The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-10-15
MAY Is CHOSEN
TEACHERS HEAD.
MANDAD u ] | IN:1920
T President Of Dickinson hs Normal
Heads Southwestern Section
/, r. Of Association
INTERESTING PRO GRAM s
Speech of DIR. Pidgeon is Re-
ceived by the Teachers with
Applause
INTERESTING PRO GRA M {

| W DIS clcCIcu ny .lAC SOllN cllliUu HOW
in session in Bismarck, r. "a.
Mandan was selected as the place
of meeting of the convention next
year. Both Dickinson and >Mandan
bid for the convention. y "
The teachers had a varied program
before them today. The convention
ends tomorrow, and tomorrow hight
many of the teachers will attend The
concert of the Minneapolis Symphony
orchestra at the, Auditorium. ~
The hearty welcome accorded the
visiting teachers by C. L. Young, as
president of the Bismarck Commercial
club brought welcome also from
the Town Criers club. Greeting cards
in the windows of downtown business
firms assured the teachers Tf their
welcome to the city. People Of the
city are literally supporting the sym.
phony orchestra concert.
T. =. Jensen Secretary ~.
II. X. Jensen> superintendent of the
Morton county schools, was. named
ecretary-treasurer by the teachers.
| Three officers from the division TO
act as members of the committee Of
| the state association were named az
follows: 5f.,,~5
= Resolutions, w. f. Parsons, superin-
tendent, of Burleigh county; .legisla-
ton. C. l.. Love, city superintendent
Mandan; teachers welfare, Miss N.
Somers, Dickinson. .-F
There were two towns bidding for
the session next year. Mandan and
Dickinson. T. =
County Superintendent Jensen of
Morton county placed Mandan in nc
mination, and was seconded by the
invitation of the Mandan Commercial
club ably presented by Secretary r.
Fl. Sullivan, who read as follows.
Kindly accept from the CONNER
cial club and Town Criers club Jf
Mandan a most earnest and cordial
invitation to hold your 1921 session
in our city. E
We will cooperate. with our county
and city superintendents in securing
noted educators for the. occasion and
will plan with your program commit
tee to the end that your idle mo-
ments be occupied with wholesome
entertainment. It would be impos-
sible at this time to offer even ten;
tatiye plans for your reception but
we assure you that we will do all
in our power to make your 1921 meet
ing one long to be remembered"
The invitation was accepted. pc,
Friday Forenoon Sessions i
The lthree departments of work in
the educational system were in full
swing this forenoon with the rural
section, under the leadership of state
Rural School Inspector J. W. Riley,
convened in the City Auditorium. On
this program Dr. Ida Alexander, gov
ernment specialist in tuberculosis,
gave an address on Hygiene and SAM.
Itation. DR.. L. H. Beeler, director of
Chicago Training school, spoke on the
great need of pushing agricultural
training in the rural schools. Mr..
Riley spoke on need of standardiza;
ton of rural schools to bring them
Fup to the place intended for them
in the state system. n
~ n Elementary Section a.g
t. The elementary section held re
! 1narkably we'll attended session in,
the community room Of the city IL
brary.. The keynote of the discussion
was that of agricultural education in
the elemenetary schools. The chief
| paper was read by Snpt. A. c. Allen.
of the Hebron schools. Mr.. Allen
made the plea that, since we are liv-
ing in a strictly scientific age, the
child must be educated in general
science in order to fit the child into
| the demands of the age in the home
! and in the vocation. He urged thor
ough preparation on the part of the
teachers to meet this demand Of the
| times, offering most helpful sugges-
tions for preparation Of the teacher
and the training of the child in the
elementary schools and through the
| first two years of high school. The
| following texts were recommended:
As school text for general science,
Trafton's Science of the home and
the community published by McMil-
Ian: for reference books for the pu-
pills, VanBushkirk & Smith, science
of everyday life" Houghton General
science text by each of the follow
ing authors. Caldwell & Eikenberry,
pub. by Silver. Burdette Co.; Lakes
General Science, CHM & Co.; Clark's.
pub by Am. Blk Co. As reference for
teachers: Salisbury's Photography,
Twiss, "Principles of Science Teach
ing" pub by Mcmillan; Judd's Psy =
chology Of High School Subjects" /"
CHM &. Co.; Simpson, Vocational
Agricultural Education by home pro-'
jects," Mcmillan Co. sr-
An important demonstration in
teaching of agriculture was given by
F.. J. Heller, principal of a consol-
idated school in Morton county. Mr.,
HetleE has a unique plan of teach
ing this important subject by actual
doing. His course comprises four
years Of crop production rotations,
etc Mr.. Heller gave up his position
as deputy superintendent of Morton
county to go to the country and teach
by practical demonstration.
High School Section
The secondary section had a full
meeting in the auditorium of the city
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