Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-24
W. c. STEBBINS NOMINATED FOR
PRESIDENT OF NORTH DAKOTA
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION TODAY
H. 0. Pippin Nominated For
Treasurer Resolutions
Urge Association To Seek
Legislation To Better Edu-
cational Conditions IN The
State; Sectional Officer,
Elected.

Fargo, N. D., Nov. 24.-some Off
Of the teachers are:
Principals section: H. II. Kirk,
Jamestown, president; Peter Anderson,
Lakota, vice president.
Elementary: Agnes Kjorlie. Ender-
lin. president.
Commercial: A. j. Ostby, FARGO,
president; j. H. Bond, University, vics
president.
Rural schools: Shirley Fox, Bis
marck. president.
Agricultural: R. D. Stewart. La
Moure, president.
Home Economics: Myrtle G.. Cole,
A. C.,-president.
Art: Miss sBasing. Jamestown, vice
Music: E. H. Wilcox, Grand Forks,
president.
Modern languages and Latin: Henry
Haxo, Grand Forks. vice president.
Englis: Mary Laycock. Grand Forks,
secretary-treasurer: Vera Bollinger,
James town, member executive com
mittee.
Fargo, N. D., Nov. 24.-w. c. steb-
bins, Superintendent of Schools in
Grand Forks was nominated for pres,-
dent of the North Dakota Teachers
Association by the nominating COM
mittee of that body at the closing day.
sessions of the convention today. n.
0. Pippin, superintendent Of schools
Of Stark county was nominated for
passing of resolutions Is cheduled for
this afternoon.
Prepare Resolutions.
Some 0f thu rosc1I,t}npu ,,ranaeoS On,
submission by the resolutions commit.
tee are:
THAT it is for the best interests
Of education and good citizenship ir
North Dakota to have careful but
thorough reorganization of state and
county administration Of schools.
Further that immediate steps ba,
cies OF the association to encourage
such legislation in keeping with the
best practices of the most progress
| i've states. by the coming session Of the
state legislature.
s-Further, that because Of finan-
cial handicaps imposed on many
school district administrators by tho
law making the maximum levy one
third of the sum of the levies of 1919
10 and 20 this law should be repealed
but it is recommended that school dis
, tricts shall be limited in their issu-
; ance of warrants to a sum not ex-
ceeding their available income for the
year.
@Reiterate belief in Towner ster-
ling bill; urge all honorable means
toward its early enactment; pledge in
fluence against tlnteracy in state; to
the movement to establish kindergar-
| tens throughout state; endorse work
or children's code commission: en-
oorse ali worthy efforts to raise quail
ncatons Of teachers in the state.
More Addresses.
Various addresses dealing with edu-
cation and its future in North Dakota
were delivered at the closing meetings
Of the different divisions Of the North
Dakota Teachers associations thirty
fifth annual convention here today.
Owen Chief Speaker.
William Bishop Owen, president of
the national association. delivered the
/ principal address alta general session
this afternoon,
Mr.. Owen sees In the public schools
| OF the nation the force that will build
! a newer and greater America, he told
teachers in his addresses today
Whenever I get little DOWN
hearted by reading the ugly cynicism
| and despair which appears in the
daily press Of my home city, and in
the weekly and monthly periodicals
published in New York and else
where. I have sure aptidote," he
said.
II go around and visit the 200
schools in Chicago. and I know that
the future OF America is safe No
one can despair Of America who
knows our public schools. We are
building newer and greater
America through our schools
At divisional session this forenoon
Miss Hazel Spencer, food specialist
of the North Dakota agricultural coll
lege. gave a talk on health and nutri-
ton. A wave Of constructive health
programs Is sweeping the country, ac-
cording to Miss Spencer, and it be-
hooves the heads of all city schools
to keep in touch with the trend of the
/ work}and with the most modern ideas
on the subject. a
4 Leon Metzinger. professor of mod.
iern languages at the agricultural coll
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