The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-11-07
A. MEETING
HELD IN BISMARCK
ENDS FRIDAY night
1000 State Teachers Leave
For Homes After SPEND
ing Week in Bismarck

Two thousand North Dakota teach
ers, superintendent and school Of
ficers left for their homes Friday
and Saturday after attending the an
nual meeting Of the North Dakota
Education association in Bismarck.
The program opened Monday with
the convention of the county super
intendents and continued until Fri
day night, when delegates were guests
of the Association of Commerce at a
concert given by the Fisk Jubilee
Singers.
The association convention opened
Wednesday. Other meetings held III
conjunction with the association con-
vention were those Of the North Da-
kota Library association and the
North Dakota School Officers associ-
alton.
General sessions Of the convention
were held Wednesday and Thursday
evenings and Thursday and Friday
mornings, the representative assem-
bly, holding its session Wednesday
morning.
In addition, more than 30 depart
mental meetings were held Thursday
and Friday afternoons.
While here, delegates were enter
tanned at various luncheoES, a recep-
ton in the World War Memorial
building. and the Friday night con-
cert. Merchants staged special sales
and kept their stores open longer
than usual to accommodate those
teachers who wished TO shop while
here.
Form New Association
To promote more efficient admins
tration of city and town schools of the
state. organization of an association of
North Dakota city and town superin-
tendents was formed following the
close of the convention.
The organization plans to carry out
its purpose through a scientific and
continuous study of such major prob
lens of administration as school fin
ance and taxation, ~budgeting and &C.
counting, teachers and salaries, the
educational program to be offered
| buildings and grounds, operation and
maintenance.
;, Officers elected to head the new as
ISOLATION r Supt. James G. Moore Of
the Fargo city schools, president
lSupt. John G. West of the Crane
Forks city schools, vice president, ane
Supt. John c. Gould Of the Mandar
city schools, secretary-treasurer.
In recognition Of the present eco
nomic situation, and the demands fol
tax relief. the three officers we're EN-
powered by the association as its exec
,utive committee to take steps to pu'
the new organization into active op'
Grafton Immediately.
r According to President James Moore
\, the chief activities Of the association
: at present will be carried out by com
l mittees Of superintendent of school
of various sizes, and distributed owe
the entire state. They will be ex
pected to make scientific and continu
, Gus studies in their respective field:
: collect necessary information, an
work out definite. practical recon
mendations for efficiency and econ
r omy, to be presented at the mex
meeting of the association, which Wi
> probably be held in Grand Forks mex
spring.
Committees Named
To serve on these committees, tn
y appointment of the following super
: intendents was announced by Secre
tary Gould following an executiv
committee session.
School Finance (including taxation
-l-C. L. Robertson. Jamestown; Fran
E Robertson, McClusky; and G. c
{ Lindgren, Hope.
: Budgeting and Accounting-Georg
II w. Hanna, Valley City; Harold Wake
field, La Moure; and w. r. Stewart
q Stanley.
Teachers and Salaries-P. H. Gill
land, Devils Lake; Emil Dietrich
Bowman; H. p. Idle, Harvey.
Educational Program-F. Ray Rog
ers. Darlington; A.. L. Arneson. San
ish: NJ. B. Zimmerman, Grafton; I
? j.. Shrum, Hebron.
Buildings and Grounds-J. N. Ur
ness, Williston; Leo Dominick, Wah
3 peton: William Bublitz, Enderlin.
Operation and Maintenance Cal
O Gilbertson, Kenmare; H. TWeit'
Cogswell; w. A. Dickerson, Lakota.
Membership in the Superintendent
Association is restricted to the eXecu
tives Of town and city schools. III
organization is entirely independer
Of the North Dakota Education Assc
e citation, but President Moore state
that the new group will cooperat
with the latter, as well as with tn
state department of education, in fu,
5. thering the larger educational policit
Of the state.
The high school building
10 Tahako, Tex, is outside the CT
limits on what was once part OF tt
famous Thar ranch.