Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-13
TEACHERS SEE
FOLK DANCING
AND. SING MUCH
Of County Educat-
ssors Has Interesting Pro-
gram Here.

AT the teachers institute held In this
city, a directors meeting took place
to-day, E. j. Taylor, former state schooi
superintendent, presiding. The meet
ling opened with music rendered by
@aSthe pupils of the eighth grade in the
VI Roosevelt school, and the entertain
ssment ended with a series Of folk dane
sFDoherty, principal of the school.
Pupils fromSth primary room IN the
Wilder school also n danced folk
dances and played a number OF games,
%s,directed by Blanche Leigh, supervisor
s.stOf music in the city schools of Grand
Forks. This part of the program was
sin the nature of a demonstration OF
regular school music work.
Stockwcll Makes Speech.
Laura B. Saunderson, of Wesley col
&lege,. delivered an address on night
school work, and W..L. OF
Fargo, chairman Of the Y. M. Z. \.
war work in the state of North Dako-
ia, made a speech regarding the cam
paign Of this week which is being con-
Quoted for the purpose of raising unds
for the Y. M. c. A. work among the
soldiers of h United States here and
abroad. MIR. Stockwell made an appeal
to the teachers to assist in this branch
patriotic work-as well as in all
y others.
This afternoon E. j. Taylor deliver
: ed an address, and a business session
followed; election Of officers was eN-
pected to take place some time during
the afternoon.
Singing in tho Court Room.
The sedate and serene offices locat-
ed in the court house were slightly up
set several times this morning when
full-throated community singing echo
ed and reverberated throughout the
corridors of the building; a merry
smile twinkled in the eyes of the
county officials and their clerks, and
| everywhere melodious humming of
4: national airs was heard all the morn
!. ing.
The singing which so pleasantly
surprised the guardians of the county's
welfare, came from the district court
room where more than 200 teachers
were gathered to consider and discuss
I various vital phases Of educational
work.
The musical program which had
been performed at the officers meet
ling in the farmers room, was repeats
ed in the court room before the insti-
gtute, and several times during the
days sessions, the entire audience of
teachers rose to sing, The Red. White
3sand Blue" Columbia, Gem of the
FE0SSoA, LIAM Ao'Aui jul NV
8sBanner,'' etc, underline leadership of
A. L. Engelhart, superintendent of the
Thompson, N. D., schools. y
Business Of the Session.
The institute was conducted by
Clyde r. Travis, of the Mayville Nor
Smal, assisted by Catherine Gallagher
.of this city. The problem of rural
school betterment was gone into very
.scircumstantially in it's original stage
and will be continued tomorrow. A
lively discussion was the result Of the
session. Subjects like primary Read
ling" Course Of Study" primary
plays and Games" 'Standa rdization
94of Rural Schools" ETC., were discussed
and the attending teachers arc likely
to judge from remarks heard in the
room, to benefit n4uCh by the sugges-
stions offered in the course of the dis
Scussions.
Tomorrow another interesting pro-
gram will be carried out, following
mainly along f,h- lines Of touay's
work. Prizes for industrial, agricul-
tural and sewing work by school pupils
will also be awarded tomorrow,