The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1919-10-30
GOOD PROGRAM
INSTITUTE week
CONDUCTED UNDER DIRECTION
sUPT. STEVENS
state superintendent Among Speaker.
and Emphasized Many Strong
Points for School Workers
The gong has sounded. the deed is


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Institute week opened Sunday even
ing at the Normal school auditorium
with the. splendid address of DR.. John
Dawson of the Ohio Northern Uni
versity. DR.. Dawson is one Of those
grand old men who never grow old
but rather grow young by keeping in
touch with the youth Of today. He de-
livered two addresses to the teachers
on Monday. before departing on, his
tour Of the state institutes.
Another pleasant feature was the
work by Mr.. Townsend. who repre-
sents the VICTOR Talking Machine.
Mr.. Townsend is true artist in his
line and gave us many valuable and
needed suggestions regarding music
In the public schools. He demon.
strated his methods part of the time
with first grade children from the
public schools.
The Importance of developing not
only the child's innate sense of
rhythm and song was illustrated but
the natural play instinct was recog-
nized in the rhythmical games played.
While not a word was spoken regard
ing his machine or profession, many
teachers resolved to obtain machine
for their schools. Fortunately num-
Der of them are supplied and all that
is needed are some new records.
Conductor Wemett's chapel talks
regarding indians and the early his
tory Of North Dakota" were much,
appreciated by the Normal school as
well as the teachers. Mr.. Wemett
has the happy faculty Of making his
subjects vital. We could almost feel
that he had personal acquaintance
with the characters Of whom he
spoke, in spite Of the fact that many
of them lived during and previous to
the seventeenth century.
Mr.. Wemett.in the course Of his
weeks work proved himself to be not
only an interesting but an able in
structor He is a member Of the fac
ulty of the Valley City normal school,
occupying the chair Of history at that
institution. .-t
Mrs. DeLaHunt proved herself to
be an unusually strong primary in.
structor She worked with facts, not
theories, and demonstrated the value
Of her methods by using pupils frop
the frst grade Of the public schools.
Miss Reva Smith held the attention
of all by her tellfAg Of stories to the
kiddies. I They listened with open
mouthed attention and the audience
very nearly did likewise.
We were fortunate in securing
President Black, who is author Of
one of the Riverside Literature Ser
les. to conduct the work in upper
grade reading, while We were equally
pleased to secure Professor Ackert
with Professor Fuller to conduct the
work in arithmetic.
Mr. George Remission Of Bismarck,
who represents the Roosevelt Memor-
ial Association, addressed the assem-
bly, Tuesday afternoon.
A very informal reception was
given the teachers at the domestic
science rooms Of the. Normal school
Wednesday evening. Much credit is
due Miss Natwick Of this department
for her assistance.
Mr.. Mueller, our club leader, did
his share Of work during the week in
his usual efficient manner.
A joint session Of teachers and
school officers was held on Friday, the
following program being rendered.
Address-Professor wemett.~
Milk Testing Professor Jackson.
Agriculture-Mr Kuenning.
Music ic-Miss Hill. i
Address Miss Nelson. 1
Beacon System Reading-Mr. For
ney.
Rural School Betterment-Presi-
dent Black.
School Laws-states Attorney T. L.
Brouillard.
Special Problems-Miss Stevens.
Miss Nelson's address. consisted
principally in outlining the program
Of education. The following are some
Of the points emphasized;
First, az nation. we heed a more
strenuous campai&n for Americanisa-
ton. This was brousn, nome to us.
after the startling statistics were
compiled from our draft showing that
seven hundred Thousand Of our draft
ed soldiers could neither read nor
write. Good night schools would help