The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-04-20
A, NJ WALLER HEADS NORTH
WESTERN TEACHERS DIVISION

A. M. Waller, superintendent OF
the Ward County schools, was elected
president Of the Northwestern Div
sion of the North Dakota State Teach
ers' Association at the closing session
Friday afternoon. Mr.. Waller re-
ceived a unanimous vote.
Supt. Harry K. Polk of Bowbells
was elected first vice president The
other officers are:
Second vice president-Supt. Annie
Burr, Bottineau county.
Third vice prcSident-Staale Hen
erickson, Coteau.
Secretary-Miss Elsie Cook, Minot
Treasurer-J. II. Cotton, Minot.
A. C. Berg of Towner was named d
member Of the legislative committee,
Prof. Everett Davis of the Minot Nor
nal member Of the committee on
resolutions, and Supt. V. f. Goddard
of Crosby member of the welfare
committee.
1t is source of qualification to Mr..
Walters many friends to see him
given this recognition. Mr.. Waller
has been connected with the Ward
county superintendent office as de-
putty and later as superintendent dur
ing the past sixteen years and he has
done great deal towards bringing
the schools Of the northwest to their
present high state of efficiency.
The Resolution
Resolutions adopted included an en-
dorsement of program of strict econ
omy in the schools, recommendation
of a parent-teachers' section in the
schools, support of the illiteracy cam
paign, establishment of state at
tendance office, establishment of
full teachers training course in the
high schools, recommendation of
change in the administration of the
school system, changing the present
system Of taxation, against the repeal
of the teachers minimum salary law
at the June primaries, and the prin-
ciples of the demonstrating bill.
Against Repeal
Whereas An effort is being made to
repeal the teachers minimum salary
law at the June primaries, and that
said law, though it has some slight
but easily remedied defects in whose
correction all would join heartily, is a
measure of most vital Importance to
our schools, our children, and our
state, and it's repeal would be back
ward step in education. And further,
that whereas the school officers sec
ton of the Northwest Association
unanimously adopted the motion: Re-
solved, that that section of the Mini
mum Salary law which deals with the
automatic increase of $50 per year
should be stricken out, but the law as
whole should not be repealed.
Be 1t Therefore Resolved: That the
Northwestern North Dakota Teachers
Association here assembled express
our Whoe-hearted and undivided faith
in the basic principles of this law. We
will support repeal of the definite in
crease of $50 per year or any reason
able amendment; but we regard the
repeal CT this entire law as wholly I'M
necessary to the taxpayers real aim
and utterly destructive to valuable
basic legislation; and we pledge our
time and material aid to an effort to
arouse the friends of education to res
cue the schools from the danger of re-
peal and to bring about an appropri-
ate amendment.
Demonstrating Bill
Resolved: That we endorse the
principle of the Demonstrating bill,
and that we express our desire to see
a National Department Of Education,
since it is our conviction that much
could be done to equalize educational
opportunity throughout the nation as
well as to promote effective American
ization through Federal agency.