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The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08
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At an early period the
Arabs converted the temples
into the fortresses, and to
this end. to a certain extent.
removed them. Their work.
however, has now been re-
moved by the Germans.
The early history of Baal.
bek Is involved in darkness.
but 1t Is certain that from
the most distant times it had
been Il chief seat Of sun
worship. as its name implies.
Augustus made 1t a Roman
colony and placed there a
garrison. Baalbek had an
oracle held in such high es-
TEEN that in the second cen.
tury a. ID. II was consulted
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08

range them in a straight line In 720 different
ways. Try 1t!
Finally 1t would take 5000 years for man
earning G200 year to earn GlOOO'OOO while
II a person invested E1 at per cent. compound
interest he would become a millionaire no
live SO long-in 2S3 years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08
NOTHING Like That These Days.

How did Skimmels make his money!
"He was one of those oldfashioned dairymen
who left you In doubt whether water had been
put In the milk or milk had been spilled in the
water."-Washington Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08
Awful.

Clarice-It must be awful to be married to a
man you cannot love!
Gaby-I should think so! II Is so hard getting
a divorce from those goody.goOdy chaps-Penn.
sylvania Punch Bowl
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08
DISQUALIFIED.

my wife thinks I'm one man In a million"
boasted Tigg.
rs that so?" said Wigg, sadly. II don't believe
my wife thinks I'm man at ALL"
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08
A Serious Loss.

"Diggs tells me he takes nearly all the leading
newspapers" said the visitor.
80 he does" sighed the exchange editor "He
takes them from me-"
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08

debt OF gratitude. They have not only dug down
and removed many tons of rubbish and debris.
thereby exposing the ruins to better view, but
they have also strengthened the weak parts. 1t
was not entirely disnterested work however.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08

MONG the many ruins to be found
!: !: !: : {: !: : !: ; : !: ! + : ; {: {: : :
\ in the east, those Of Haalbek. in
N Syria, are second to none in inter.
"a est During the last four years
"a German archaeologsts have been
8 busy excavating there, and every
visitor to the ruins owes them a
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
Y. w. C. A. CABINETS
ELECT NEW MEMBERS TO
THEIR ADVISORY BOARD

AT a meeting of the old and the
newly elected members of the Y. w.
c. A. cabinet, the Misses Candis and
Coda Nelson and Prof. and Mrs.
J. E. Switzer were elected to fill
vacancies on the advisory board. APP
proval was expressed of the work of
the Association in connection with
the various Sunday schools of the city,
and plans were laid for the work to
be done at the Normal school during
the spring term. At the recent candy
sails over $21 were cleared and the
association held another sale on the
opening day of this term. The Asso-
citation feels that this has been one of
its most successful years largely due
to the efforts of Miss Grace Withee, as
its president.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
MISS HAMPEN 10, WRITES
ABOUT HER SUCCESS At
TEACHING IN WASHINGTON

An interesting letter received this
week from Sina Hamper, 10, who
since graduation from the Normal
school has been teaching near Ev-
eret, Wash, says that Il look back
upon those years of teaching in that
rural school as the best thing that
could have happened to me. We have
organized Parents club and each
month have speaker from the Uni
versity Normal school, or some other
educational worker, speak to us. Last
summer l attended the session at the
University of Washington" Miss
Hampers excellent record is attested
to by the fact that her board is urging
her to again take charge of the school
with material increase in salary.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
JOSEPH ScHENkE, TENOR
RE-ENcAGED. AND WILL AP-
PEAR At NORMAL ON JUNE 8

Joseph Schenke, the remarkable
tenor who made such success with
the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
on it's tour last spring, has been re-
engaged for the 1918 Spring Tour and
will be heard here with the orchestra
Mr. Schenke, it is generally conceded
has one of the finest German tenor
voices of the day, and has appeared
with great success both in this coun.
try and in Europe. Nine. Schumann.
Heink became much interested in him
and he appeared with her in Hamburg
and other European centers with much
success. His is a voice of the heroic
type enabling him to do big things in
big way. ....
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
THREE MORE SENIORS ARE
ELECTED TO TEACHING Posi-.
TioNS FOR COMING YEAR

