The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-04
new PROGRAMS
ANNOUNCED FOR
RURAL SCHOOLS
Will Suit Peculiar Needs Of
One, Two and Three Room
Schools
Put INTO EFFECT
Special Committees Work All
Summer on How to Better
Outline
PUT INTO EFFECT

Summer on How to Better
Outline
When students at rural schools in
North Dakota strap their books to-
gether and run off. to school This
fall they will find . brand new
course Of study awaiting them.
The new course was designed by
q special committee appointed by
Bertha r. Palmer, superintendent of
public instruction. The committee
was appointed in the summer of
1927 and met at Bismarck in Oc-
tober, 1922. After nearly seven
months Of work, they met again at
Minot, where the final touches were
given to plans for the new course.
The course Of study was author
lied and presented by the depart
ment Of public instruction in an ef-
fort to meet the peculiar curricular
needs of the one, two and three
teacher schools Of this state, Miss
Palmer said.
Acknowledges Cooperation
1.-THE course is made possible by
the full and whole-hearted coopera-
ton Of our state educational forces"
she. continued. "The committees are
composed Of Observation-Disclosures
educators. including workers in
higher education. city superinten-
dents, county superintendent, class
room teachers, and rural teachers.
These people have turned their at
tention to the problem of making a
course Of study to fit the conditions
in the rural schools of our site, and
have drawn on their training and
experience in addition to making free
use Of material found in the % best
courses available in the United
States"
Besides the regular committee
that planned the course, many OF the
states educators gave excellent ad-
vice. suggestions and criticisms. she
IF. e. Cobb, president, and C. A.
Gillette, extension forester of the
forestry normal school ut Bottineau,
gave Vault. le suggestions to the
committed on agriculture and nature
study HKry p Killings. state
leadet>nf boys and girls club work
OF the agricultural college, made 4
very definite contribution in the
work on boys and girls club work.
Margaret Montgomery, sixth grade
supervisor in the training school at
Minotnagave assistance by way Of
valuatA criticism and suggestions
for tRN committee on arithmetic.
Margaret c. Burns, supervisor in
the training school at Minot, con-
scented to sit with the committee on
language and grammar at the Minot
meeting in place Of Anna Keedy,
who - prevented by illness from
servi1 Hon the committee
The Committees
The committee planning the new
course follows:
General Committee
Bertha r. Palmer. general di.
rector; A. C@ssBers, chairman. d.
rector rural training department,
State Teachers college, Mayville;
F. w. Hicks, chairman, director de-
partment Of education, State Teach
ers college, Minot; w. E. Parsons,
secrstaEy, deputy superintendent of
public instruction, Bismarck; J. A.
Page. high school inspector, Bis
nnarck; H. K. Jensen, superintendent
Of Morton county, Mandan; F. Won
borSersrode, professor of education.
University Of North Dakota.
Agriculture and Nature Study
p H. Jones, chairman, department
Of Agricultural education, arricul-
tural college, Fargo; C. C. Schmidt,
professor Of school administration.
University. Of North Dakota; NJ. ].
Kirk. department. Of agriculture,
State Teachers college, Minot; Flora
2. Baker. superintendent Sargent
county, Forman; Nell A. Cooper, su-
perintendent Barnes county, Valley
City; Lydia Steam, city school, VIM.
bledon; Bernita Strouse, city school,
CoosWel; Iva Tweksberry, city
seh0ol. Oriska; Eda johnson, rural
seb4ol. Minor.
,r Arithmetic
10. =. Scott, chairman, director Of
the training school, State Teachers
c6lle4e, Minot; E. w. Eckert, normal
~ industrial school, Glendale:
N1llie ]. Hyde, superintendent
Hliams county, Williston; Stella
pverinson, junior high school, Will
! 4pn; Eslie "A. Burr, principal ele-
nk1etary school, Devils Lake.
Harry G. Deem, chairman. super.
~ ~ ut, State Teachers college.
Why City; Nellie Gray, city school.
n EnGlish
Helen ]. Sullivan, chairman. de.
Itkment of English, University Of
n4fh Dakota; a. W. johnson, prin-
60 Junior high school, Minot;
- B. Putnam, Observation-Disclosures
~ county 81 NV Rockford: ANN
fmen, English, high school. New
ktord; Glynn Sinclair, city
6eolg, Minot; MAdge R. Davis,
Mining school. State Teachers col
4inot; Margaret Zollnsr, rural
IT. uftons Anna Bakkan, prin-
II 1J4Intntafy school, Devils Lake:
e5o Dobbin, superintendent Ro-
county, Rolla; Curl Sand, rural
11ltn, State Teachers college.
S1!le; Harriet Daniels, primary
t9to TEACHERS collage,
I IN; le3eHI lken4s Hamp, city
W1ySil3os NUlson Sauyain.
0po3ink ondent, Devils Lake.
olll1f Al Penmanahln
u yon 1oreersrode. Grand
III uealtA Elneatiea
M 6in4 fheiEaan, pro-