Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-03-28
GoVerner Hanna at Mott
Tells Of School Progress
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audience, after which a reception wa
held by the Mothers club of Mott.
Immediately preceding the cover
bate was heard, on the question O
"Women's Suffrage
Our Schools. a.. 81
In taking up the subject OF "Oul
Schools the governor interested his
hearers with some facts concerning
the growth attained in our youns
state during the past few years. lr
part, he said: vi little dreamt on m,
first visit to Mott, six years ago
that there would be such a magniti
cent school erected here as you have
and think, too, that you good PEG
pie, most of you, little, realized it
either. But this beautiful building
stands out as a monument to you
and Hettinger county, and has only
come about through faith, faith in
the country and faith in the future
| There are abut three other states
that spend as much money on schools
per capita as we, for the advance
ment of education, and yet our state
is in its infancy, in fact, is one OF
the baby states of the Union.
During the past year, as I have at.
tended many schools and school ded.
ications, I don't wonder at the rapid
strides we are making with the edu.
cation of our boys and girls.
Congress has passed two great and
good laws, that have done much for
North Dakota. One of them was to
give us hOmesteads, and the other
was to set aside one.eighteenth of
our lands for the upbuilding of the
schools of our state. .,.. aa4
Down at Bismarck today, we have,
as a result Of these laws, twenty mil
lions of dollars for the maintenance
and support of our common schools,
and in time We will have a hundred
millions. ti3.fY h.. .r .r.
Let us look back to Is years ago,
said the governor. We We're COM
PEELED to send our school bonds to
New York, Massachusetts,, Pennsyl-
wanna and other states to find a mar
ket, the bonds costing us or 8 per
cent interest; but it is all different
today, for all Of our school bonds
are being kept at home and are be-
ing carried at the low rate of per
cent. The speaker then took up our
state schools, with their large grants
of lands, which help them SO much
in their support.
Our public institutions are doing
a great work, and it seems wherever
go, that today we are going through
a period of evolution, advancing step
by step, but marching steadily on
ward and upward. We are living in
a day Of great progress, and fast are
our citizens realizing that we must
change our methods, for the schools
OF today are a much greater indus
try than they were 25 years ago. It
is the same way with other walks,
of life. The farmers are awakening
to the fact and are changing their
methods of farming. (,
Rural and ,ccnsolidated Schools.
In looking back, to only year ago,
find that we had but few consQli-
dated schools in our state, and to-
day there are 100, and many more
to come. 1t is a fact that a great
Of our boys and girls are
educated in these rural schools and
| anna firm believer in the consoli-
dated schools. Our people have been
very liberal in tie matter of educa.
ton and are beginning to see that
it pays them to keep the boys and
girls in school Just as long as they
possibly can. 1t matters not what
their future vocation in life will be,
give them the advantage of the splen.
did education that this state affords
10 all, rich and poor alike. We need
me coming generation to be educat-
ed to higher standard today, far
sreater than 20 years ago. The de.
nand for better education is more
needed now than at any period in
history. % ~ at'I -
Parents Should Visit Schools.
Don't forget, too, that your boys
md girls are in the teachers com. I
'any much more than they are in
ours. Parents should visit the
schools oftener There is too much
negligence on the part Of parents in
his direction. The teachers have, a
treat responsibility, and you owe it
Q them as we'll as to your boys and
urls, to become acquainted more
With the. pedagogue, who has your
roy or your girls future in the bal
nee. | would urge that both father
md mother visit the schools more /
'tten. The boys and girls will ap- |
'reciate it, as well as the teacher,
whose vocation is not always full of i
but whose responsibility of.
en- weighs heavily. There is great |
lemand in the state today for school +
eachers and our state institutions
eem hardly, able to supply the de- /
'land, hence the call is often made
N other states.
Start Savings Account. \
Keep out of debt" This is a prob. i
EN- that has been hard to meet in
Worth Dakota. aud today finds a
movement started lin the schools Of
'ur state amongst the pupils, to |
each them the value Of money. III
10 not mean to teach them IN hn Il