Three more members of the senior
class have been elected to take teach
ing positions next fall, since mention
was last made of those who have TAX
en- positions. Mabel Youngberg. Lake
Park, Mimi, has been appointed to
take charge of the primary work in
the Tioga, N. D., school. Ethel Jacob
son, Paramount, will teach the seventh
and eighth grades at Crary, N. D.,
next fall Oswald Brett, Park River,
assumes the principalship of the Fer
gus, Grand Forks county, consolidat-
ed school next year.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
KINDERGARTEN PUPILS
PRoTEsTtAT BEING GRAD
UATED TO FIRST GRADE

Great reluctancy was expressed by
those promoted from the kindergarten
to the first grade in the Model school
this week, each pupil expressing a
wish to continue the work of the kin.
dergarten with Miss Lyford. But the
new system of promotion in the school
has made it possible for the following
boys and girls to begin the work of tn.
first grade this week: Robert Shrum
Paul Olson, Lyman Hyde, Harold
Huntley, Norman Ellingson, Vada
Moordale, Helen Colville and George
Hardwick. New pupils are being en-.
rolled in the department at this time
and goodly number of parents are
taking advantage Of this time of the
year by enrolling their children.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS REMEMBER PROF.
WALLACE IN "MAYVOLUME.

The first annual "Mayvolume," pub
lished by the senior class of the May
vile High school and now on the
Times-Record press contains the fol.
lowing dedication, which will be of in.
terest to Normal school students: ITO
Mr.. B. A. Wallace, superintendent
190O-19O6, whose foresight, wisdom
and industry secured for Mayville a
first class high school, the class of
1913 respectfully dedicate The May
volume
A glance at the "Mayvolume"
shows it to be credit to any high
school in the country.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
cOGsWELL EDITOR PROUD
OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
ENROLLED FROM HIS COUNTY

The editor of the Cogswell Enter.
prise, Sargent county, following his re.
quest for the names of the students
from his county, who are attending
the Valley City State Normal School,
last week printed the following item ::
THE following is list of the Cogs.
we'll students who are attending the
Valley City Normal school: Mabel
Cusick, Anna Gilbe.ison, Minnie Han
sen, Imogene Lykken, Luella Lykken,
Olive Montgomery, Anna Taylor, Cogs-
we'll; and Bessie Shaw, Stirum. There
are in all twenty-four pupils from
Sargent county"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
CLIONlANS BEGIN WORK
WITH PROGRAM SATURDAY

The Clionian literary society will re-
isume its activities for the spring term
beginning with Saturday evenings
meeting. After the preliminary exer.
cises, the roll will be answered with
familiar quotations and Marjory Cook
will give reading. An instrumental
duet by Marion Larson and Hilda
VAIL will follow. Jean Campbell will
discuss the weeks current events, and
the program will be closed with Fife
Drexler's presentation of the Chip
Basket
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
DOMESTIC SCIENCE SENIORS
TO CONTINUE SERVING LUN-
S-BREAkFASTS LATER.

Miss Mabel L. Mcdonald, of the do.
mestic science department announces
that the senior luncheons will be con.
tinued this term until all have been
hostesses at least once. Following
these luncheons, the senior girls will
being serving breakfasts. This work
in serving is required of the seniors in
the domestic science department and
offers an excellent experience. The
Mncheons are served each Thursday
4, o'clock ann are in charge 81 two
of the students.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
How Does n. D. Rank IN
Educational Efficiency?

The best comparative study of the
state school system in forty-eight
states ever published" says The Chau-
tauQnan for April, lis that of the Rus.
sell Sage Foundation. It's results are
summed up in an ably constructed
table giving the respective rank of
the states in school efficiency as test.
ed by attendance, expenditure, plant,
salaries, school days per year, etc. All
these tests are proper and relevant.
Any state can find out, by carefully
examining the table, where it is weak,
where it is reasonably strong, and in
what direction to seek improvement.
The table is based on competent and
impartial investigation and in the
main, its accuracy is hardly called in
question"
An investigation on the Russell
Sage Foundations publication "A
Comparative Study of the State School
System in Forty-Eight States shows
North Dakota ranked as follows
among all of the state of the Union:
General rank-Eighteenth.
Children in school-Twelfth.
School plant-Twentieth.
Expense per child-Twelfth.
School days per child-Twenty.
seventh
School ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Attendance-Thirty- sixth.
Expenditure and wealth-Sixth.
Daily cost-Fourth.
High ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
s-Thirty-second
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
Normal School Alumna
Writes from ). Africa
EDITH A. CONN, 'o5, is HEARD
FROM At NATAL, WHERE SHE
is TEACHING.

