The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1920-04-15
EDUCATORS
MEET HERE

Oakes TO Entertain Members of Sib-
ley Association Latter Part
of Next Week
SEVERAL HUNDRED EXPECTED
Many Prominent School Workers to
Appear on Program
Next Thursday and Friday this city
will be the mecca for educators from
all over the southeastern part of
North Dakota. The Sibley Education
association, as the organization is
known, will hold their annual con-
vention. 1t was planned to convene
in Oakes last spring, but owing to tho
influenza epidemic it was postponed
year, and because it has now been two
years since the last session it is ex-
pected that record number of teach
ers will be in attendance.
The committee having charge Of
arrangements reports that number
or requests for reservations have al
ready been received, and the number
is expected to increase rapidly until
next Thursday evening, the time set
for the first meeting.
Prominent educators from some Of
our principal cities are expected to
participate in the programs.
Thursday evening the general meet
ing will be conducted in the C. M. C.
hall at 500 o'clock, and the following
numbers will be presented:
Music-Oakes Grade Girls Glee
club.
Invocation-Rev. J. E. Larson,
Oakes.
Address-State Superintendent
Minnie j.. Nelson, Bismarck.
Some Aspects Of the Educational
Crisis"-President E. Lee Howard,
Fargo college.
The program for Friday morning
is scheduled to take place in the same
hall, beginning at 900 o'clock:
Music-Oakes High School orches-
ira.
Address-C. L. Robertson, Bis
marck, state high school inspector.
Needed, Profession, Not a job"
President R. NJ. Black; State Nor
NAL and Industrial School, Glendale.
Observation-Disclosures Is Is, and
What 1t Is Not"-A. E. jerks, Amer
icanization director for Minnesota.
Friday afternoon the program will
be divided into three sections. The
high school section will convene at
the city hall, the elementary sec
ton at the Grand theatre and the rur
al school section at the c. NJ. c. hall.
High School Section
Chairman, Superintendent r. A.
Trubey, Lidgerwood.
Essential Elements in the Recon-
struction of the High School Curric-
ulum"-Prof. T. J. Golightly, James,
town college.
"The Honor Society in the High
school'-B. c. B. Tighe, Principal
Fargo high school.
"The Teacher and the Child"-Miss
Tibbits, Fargo college.
Teachers Welfare re"-Superintend-
ent G. w. Hanna, Valley City.
Behind the Books"-Prof. ]. T.
Fuller, State Normal and Industrial
School, Glendale.
Elementary Section
Chairman, Superintendent Mary
McGinnis, Jamestown, Stutsman
county
"Folk Dancing"-Mrs. W. X. De-
LaHunt, Oakes.
Teaching by Projects s'-Prof. O.
E. Combellick, State Normal and In
dustrial School, Glendale.
"The Teacher and the Community"
Superintendent John A. johnson.
LaMoure.
Professional Growth of Teachers
in Service'-President C. E. Allen,
State Normal School, Valley City.
Rural School Section
Chairman, County Superintendent
Nellie Whitcher, Valley City, Barnes
county.
Qualifications Rural School Teach.
ers Should Possess Besides Those
Enumerated in the School Law"
County Superintendent Henry UIve,
Forman, Sargent County.
Agriculture in Rural Schools
Arthur Penn, Dickey county.
Malnutrition of School Children
Sarah Zimmerman, Foster county
school nurse.
Boys and Girls Clubs and the
Rural School"-O. A. Barton, club
leader, Agricultural college, Fargo.
"The Teacher in Community Lead
ership'-President H. w. Foght,
State Normal School, Aberdeen, S. D.
The last session will take place
Friday evening at 500 o'clock at the
c. NJ. c. hall and consists of the fol-
lowing numbers:
Music-Oakes High School Ukulcle
club.
Educational Associations
intendent E. ]. Taylor, Hankinson.
Business.
"What One Country Has Done for