Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-25
M|N0T NORMAL
SCHOOL MAKES
RAP|DPROGRtSS
Institution Has Done Won
derful Work in North
western Counties.

The new state normal school at
Ainot most effectively demonstrates
the phenomenal growth Of the city,
the section. and the state. 1t opened
its doors for students in temporary
quarters in the city armory Sept. 80.
1918, with an enrolment of about
fifty students. Before the year was
out the new institution had ninety
nine regular students of normal school
rank and was able to occupy perman-
ent quarters.
The first faculty numbered eleven
and has since been steadily increased
until it now numbers twenty-one.
With the addition OF each succeeding
member of the faculty, more special.
ization and exclusive departments be-
came possible, until today hardly an
Instructor has more than one single
department. Manual training and
domestic science have been added to
the curriculum, and an increasing
for the advanced course and Its spe-
cial professional training. Ever since
the first year. when seventeen girls
ratified around in the big dormitory
there has scarcely been a time when
it was not filled to its capacity Of
! one hundred roomers The main
! building now accommodates seventeen
members of the faculty and 373 stu
! dents. So crowded has the building
become that it has been necessary to
convert hall space into recitation
rooms. placing cooking classes in one
| end OF the chemistry laboratory, and
hold music. art and sewing classes in
the same recitation room. Instructors
office rooms are used for storage of
manual training supplies and other
equipment. Hardly recitation room
but what is used continuously
throughout all the available time.
The graduates of the institution
numbered seventeen in the first year.
thirty-four in the second, forty-nine
in the third and this year there are
fifty-fve candidates for graduation.
Nine of these graduates will be from
the advanced two year course. Sixty
will have completed the rural teach
! ers' course. Since the establishment
OF the school 3,102 students OF
normal school rank have attended the
| institution and felt it's influence OF
these. 1900 have been rural school
teachers. assisted to secure the legal
teachers license. and improved in
their teaching efficiency through their
attendance at this institution.
Starting with incomplete buildings,
partial equipment and a faculty of
strangers, the institution has sue
ceeded in less than four years in es-
! tablishing the reputation of an insti-
tuition with character, and ideals. 1t
has an active list of helpful student
orga nizations. including a Y. w. C. A.
of 20 members Catholic Students
association of 25 members. two active
enthusiastic literary societies and4 the
usual number of ambitious ATHLETIC
! organizations. All Of these voluntary
student associations are beginning to
make their influence felt in establish
ing that wonderful thing called school
spirit which does SO much to determ-
inc the usefulness and educative
value of any institution.
The appointment committee, or bu-
reau of recommendations, Of the in
stitutions has been successful in
placing yearly all Of the institutions
graduates direct from the school. So
great has the demand become for
graduates OF the institution, that i,