The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-17
OFFICERS AGAIN
ELECT DIR. ROWE
TO PRESIDENCY
Cass County Physician To
Hold Office For Seven
teenth Year
SCHOOL NURSE
FOR CASS COUNTY
Two Hundred and Nineteen
School Officers Sign
Petitions

Dr. III. j. Rowe of Casselton. was
elected president of the Cass County
School officers association, at the
close Of the annual meeting held in
Casselton Friday afternoon.
In entering upon his work for the
new year, DIR. Rowe begins serving
his seventeenth year as the head Of
the county organization. William
Michigan OF Chaffee, who has serv-
ed the corresponding number OF
years as secretary treasurer, was
reelected.
The Cass County School Officers
association has no vice president. 1t
was stated by Superintendent Riley
that since the organization was
launched President Rowe has never
failed to attend a meeting and no
vice president has been required.
To Have School Nurse.
The big issue before the convention
Of the county school teachers and
the meeting OF the school officers Of
Cass county, was that of getting en-
ough signatures to petitions, circu-
lated by County Superintendent
Riley, for a graduate school nurse,
whose duties will be to visit the
schools OF the county. inspect and
examine the pupils. Two hundred
and nineteen signatures were afixed
to the petitions. \ Two hundred and
thirty-two names are needed. Coun-
ty Superintendent Riley states that
he will go out among the school, Off
GERS of the county next week and Is
certain OF getting 100 additional
names. There are 474 school clerks
and school officers in the county and
out of this number, 219 were in at
tendance at the annual meeting.
II have been in school work for
thirty years" said Supt J. w. Riley
this morning, and have never at
tended an institute where more
enthusiasm and loyalty to ideals
were displayed. Every teacher IN
Cass county, barring two, who were
called TO this institute or rally, were
present, and not only received, but
gave inspiration to others.
"Supt. p. ]. Iverson OF Lakota, N.
D., superintendent of the Nelson
county schools, and Mrs. lnez Cham
pine Anderson Of Fargo, are among
the strong institute teams Of the
state. The closing rally OF school
officers was a fitting climax to the
biggest whirlwind campaign for the
betterment Of rural schools ever
held in the county and in the state.
We had 500 people outside looking
in. The people of Casselton threw
open their homes and received the
delegates royalty, making us COM
portable and happy"
According to superintendent Riley
Cass county will be the first county
in North Dakota to have medical IN
spection Of its schools under the law
passed at the last session or the
stata legislature. Resolutions adopt
- were
~ = commendatory nature. bespeak-
ing words of praise for the hospl-
taiitv Of the Casselton people.
School Nurse in Every County.
Gov. LYNN y -razier, one Of the
speakers at chool OIhceIs
convention, that the peo-
Ma ~ the sts..aa waking up to
care for the health OF the farm boys
ana girls. He predicted that the
state would soon have a rural school
nurse In every county and stated
that IL there were any directors on
school boards who we're against such
a plan. that they should be nred
orr.
"If there are teachers who are not
interested In boys and girls they
ness in school work You teachers
who are really interested in your
work can do more for the schools
than anybody else Let the parents
know that they are ambitious for
your school. Put on programs. Have
entertainments. There was no
prouder moment in my life than one
time when went 20 the schoolhouse
70 hear one Of my daughters take
part in her first performance.
know that other farm parents feel
the same way about it show them
that you're interested AS long as