The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-10-31
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in the North Dakota public schools,
presented an interesting report to the
English section this morning, and the
work of the committee was found to
be of so important a nature that 1t
was continued for another year.
Fight on German.
A fight on The question Of retaining
the teaching of German in North Da-
kota's public schools is expected in
the section on modern language and
Latin, to be held at 8 O'Clock tOmOr-
row morning at the Commercial club.
At the first session Of this group, held
this morning, Il. G. Mueller of Lucca,
secretary of the division, expressed
himself very strongly in favor of the
retention OF German, and lively de-
bate with Secretary Mueller in the at
firmative is promised for tomorrow.
The principal objection registered by
educators to the dropping Of German
and the substituting OF French, as
proposed, is that good German teach.
ers are plentiful, while instructors in
French are rare.
Voice Cultivation.
Voice cultivatiOn-no OF the sing
ing but OF the speaking voice-as a
means of keeping peace in the family
was advocated in the English section
this morning by Julia G. 'McDonough
OF the MinOt Normal Arnold Bennett
affillhs that 80 per cent of all the
daily friction in the house or office
(and would add, the school ROOM is
caused Ly tOne-mere tone OF voice.
DO we use to its greatest extent the
power that rests in the human voice?
feel that this particular section,
dealing with students representing a
the English language is secondary, a
consideration OF vOcalized English
may find responsive note in the
minds of some of the teachers present,
all of whom are striving to impart to
their pupils an appreciation as we'll as
speaking acquaintance with the now
almost universal language English.
Fewer papers and more voice will
mean happier students and longer
lived teachers, as well as live teachers
both worthy am bitions," said Miss
McDonough in concluding her very in
teresting paper on "Ess entials in the
Teaching Of English
Solves Home Problems.
Along somewhat similar lines was
the address of Miss Susan Mccoy be-
fore the English section on How to
Solve Some of the More Common
Problems in Spoken English" "NO
matter; how radical the opponents Of
various educational theories have
been, they have all aG'eea in respect
ing the %pOSitiOl oil he teacher of
English. He has beol ! regarded as an
indispensable aid to educational saliva
ton. We are therefore u.;ier no ne
cessity Of defending our right to an
important place in the school system"
said Miss Mccoy. "Our work is not
simply to, impart information but to
! establish habits. Whether or not the
student will form tn csc habits depends
on himself"
The Swedish and Norwegian lang
uages, Miss Mccoy finds, present the
nest pressing problems for North Da-
kota teachers of English. This condi-
ton presents difficulties of enuncia-
ton, accent, articulation and a pecu-
liar grammatical construction exceed
ingly hard to master. In conclusion
she said: "In no other way is an at
tractive personality so evident as in
the ability accurately and pleasingly
to express oneself in precise English"
Universal Music.
May we not some day hear the
music of the spheres, the community
music of the univ erse?" asked Dean
Eugene Woodlands Of the department
OF music at the Valley City normal in
his address, Community Music and
Its Influence" before the music sec
ton of the N. d. Il. A. this morning.