The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-01
mcBrien Has Praise
for n. D. Educators

"The great men-who are they Z?
With all due respect to the men who
have represented this state in the
halls OF congress, no man has done
more for the commonwealth of North
Dakota than President George A. Nc.
Farland has done through the influ.
ence of this institution during the last
twenty-five years." said DR.. J. L. Nc.
tBrfen, Of the U. S. Bureau of Educa.
ton, in his address before the teach.
ers and school officers assembled in
the Normal school auditorium Tues.
day evening. "
"And you have, wonderful woman
in Superintendent Nelson of the
Barnes county schools" continued DR..
McErien. "She has done wonderful
work and have invited her to come
to the conference of rural school ex.
perts to be held next month in the
south"
Your state superintendent of public
instruction is a great man among
school men. He has spoken on various
rural school programs and the show
ing that he made for the work among
the schools Of North Dakota has been
inspiring" II. ~. 20.
"a man among men is Gov Frazier.
He is doing great work in North Da-
kota which has one Of the greatest OF
state governments
DR.. McBrien was one of two speak.
ers scheduled to appear before the au-
dience on Tuesday evening at which
Gov Lynn J. Frazier presided. When
called upon DR.. McBrien said that he
would vary his address from the
"shol% talk that his auditors had
heard all day. Instead of delivering
the address he had prepared he took
his auditors in the company of great
men. His talk was replete with inter
esting anecdotes and pointed stories
and lent occasion to the tribute paid
the leaders in the educational field in
this state. .*
AS chairman of the evening Gov.
Frazier took occasion to commend the
movement for county school nurses in
this state. He mentioned case in
Grand Forks county which was the
first county in the United States 10
have school nurse. 1t is better, the
Governor said, to spend little money
to keep children we'll than to hire a
doctor to bring them back to health
when they are sick. The Governor in
the course of his remarks showed his
keen interest in the standardization
and consolidation of rural schools to
give the country boy and girl the same
educational privileges that are enjoy
ed in the city.
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aid was the other speaker for the eve
ming. Gov. Frazier referred to Mr.
Macdonald as practical educator
in introducing him. Mr.. Macdonald
first called upon the school nurse OF
Barnes county to arise. Miss Clara
Larsen, a graduate of the State Nor
NAL school here, arose. There was
applause. The speaker referred to the
! interest of the Governor in matters OF
education in this state and devoted
his remarks principally to the advan
tages to be obtained from the stand
! ardization and consolidation of rural
schools.
AS an introduction to the program
Prof. Meyer sang believe Me If All
Those Endearing Young Charms" with
Miss Josephine Wright at the Piano
IA few Introductory words touching up
on the song and the occasion upon
which the words we're written prov
ed very interesting to the audience
Then there was period of community
singing. Most Of the well-known pa
triotic songs were directed by PROF
Meyer and among them was THE U
S. A. Forever" which has been so pop