The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-06

mencary education TO pnySical tram
ing and public health. Then. like a
bee going from flower to flower. she
fits from the department OF agr;cul-
ture to penmanship; from history to
kindergarten. slipping the nectar from
each as it were. and at the n OF q
two or three-day session, she IS SO
filled with the unassimilated honey
OF many kinds that she literally reels
under the weight q It all"
Miss Winsted suggested hat ON
OF the many sections OF the associa-
ton be eliminated Or combined with
others. or at least to SO arrange pro-
grams that certain departments be
stressed in one year and other de-
partments in another year.
Too Many Butt In
Pointing out tina, this is a teachers
meeting. Miss Winsted protested the
custom OF permitting Outside organ
izations to usurp time and place al
lotted to a strictly pedagogical pro-
gram Among such organizations
she listed tho Parcnt-Teacher assocl-
alton. the Red Cross and the State
Library association. These have an
nual meetings Of their " with
which outsiders are not permitted 10
interfere and there is no reason Why
they should take time at q teachers
meeting from the strictly professional
part Of the program, Miss W.ns.ed
said.
The trouble. she asserted. is that
the young classroom teacher, earn
estly trying to be loyal TO her p:ofes-
sion by attending as many meetings
as possible. Is distracted and Devil
dered BY the motley array Of section
programs. ana yet. for pol!cy's sake,
she must not neglect the P. T. a.. and
library meetings Miss Winatea
suggested that teachers attending the
convention be permitted to travel
more ~lcisurely and assim.la.c what
they learn"
Receipt OF scores OF letters from
superintendents and department.
heads of various institutions de
manding that this speaker and that
speaker :e secured led her to sug-
gest that sessions OF the association
be devoted primarily, If not ex-
ciusiycly. TO in%spirational addresses IN
order to foster proper educational
ideals. to bring before the convention
the progressive educational move
mcnts Of the day, and to stimulate
appreciation Of the responsibilities
and opportunities OF the profession o!
teaching" Miss Ninsted said.
Dis:ric. Meetings Meet Need
She suggested that problems Of
what to teach. demonstration lessons.
methods of teaching and similar
items relating to the shop" side Of
the profession be left to district
meetings.
Growth of the district organiZa-
tions. she said. leads to the suggestion
that the state association meet bien-
nially instead Of annually. She said
the district organizations arc growing
in number. power and usefulness and
that Minnesota and some other states
now are meeting biennially.
Warning her listeners against
"time-hogs." Miss Winsted asked that
each speaker. whether before the gen.
eral convention or sectional meetings
restrict himself to the time allotted
| In the past. she said. time hogs
have been permitted to delay pro-
ccedings and 1T Is high time thai
this particular species homo be elm
mated at least from the North Da-
kota Education association"
Calling On all teachers to aid in tn,
movement to arouse patriotism
among the people. Miss Winstee
averred that .bolshevisn. fascism ant
other 'isms are abroad in this lane
OF ours"
Takes Rap NJ Mussolini
Taking issue with Mussolini's dec.
laration. .once an Italian. always al
Italian" Miss Winstel.. said news.
papers had carried accounts of meet
ings at which Italian consuls ane
other fascist leaders had called upol
natiye-born Americans of Italian
parentagc to be loyal to Italy. Mis-
Winsted said Mussolini is attempt
ing to force American-born children
to be loyal to Italy because their par
ents happened to be born in Italy.
Miss Winsted asked teachers o
North Dakota to be loyal to thei
state a. well as to the federal govern
ment. saying: rs it too much to asl
that you be loyal to the state il
which you happen to live? If Nortl
Dakota is good enough to provide Oh
bread and butter it ought to deserv
our loyalty and devotion. No stat