The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-04-25
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VALLEY CITY STATE
NORMAL SCHOOL.
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DR.. Ralph L. johnson Of Girard
College, Philadelphia, whose
work with DR.. Goddard at the
Vineland, New Jersey, school for
defective children has attracted
the attention Of educators in all
parts Of the country, has been
secured as special lecturer in
Eugenics, Child Study, and Chill
dren Of the Special Glass, at the
State Summer school of Methods
hnd Review to be held here this
year for six weeks beginning July
2. DR.. johnson will give three
lectures each day during the
summer term.
Miss CANINE Miller, Of Du Bots,
Pa, has been secured as special
lecturer on Primary methods dur
ing the coming summer session,
and will come under the strong
recommendation Of Miss Nan L.
Mildren Of Philadelphia who
proved a very popular lecturer
on the same subject last sum-
mer.
A draft for 500 was forward
ed to Governor Cox of Ohio, last
week by Prof. A. P. Hollis, which
was the sum realized on the flood
sufferers benefit concert held in
the Normal auditorium under the
auspices of the department Of
music, assisted by the citizens Of
Valley City, The sum is to be
used in aiding the sufferers in
the district devastated by the
floods.
"The House Next Door" a com
edy in three acts by j. Hartley
Manners, will be staged by the
Normal dramatic club on June
10, as a result of the selection
just made by the English depart
ment. This excellent play which
recently enjoyed a long run in
New York and London, simulta-
neously, is said to be an excel
lent specimen Of the best Eng
lish play writing Of the day, and
has a cast of twelve characters.
The leading parts will be taken
as follows: Sir John Cotswold
Lester Hartnett, Napoleon, N.
D., Lady Cotswold-Nina Peter
son, st. Augsgar, Ia, Sir Isaac
Jacobson-Dell Rodgers, Crystal,
N. D., Lad Jacobson-Ethel
Greer, Axtell, Mont. Rehearsals
will begin this week.
Sixteen members of the senior
class signed contracts for teach
ing positions during the pint
week, making forty-five in AL
who have already taken positions
for next year through the efforts
of the Normal school location
bureau. Those to take positions
this week are: Elsie Stenshoel
of Valley City, lower grades at
Rogers; Edna Ritter of Page, up
per grades at St. Thomas; Otto
Borchert Of Cooperstown, princi-
palship at Hesper consolidated
school; Eva Kelly Of Niagara,
5th grade at Grafton; Flora
Walsh of Milton, lower grades at
Cavalier; Irene McMichael Of
Hope, primary at Donnybrook;
Florence Rollins Of Enderlin, do
nestle science and German at
Leeds; Anna Gilbertson Of Cogs-
well, principalship at Independl;;
ence; Minnie Ratzlaff of Valley.
City, tn 5grade at Valley City;
Selma jacobson Of Churches Fer
ry, intermediate grades at Bux-
ton; Loi Bate of Charles City, Ia.
high school assistant at Fingal;
Lottie Porter Of Hoople, interme-
diate grades at Conway; Olive
Young Of Mapleton, Mimi, inter
mediate grades at Mapleton /;
Ethelyn Veeder Of Mandan, up
per grades at Overly; Alta Fox
of Devils Lake, domestic science
and primary at Walcott; Clara
Stevning Of Stephen, Mimi, 3rd
and 4th grades at Bathgate.
"The Normalonians'' are max
ing a short concert tour this
week, appearing at Courtney on
Tuesday evening, and at Wimble-
don on Wednesday evening, IN
hder the direction Of Dean H. p.
liNood,o1l of tho 1onartmonf IF