Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 12, 1912, Page 1

g T g 'y Yy / " VOLUME 9. NUMBER 23, BEMIDJI TO HAVE NEXT CONVENTION Teachers Decide at Closing Meeting | Saturday That This City Is Proper Place for 1913 Meet | ATTORNEY LARSON GIVES TALK! Says, “That Too Many Frills Are Put Into School Work, Not Practi- cal Enough.” | RESOLUTION COMMITTE REPORT Urge That Medical Inspection be Re-! quired by School Officials in | Rural and Urban Districts Saturday morning the members oY the North Central Teachers’ Associa-, | Bagley High School Boys and Girh} | basket ball contests ever {fives of that city defeated the repre- ‘fight with Bemidji for the champion- | {ship of Northern Minnesota, FOSSTON DEFEATED TWICE Both Victorious in Basket Ball Games WERE INTERES’HNG CONTESTS | In two of the most h\tel‘esllng‘ played in | Bagley the girls and boys basket ball | sentatives from the Fosston school, | Saturday evening. I The victory of the Bagley boys| again places them in a position to! they both remaining undefeated. The result of the boy's games was Fosston 19, Bagley 22, while the| | Fosston girls were defeated 25 Lo 8. | It is very likely that the Bemidji| {and Bagley team will meet somehmeJ during the next month. { The repoit of the committee on re | ! solutions was then read and accept- ! {ed. These resolutions appear elsc- where in this paper. i Superintendént I. 8. Hov. of Bag-| tion met in the high school assembly room for the last session of the 1912 conventlon. After addresses by Con- stance Larson of Alexandria and Isa-| bel Lawrence of the St. Cloud Nor m-’ Al School, a short business session was held and then the eon\onuon‘ adjourned. The Girls' Glee Club of the Bemid-: ji High School opened the program: by singing Trotere’s “In Old Madird” | They were encored and responded| with “The Torpedo and the Whale,"! {he solo part of which is sang by| Mable Flesher, one of the students of ! the seventh grade. Dyer Presides. & Since the president of the associa- tion, Geo. E. Keenan, of Deer Riv- er-had to leave on an early train, Superintendent Dyer of Bemidjl pre- sided. Mr. Dyer announced that it had been impossible to obtain either Judge Stanton of Bemidji or Prot. E. T. Keed of Moorhead to speak and that in their stead he had engaged some of his old friends. He then in- troduced Constance Larson, a lawyer of Alexandria, with whom Mr. Dyer had formerly been connected in school work. Outline of Larson’s Talk, The main outline of Mr. Larson's talk on “A Business Man's Ideas of a Practical Education,” follows:— Business men frequently complain that there is not enough attentiou paid Lo the common branches, read- ing writing and arithmetic; that too many “frills” are put into school work, and that the schools are not practical enough. This was not the speaker's idea, he said. Although these things are to some extent nec-| essary, they are not so essental as they seem, for the object of educa- ton is to train the mind, and not to equip men and women for all the ac- complishments of art. Therefore, these things are not so practical as many thnk them. However, vocaton- al training s a good thing and a nec- essary thing. Many children need that in order to make them useful, and teachers should try to accommo- date the needs and desires of all classes of children. “Tn Tt Fivet." Savs Speaker. ot to art feir Lop- [ % i (e e ed : ny Combdiiaiie LW h to conduct. themselves among others. Many business men think that it impossible to apply the golden rule to their business lives, and that Da- vid Harem’s motto, “Do others as they would do you, but do it first.” is the only one practical to modern bus: iness intercourse. But the pupils| in the public schools should be taught that this is not true and that they| should make a practice of applying the golden rule. Mr. Larson’s address was full of enthusiasm and inspiration, and several times during the course of| his delivery the audience burst forth into applause. Miss Lawrence Talks. The concluding talk of the con- vention was made by Miss Isabel| Lawrence, who chose for the topic of her talk the Heroic Life. Miss Lawrence said that the child’s life is governed by-all kinds of impressions, which are ideas or images held jn the mind of the child. These | | | it should be the aim of the teacher to try to make these ideals good ones, and pure. This must be done carefully, not lettin gteh child al- ways know what the instructor is leading up to. She advocated the study of Madam Montessori’s -books on the instruction ol the young, to i tive committee to decide upon. ient movement along the lines of in- images | goveérn the conduct of the child, and| ley then read the report of the com- |- mictee on nominations, which recom- | mended the election of the following | people to the offices: President, A, M. E Banks, Park Rapids; Vice- presxdem,, Miss Lawrie, Blackduck; Secretary, C. R. Lundberg, Fosston. :mams the same as was previously an- Next Convention. i When the matter of a time andj place for the next convention was taken up, Professor McGhee of Ten- strike moved that Bemidji meeting place next year. After son discussion this motion was carr the time was left for