The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-05-22
FORESTRY NoRl1AL u NOTES

week at the UniverzftN was a big af-
fair. It is cause for pride for this part
of the state that the Bottineau high
school was rated anadng the best in
the contest of gihg xlee clubs, that
st. John was ranl4Bd Highest and that
of the high school debating teams Of
the state, the Rugby high school won
the $125 Herald SlvsT Cup,
The Operetta will be given at the
Grand Friday evening, June 9Th.
The 1cho0l congratYlates one of it.,
studenfa Lloyd Liliestfand, on his new
positios IIe received y telegram yes
te,daY ffering him Ia fine position
in the State Bank Of North Dakota.
The annual cata1og) number of the
Forestry State Normal Bulletin is re-
ceiyed this week rom The printers and
win mailed 6ut tho latter part of
the week. Extra. copies may be had
ypon request.
G II Monday 1iornin& this week the
fan nv talk waetgiysI by Mr.. Brown.
Hs poke on thy sy tion of human
so3e eIty, and the fellow hing is digest
lis address:
Social Evolation
From the first, people have found
that IL was necessary 10 combine
sthemselves into grpuIss for the pur-
-noses of government and in order that
they might more easily provide for the
satisfaction of their wants.
We have two Social Sciences which
deal directly with the progress of So
ciety. Civics covers the various forms
OF government. Economics in defined
as the science of wealth, or that which
tends toward the satisfaction of hu-
man wants.
Since government Isl essential for
development, and since the economic
conditions to today we're made possible
due to it's effect upon the lives of the
people, it is proper that the evolution
of society should be traced thru the
different governmental units.
The first social unit was the family.
In the Patriarchal Family the father
was the authority. He directed all the
activities of the group, and it is here
that we find the best example Of true
Socialism, since each manber did his
part of the labor and then in turn re-
ceived his share Of the products of the
common labor. The second step in the
process was the grouping Of several
families into clan, primarily for pro-
lection but also to be able to carry on
the division of labor in sr.aH de-
gree. It was found that sc me members
Of this larger group eo I'D produce
some commodities cheap than the
rest and hence they would profit by
exchanges. The clans then united into
/ tribes to carry out in q larger degree
the processes which had been started
in the smaller organizations. AS the
habits Of living of the people changed
the tribes evolved into the rural COM
munities. These in turn forming them
selves into the larger units of the
state and nation, and just recently the
League of Nations has been proposed
The governmental units have beer
constantly growing larger, consequent
1ly the opportunities were increasing
for the development of the processes
involved in the division of labor ant
large-scale production. The evils o:
such organizat: ms ware detected y!
the early Economists. but they couit
not he avoided without checking ou'
industrial development. MonopoEes
trusts and the Inequality of the class
as have come hand in hand with tn
development. The laborer has not hae
the benfits of the products Of his owl
labor, hence labor disputes have pe
come one of our his problems. In con
nection with them the principles 0:
socialism are brought before the peo
ple. The question now presents 'tse'
have we reached the turning pom
in our industrial development am
should we now strive to restore tn
pure principles Of socialism as tte!
were in actual operation in our TVS
unit Of society? The United State
has asked for nothing in the presen
peace conference that will benetlt I'M
United States and at the same TIM
work an injustice on the rest OF sn'
world. Is not this step in the r1gn
direction? ....
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