The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-09-02
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There are many features of public
school work about which it is impos-
slble for the public to know the facts
in detail. 1t is often impossible or
unwise to give publicity to some fea-
lures of the work. But the public is
aware that at the present time the
schools are having great difficulty in
securing teachers. Bottineau is no
exception. We have to look to other
states for our teachers and the states
we look to are those with a better
supply. The distant teachers do not
fancy the looks of the location of
Bottineau on the map. It is neces-
sary to explain in detail the attrac-
tions and advantages of this situa-
tion. The teachers often have many,
many questions to put before signing
contract. They wish to know about
living conditions, the number of
classes per week, the particular sub
jects, the size of the class, and other
factors that determine whether the
school is we'll run or run cheaply at
the expense of overburdened teach
ers. Only because in the main we
have been able to give satisfactory
answers to these questions have we
been able to secure the teaching staff
for this year. Bottineau has had to
mr. fhn low <>fE
dred dollars, as nobody would con-
slider the position until the offer was
improved.
Another difficulty has been that Of
keeping the places filled after they
were presumably cared for. II ha.3
kept an office force busy practically
all summer, locating candidates, look
ing up their qualifications, Offering
the best teachers position, getting
in the main negative reply, and 60
ing ahead offering the places to 9TH
ers, until a teacher wires an accept
ance. Then the contracts are sent,
and sometimes they are held for
weeks and finally returned unsigned,
probably because better place had
been secured. If we had a real pro-
fession of teaching made up of per-
sons who have some regard to the
ethics of their profession, teachers
would treat their word as just as
binding as their contract and would
regard teachers contract as just as
binding as the contract of any other
responsible adult. But we still have
many persons masquerading as teach
ers who are perfectly willing at any
time to place their personal conven-
ience above considerations Of duty.
Institutions that train teachers should
stress this phase of the training more
than they apparently are doing today.
At the Central school we are fortu-
nate to be able to retain the services
of Miss Catherine Hart in the first
grade. She will also have charge of
the theory course in primary kinder
garten methods in the Normal school.
For the second grade, Miss Emelia
Hogen of Hatton, North Dakota, has
been appointed. She has been teach
ing in the Mohall city schools and has
made fine record there.
In the third grade, Miss Alta Howe
of Tower. Mimi, will be in charge.
She is graduate of the advanced
course of the St. Cloud Normal school
and has had several years of success
full experience.
Miss Florence Osterberg, sister Of
Miss Agnes Osterberg, will be the
fourth grade teacher. She is a grad
uate of the advanced course at the
St. Cloud Normal school and has had
several years of experience and is
recommended very highly indeed by
those who know her work.
Miss Gertrude Robin will be in
charge of the fifth grade, and Miss
Agnes Osterberg the sixth. Their
work is known, having been here last
year. The children will have their
old teacher back again in these two
grades, as the teacher is being pro-
noted with the children, 50 to speak.
At the high school, the principal
ship has been entrusted to Mr.. John
ston Walker Of Sleepy Eye, Mime
sofa, a former Bottineau resident.
He has had some experience as a
high school principal and has done
some graduate work at the Univer-
sity of North Dakota. He will teach
several high school subjects and Will
coach the high school athletics.
Miss Hazel Wood of Rothsay, Min
nesota, will have charge of music and
other high school subjects. She is a
graduate of the Moorhead Normal
school and has done advanced work
at the Fargo Conservatory of Music.
She has had a number of years of
teaching experience. .."
Miss Bessie B. Day of Bates City,
Missouri, will have charge of the de-
partment Of mathematics. She is q
graduate Of the Missouri State Teach
ers' College and has had several years
of good experience, several Of which
was in the capacity of superintend-