The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1916-12-14
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ENDORSEMENT N
SURVEY REPORT
late and Federal Commissioner
Of Education Found New
N Normal Necessary
PADS AND FANC1Es SHOULD
10 FOR PRACTICAL NEEDS
Advised That Science and Forest
~ Give Way to Farming
and Mechanics

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and Mechanics
Endorsement for the Dickinson Nor.
NAL school from high source comes
in the advance sheets of the long
awaited report of the educational sur
vey conducted in North Dakota year
ago by Commissioners; of Education E.
B. Craighead. with the assistance Of
P. P. Claxton, United States commits
sioner Of education, and the latter's
staff.
While the recognition comes too
late to have any effect on the recent
election; where q favorable majority
Of nearly 10000 indicates that it was
not needed, 1t is gratifying to friends
Of the new institution to find its es.
tablishment justified by, so illustrious
an authority.
Asai and Uni Duplicate.
The commission, composed Of Drs.
Craighead and ClaxtOn and DR.. Baw-
den, industrial expert OF the United
States bureau of education, finds that
in North Dakota, as in other states
where the university and agricultural
colleges are maintained as separate
institutions, there is much duplication
The report recommends the policy of
so co.ordihating the work Of these
two institutions that the major effort
of the agricultural college shall not
be duplicated by the university, nor
the agricultural college endeavor to
give its students courses which are
offered by the university.
Division % Engineering.
Specifically, the commission recon.
mends that there be maintained in
North Dakota but one law school, one
college OF professional engineering.
not closely related to agriculture; one
school Of medicine, and one graduate
school for the pursuit Of the liberal
arts and pure sciences, al of which
it contends should be at the univer.
sity. if
Agriculture First. u
At the agricultural college there
should be maintained, first Of all, the
commission holds, complete college
OF agriculture, asschool Of home econ.
omics, a school of, veterinary medi-
cine, and school of engineering, hav.
ing for its purpose the development Of
agriculture and the interests related
thereto, such as irrigation, drainage,
road-making, farm machinery, the
manufacturing Of farm products, any
engineering, in fact, that may relieve
the burden upon the farmer by light
ening his toll, develop rural civiliza-
ton, or add to the pleasure, wealth
or comfort of the rural or industrial
classes. The agricultural college,
through the government experiment
station, will continue to carry on re-
search work for the purpose of adding
to the knowledge bf agriculture and
allied sciences.
Preparation Of Teachers.
The preparation Of teachers for
high and consolidated schools is en-
trusted to these two institutions, the
university to train expert teachers IN
mathematics, lierature and the pure
sciences and to prepare city superin-
tendents and supervisors the agricu
tural college to develop teachers OF
agriculture, domestic science, the In
dustrial arts, and to train principals
of consolidated rural schools and city
Industrial schools, -
Rural Teachers .Needed.
The commission impresses upon
normal schools the fact that the great
demand is for more carefully trained
rural teachers, and advises especial
attention to this class of pedagogues,
without neglect for city instructors.
A Bas the Forestry School.
The commission fails to recognize
the value in a treeless state Of the
Bottineau school of forestry, and re-
commend that it be continued as an
AGRICULTURAL trades school, Offering
practical courses in farming, forestry
and horticulture, for boys; and home
making for girls, taking the place OF
the agricultural college with students
who cannot indulge in the more ex-
tensive courses.
Mechanics W. Science.
Practical mechanics will play a
more important part in the develop
ment of the state than the sciences,
the commission believes, and it recon-
mends that the state school of science
at Wahpeton become mechanic
trades school, with agriculture as a
minor subject.
Education a Ia Carte.
The commission has outlined a
statewide system Of education which
viii enable every boy and girl. to find
in some institution in North Dakota
the lines of studies, which he or she
most needs in training for a chosen
] vocation. Education is made essen
tially a responsibility Of the state.
\ The interests of the state are placed
I above those of any school or town or
community.
Copies Available.
AS soon as the presses can grind
them out, the state board of regents
win have available 10000 copies OF
this report for general distribution.
Anyone interested in the subject may
apply to the secretary Of the board for