the execu- It is| probable that Bemidji will be madr the permanent home of the conven- | tion. Superintendent 1. S. Hov ot | Bagley was appointed a cammittee to draw up and report upon a con- stitution and by-laws for the asso- ciation, g The report of the resolution coi mittee follows: % : be the; | | 1 | | | | Minnesota | The North Central Teachers’ Association, in its regular annual meeting, held at Bemidji, Feb. 8, 9, and 10, 1912, congratulates| this section of the State upon its| merits of progress and its education- al advancement, and wishes to make the following recommendations and resolutions:— i We urge upon school officers the| need of medical inspection of schoots | both rural and urban, and upon| teachers a greater attention to the physical development of the child,| and we feel that the state legislature should pass needed legislation further this end. We record our belief 'hat the pres- in dustrial education, as expressed n the Putnam and Benson Lee Acts is a movement in the right direction. and we firmly believe that the prob- lems that confront us-in this new work will be successfully solved; wo| furtber urge the extension of the| privileges of those laws to all Higi| Schools. We commend the progress of con- solidation of our rural schools un- der the Holmberg Act as the best so- lution of the rural school problem. Resolved, that we thank those who bave left their duties in various parts of the state in order to be here and| to contribute to the program, and particularly do we feel grateful to President Vincent for his masterly and inspiring address. Resolved that the hearty thanks and appreciation of the Association are due to the citizens of Bemidji, the teachers and pupils of the Bemid- i schools and the Commercial Club for their hospitality and their suc- cessful efforts to"provide for our en- | tertainment. And to the officers of the Associa- tion, particularly to Superintendent Dyer, we express our thanks for their untiring efforts in preparation of the excellent program. Resolved that a copy of these Re- solutions be presented to the press. Respectfully submitted, Eliza S. Loe, C. R. Lundberg, W. E, Peik, > Committee on Resolutions. [ Dazed by Skyscrapers. “Over in Europe they are rather dazed about American skyscrapers just now,” said the woman who spent last summer in Denmark. - “At least some of them are. When we began peans made fun of us and predicted disasters. We were sensitive about their ridicule at times, because we were not sure of the value of the ex- periment ourselves, but as we have gained confidence and soar recklessly from one gigantic, heaven-piercing structure to another still more daring, they look at our postcards and other pictures, which give them a faint idea of downtown New York.” |No ‘Last Hour Petitions Were Cir- |FOUR IN RACE FOR MAYOR/| putting up those tall buildings Euro- | Turopeans simply hold their breath as b ALL CANDIDATES FILED SATURDA versary Observéd in' Twenty- One States’ &’ Legal. '/ culated and Consequently Tist Remaing as Previvosly | | Washington, D. C., Feb. 12. ‘A\Vllll | the passing of each successhe‘deeade {Abraham Lincoln has become “mor. And There Will Be Three Races f‘”{mmked untll today- no fewm. Thani Alderman With Three Cornered | twenty-one states pald officia - hono; Fights im the memory of tlie civil wa P\'esi The states in whieh Lincoln’s. | birthday is now a legnl hol‘lda are | SOL‘.IAL]STS HAVE FULL T!GKET‘C“““"“‘“ Colorado, - Conuectfout, I'Delaware, lllinois, . lowa, Indaina; | Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Mont- |ana, Nevada, New Jersey, Néw York, Public Ownership Party Have Hopes|North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Of Electing Mayor, Treasurer, Dakota, Utah, Washington, West Vit {ginia and Wyoming: Assessor and Several Aldermen For some reason not easily under- stood the day is not officialfy-obser ed in any of the New England State: excepting Connecticnut. Saturday marked the close for fil-| mg of petitions of those who seek; fome municipal office at the election which is to be held in Bemidji on - February 20. [Cwndxdutes for the Omoefini Mayor No last hour petitions were circu-| Are Constantly Confronted with lated and consequently no stir was| This Queht(on caused in political circles during the! day and the list of candidates re- WHO WILL BE Not only is the poés-ble.mm;mm--of nounced. offices being discusséd, but the gu The candidates a tion, “who will be the next chief of ! For mayor—- police” is ome of tlie cuirent topics. | William McCuaig. George Greatz F. M. Malzahn L. F. Johnson. For Treasurer— George Rhea Earl Geil For Clerk— George Stein It is possible that practically:ever: candidate has been approached with this question. i One of the candidate say today, | pointment of this officg any thought! as yet. In:the firstiplace I may not| be elected ‘and in the second place I would Hot care to ude this as an in-| Garfield Akerberg ! ducement to secure Votes. Tt is one For Assessor— - of the duties of the mavor to appoint Evan Carson. ia police force, but ‘thiepe. are other . James Cahlll. | duties to perform /that are just as im- Alderman first ward— portant. No