The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-28
new ERA DAWN|S IN
BEMIDJI'S SCHOOLS,
BUSINESS TO RUL F
THE COMING YEAR

:. Never before has the outlook for
a successful school year in Bemidji
been so roseate as the opening
taking place next Tuesday, and tn ere
will be found many innovations and
new ideas interjected, all with the
purpose Of betterment in school
affairs, conduct and efficiency in
every direction, with Superintendent
Bolcom commencing the first sch ool
year of his regime. -
One of the ideas already under way
and one that will meet the general
approval of everyone is that here
after the affairs of the school are to
be conducted along strictly business
lines, and to that end business
department is being installed, that
will be, on similar lines as sue
cessful business enterprise. A cash
basis is being sought and is to be
worked out to completion. The
practice of warrants being allowed
to accumulate and draw heavy in
terest at the expense of the taxpayers
is to be eliminated and books and
accounts are to be kept at the school
business offices where any taxpayer
so disposed will be gladly welcomed,
and where all information as to
school finances or any other matter
will be Immediately available.
The offices of the superintendent
and the business department have
been moved to the ground floor and
located in specially constructed quar-
ters, making them complete, and
saving visitors the annoyance of
hunting for their location.
Schools Govern Athletics.
Another thing that has been a
cause of annoyance to school athori-
ties, parents, teachers and the public
III general has been a" that Of ath-
letics, and the less discussed the
better. However,.in the engaging Of
]. w. Smith, until his contract was
signed by the Bemidji board, prin-
cipal of the Wadena schools, the
schools of Bemidji have a young man
recommended by those in position to
know as one of the best high school
| principals in the state. He is a
young man of rare educational
attainments Of pleasing personality,
fine disciplinarian and an athlete
| and coach of ability, popular with the
have charge of the athletics of the
will control athletic activities, with
out interference from outsiders, or
attempts at rule violations.
Trained Nurse Specialist.
The employment of trained
| school visiting nurse brings to the
Bemidji schools Miss Mostu, gradu-
ate of the City Hospital of Mimi
eapolis, and a worker in the state
health bureau, and also nurse in the
Prescott school of Minneapolis. She
is already devoting her activities to
her Bemidji duties and is taking the
school census to give her an Oppor-
tunity to visit the children's homes
and get acquainted with their
environment and the parents. In
this manner, she will obtain at the
outset valuable information along the
lines of her work in Bemidji Here
tofOre, a man has taken the census,
but it is said a, man does not notice
the little things like nurse schooled
in the line of her 'alling.
Pretty Costly Incubators.
One of the interesting incidents
discovered by superintendent Boil
com was the egg incubators in the
high school building. He was Of the
opinion the incubators belonged on
the school farm and not in the high
school, and when he probed further
and learned that it cost the tax
payers the tidy sum of 1924 per year
in insurance premiums to maintain
the incubators in the high school
building, they promptly went to the
farm and the insurance premium
came down the aforesaid sum.
Superintendent BOlcom also took
look at the wiring in the new
Lincoln school and discovered elec-
trio wires strung in the attic along
the floor and he promptly went after
that and some other matters and is
now going to have the building re-
rated as to insurance.
Not of That Stripe.
An interesting newcomer Is the
manual training instructor, successor
to A. d. Bailey The new instructor is
Walter E. Duerbahn and he halls
from New Ulm where he was manual
training instructor in the public
schools. He is frank to state that
New Ulm is all right but too weird
to suit his beliefs and loyalty. He is
said to be a most capable instructor
and a fine chap. The manual train
ing quarters are being rearranged
and brought up to the minute.
When Agricultural Instructor Gle
resigned to accept position in the
University of Minnesota, the schools
were fortunate in securing Harry Oiln
as his successor. Mr.. Olin is young
man of wide experience in his pro
fession and is a graduate Of the Mich