The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-03
PAYNE AND MAUREK
ADDRESS ROTARIANS
Talk on High School and Fish
and Game Department at
Luncheon Meeting

W. H. Payne, principal Of Bismarck
high school and Burnie Maurak, state
game and fish commissioner, were
the principal speakers at the lunch
con meeting Of the Bismarck Rotary
club Wednesday.
Discussing the work Of Bismarck
high school, Payne said many people
still have a mistaken idea that the
important thing is what studies a
boy takes In school, whereas the real
ly important thing is the manner in
which he does his work.
Stressing the value of home study.
Payne said the school authorities do
not always get the proper cooperation
from the parents.
Explaining the schools athletic
policy, Payne said he feels It is justi-
fled by the development Of the par
Elephants in the games but that
scholarship comes first and II the two
should ever clash he would be In IA
vor Of dropping athletics altogether.
Some children learn more easily
than others, Payne said. and ex-
pressed his desire for q school system
where every individual would be
forced to work up to the limit Of his
capabilities, regardless Of whether he
was bright or merely ordinary.
The present high school enrolment,
he said, is sac with 20 or 50 who have
not yet appeared and enrolled. He ex-
poets the enrolment to settle down
at about 525. This mean that the
building Is crowded, he said, and
urged the necessity Of q new high
school. This is particularly impor-
tant, he said. because the next de.
velopment for Bismarck may be the
establishment Of q Junior college,
such as many cities already have es-
tablished.
viii Enfore Rules
The policy Of the school, Payne
said. is to make as few rules as pos
sible but to enforce these rules rigid
~. Only by teaching respect for law
and order to students In their teens
can the school properly fulfill its duty
to society, he said.
Maurek expressed the opinion that
the present organization Of the state
game and fish department Is better
than the three-man control because
Of the Capitalization Of authority, the
requirement that the game and fish
commissioner give his full time to the
work and the permanent location Of
the commissioners office in the state
capital. Because Of the manner in
which 1t was organized, some neglect
Of the departments business was in
ev1table under the old system, he said.
One Of the difficulties, he said is
that the law limits him In the ap-
pointment Of district deputy wardens.
They may not be paid more than 500
q month nor employed more than
four months In the year and must
give all their time to the work. The
result, he said, is that he finds it
difficult to get the right men for
these Jobs.
Pleading for public support, Maui
rex said the re organization OF the
will be completed within
. month. He promised that It will
work on . basis satisfactory to sports
men II 1t gets the public support
which 1t must have to make it sue
cesSful.
GuestI were L. +. Lyman, Mandau;
Archie Nelson. Washburn; L. r.
Baird. Dickinson; George 4. Hays
and George H. Schaumberg. basket
ball coach and director Of physical
education. respectively, ct Bismarck
high school: County Commissioner
Axel Solder and William Fricke, and
w. Simons.