Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-22
APPROPRIATIONS
ARE DISCUSSED
Board of Education, However
Withholds Estimates That
:
Are Made.

Fargo, N. d., Nov. 21.-The board
Of education declines to make public
the appropriations asked for by the
different educational Institutions Of
the state because these estimates are
| prepared for submission to the GOV
rno and it is held that they are not
for pub ication until he gives them
out 1t is known, however, that a
number of new buildings are to be
asked for by different institutions,
with a mighty small prospect Of hay.
ing them granted. The requests for
appropriations were referred 10 a
committee to get them in shape for
submission.
The agricultural college presented
to the board. through Mr.. Cooper. d.
rector of the experimental station,
the necessity OF legislation accepting
the provisions of 3 the SmithlIeyer
law if North Dakota is to participate
in it's benefits. Al present the state
is receiving $4,000 a year which is
ing and domestic science. This sum
is to increase automatically until at
the end of this census decade there.
will $4,000 a year received. The
state legislature must accept by leg
islative enactment this donation. and
make appropriations sufficient TO
meet the terms. The board OF educn.
ton is asked TO recommend this 10
the legislature.
The North Dakota Educational as.
ISOLATION was represented before the
board by Supt. p. S. Berg of the Dick.
inson public schools, VINO asked the
board to recommend some amend
ments to the present law, prescribing
how county superintendent shall pay
their assessment into the fund, and
also an amendment extending the
time during which teachers now EN-.
pioyed in the state can become par.
ticipatOrs in it, as many of the teach
ers did not know that the time for
enrolment expired Jan. /. 1911.
The state association also wants
statistics gathered in the high schools
to show how many pupils are study
ing English and how many teachers,
with the number Of Classes. 1t is re-
ported that in some of the grade high
schools there are 1877 pupils per class
and the teacher conducting six class
es per day. The standard ought to
be about 50 pupils and not over five
classes. 1t is believed that the col
lecting of accurate statistics n the
state will enable the authorities to
cure the evil.
The following members of the
board We're in attendance: President
of the board, Supt. E. J. Taylor, Bis
marek; Pres. +. l.. McVey, university;
Pres. F. E. Smith, Wahpeton; Pres.
T. A. Hiliyer, Mayville; N. G.8Mac-
donald, Valley City; Richard akHey-
ward, Grand Forks; Supt. Mamie Sor-
enson, Cando; w. Z. Parsons, secre-
tary Of the board. Those absent were
Pres. j.. H. Worst of the A. c.; +. L.
Crawford, Sentinel Butte. .s.
Before adjournment the board re-
ferred the business before it to two
committees, to report December |,
here in Fargo. All matters pertain
ing to the financial prospects and de-
mands of the institutions, are refe r.
ed to a committee Of which President
McVey of the university is chairman,
and Pres. Y. A. Hillyer Of Mayville
normal and Pres. Fred Smith of Wahs
peton Science, the other members.
All other matters bearing upon he
educational welfare of the state area
in the hands of the following com
mittee: Supt. E. J. Taylor, N. G.
Macdonald and F. l.. Crawford.