Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-28
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LEACUERS BEGIN
FIGHT T'OOUSl
MISS MEL son.
Bill is, introduced Making it
Possible to Take Away
Certificates.
{By Geo. A. Benson.l

Bismarck. N. D.. Jan. 2s.-Nonpar-
tisan league leaders yesterday after
noon began their fight to leEislate
Miss Minnie Nelson out Of the once
of superintendent Of public instruc-
ton.
A bill, sponsored by Representative
Harding Of -Burleigh, and approved
by the league caucus, was introduced
which. II it passes. will make it pos
sible for the league to take from Miss
Nelson her life professional certifi.
cate. The bill is innocent enough on
Its face, but it contains a number of
provisions that are shown up as VIC
ious upon close analysis; it also af-
fects every teacher in the state, for 1t
does away with the permanency that
now attains with respect to qualities
tlons necessary to obtain and retain
superintendent, when interviewed Nv
The Herald's representative this
morning would make little comment
upon the bill.
When asked If it was not an at
tempt to legislate Miss Nelson out OF
office. he said: mo. don't think
So, but In the hotel lobby the other
night Macdonald was overheard to ex-
plain the play by which "her certifi-
cate would be taken away from her"
and this evidently is the plan he and
Lemke and Townley have evolved.
"Of course" said Macdonald.
there isn't much use in passing the
bill with the present board of educa-
ton. The board. as now constituted.
is inclined to let the bars down in the
matter
schools are the ones that suffer-
Recently. two of Fraziers an
pointees on the board attempted to
take some of the powers as pertains
to certificates from Miss Nelson, but
they failed in the attempt.
The bill introduced yesterday makes
legal the two additional classes Of
teaching certificates that have been
established in the last year by Mac
donald when he was superintendent
They are known as third and fourth
certificates, while the present law
provides only for first and second GER
tificates. Miss Nelson is tlisquali-
lied from holding life professional
certificate sn6es sas paragraph de- /,
lining cert ssiasaea IN w,.ich t3asIfi.
cations are ss;ass 81, 60 She tolSfng
OF college as1sea. It IS Droe~tSed ",
this section G.Esat n teachers cestle..S
cate of tn fsis aest e..aae iSsut,s,I4 81 !,
tnls state Fhal he deemed 5fo be
first grade 1r0'eesfonsi ea1tiflensa 81
a life prot .gsiaIia5 G.+rGiti nsttss gte5,
held by e,szJ1ate - . ST. uesgc en{-
fleee or run les,7, ,it;g y
When ais% s>nsyef sals. fstss p
son >spectaic.4s .i. y ,ss pi.ia5
her to carr au+ tist v8rs g
educauona' yrars sha I'D in
county durisag tn, past t3.rtaa.
and for the york ssle ROW
as ,f.ty, ~
tion.N
TO do tssts one 0aust boia
est certificate Issued ~ Tbs ~
Miss Nielsen aas it
The reaa purpose 81 the otit IS Iaatst5
in the fourth serGon whic,, rs,itsa
provision ioa the sygacrytton of eert!
ficates.
The bo,.rts jg ecsns,es.sd 10 revoke
certificate.t uHJss certain eonditisnss
The sectiop ~ g7sES IS.
1.-THE state board OF education ss..ss-a.l
have power to revoke certificates
granted in this state for any cause.
which would have authorized or re-
IT known at the time it was granted
and it shall have the power and it
shall be its duty to declare null and
void any certificate fraudulently or
inadvertently issued"
This provision. taken with the bin
that is to be introduced giving the
governor power to appoint the board
Of education shows just what Mac
donald and his advisors are endeavor-
ing to do to Miss Nelson.
A board subject to Ffaxier's orders
or wishes could very readily besg in,s.
duced to revoke Miss Nielson's 9 1xo3s
professional certificate.
Macdonald claims that her
ficate was Inadvertently issued.
with Frazier backing him in his
it would be an easy matter to Ql
her for the board so ordered, cSS
take the grounds that such ac
was mandatory between Miss Mel "
and Frazier and Townley stands.
Attorney General LANCER who Ii III
ing Miss Nelson's case. The lea
bosses have been little worried
Langer's attitude and they may
more cause to worry. Now 1t Is 9Gs
derstood that LANCER is prepareds4 y
go to even greater lengths to ret&gS
Miss Nelson's Office and keep
powers for her. SAs