The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-06-01

| An explanation of the plan Of work
that Is being prosecuted by the state
board of regents, given out at Bis
marck, throws some new light on the
work of the board. The statement fol-
| lows:
The state board Of regents is max
ing some progress with it's plans to
lcorrelate and coordinate the work OF
| the educational institutions. TO have
taken ill-advised or hasty action with
out familiarizing themselves with the
conditions of the state would have
been objectionable on the part Of the
regents and would have done inca1-
lculable harm to the educational inter-
ests Of North Dakota. For that rea-
son the members Of the board have
studied conditions carefully and have
acted in conservative manner to
avoid any danger that might arise
board appears to have been all along
| to construct and rebuild rather than
| to destroy.
Classify Institutions.
One of the marked features of the
work Of the regents appears to be
their efforts to classify the various in
lstitutions and to designate clear and
distinct line of work for each. This
has been rather difficult because OF
the fact that some of the institutions
had encroached on the field of the
others and considerable duplication
had resulted
Along this line it is understood that,
broadly speaking, professional and
classical work will be conducted at the
university, while at the agricultural
college vocational and industrial sub
tjects will be featured with n general
Strengthening of the courses in agri-
culture, home economics. agricultural
and industrial engineering. Research
work that will lead to any definite or
beneficial results for the agricultural
interests Of the state will be fostered
and encouraged. The plan Of the re-
gents appears to be to build up one of
the greatest agricultural colleges OF
the entire country in North Dakota.
Hard to Supply Teachers.
Because of the inability of the nor
NAL schools to supply more than a
small percentage Of the teachers re-
uuired for this state. the regents will
greatly strengthen the departments OF
education at the university and the
agricultural college. At the former
teachers for the high schools, men and
women for county superintendents and
for work as superintendents, princi-
pals and supervisors Of the hlgh
schools of the state will be trained. AT
the agricultural college teachers who
can specialize in agriculture, home
building and along industrial and vo-
cational lines generally will be trained
to assist in the great educational work
among the rural, consolidated and city
schools Of North Dakota.
! The normal schools will, 1t Is un-
Iderstood be kept strictly to the work
Of preparing teachers for the elemen-
| tary schools Of the state and an ef-
fort will be made to shape the courses
so they will eliminate those not in
tending to become teachers. The gen.
eral plan is to make the normal strict
Ily professional schools for the exclu-
sive work Of turning out trained teach
ers. There are three Of these, and the
! institution at Glendale, which has
been doing considerable work Of this
character, will give still more atten-
| ton to the preparation Of teachers and
also specialize along industrial lines
Changes at Wahpeton.
The state school of science at wah-
peton will be held more closely to the
preparation of students along scien-
tific lines and a strong agricultural
department will be added there that
can correlate with the work at the
agricultural college. Instruction in