Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-01-16
CHARLES C.. ROOT
RESIGNS SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT
Resignation Filed With School
Board Saturday After
noon
TAKES EFFECT AT END
OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
Has Been Superintendent for Six
Years; Future Plans Not
Decided.

Saturday afternoon superintendent
Charles G.. Root Of the Bismarck
schools filed his resignation with the
president OF the school board. The
act came as a surprise to the people
Of the city. The resignation is dated
January 1, and is to take effect at the
end OF the present school year.
Here six Years. ..s
Mr.. Root has been superintendent
of the Bismarck schools for six years
In all that time he has labored in.
cessantly to improve and build up the
school system Of Bismarck to its
highest possible state. At the end of
the school year, Mr.. Root will have
finished IS years of active school
work. He has not decided as to what
he will do in the future.
Prot. Bolt May Succeed.
Rumor states that Prof. Bolt, who
is principal of the high school, will
succeed Mr.. Root, in case the resigna.
ton is accepted by the school board.
The Resignation.
Bismarck, N. d., Jan. 1st, 1915.
TO the Honorable Board of Educa.
ton:
AS the time of year is approaching
when | know you want to begin lay.
ing plans for the coming year, ]
should like to present to you at this
time my resignation to take effect at
the end f this school year, July LIST
1915. ] take this occasion to thank
all those who have acted in the capa.
city of members of the board of edu'
cation during my term of Office fol-
the courtesies extended me, and for
the support which has assisted me in
the upbuilding Of the schools.
Perhaps you will permit me at this
time to call your attention to the fact
that the work of supervision of the
Bismarck schools has practically
doubled since the beginning of my
term, six years ago. At that time
there were eighteen teachers in two
buildings now there are thirty-five
teachers in three buildings. The en-.
rollment in the entire school has in
creased from 700 to 1,10O In the
high school the number Of teachers
has more than doubled, and the en-
rollment increased from 1876 to 23O.
In installing the many new depart
ments, much extra time has been re-
quired for their organization, and for
the selection of the best equipment
for the money available. In addition
to this the various activities which
have centered around the new high
school building have occupied a large
share Of time outside of school hours.
Our reward for the strenuous work
has been in the growing appreciation
for the Bismarck schools among the,
residents of our own city, and in the
increasing reputation of our schools,
which is attracting students from all
The western part of the state.
The past six years have been spent
in a sincere effort to build up and
improve our school system. While
the work Of supervision would have
been better done if there might have
been some assistance in the routine
Of office work, we trust that the
board of education and the people of
Bismarck will feel that the work has
been done conscientiously and with
the best interests Of the children of
Bismarck always in mind. Much work
Of a constructive nature remains to
be accomplished, but personal inter-
ests and family considerations die
tate that should leave it to another.
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