The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-11-23
Final Session of North Da-
kOta Education Association
Is Held This Afternoon at
AuditOrium-TO Hear Ric-
cardo Martin Sing Tonight
as the Final Act of the
Successful Gathering
COUNTY UNIT PLAN UP
Additional news of N. d. E. A. will
be found on page two.


met squarcly the question of whether
or not the cost Of education is too
great and whether the educators are
responsible for the increasing cost
of the maintenance of the school
system.
They heard thei financial que stion
discussed by President Thomas F.
Kane Of the University of North Da-
kota, j. G. Gunderson, president Of
the North Dakota Taxpayers Associa-
ton, Harold Wakefield of Neche and
President C. c. Swain of the Mayville
Normal school.
The financial symposium was ar
ranged by President w. c. Stebbins
and others of the executive commit
tee, and President Stebbins, en-
phasizing the importance of the
question, told the teachers that if
any successful attack is made upon
the school system it will be made on
the ground that it is too expensive.
The situation must be faced by the
educators, for the good of the state,
he said.
The financial symposium, together
with an open discussion of business
problems, formed the closing pro-
gram for the general session of the
association this afternoon.
County Unit Up
The county unit Of school admins
tration, under which county board
of educati. would replace scores of
township boards, was expected to be
discussed. There are many educators
here who desire that the resolutions
of the convention, which called for
state and county boards with pOw-
er to name their executive agents, be
amplified with mofe detailed policy
of the association. Although there
was no definite proposal to go be-
fore the body, it was expected that
specific proposals would arrive out
of the discussions.
A recommendation was to be made
to the association by Secretary M.
E. McCurdy that the sectional con-
vention be eliminated each year in
the section Of the state in which the
state convention is held. He point
ed out today that it was a useless
duplication to have had southwest
ern teachers convention in Dickin-
son when the state convention was
scheduled for Bismarck. Petitions
for the creation Of penmanship and
modern language sections of the
state association also we're to come
before the body.
Membership Over 1000
Secretary McCurdy announced that
the membership of the association,
which was $500 last year, had been
brought today through mail receipts
and dues payments at the convention,
to slightly more than 1900.
The convention proper ends this
afternoon and tonight Ricardo Mar
tin. noted tenor, will give a concert
before the body.
Numerous banquets and reunions
were on the program for this even
ing.
Committees Report :.
Reports from the various commit
tees were heard at the 1concluyion of
the yesterdays afternoon session.
The treasurer reported total receipts
July 1, 1922 to June 80, 1923 amount
ed to $11,638.75 Of which $74O came
from life members; 5000 from an
nual memberships, from July l to
Jan. 81; $491.75 from annual men,
berships Jan. 81 to June 80; $1065.
from principal and interest on note
due association; $12 from interest on
Grand Forks City warrant; $3.50 re-
fund from n. o. Pippin, over pay
ment of southwestern divisions g
share. The net cash on hand July l,
1928 was .$448.04.
At the request of the secretary
and treasurer it was decided that an
accountants should be employed to
audit the books of the company.
The legislative committee reported
that they had concentrated upon q
few bills instead of spreading their
energies over large amount of
space. They sponsored the bill for
increased qualifications for teachers; ;
the elimination of holidays, which
passed; the attendance officers Bill,
which failed; and gave their backing
to the Children's Code laws, 20 of
which became law. e
No report was given by the 'nccro-
logy committee or constitution COM
mittee.