The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-08-23
To ENCOURAGE
RURAL SCHOOLS
MOST STUPENDOUS EDUCATION.
AL CAMPAIGN is LAUNCHED
BY SUPT. MCDONALD.

Bismarck, Aug. 18.-One of the
most ~stupendous educational COM
paigns ever waged in the history of
the United States will be launched in
North Dakota on Oct. 1st and will con-
tinue over a period Of six weeks under
the auspices of the department of pub
lie instruction.
Plans for the campaign, which has
for its object the encouragement Of
the consolidation and Standardization
of rural schools and the general bet
torment of rural education, were an
nounced by N. C. Mcdonald, sperm
tendent of public instruction, this
morning. The campaign for better
rural schools will be waged at "rally".
weeks to be held in all the So coun-
ties in the state.
At these institutes or rallies, teach
ers, directors Of the various schools,
and county superintendent will be
brought together for a liberal discus
sion of educational work in the rural
districts. Conductors have been ap-
appointed by the superintendent Of
public instruction for each county in
stitute, and the course of study and
discussion to be followed at the vari-
Gus meetings has also been outlined by
Superintendent Mcdonald.
d., Educational problems will be dis
cussed at the Institutes by speakers
of national reputation who have been
organized into a "fying squadron" to
visit practically all the counties in the
state. The programs have been SO ar
ranged by Superintendent Mcdonald
that the speakers who make up the
"fying squadron" will be able to
speak before SO county conferences.
One of the principal speakers who
will make up the "fying squadron" is
Dr.. A. E. Windship of Boston, Mass.
editor of the Journal of Education,
and one of the foremost educational
speakers in the United States. Pro-
fessor A. P. Hollis of the Agriculture
tors in the state, will also address the
Institutes, as will Governor Lynn J.
Frazier, who is recognized as n of
the pioneer educators of the state and
known the country over as the father
of the consolidated school, and Super
intendent Mcdonald, who has proven
himself to be a real friend to the
rural school. Other prominent
speakers are also engaged to join the
"fying squadron"
The campaign will open the first
week in October with conference in
six counties in the southwestern part
Of the state. The second week of the
campaign conference will be held
in six counties in the southwestern
section of the state. The plan will
be carried out until a conference has
been held in every county in North
Dakota. Six conferences a week have
been arranged in order that the "fy-
ing squadron" will have an emporium
ity to appear before practically every
institute in the state.
The chief aims or purposes of the
""Better Rural School Rally Week" as
outlined by Superintendent Mcdonald
are:
To give teachers and directors the
necessary information regarding the
problem of rural school betterment.
To impress firmly upon teachers and
directors the great necessity for
school Improvement.
To fix we'll in the minds of the
teachers and directors some of the
means necessary to be used in secur
ing better rural schools.
To develop higher ideals on the part
of the teachers and directors regard
ing their responsibilities and oppor-
tunities in this matter.
The chief means, Mr.. Mcdonald ex-