The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-14
STATE BOARD
OF REGENTS
Visits Bottineau and Inspects the
School of Forestry.-The Board
Decides to Add a Normal Course to
the Curriculum.
RENDERED A RECEPTION.
The Distinguished Visitors Were Very
Favorably Impressed With Botti-
neau and the Conduct of the School
of Forestry.

The members of the state board of
regents, consisting of President Lewis
+. Crawford, Robert L. Muir, George
Totten, Charles E. Vermilya, and
Charles Liessman, held their annual
meeting at the State School of For
estry on Tuesday afternoon. DR.. J.
D. Taylor, of Grand Forks was unable
to be present, due to illness. About
thirty members of the Bottineau Com
mercial Club, the county commission
ers and citizens from many parts of
the county were present and present.
ed to the board of regents the request
of this section of the state that a
Normal course should be added to the
work Of the School of Forestry. They
also presented a plan whereby funds
would be loaned the state by the citi-
zens of Bottineau and vicinity for the
purchase or erection of dormitory.
After discussion by both sides, it was
decided by the board of regents, to
grant the Forestry the new Normal
course. The board of regents exam
ined the buildings and stock of the
school, and were very much pleased
with the showing made. The shop
and shop courses came in for many
words of commendation. It is planned
to extend the shop to nearly double
it's present size, for the accommoda-
tion of demands in this work for the
coming year. The regents and Mr..
Fred w. Cathro were entertained at
dinner by Pres. and Mrs. Fred w.
Smith.
A reception rendered by the Botti-
neau Commercial Club to the board of
regents was held at the School of
Forestry at 8:15 in the evening. The
receiving line consisted Of Mr.. Peter
Scott, introducer, Mr.. and Mrs. L. C..
Holz, President Lewis E. Crawford,
of the board of regents, and Robert
L. Muir, Charles E. ,Vermilya, George
Totten and Charles E. Liessman,
members of the board Of regents.
President Fred w. Smith and Mrs.
Snaith, Mr.. and Mrs. M. R. Shuler,
Miss Mabel Rosel, Mr.. A. G. Brown,
Miss Ada Johnson, Mr. I. D. Cameron,
Miss Emma Rosel, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
H. Weaver, Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Hen
derson, Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Williams,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Mcintosh, Mr..
and Mrs. J. T. Neville, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. P. Mcmillan, Mr. T. F. Woods,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Weeks, Supt. and
Mrs. Layne and Supt. L. H. Darling.
About three hundred and fifty peo-
pie passed along the receiving line
and attended the program, which fol-
lowed the reception. The program
consisted of the following: Selection
by Community orchestra; address by
Superintendent Harry E. Layne; mus
ic by Mrs. Helgerson, Address by
President Fred w. Smith, music by
the male quartette, address by Rob-
ert L. Muir, music by Mrs. C. r.
Gleason, address by George Totten,
music by the Neulen brothers, address
by Charles E. Vermilya, address by
Charles Liessman, music by the Bot
tineau male quartette, address by
President Lewis F. Crawford, music
by Bottineau High school glee club.
After the program refreshments
We're served under the competent di-
rection Of Mrs. Andy Johnston.
The board Of regents expressed
their appreciation for the interest
shown by the people of Bottineau and
vicinity toward the School of Fores-
try. They left for Grand Forks on
Wednesday morning.