Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-03-13
STUTSMAN GO. SCHOOL
OFFICERS & TEACHERS
Begin Second Annual Meeting at City
Hall. Large Exhibit of
School Work.

hibits and labelling them according
to the different schools from which
they were esnt. The walls and .ta-
bles of the room have been well COW
cred with samples of the work Of
pupils of the county schools. Sam
pies Of map drawing, paper cutting,
braiding and other school work are
numerous. Samples of handwrit-
ing, and arithmetic, spelling, Ian
guage and other school work papers
show a good degree of proficiency.
From Medina comes collection Of
different kinds of soils arranged in
small Walls and properly labeled.
There is good demonstration of do
mestic science work, in the collection
of towels, aprons, pillow covers, ta-
BILE covers, and other useful articles,
ornamented by the pupils of the
schools. The village school Of Ken
sal sent in large exhibit showing
work in manual training. A good
many of the papers were on the sub
ject of agriculture, the principles Of
which are now being taught in many
of the rural schools, although there
is as yet no text book on agriculture
that seems to be adapted to the gen.
eral use of the elementary schools
of the state. Some of the map work
shows excellent specimens of relief
maps, made of terra Gotta or other
material, neatly colored. There are
a number of product maps of the
United States, with specimens Of the
different natural products arranged
to- show from what part OF the coun-
try they came. Among the speci-
mems of manual training work are
shown hammer handles, neatly turn
ed, by the boys of the Buchanan
schools. A number Of the schools
of the county are receiving some
state aid outside of the city of James
town. There are about 100 schools
represented in the display.
At the Thursday morning session
there was an officers meeting which
opened the program for the two days
session. President Thos. Pendray
of the Stutsman County School Of
ficers association, delivered the op-
ening address. The heavy snow
storm prevented large number of
school officers from being present,
although there were some sixty in at
tendance out of about two hundred
in the county.
Mr.. Pendray's address was fol-
lowed by report of the school con-
ditions in Stutsman county, by Supt.
Mary E. McGinnis. Her recommen-
dations and suggestions in regard to
employment of teachers and other
matters of school interest were we'll
received.
List of New Laws.
A round table discussion of topics
of school interest followed Prof. Hol-
lis's address. This discussion was
lead by State Superintendent E. ].
Taylor, who gave a list of the
that had been made by
the last legislature to the school laws
of the state. Most of these bills will
no doubt receive the signature Of
the governor, and become laws. They
will be printed in pamphlet. form as
soon as possible, and school officers
and others will be able to obtain cop
les. Among the bills which have
been passed amending or relating to
the public schools are the following:
A bill by Rep. Buck of Stutsman
county, which relates to the terms of
Office of Independent school districts.
This bill affects jamestown and five
other school districts in the state.
A bill for the non-partisan cleo
tion of state and county superinten-
dents.
Also bill to do away with the
use Of the common drinking cup.
This is q rather drastic measure and
includes schools, railroad trains. ho-
tells. churches, and any place where
there has been kept q common drink
ing cup. .
Rural school aid bill was passed,
which increases the aid somewhat
to such schools and which encourag-
iess consolidation.
! a bill requiring school: house sites
to consist Of from two to 1--WE acres
Of ground.