The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-20
MOORHEAD NORMAL
Plans for commencement week Will
be published next week.

Plans Tor commencement "0VN wa"
be published next week
Owing to the absence of the writer
Of the normal school notes last week.
the weekly column of items was omit
ted.
Among the addresses in chapel was
a. traVeI-Walk on Porto RICO oy MISS
Lucia Cilley. Miss Cilley knew her
Island subject well, for she spent three
years there as a teacher. Ihe lslanu
was acquired from Spain after the
Spanish -American war. 1t IS sndll,
eng 40x100 miles in dimensions YET
it has 1000, 900 people. While MISS
Cillev was there she lived with "a ma
| tive family, and, hence, she told ABOUT
the people. San Juan is the port
where most commerce is carried on.
To this port the oxen used Tor naullns
freight come from the interior. oxen
there push their loads with thelr
heads. People live in houses that have.
no window glass, but instead smut
tiers. The people are atrad OF nisht
air, SO they close the house tlsht at
night. There is very little furniture
used. The absence Of 1t makes houses
| cooler and prevents insects hiding in
it. Part of Miss Cilley's talk was de-
voted to telling about a native court
| shin. and its strict rules OF proprlety.
John w. Eek gave a splendid little
| address on the country or Holland
using pictures. His accounts or inter
esting experiences and descriptions OF
the people were excellent. n ad-
dress will be given again SUNDAY e
ing at the congregational church.
NJ. ballard SyaS one 0f. Inc 1uuEeS
at 2, declamatory contest at the agri-
cultural college In Fargo SATURDAY
evening.
Professor Kendall a his classes in
agriculture out of doors maklnS
garden on the land east of the halls
Evarvone deeply sympathiZed with
Burl G. Martin who received a mes
sage from Angola, Indiana, last week
Wednesday saying hat his father was
i'll. Before Mr.. Martin reached nome
his father died. Mr.. Martin
at home till the first of this week. re-
turning Tuesday. .1
The members of the present senior
class have been almost all placed IL
positions to teach next -'ili, u tne
average of salaries is higher u IL
ever was before. The seniors Will pc
scattered over almost all parts OF the
state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Reed went TO
St. Cloud, the twin cities, ana KlveS
Falls. Wisconsin at the end OF last
week. They attended the conference
of normal school English teachers az
ST.. Cloud Thursday q FRIDAY, ana
Mr.. Reed visited Mr.. Thomas at the
4 40 ,,s,,A-e;+-y + - q Ea1cf Ia nrGDdTlnG
the program for the State English as
ISOLATION for next October. Mrs. Reed
is now visiting her family In W1nona
before the leave for Europe for the
summer.
Miss Morris, field secretary OF the
Y, w. C, A., spoke in chapel THURSDAY
of the work of the society IN organlz
ing Eight Week Clubs Miss Jessie
Field was the originator OF the move
lment. Its purpose is to extend the
helm of the ". w. C. "A. to young WON
en- in he country. The clubs must afh
late with the larger society, mus
have organized activity such as sew
ing. and must have a Y. w. =. A.. RAJ
". MISS Morris described the move
ment as nationwide. She asked fol
fifteen or twenty workers from tnl'
school.
Ethel Pauline, daughter OF MIR. an
Mrs. Edwin r.. Reed, lis a prize Winnie
among the babies In OREGON.
The witches will have their annua
spring party In the gymnasium aatur
day evening, May 1s.
The open hour programs for the las
sAtwa week. were ysrsX attEacLiSa-s 1&ars