The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-09-20
NOTED SPEAKER
Will ADDRESS
STATE TEACHERS
Walter Bradley Tripp Of
Boston To Be Among
Takers

Bismarck, N. D., Sept. 20. - The
program for the annual convention
of the North Dakota Educational as
sociation which will bring from L.
200 to 1000 Flickertail teachers to
the capital city for the week of Oct.
29 was announced today by Sec. W.
e. Parsons. The teachers this year
will have an opportunity ITO hear
some of the most notable men Of the
school world, including Walter B.
Tripp Of the Emerson school of ora
tory at Boston; DR.. @. ID. Strayer of
Columbia university and leading
members of North Dakota's higher
institutions of learning. ..
The general association will hold
three sessions at the municipal audi
torium beginning Wednesday after
noon, Oct. 81, when an address Of
welcome in behalf Of the city will be
delivered by George N. Remission,
secretary OF the Bismarck Com
mercial club, and Gov. Lynn j.
Frazier will welcome the teachers on
behalf of the state. B. H. Kroeze of
Jamestown will respond with an adj
dress on Educational Patriotism, the
Need OF the Hour, and Pres. e. r.
Edwards of jamestown will make his
annual address. Other speakers of
the afternoon will be State Supt. N.
@. Macdonald of Bismarck and
Walter B. Tripp, Who will speak on
The Man OF Destiny. .s.-
The evening of the opening day a
musical program will be presented
at the auditorium under the auspices
OF the Bismarck Thursday Musical
club, and Mr.. Tripp will speak on
David Copperfield.
Thursday evening DR.. G.. D. Stray
er will make his first address, and he
will lecture again Friday, Nov. 2.
The Thursday evening session will
be preceded by musical program.
The general association business ses-
sion will be held Friday forenoon,
Nov. 2, when the annual election Of
officers will take place.
Divisional meetings will be held
during the convention on higher and
professional education, with r. M.
Black, president of the Glendale
normal presiding; on secondary
Fargo presiding; county superin-
tendents, N. c. Macdonald, president;
rural education, o. A. Barton Of VAL
ley City, president; history, civics
and social science, III. G. Fish Of
Minot, president; musical education,
A. ]. Stephens of Fargo, president;
teachers Of English, G. l.. Paine of
Mayville, president; principals OF
graded, consolidated and third class
high schools, Carl Gilbertson Of Lig-
mite. president; manual training, ].
w. wann of Valley City, president;
domestic science, Katherine Jensen
of the agricultural college, presi-
dent; science and mathematics, Pres.
r. w. Smith of the Bottineau school
of forestry, presiding; teachers and
officers of agricultural schools and
departments, A. L. Schafetv of Car
rington, president; parent teachers
league, r. Acher of Valley city,
president; modern languages and
Latin, Anna L. Hillesheim Of Dickin-
son, president
General officers OF the North Da-
kota Educational association are:
President, e. r. Edwards, James
town; first vice president, P. ]. lver-
son, L.akota; second vice president,
L. A. White, Williston; secretary w.
q. Parsons, Bismarck: treasurer. F.
w. Reineohl, Larimore. The execu-
tive committee consists of E. r.
Edwards, State Superintendent Mac
donald, w. e. Parsons, Minnie j.
Nelson of Valley City, p. s. Berg of
Dickinson, NJ. Beatrice Johnstone of
Grand Forks and ]. Nelson Kelly Of
Grand Forks.