The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-12

The seniors have arranged a circus
for this evening at the gymnasium to
which people are invited to come in
costume. Many attractive wonders
have been secured by the members of
the class and an interesting evening
Is in. store for the attendants.
The baseball team will play the first
game of the season on Friday. April
IS with the A. C.. team on the A. :.
grounds. Owing to the inclement
weather and the condition of the field,
little outdoor practice has been had as
fyet.
The basket social at the gymnasium
last Saturday evening was successful
in adding a neat sum to the treasury
Of the athletic association.
Miss Edna Carson left for her Lime
at LeSeuer Centre the first of the
week.
DIR. r. Clark of Washington, D, c.,
addressed the school on Thursday
morning on some phases Of eye dis
cases, using colored stereopticon
slides to show the nature of the dis
ease He also examined the eyes of
all the students of the school.
The Faculty club met Thursday ev-
.ening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Collins and discussed the aims Of the
public schools. At the May. meeting
of the club the question of vocational
training will be the subject.
Miss E. Alice Kirk went to Fairi-
bault Thursday night to visit her sis
ter who is i'll.
Arrangements are about completed
for the summer session of the Moor
head State Normal school. Regis
tration will take place on June 16;
class work will begin June IL and
the session will close July 80. Plans
are made for as large and broad sum
mer school work as was done by the
school last summer. The arrange
ments Of the dates indicated above
will enable students to complete six
weeks of work before the date set for
the teachers examinations. Double
courses will be offered as there are
demands for them and as the facili-
ties of the school permit. The Model
school will be in session so that can
didates for graduation may carry
forward their work in the training
department. Since nearly all normal
school subjects will be offered, high
school graduates may either begin or
continue work in this session.
Arrangements with county superin-
tendents will allow students complet-
ing subjects in the normal school to
receive credit on both first and second
grade certificates.
The work in the model school will
be in charge of a faculty of five mem
bers and all grades Of work will be
offered. Due attention will be given
to outdoor life as to study and play.
School gardens, athletics, children.s
plays and games, tennis, basketball.
baseball and such games will be eff
fciently conducted Courses in cook
ing and domestic science will be a
part of the curriculum for this session.
| The work will be offered with the
view of meeting the needs of h stu
dents who will attend the school. The
pupils who attend the model schoo
will attend in the morning only. 1t
is the purpose Of those in charge OF
the model school to meet the needs OF
individual pupils-both those who are
behind in their work in the grades and
those who are up in their work.
Rural school methods will be taught
in an ungraded department as a fea-
ture of the model school. This school
will be u as a model rural school.
Some of the subjects offered will be
school sanitation and decoration.
school management, children's plays
and games, children's songs, penman~
ship and spelling, opening exercises,
| elementary agriculture, and cnlidrens
literature. This department viii be In
charge of two trained and experienced
county superintendents.