The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-07
Walsh COUNTY
DE:DCATES IT'S
farm COLLEGE.
rr-,
Governor Hanna, in, Address,
Declares Movement Means
! Greater Success.
NEW EDUCATIONAL
IDEA is LAUDED
Declares Tendency Of Educating .Bsck
to the Farm Should Appeal Par.
ticnlarly to tho People Of North
Dakota-NIany at Park River.
NEW EDUCATIONAL
IDEA IS LAUDED
Times Special service.)


Park River, N. D., Jan. T.-Walsh
county's new agricultural school, tho
first Of Its kind in the state, was dedi-
Gated here this afternoon. Governor
L. B. Hanna delivered the principal
address. Other speakers were E. ].
Taylor. state superintendent Of public
instruction, and j. r. Worst, president
Of the North Dakota agricultural col
lege.
Grand Forks was we'll represented,
those present from the city being Rev.
Of the model high school Of the uni
versity; Rev. J. H. Batten and N. B.
Black and daughter. Mrs. Kline Van
Alstine. Mr.. Black rendered vocal
solo at the dedication exercises this
afternoon. Mrs. Van Alstine played
his accompaniment. At the banquet
this evening Rev. Mr.. Mcintosh will
officiate as toastmaster.
Shows Value of Schools.
Governor Hanna spoke particularly
of the value Of the county agricul-
tural schools.
.'walsh county is to be congratu-
lated nthe completion OF this splen-
did institution Of learning" he said.
''rhis Is one Of the biggest steps taken
in the development Of North Dakota.
This state needs more institutions,
and, unless I am greatly mistaken in
my estimate Of the residents OF the
other counties, they will lose little
time In falling In line.
I'm recent years, there have been
a number Of important changes in
education. In the agricultural states
of the northwest, we have changed
z the old order. The three RS still are
: necessary, but We have begun to look
into the future. and. with this change,
have come improvements and adj
vances. S
Educated Away From the Farm.
The old idea was to educate the
boys and girls away from the farm.
ana. when the sback-to-the-farm cry
was taken up seveyal years ago. we
found Il hard q fsyerse things. do
thought It necsssaFy to educate their
children sway from the farm: far
from It. But they did not have the VI
sion; they could not, see that that was
the tendency Of, the schools Of the day.
But, as In everything. there was
an awakening. Men began to see that
change was needed. They began to
ieealize that the boys and girls must
Nbe educated back t othe farm.
Science Was Needed.
"And with this came the knowledge
that any person could not be a farm
er. They began to- zee that the three
RS were as much q part Of the farm
life a. anything: they saw that science
was needed in agricultural pursuits
sust as in other fields of endeavor.
"And now we have state agricultur-
al colleges. state high school agricul-
tural departments, and, finally, in
North Dakota, we have the county
agricultural schools
North Dakota Goes Forward.
North Dakota has the vision, and
North Dakota will press forward.
Where is no reason why we should let
other agricultural states eclipse ua
We have proven that, and this splen-
did school stands as testimonial Of
the fact that North Dakota soon will
lead them all"
supt. Taylor and President Worst
also emphasized the importance Of
the Agricultural school in the devel-
opment Of the community, and both
predicted a wonderful future for the
Walsh county institution and for the
future Of tho farms in the county.
The banquet tonight will be one Of
the biggest spreads given in this sec
tion Of the state. The Indications are
that fully 400 people will attend. Be
sides the visitors. including those who
spoke this afteroon, several local req
tdents Will give informal addresses.