Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-07
IN. c. Macdonald Announces His
Candidacy for State Superintendent
Will Make Campaign Largely
Upon Rural School
Platform.
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HAS BEEN TEACHER
WENTY.THREE YEARS
Last Five Years Spent as 1nspec-
tor Of Consolidated
Schools.

N. G. Macdonald, state inspector of
consolidated, graded and rural schools
today confirmed the rumOrs of the
past few weeks that he is now a can.
didate for the office Of state super.
intendent of public instruction, having
decided to enter the race since Supt.4
Taylor has stated definitely that he
will not seek the office again. Supt.
Macdonald said in speaking of this
matter: "After being encouraged by
many people from every section OF
the state, and that without solicita'
tion, to enter the contest for the stae
superintendency, have decided to be-
come candidate for this very i'm
portant office. It is very evident that
there is an extensive and insistent
demand for someone who is especially
we'll qualified by training and expert
ence to assume the leadership In the
matter of the upbuilding of the rural
schools. Whether | am that person
or not the people will be given the
opportunity to determine at the polls.
In this and all agricultural states the
major work of the state superintend-
ent is and ought to be related directly
to the development of the rural
schools, for there the majority of the
school children is enrolled, and there
the need is tie greatest. At later
date will give my platform more in
detail, but l will say now that If nom.
mated and elected pledge myself to
make a special effort, through the CO.
operation Of all helpful agencies, to
develop more fully all public schools
and more especially the rural schools
in every section Of the state . s.
Fifth, Year, of Service.
Supt. Macdonald is now completing
his fifth year as state inspector of
cons oHdated, graded and rural schools
which work is mainly that of an as
sistant state superintendent. Ely his
cooperation with county 4superintend.
7ents and. otler, school officials, the
press and other. organizations, he has
had. remarkable success in this field,
not only in grading up the ~ae-room
rural schools, but in more than dou-
bling the number of consolidated
schools and in securing an inGrease of
four times the amount of state aid.
He taught Ills first school in North
Dakota, % years ago, and has been
engaged in. some form of school work
here ever since. The first ten years
were spent as a rural school teacher
and county superintendent in Cava-
ller county and principal at IHatton,
and the next seven as city superin-
tendent at Lidgerwood and Mandan,
and the last five, including this year,
in his present position. Thus ne
comes before the people with varied
and successful experience as rural
school teacher, village~principal coun-
ty and city superintendent, deputy
state superintendent, an instructor in
the summer schools Of the higher in
stitutions, institute lecturer and con,
ductor, and state inspector of CONSOLE
dated, graded and rural schools.
Hence it would seem that the proper
and logical thing for him to do is to
ask for the promotion to the office of
state superintendent. His academic
and professional training has also
been very extensive, being graduate
of the lMayville State Normal school
and graduate of the State Univer.
sity of North Dakota, with a degree
of Master of Arts. He has also done
postgraduate work in the universi.
ties of Chicago and Leland Stanford.
His high standing among the edu-
Gators of the state and nation is
shown by the fact that lie has served
as president of the state association,
state director of the national educa-
tion association and that he has ay-
peared several times on programs of
this national organization, being the
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