The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-01-09
Presidents Report
Indicates Progress
NORMAL. SCHOOL INCREASES ITS
SERVICE RENDERED TO THE
STATE DURING THE LAST
BIENNIAL PERIOD.


A total of 1852 students, represent
ing every county in the state, twelve
foreign states and Canada, were en-.
rolled at the Normal school during the
year ending June 80, 1912, according
to the biennial report Of President
George A. Mcfarland made to the
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton recently. OF this number, 63S
were students in the normal depart
ment doing regular work in the school
year; 64S were students in the regular
summer session.; 40 were special stu
dents and ESQ were children in the
training school.
These figures exceed those of 1911
when the total enrolment was 1899;
622 were students in the normal de-
partment doing regular academic
work; 645 We're summer students; 1874
special students and 211 were children
in the training school.
The average age of students in the
normal department was approximate
ly twenty years, while in the summer
school it averaged twenty-five years.
All fifty counties in the state were
represented in the student body, at
one time or another, as we'll as ten
states and Canada. These foreign
states were: Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Illinois, Montana, South Dakota,
Nebraska, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, Mis-
souri, and Indiana.
Many Receive Diplomas.
During 1911, 149 students were
granted diplomas of this institution,
seventeen of whom We're from the ad-
vanced course. In 1912, ITO diplomas
were granted, with thirty from the ad-
vanced course. The health of the stu
dent body has been good. The dor
mitories accommodate some $50 young
ladies, where they are provided with
we'll ventilated and we'll lighted
rooms and served with wholesome,
we'll cooked food at 1915 a week.
During the biennial period, the fac
ulty has increased to tifty-two instruc-
tors, many of whom have made for
themselves national reputation, 9TH
ers are bringing themselves forward
as leaders in their respective depart
ments, several are authors of text
books in use in this and other schools
about the country. During the period
a remarkable development has been
witnessed in the physical education
department. Domestic science, man.
ual training and agriculture, also, have
enjoyed unusual growth and develop
ment.
Increased Demand for Teachers.
There has been an increased de-
mand for supervisors of singing,
drawing, manual training, domestic
science and physical education. In
some of these departments we have
not been able to supply the demand
and each year when the schools open
We have found that nearly every grad
uate is properly employed. They are
now found in every county in the
state, and as they gain experience are
spreading to neighboring states espec-
tally east. The school, too, is serving
the state in the large number of un-
dergraduates who are teaching in the
rural schools and who have received
the major part of their educational
training in this institution.
The registrar is giving a large por-
ton of her time to the work of plac.
ing graduates where they may be
worth 100 per cent of their time to the
state that trained them. s. *
it is an important service both
to the young people and to the state.
Summer Session in Demand.
The summer school conducted each
year for a period of six weeks seems
to be satisfying an increasing demand
Ut has for several years been the
largest term of the year. The variety
of classes is increasing. 1t seems to
meet very urgent demand and rem
der even more valuable service than
any other term. Many teachers com
ing from other states to the teaching
profession in North Dakota make use
of the short term to become familiar
with North Dakcta's educational sys
TEN.