The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-10-27
| Au-State Band Is
Feature of Convention


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Marguerite Lyons, Grand Forks, Vir.
GINA Best, Hillsboro.
Piccolo-Raymond Ward, Edeeley.
String basses-Marvin Lund. Far
60: Burnetta Helgoe, Hillsboro.
Drums and Tympani-Burke Dig
nam, Fargo; Hilbert Engelter, New
Salem; Robert Clark and Alister
Hunter, Valley City; William Young
and Bert Cole, Minot.
Alto saxophone-Clement Rose.
Dickinson; Robert Larson, Bis
marck.
Tenor saxophone - Arthur Pray
and Bill Finkenhagen, Valley City.
Basses-George Sheldon, Fargo;
John O'Hare, Bismarck; Lowell Hill
stead, Hillsboro; Charlie Burman,
New Salem.
French horns Claire Hallock,
Fargo;- Earl Jorgenson, Grand
Forks; Harold Kelsey and Edwin
Wicks, Valley City; Raymond Nc
kenna, Edgeley; Emil Tillman, New
Salem.
Prepare for Life on Farm
Speaking on "Rural Education"
Mrs. Katherine Cook, chief of the
department Of rural education, fed
cral bureau of education, Washing
ton, d. c., told the educators this
morning that it should be the task
of the teacher in the rural schools to
prepare her students for life on the
farm.
The drift of the country boy and
girl to the large centers Of popula-
ton was noted by Mrs. Cook, who
said that effort to direct their in
terest toward farm life should be
made by the teacher.
Defining the school curriculum as
"a series of experiences through
which the student must pass" Mrs.
Cook urged the teachers to make the
experiences pleasant and not to rely
absolutely on books and forms in
instruction.
Raymond P. Ensign of New York
city spoke on cart and the School,"
while DR.. David Stewart of Ninnette,
Man., and DR.. Aurelia Eeinhardt of
Oakland, Calf, also were speakers.
Department officers will be elected
at meetings this afternoon. Officers
OF four departments were chosen
yesterday.
Problems Discussed
Educational problems and the part
Of the teacher in preparing students
for life were discussed in two talks
at last nights meeting of the North
Dakota Education association-one
by DR.. Francis Blair, retiring presi-
dent Of the National Education as
ISOLATION and superintendent Of IL
linois schools, and the other by DR..
Aurelia Reinhardt, president Of Mills
College, Oakland, Calf.
Defining education as "the o;scip-
line whereby an individual or genera
ton is made ready to live the life
Of his time freely and .usefully-a
contemporary activity" DR.. Rein
hardt .aid that Americas education
al system is touching a larger part
of her people than is that of any
other country.
Development of the nursery school
to insure right bringing up Of chill
dren in the prc-school years is one
of our modern achievements, DR..
Reinhardt said.
Enrichment of the American con-
cept in life h,s come in recent years
as the people, at first concerned
mainly with agriculture and the
mechanical arts have turned to music
and the arts Of color and form, the
speaker pointed out.
"Education's business is to make
men-it may help them to be bank
ers or farmers or journalists, but
it must help them all to be intel
lipent men," DR.. Reinhardt said.
Responsibilities Of the teacher to
her students were outlined by DR..
Blair in his talk. He urged teach
ers to insure complete development
of their students, both physically
and mentally, and reminded them Of
their duty to the public.
Officers Named
Officers of four departments of
the North Dakota Education asso-
citation were named at meetings
Wednesday. The remaining depart
mental officers are to be chosen this
afternoon.
A. T.. Felland, Maddox, was
named president of the agricultural
section; William jacobson, Glendale,
vice president, and Marvin S. Kirk,
Minot, secretary.
Miss Ella C. Moen, Grand Forks,
was elected president of the art de-
partment, while Miss Catherine Nc
Carten, Fargo, was selected as vice
president and Miss Nellie Gray as
secretary.
"A. O. Elstad, jamestown, was
elected president of the department
of secondary education; H. N. Hem,
Wilton, vice president, and William
Stewart, Towner, secretary.
Miss Lillian Gubelman, Valley
City. was chosen head of the depart
ment Of Latin and Greek; Miss
Agnes Moe, Williston, vice president
and Miss Kathleen Harris, New
Rockford, secretary.
Miss Jennie Skrivseth, Lakota,
president of the northeastern divi.
sion of the association, will be pre-.
siding officer at tonight's meeting.
DR.. Frederick Starr, late Of Chi
cago university, will talk on 1.-THE
Chinese Situation" and Ida Clyde
Clark. New York city, is to speak.
J: S.. Meyer, Valley City, is to sing
1.-THE Pilgrims Song" by Tschaikow-
sky; "Ich Lebe Dich," by Grieg and
IA Negro Sermon" by Will Marion
Cook. Rev. w. E. Water Of McCabe
Methodist church will give the in
vocation.
Reports of special committees are
to be given at tomorrow mornings
session and North Dakota industries
will be discussed at tomorrow after
moons session, to be held in the