Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-11-13
BACK FROM
CONVENTION
MOST SUCCESSFUL MEETING IN
THE HISTORY OF THE ASsO.
T, CATION

Mr.. Forster returned Saturday
morning from attending the meeting
of the educators Of the state held this
year at Fargo. He reports the .larg-
est attendance and enrolment of any
Of the twenty-seven meetings of the
association, over 1900 being enrolled.
The largest previous enrolment was
that of last year at Grand Forks,
where the number was 1860.
Prof. Clyde r. Travis, Of the mathe-
matics department of the Mayville
Normal School, was elected president,
the other officers of the association
being the same as last year. Mr.. For
ster, is the retiring president OF the
High School Section, secretary of the
City Superintendents Association, and
member of several committees,-no-
tably that to provide an outline in
Ancient History for the high schools
of the state. The local superintendent
was honored at this meeting with an
election to the vice-presidency of the
History andHistory and Social Science
Department, was continued as chair
man of the History Syllabus commit
tee, elected member of the Legisla-
ton committee in the City Superin-
tendents Association, and member of
the Committee on Audit in the gen.
eral association. This latter COM
mittee brought in a report recon-
mending that a new system of records
and better methods of accounting be
devised for the association, on ac-
count of it's growing membership.
At the general association session
of Thursday, code of ethics earlier
adopted by the city superintendent
Association, was presented and en-
dorsed by the teachers. The ideas
among the movers of the adoption of
the code was that new teachers enter
ing the profession, and sometimes
older ones, needed a guide of some
kind to show them what was expected
of teacher in this state, and to help
them in their relations with one an
other and with the school boards with
whom they were working. ......
One If the most interesting reports
was that of the committee on teach
ers retirement fund. This committee
was able to secure the adoption of
their plan by the last Legislation and it
has become Incorporated into the law
of the state. The law provides for
teachers insurance fund, the prem
\ iunase to he paid partly by the teacher
and partly by the state, and secures to
the teacher, after she has taught for
rs years-an annuity of from $500 to
$3.50, according to amount paid in by
the subscriber. A large number of
the older teachers have already avail
ed themselves of the privileges of the
law to take out policies in the fund.
After January First 1914 the new
teacher entering the profession must
become member, that stipulation be-
ing a part of her contract.
The association went on record as
being opposed to uniform text books
in any way, in favor of an exhibit of
school work at the San Francisco ex-
position, and in favor of universal
suffrage for the state.
The association after warm con-
test for honors between the friends of
Grand Forks and those of Bismarck
decided to go to the capital city for
their convention next year by two
to one vote.
In many ways, Mr.. Forster says,
the meeting this year was the best
over