The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-04-13

qualification but should take upol
ourselves the chief responsibility fo1
eliminating from the profession those
underqualified in training, in charac
ter or in personality. Training
schools and executives should hold t.
these high standards and just as soor
| financially possible this Association
should establish full placement ser.
vice and rating bureau.
RESOLVED, that we recognize the
very great Importance of rapidly es.
tablishing full teacher training de,
partments in our high schools, posi-.
bly, similar to the Minnesota system
for purposes of helping to increase
the supply Of qualified teachers.
RESOLVED, that, as there is no
surer way of making the schools sue
cessful than by having the parent un-
derstand the Importance of education
and what is necessary to build schools
that will make proper citizenship,
each and every teacher must regard
it her first and foremost duty to get
these big, fundamental ideas develop
ed to a point Of practical faith in the
minds of her patrons.
RESOLVED, that the extreme diff
ference of communities as to willing
ness and ability to maintain good
schools makes it indispensable to use
larger unit of taxation and authori-
ty, it being our belief that the state
should pay directly or in a system Of
subsidies not less than SO percent of
the cost of the education of every
child in the common and high schools
and receive correspondingly increas-
ed authority over the schools, and
that this change should be accom-
panied by the following: the Board Of
Administration should become lay
board on an expense and per-diem SAL
airy basis, whose functions should be
limited to the unprofessional side of
purely educational work; that the
county schools, except special and in
dependent districts, should be put on
a unit basis with superintendent en-
ployed by county board, said county
superintendent to have such authori-
ty, as now obtains in the best type OF
city schools and that the legal status
of teachers, principals, and city and
county superintendent be clearly de-
fined.
RESOLVED, that the next legisla-
ture should be urged to appoint
commission, in cooperation with the
State Teachers Association, to study
other phases of our school system and
statues with the idea of bringing this
system and legal machinery up to the
minute.
RESOLVED, that we feel the great
necessity for a revised taxing system
that shall be more equitable.
RESOLVED, that we again express
our desire to see soon established by
Congress National Department of
Education with secretary in the pres
ident's cabinet, and we desire that that
department be not an adjunct to a
Department of Public Welfare or SUBJ
! ordinated to any other department
| whatsoever; and that we pledge our
selves to seek individually and at an
early date a positive commitment
from our representatives in Washing
| ton.
WHEREAS: An effort is being
made to repeal the Teachers Mini
mum Salary Law at the June Pri-
maries
WHEREAS: Said law1hough ii
has some slight but easily remedied
defects in whose correction all would
Join heartily, is a measure of most
vital interest to our schools, oul
children and our state, and it's repea
would be a backward step in educa
ton from whose deadening effect the
schools could not recover in years
WHEREAS: We are not unm:nd
full that in the cost of living the out
lay is sometimes heavy in proportion
to the income, and that the suppor
of government and education is con
spicuous, and sometimes consider
able part Of heavy load; and w
would join in every legitimate move
ment for relief
| WHEREAS: The repeal of thi
law purports to be sought as means
of reducing taxes through attendan
reductions in teachers salaries
! WHEREAS: Though teachers SUI
fered greatly during the War from
gross underpayment, though tn
schools have never to this day beer
properly manned for want of properl.
competitive pay; yet it is not at al
necessary to destroy this law to maxi
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