The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-18
STATE NORMAL
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

Up to Jan. Ia. the enrolment of
girls was 1853 and of boys $50, making
a total Of 328.
On Friday morning of last week
President K~ingsford, in behalf OF the
class Of 1912, presented the school with
a reading desk for the platform ana
two pictures, Stratford-on-Ayon ana
Cicero's Grafton Against Catalina:
These gifts are in excellent taste ny
tion of artistic values. President
Kingsford took occasion to give an
outline of the history OF these ictures
dwelling particularly on the time OF
the conspiracy of Catalina against the
Roman republic and the masterful ora
ton of Cicero against the conspirator
which was so powerful as TO mummy
any attempt on the part of Catatlne
thereafter to gain q hearing amons ene
resents as having left h side OF the
chamber occupied by Catalina to seat
themselves on the side from when
Cicero delivered his scathing philltplcs.
Mr.. Kingsford's talk was instructive.
and ais usual he held the interest OF
his hearers from the beginning to the
close of his address.
The patrons of the State Normal and
Industrial school will, without DOUBT
be interested in the report of the edu-
catfonal commission recently made
public. The following Is q clipping
from The Minneapolis journal: "The
principle of q separate governing board
for each distinct type of state educa-
tionaI Institution is recommended by
the North Dakota legislative educa-
tional commission, the report or Wnlcn
was made public in Grand Forks today.
In its report the commission had mol
Gated the separate functions OF the
various schools, and tt has recomrnend-
ed a closer relationship between the
state university and the agricultura
college. "A new type of schools TO pe
Known as the state industrial-agrfcul
tural schools is also proposed, and rne
present institutions at Wahpeton ano
EIendale are recommended as the nrst
units In this proposed new sysLenl;
The creation Of a board of educational
advisers to work with the department
OF public instruction is another inno-
walton. The mill tax principle is com
mended. but in addition a fractional
mill tax for building purposes during
the next six years is believed adVis-
able"
The state Normal and Industrial
school defeated the Aberdeen normal
team on Monday afternoon by the score
of SO to ID. AS the score indicates the
game was a walkaway for h Ellen.
dale team, especially in the first half
which resulted in a 35 to 5 score. me
Aberdeen team was slow as a team
nSy &Hdu NCAy $500
team work and although Bentz, their
giant center could get the bali on the
jnnp-up, one of the Ellendale players
usually got possession of 1T. The team
work Of the Nj. team was good, cons
| sidering the amount of work the boys
have had as a team. Crabtree and
| Bentley played their usual aggressive
game at guard and Brown, who sub
stituted for Bentley the last few min
utes, played a strong defensive game
Myers played all around Bentz at cen
ter, but was .un1ucky in basket-shoot
ing. Boyd showed an aggressive AND
stick-to-it spirit that surprised htf
heavy opponent as well as the audi.
lence. Joe has q good head and keeps
it at all times. AS usual Vandanackel
was high point-maker, scoring a tota
Of 20 points, IS field goals and 3 fret
throws. The greatest weakness OF tht
GLENDALE team was in holding the bal
too long at times and not recovering
the bali under the basket after q sho'
had been missed. The team-work car
be improved on q good zeal ana Pros.
4 team,