II am here at Adams Mission Sta
ton, Natal, South Africa, to stay for
at least six months and possibly per
manently," writes Miss Edith A. Conn,
in a letter to Miss Perrine.
Owing to an unexpected increase
in students, it seemed necessary for
me to teach now instead of waiting I'm.
til had studied six months, so
teach two and one.half hours day
and also study Zulu. am teaching
geography in the three year Normal
school course and with the two divis-
ions of the first year class, l have
four classes, each reciting twice a
week.
Then | give lectures in hygiene
once week to the two divisions of
the first year class, as we'll as dicta-
ton (spelling, etc.,, reading, and
hardest of all, South African history,
all to the same classes.
1.-The pupils are intensely earnest,
most of them, and very attractive.
The heather with their ointments
and unwashed conditions are some
times most offensive, but these stu
dents never. Cleanliness is taught.
But fancy teaching geography from
the southern hemisphere viewpoint,
and ones students having only about
thirty minutes to prepare. The school
day is short and there are so many
things besides book lessons they
must learn in this foreign tongue, be-
sides the customs the white people in
sist upon. 1t would not be good for
them to get above work, so daily tasks
in garden, kitchen, ETC., must be done.
Their admiration for the whites
does not extend to their food. They
do not care much for our combina-
nations but live chiefly on mealie
meal porridge (corn meaD, meat, a
few vegetables and some fruit. Mr..
LIE Roy's idea is to establish an Afri
can Tuskeegee and we are all work
ing toward that goal
II wish had time to tell you all I
would like to about everything here
Last evening for instance, l was sit
ting on the door step, when one of the
ladies cried out About ten feet from
me was six foot green imamba, very
poisonous. We sent to the mems
dormitory for assistance, and it was
shot. have seen four now, but white
people rarely are bitten"
Friends Of Miss Conn will remem-
Der her as having graduated from the
Normal school with the class of 1905,
after which she attended Fargo COL
lege, before becoming librarian of that
institution. She held this position un-
til leaving for her present duties last
October.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
Large Registration Is
Experienced at Normal

The largest registration of students
for the spring term In its history was
experienced by the Normal school this
week, when the number enrolled dur.
ing the first day Of registration ex-
ceeded the number enrolled during the
entire term last year. The following
statistics show the spring term en-
rOllment for the last nine years:
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
GRADUATE OF 1912 GETS
APPOINTMENT TO TEACH
At WAhPEToN THIS YEAR

Miss Marjory Mcdonald, who gradu.
ated from the Noraml school with the
class of 1912, has been elected to teach
domestic science, music and drawing
at the summer session of the Wahpe.
ton Science school, Wahpeton, N. D.
Miss Mcdonald at present has charge
of that work in the Marion, N. D.
school, s.. .......
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
Complimentary Concert
Heard by Club Officers
MUSIC DEPARTMENT GIVES Ex
cELLENT PROGRAM TO LARGE
APPREClATlvE GATHERING

