend to
continue their studies at a later time.
while twenty-four are undecided on
this matter.
When asked whether rural or town
schools were preferred. replies from
ninety-three Of the class showed a
preference to teach in town schools.
forty preferred rural schools for va.
rious reasons, and nine favored rural
schools only II consolidated.
Seventy-fve members Of the class,
or nearly fifty per cent. worked for
part of their necessary expenses while
attending the normal school, and thir-
ty-eight members borrowed money to
cover either all or part Of these ex-
penSeS.