The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-05

JuStment of the high school course
the place Of the classics in the course
the value of oral composition, ant
methods of evaluating the work il
composition. Mention was also made
Of the report Of the committee on the
cost and labor of English teaching. In
each case suggested remedies were
reported. .
Prof Vernorn p. Squires of the state
university faculty was the next on the
programme to report on a course Of
study.
Mrs. Julia d. Hazelton, dean of the
school of journalism of Fargo college
and Of the English department Of that
institution, made a number Of valuable
suggestions concerning the advantages
Or oral work in certain English
courses.
The Value of the English journal
was discussed by Miss Miriam H
Thrall Of Sanborn.
The industrial education district
held their opening session this morn
ing at 8 O'Clock at the high school
building. The programme was opened
by Miss Hughina Mckay of this city
who gave a most interesting talk on
The Best Differentiation of Courses in
Cooking and Sewing in High School
and Upper Grades. ST. ....
Election Held.
A business meeting was held at 1C
o'clock and w. A. Broyles Of Park
River was elected president of the
industrial section. This was followed
by a round table discussion led by A.
E. Dunphy of Glendale. A splendid
paper was given by K. K. King OF
jamestown who chose for his subject
Projects of Joints in Manual Training
Work for Grades. Miss Evelyn Atkins
Of Darlington was also among the
morning speakers and she gave an
excellent demonstration of the Value
of Domestic Science to Skeptical
Patrons and C. J. N. Nelson of Beach
gave a very interesting talk on what
has been accomplished in an agricul-
tural high school in one year. Owing
to a cold, the paper r. l., Whitney
was deferred until tomorrow's session.
Mechanical Drawing.
The morning session was concluded
with a paper on Mechanical Drawing
by r. r. Ebersold, supervisor of man
ual training in the Valley City public
schools. In part Mr.. Ebersold said:
The question of mechanical draw
ing resolves itself into two parts:
l.. To discuss the value of mechan-
ical drawing from a theoretical view
point. ..
2. To discuss present situation and
possibilities.
This is an industrial and
schools should reflect more closely
the activities of the people. The pub
lie demand a practical education.
Industrial competition will be more
keen in the future and this nation
should be prepared. o. .a..
Mechanical drawing is part of pres
ent industrial tendency of education.
It has considerable. value from view
point of mental training.
1t will be difficult to introduce the
subject as a requirement because of:
1. Present ideas Of cultural feduca-
ton.
2. Re-organizing Of curriculum.
8. Difficult to agree upon uniform
course for. all schools.
4. Difficult to obtain competent in
structors.
Mechanical drawing will probably
be a requirement in the future in ag-
ricultural high schools of North Da-
Mr.. Switzer's Talk.
In speaking of, The Use of Projec-
ton Apparatus in the Teaching of
Geography, j. E, Switzer, superintend-
ent of geography at the Valley City
Industrial school, said:
"The use of illustrating material in
the teaching Of geography, or any 9TH
er subject, is in accordance with the
well recognized principle that the
greater number of ways a thought is
presented to a student, the more last
ing will be the impression.
There is need for the use Of illus
trations because the material of the
text books are of necessity so meager
that true conceptions cannot be form
ed from them.
"The illustrations used should be
such that each member of the class a
see and head the discussion Of them.
Pictures large enough for more than
five or six to see at once are too bulky
and too expensive. The protector is
the most adequate means to provide
such material.
There are three kinds Of project
ing apparatus: The opaque protector,
the s~tereopticon or lantern slide pro-
jector, and the moving picture pro-
jector. The first two are combined
into one machine by the Bosch s. Lomb
and a number of other companies; and
the last two In the Edison Home Kin
etoscope. The opaqu protector has
the advantage of being able to use
the greater variety of material and
from SO many different sources. In
fact any clear cut picture san be used,
in a book or out of it. The slides give
clearer images. but h cost places a
large collection out of the reach OF
most schools. The home kaleidoscope
is a fair solution Of the slides and nov
ing picture problem from the stand
point of cost. The pictures are about
.2x2 feet and clear cut. The slides cost
only so cents each and ten pictures
on a slide, and the 1000 feet films cost
from SIS up.
'.The use and teaching value of any
apparatus depends largely upon the
teacher. The apparatus should be
kept ready for use and the material
to be shown should be carefully cata-
.Iogued and classified, so that it can
be referred to in the feWest possible
moments. The use Of this material
should make the work immensely more
interesting and vital to the child than
the pouring over of brief, dry state
ments of facts
Russo-chinese Agreement.
Pekin, Nov. 5. The Russo-China
agreement by which China recognizes
the autonomy of outer Mongolia has
been signed. Russia continues 10 &C
knowledge Chinese superainty and has
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