A very interesting and delightful
concert was heard in the Normal audi
torium last evening, when the depart.
ment of music, assisted by Mrs. Har.
din Lucas, soprano, Prof. J. B. Meyer,
bass, and Miss Emma Saphene wy.
man, Of the department of reading and
expression, gave d complimentary
program to the executive committee
and the heads of the departments of
the State Federation of tn Women's
clubs, in session in the city yester
day and today.
Prof Frcysaa and Miss Fjelde op,
ened the program in a splendid man
ner with Griegs Sonata, Op 8, Ale
gro conbrio and Allegretto quasi An
dantino, for violin and piano. Follow.
ing this number, Mrs. Lucas sang
Snow Flakes" by Cowen, "The Miller
and the Maid" by Marzials and LA
Serenata" by Tosti. AS usual, her
work met with high appreciation.
Miss Kathrine Fjelde continued the
program with piano number,
Griegs well known Peer Gynt Suite,
No. l, including In the Morning"
"Asa's DEATH" "Anita's Dance" and
I'm the Hall of the Mountain King. .
These numbers have become familiar
and their popularity increases with
each rendition, Miss Fjelde having
already acquired a statewide reputa.
ton as pianist since her return from
the studios of the European music
masters.
One of the most popular numbers on
the evenings program was a reading
entitled THE Set of Turquois" written
by Thomas Baily Aldrich, and given
by Miss Emma Saphene Wyman, of
the department of reading and express
sion at the Normal school. This was
Miss Wyman's first public appearance
before a Valley City audience, and it
was sufficient to show her to be an
artist of high rank. She portrayed the
characters of the Countess, the Count
Miriam and Page in a pleasing man.
ner.
Prof. ]. B. Meyer was we'll received
and encored with Gounod's "Slumber
Song" and Pilgrims Song" by Tschai
kowski, and the Normalonians closed
the program with "Carmina Waltz
Song" by Wilson. This was also the
first public appearance of this organ
ization this year and it was indica.
tive Of the fact that the students and
public may we'll anticipate concert
of excellent numbers to be given by
these young ladies in few weeks.
There were about thirty out-of-town
officers of the State Federation of the
Women's clubs present, who expressed
a high appreciation of the work of
those who took part on the program
last evening.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
Concert for Benefit Of
Flood Sufferers Monday

In order to give aid to the sufferers
in the appalling flood destruction in
the east, the department of music at
the Normal school assisted by citizens
of Valley City will give a benefit re-
cital in the Normal auditorium next
Monday evening, the proceeds of
which will be turned over to the re-
lief committee. These citizens, the
members of the music faculty and the
several student musical organizations
have volunteered their services and
the concert will be given by the best
available musicians in the city. The
Times-Record will donate the cost of
printing, advertising, ETC.. and the oc
casion will offer an excellent oppor,
tunity for the people of this city and
the student body as a whole to lend
an excellent hand in an hour of need.
The following persons and organi.
cations will give numbers on next
Monday evening: Prof. Froysaa, OF
the violin department; Miss Kath-
|rine Fjelde, of the piano department;
Miss Emma S. Wyman, of the depart.
ment of reading and expression; Mrs.
w. S. Craswell, contralto; Prof. J. B.
Meyer, bass; Prof. Taylor, of the local
high school, baritone; the Normal
Girls band, the Normal orchestra, the
Girls Glee club, the Boys Glee Club
and the Normalonians.
Admission will be fifty cents
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
PAPER GIVES SPACE TO
MISS NELSON'S ARTICLE.

That the efforts of the Extension de-
partment are not only appreciated in
this state, but are far reaching as well,
is seen in the last issue Of the San
Jose, Cal, Normal Times which gives
space to Miss Candis Nelson's article,
Childhood and it's Needs" recently
published in these columns and in the
February number of The Bulletin.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10

Harry Culbertson, of Chicago, un
der whose management most of the
artists of the first annual course at the
Normal school appeared during the
season just closed, was in the city
last week on business pertaining to the
course to be given next season.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
seventh.

Miss Amidon, OF the department Of
publis school music, who has been
called to her home in Cory, Penn, by
the illness of her mother, is expected
back at the Normal school this week.
Miss Amidon's mother is reported
much improved in health.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
NATURE STUDY CLASSES
STUDYING OUTDOOR Ma
TURE-SrARr GARDENS

Pedestrians and students have no.
ticed the trees on the Normal cam
pus we'll tagged and labelled during
the past few days This is the work
of the nature study classes in the
Model school, under the direction Of
Miss Carolyn Wood, head of that de-
partment. At present the work con-
sists of finding tree with which
the pupil is familiar. A bud is la
belled with the date and then watch
ed to find the various changes taking
place from day to day, which trees
bud first, whether the blossom or leaf
buds appear first, etc. In this way
students also learn to distinguish the
tree varieties.
A study OF birds is also conducted
! in scientific manner and as soon as
the weather permits each pupil in the
Model school, some 200 in all, will
have garden plot for experimental
purposes. termination of seeds will
be watched, not only from the agri
cultural standpoint, but from the na.
ture standpoint. A study Will also be
made of the propagation of trees
from seeds, roots and cuttings as we'll
as the process of grating. Seeds
have been sent for at the department
of agriculture at Washington, from
which the classes will grow plants
adapted to foreign countries, such as
the castor oil bean, with view Of
studying the effect of environment
unOn n1ant 1ifo
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
Conducts Institute for
Teachers of : Counties
BILLINGS AND STARK iNSTRUC
TORS HAVE VALUABLE WEEK
WITH PROF. HOLLIS.

