The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-11-22
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suggestion from the teachers would
bring action.
President w. c. Stebbins of Grand
Forks, delivering the Presidents ad-
dress, expressed pleasure at having
led the teachers during the year.
The association now has about 3,70O
members, or hundred more than
last year. President Stebbins, speak
ing on American Citizenship, urged
that all educational effort be directed
toward building better citizenship.
IF you have trained good citi-
zen for your own community you
have trained a good citizen for the
world" said Mr.. Stebbins.
He declared he would not go back
"to the good old days" declaring pro-
gress has been made. He declared
he believed people were more moral
| more honest, more tolerant than in
the days Of the Puritans; more pa
triotic with sounder conception of
citizenship, than in the Revolution
airy War days.
Former llliterate Speaks
State Superintendent Minnie j..
Nelson, in declaring that education
pays, introduced Grandma Hillius"
of Kuhn to teachers. "Grandma
Hillius,". Miss Nelson explained,
learned to read and write in "a les
sons at night school at age of 62
years. The aged lady, in brief inter-
Jude, praisel night school systems
| highly and urged that fight against
| illiteracy be continued in state.
| The aged lady read for the teach
talk She told of how she went to
| night school through billiards., how
when her son was on the border she
was unable to write to him and when
he complained about it could not an
swer for her illiteracy was her Sc
cret; how much better conception of
! patriotism one got through ability
| to read and write.
She said she could not 60 to the
polls and do her duty, by marking
/ her own ballot She now had learned
| the flag salute.
"When one has never gone to
| school you don't know what the
great flag MEANS" she said.
Miss Nelson, during her talk, en-
phasiZed the far-reaching effect OF
education in North Dakota. Between
81, 900 and $4,000 have gone out from
the high schools of the state, she
said. She pointed out that many are
in high positions. The Secretary OF
the League of Nations, she said, is
a North Dakota High School gradu
ate. Others she mentioned in high
positions included several teacher:
in New York City schools, many pro
fessors, the President of \ Leland
Stanford University, the President Of
the New Mexico School of Mines the
president of one of the largest tes
companies in the world, banker il
Bombay, India-many others wer,
mentioned as successful North Dako
ia high school graduates. The speak
er emphasized that education has ;
iworld aspect.
Prof. Boraas Speaks
Prof. Julius Boraas, head of tn
Department of Education, ST. Olaf
! College, Minnesota, spoke upon tn
Spirit of Education" He .illustrat
dAby incidents of actual life tn
cagerness of many to improve them
selves, and the powerful influence o
the urge for education.
Education, he said, is scienc
, and a rapidly growing one, -challene
ing the best thought of the nation.
II know of nothing more proms
ing for our educational work tina
the way the spirit of scientific in
quiry about methods of teaching ha
swept the country the last few year.
: We are rapidly coming out of tn
fog into clear sunlight. Every teach
= err in the grades can tell eXactl
: what progress each of her pupils
:. making in the common branches. B
Il measuring the exact progress of tn
pupils, it becomes comparative
: easy to determine what ways ar
methods to use to insure the max
mum results. Education is no Ion,
!, er a matter of guesswork. 1t is
. science and a rapidly growing on
IN every aspect of educational VOL
can the spirit of inquiry be seen. n
longer do We treat all pupils as
they were alike, Why? Because v
know that they are different and
what respects and to what degr,
they are different from each othe
"Of course there are phases Of o,
work that as yet are comparative
untouched by this spirit. For e
ample: The problems of school ia
$ are as yet settled on the basis
emotions, selfishness, and poiiti
rather than on the basis Of verifi'
facts. School athletics are in MAJ
communities strangers, TO the spil
of truth. This is due in no sms
measure to the fact that so MAJ
communities fail to realize the val,
of truth for their own growth al
prosperity. Does winning tea
really change the educational val
of school for the better? Does
winning high school team prove tn
the merchants deserve more trad
y Does a school board have the rig
to appropriate large sums of mon
for the purpose of making a few p