The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1920-04-22
.OAKES IS MECCA
FOR EDUCATORS
Hundreds Of Teachers Arriving to
Attend Largest Convention
Ever Held Here
MANY NOTED PEOPLE COMING
Sessions Begin at the c. NJ. C. Hall
This Evening

Sessions Begin at the c. NJ. C. Hall
This Evening
Schoolma ANS and schoolmen are
arriving in the city by scores today.
Every train is bringing in delega-
tions, and in addition many of the
teachers from nearby points are com
ing by auto to attend the sessions of
the Sibley Education Association
Which begin in the C. M. C. hall this
evening.
BY tomorrow there will undoubtedly
be more gray matter and brains in
Oakes to the cubic foot than at any
time in the history of the city since
its founding.
Since our inadequate hotel facilities
were unequal to meet the situation,
the citizens have responded nobly to
the occasion by opening up their
homes to the teachers. The COM
| mittee of the Commercial club in
charge of the local arrangements re-
port that they have sufficient rooms
to handle the visitors, unless the at
tendance should run much higher
than expected.
Convention headquarters have been
opened in the Home Hotel, where they
will be maintained throughout the
meeting. Any one desiring informa-
tion in regard to any phase of the
convention can obtain it at the head
quarters.
At their arrival the teachers are
being taken directly to the hotel for
registration by the officials of the as
sociation, and then are given their
room assignments by the local COM
mittee which has made it's prepara-
tions in such way as to handle the
crowds expeditiously.
Autos are provided by the local
boosters, in which the teachers are
conveyed without charge to their
rooming places. 1t is the desire of
the citizens of Oakes to do every
thing in our power to make the Wis,
itors feel that they are welcome.
Many of the business houses are
making special displays in honor of
the convention. In fact, the whole
city has been turned over to the edu-
Gators.
The principal topics of the general
sessions of the convention are along
the line of the teaching of good cit
lzenship, and discussions of the prob
lens raised by the teacher shortage
that threaten to seriously handicap
the work of the schools. Among the
speakers are State Superintendent
Minnie j. Nelson, President Howard
of Fargo college, State High School
Inspector c. l.. Robertson, President
Black of the Glendale normal, Prof.
jerks of the University of Minnesota,
President Foght of the Aberdeen nor
NAL, and many other educators who
are known throughout the state and
nation.
While some of the sessions are de-
voted to the consideration of purely
professional questions, the general
sessions have much that will be of
interest to the general public.
We print below the programs in de-
tail:
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
risis"-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 Job"
President r. NJ. Black, State Nor
NAL and Industrial School, Glendale.
Observation-Disclosures Is Is, and
What It 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
tion 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"-Superintend-
ent G. w. Hanna, Valley City.