Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-10-19

y The life Of the average North Da-
kota schoolma' am is only -FOUR years.
School teaching, for instructors Of
the fair sex, is one of the most hazard
Gus occupations listed in the state.
School teaching for the ladies, espe,
cially the young and winsome ones, Is
especially fatal west of the Missouri.
r Matrimonitis Gets EN-. rtfI,
II they're young and good.looking
an infectious malady known as matri'
months is bound to get 'em, sooner
or later-usuallys sooner. ~, So. d.
To date no preventative measures
have proven satisfactory. The most
successful, alternative has been found
to be the teacherage,.s as applied in
connection with the 4 consolidated
school. - III, ..YiTo}3rE 49, .
The Reason0yvhy. ..
OF course; as the worlds greatest
advertiser of coffee says, There's a
reason" There's several Of 'em, in
fact.
First and foremost, the average
young woman who leaves her home
in Indiana or Iowa or wherever it
may be and comes to North Dakota to
teach the young bronch how to shoot,
is Of an adventurous disposition. Ad'
venturous young women are most
liable to matrimony. Secondly. wages
paid North Dakota school ma'ams, an
average Of $54.92 per month for 81
months out Of the year, isn't the most
attractive stipend on earth. Thirdly.
the average young woman who teach
es a rural school must travel from a
mile to three miles to secure halfway
suitable accommodations, and when
she gets there she probably shares her
room with little Maggie and Bonnie
Belle, and her reception room is the
general family "parlor," and her study
the dining room and kitchen, after the
dishes have been cleared away. And
probably the food is better caluculat.
ed to put pep into railsplitter than .
splitter of infinitives, and all in all,
after four and a half years Of 1t, she's
ready for most anything-and most
anything usually hobs up in the shape
of clean-faced, good.looking young
homesteader or rancher who has a
nice little house and a bank-account
all his own, and Miss schoolma' am
chirps me for the kindergarten"
Brewer on Pedaoo9ies.
Charles Brewer. secretary Of the
state board of regents, was in a retro
spective frame of mind when he un'
burdened himself Of the above facts.
He had just returned from a visit to
the Minot normal, where the regents
unanimously and enthusiastically
adopted resolutions endorsing the 10.
cation of new normal school at Dick
inson, and he was discussing in q gen.
eral way the need for more normal
trained teachers.
At present about one teacher in nj.
teen has normal school training. The
normal school now in operation are
doing little more than to take care OF
the vacancies created by the dropping
out Of experienced teachers. Every
fourth year practically the entire
teaching force of the state. which
means body Of between 1000 and
5000, must be replaced. There is q
demand, the board of regents believes,
for more normal schools and for more
teachers with normal school training.
Then there is a demand for teaching
and living conditions and something
better than day-laborer wages which
will keep the instructors on the job.
Accommodations Bad.
Superintendent Taylor estimates
that North Dakota employs 5000 rural
teachers In many communities the
best families do not care to open their
homes to the teacher. She is forced