The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

WILL COule " LuS OIdIc 4\ol uAel oSAAooA
with the opening of the fall term on
Tuesday morning, Sept. rs, to fill va
cancies caused by designations or to
assist in departments that nave eX-
perienced rapid growth in the num-
Der of students during the past year.
In the department of music, Mrs.
Aslaug Olson Wright will succeed Miss
Katherine Fjelde. Mrs. Wright is a
graduate of the Chicago Musical COL
lege, where she completed with first
honors. Among her teachers were
such eminent opponents of musical
art as Maurice Rosenfeld, Campbell
Upton and Felix Borowski. Her post
graduate study was pursued with
Glenn billiard Gum and Arthur Olaf
Anderson.
Mrs. Wright was, for number Of
years, connected with Fargo conserva-
tories, where she became one of the
earliest opponents of normal class
work for children, a movement COM
parable to the recently introduced "af-
ter school violin" classes, and one that
is said will likely revise piano-teach'
ing standards in this country.
Prof. Hugh Cowan Souder has been
engaged as assistant in the depart
ment of education. Mr.. Souder is a
graduate of Maryville college, Mary
vile, Tenn, and took the degree of
master of arts at the university of
South Dakota, at Vermillion. He has
been an instructor at Maryville COL
lege and taught for number Of years
in the schools of Indiana, before COM
ing to South Dakota, where he taught
at Watertown and later became super
intendent Of schools at Big Stone City.
For the past four years, Mr.. Souder
has been superintendent of schools in
Grant county, S. D., which position
he has just resigned to come to Valley
City.
The position made vacant by the
resignation of Prof. NJ. C. James will
be filled by Prof. J. H. Seymour, assist
ant in the department of agriculture
for the past two years. Mr. Seymour
will be assisted by Prof. P. w. Fattig,
who comes from the high school fac
ulty at Springfield, Ohio. Prof. Fat
tig is a graduate of Ohio State Normal
college and holds the degree of mas
ter of science from Ohio State univer-
sity. He has also furthered his stu
dies at Cornell and Michigan univer-
stiles. He has been teacher, prin-
cipal and superintendent of schools in
Ohio cities and for some time taught
at Trinity university, Waxahachie,
Texas.
Miss Harriet B. Gardner, of Lam
sing, Mich, will succeed Miss Florence
Tillson in the department of home
1oo~ovo;oo Mics Yi11cNr hoe roopnt1v
become director of domestic science
at Bull Idaho. Miss Gardner has
the degree of batchlor of science
from the Michigan State Agricultural
college and secured her masters de-
gree from the Oregon State Agricul-
tural college. For the past two years
she has been director of home eco
nomics at Lincoln College, Lincoln,
ILL.,, which position she is leaving to
come to Valley City.
Miss Florence H. Carroll will sue
coed Miss Helen M. Rand in the de-
partment Of languages, Miss Rand hav.
ing resigned to further her studies at
Radcliffe college. Miss Carroll recent
ly received the degree of bachelor of
philosophy from the university Of Chi
cago, where she was elected to the
honorary scholastic fraternity, Phi
Beta Kappa. She has had consider.
able experience as tutor and instruc.
tor of English and foreign languages.
Miss Lota King, of Chicago, will
assist in the department of rural
school training, where Prof. B. A. Wal
lace is granted years leave of alb
sence to further his studies. Prof
Wallace will spent the year at the uni
versity of Minnesota, where he will
also instruct.
Miss King is a graduate. of the Mar
ion, Ohio, Normal college and of the
Munice, Ind, Normal institute, where
she also was for some time an instruc
tor. She holds the degrees of bache
Tor of science, bachelor Of arts, and
recently received the degree of bache
Tor of philosophy at the university Of
Chicago. Miss King has had an ex
tensive experience as teacher and prin
cipal of grade and high schools in In
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