Prof A. P. Hollis, supervisor Of the
Model school, reports very enthusi-
astic and large number of teachers at
an institute conducted by him at Dick
inson last week, when Stark and Bill
ings counties were represented. Over
$50 teachers were present, making
long drives in spite of the inclement
weather.
The Institutional force, besides Con-
ductor Hollis, included Supt. P. S.
Berg, of Stark county; Miss Mary
O'Brien had charge of the primary
work and Supt. L. r. Waldron, of the
Dickinson Experiment Station.
Monday evening Prof. Hollis gave
very fine talk on Rural schools" says
the Saturday issue of The Dickinson
Press. "The ideal educational system
for the country school will not be
reached until there is consolidation,
Prof. Hollis said, but consolidation of
rural schools is yet long way off
and in the meantime we must turn our
efforts to improving the one-room
school house. A farmer, usually,
does not realize the value Of educa-
ton to his children, and while he
spends money freely for the most up
to-date machinery for his farm, he is
reluctant in paying moderate school
tax and for IS month school dis
trict will often sacrifice a good live
teacher for less capable substitute.
County school teachers can stimu-
late interest by having garden and
improving the grounds as we'll AS
white washing the walls and getting
some good pictures-pictures that tell
a story and arouse the best feelings in
humanity. Prof. Hollis also believes
in the weekly programs, debates, out
side speakers and contests in school
work. An honor roll is good too and
an organ or photograph in a country
school is of more value than the ordi-
nary teacher realizes. Money for
these things could be raised by basket
socials and entertainments by the pu-
pills.
Prof. Hollis also spoke on "Disci.
pline Through Suggestion" and on
Thursday evening addressed ban
quet of teachers and school officers.
One of the other features OF the meet.
ings was the lecture w Prot. Vernon
Squires, OF tho university. on Amer
lean War Songs and Ballads"
There were about $50 teachers in
attendance, and besides Supt. Marie
Alderman, of Billings county, who
graduated from the Normal school in
1911, Prof. Hollis mentions having
met many other Normal school grad
yates, among them the Misses Ried,
Ostvig, Johnson, Torger, and La Rue,
Of the Dickinson schools. The work
of these teachers is spoken of very
highly and all have been reelected for
next year.
William Danish, a member of the
1911 advanced class of the Normal
school, now teaching manual training
at Dickinson, had an interesting exhi:
bit of the work of his department and
also gave an address on Education
in the Philippines"
Prof. Hollis also met several other
graduates, and states that it is graft
flying to find so cordial liking for the
Normal school as exists in all sections
Of the state. ..
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10

The domestic science kitchen is be-
ing connected with the city gas mains
this week and the old plant in the de.
partment will be abandoned as soon
as these improvements are completed.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10

Mr.. Otto Lund, of the Roger, N. D.
school board, was at the Normal
school yesterday interviewing teach.
ers for positions in the schools Of his
town for next year.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10

The executive board and officers of
the State Federation of Women's
clubs in session in this city yesterday
and today will be entertained at the
dormitories today at dinner. There
will be about thirty guests in all.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10

These figures are not complete for
this year, with several more students
expected to enroll before the end of
the week.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10

A letter received from President
Mcfarland, who is at present at Bat
tie Creek, Mich, states that he is hav-
ing a pleasant and restful time and
that he is improved in health.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10
STUDENTS DELAYED IN RE.
TURNING BY HIGH WATERS
IN THE MISSOURI RIVER

Word was received at the Normal
Office late yesterday afternoon that
several students would be late in re-
turning to register for the spring
term, owing to the high waters on the
Missouri near Mandan, making it i'm.
possible to run trains on schedule
time.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10

The faculty met in short session
on Monday afternoon, instead of Tues.
day, to consider the work for the
coming term. Prof. Hollis presided,
in the absence of Mr.. Mcfarland.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-10

Miss Alice Paddock librarian at
jamestown, is the guest of Miss Gene
We've l.. Lyford