candidate> should - be “ W O K lein. e J»W.Tgukeemm~ pa C. G. Johnson. to this appointment.” N. L. Hakkerup. Aldermali second ward— Tom Smart. was hear Swift's Joke on Partridge. T. W. Bell Partridge, the almanac maker, who . ¢ | taught Old Moore his business, will be Alderman third ward— remembered as the victim of an ex- K. K. Roe. traordinary practical joke played om E. W. Hannah. him by Dean Switt, C. A. Parker Against Partridge’s almanac for Alderman fourth ward—- 11708 the dean published a rival al- W. N. Brown. | manac, predicting Partridge's death R. E. Miller. ion March 29, about 11 at night, of & raging fever. And on March 30 ap- peared a pamphlet giving an account of the almanac maker’s death with his confession that he was an impostor. This was followed by Bwift's “Elegy on the Death of Mr. Partridge,” which 80 completed the deception that the Stationers company. struck ‘Partridge off the rolls and applied for an in- junction against the publication of al- manacs in his name. Partridge advertised that he “was not only alive, but was also alive upon March 29.” But nb one belleved him, —London Chronicle, Charles Knopke. A feature of the coming election is the fact that in three of the wards n which the present aldermen are asking for re-election there will be three cornered fights, these being in- the first, third and fourth. The Socialists are making a fight which they hope will result in their electing at least five of their ticket. It is their hope to secure the election of their candidates for mayor, treas- urer, assessor and several aldermen. .\We ail ‘hate folks who make us conscious that they are being patient with our frailties. Proof of a Weak Mind. “In matters of great concern, and which must be done, there is nv surer prgument of & weak mind than irres- olution; to be undetermined where the case is g0 plain and the necessity so argent.”—Tillotson. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.— Ruskin. Abraham Lincoln's Birthday Anni- Ithe observafice of the: natal day -of | LICE CHIEF? the coming election; for’the various | T have not given the ap-| 3 ith. respact:-p ik | i | | | i | i [ = - i ! “~Photograph of Beltrami County:s_booth showi: -in the Northern Minesota Developmiefft ‘fissocbfib Immigration rooms 158439, Third Street, Minneapolis. The display has been gathered by Al- ‘bert Kleven of this city and arranged by W. R. Mackenzie who has charge | | of the display rooms. The Beltrami exhibit contains Blue stem -~ wheat. Macaroni wheat and Scotch Fife wheat, the three varieties averaging 45 bushels to the acre. Clover and alfalfa, corn, oats, sugar beets, carrots, | rutebagas, Burbank, Early Ohio and Carmen potatoes and a crate of comb honey. The honey is the famous Opsata honey which took three prizes at the state fair. Two bottles of strained honey also furnished by Mr. Carl Opsata of Bemidpi occupy a'prominent position in the booth. Mr. Kleven wishes the Pioneer to emphasize the fact that this is Beltrami County’s booth and that it represents products from all parts of the county and not Bemidji's booth as stated in the Sentinel. exhibit as displayed ——eeeee | R AR |4 BOYS. NEAR GALLOWS A prominent citizen says the “nerv- | fest” woman he ever saw was ene‘ who, instead of boarding the car promptly, inquired for the conducéor. The conductor was inside the cariol- lecting fares, but hurried to the TeRr | platform, “I beg your pardon,” began tho- woman, “but is that car coming yon- der as crowded as this one?” “I can't tell from here,” returned the conductor, almost savagely, as he gave the signal for the car to pro- | osed.—Indianapolis News. Unless Governor Deneen Grants An- other Reprieve Youths Must Die on Friday of This Week GUILTY OF AN AWFUL CRIME el ECR; SPels I | | Courteous Rejoinder, | “I wonder why Solomon was consid- ered the wisest man?” asked Mr. ES Meekton’s wife. prieve to the four slayers of Frel “Probably, my dear, because he had | Guezlow, the young truck gardener, %0 many wives to give him good ad- { Who was murdered on a lonely road vice.” inear Bowmonville on Oct. 20 last, they will be hanged in . the Cook Chicago, I11.; Feb. 12.—Unless Gov- |ernor Deneeen grants another re- WHAT WOULD LINCOLN DO? - county jail here on Friday of this Week. The four condemned youths, none of whom is of age, are Ewald and Frank Shiblawski, A. Philip Sommez- ling, and Thomas Schultz. Two of their accomplices, Frank Kita and| Leo Suchomski, both 16 years old are serving life sentences in prison. | Guelzow was driving a wagon of garden produce when the six™ boys set on him. He alighted from his ‘wagon and was struck down with a club. He pleaded for his life on his | 11| | knees, because he had a yife and ‘baby a month old at home, but the answer of the youths was to beat him into unconsciousness. Then he was| stabbed four times. ¥ The boys were arrested while try ing to sell some of the booty. Al |contessed to the crime. . Dr. Johnson Buys Automobile A deal has been closed by the Nbrthern Automobile company § whereby Dr. H..W. Johnson became Lq | HH1 the owner of a Ford runabout. The q ||| |machine is twenty horse power, and will probably arrive in Bemidji I‘ ‘e tfme during the next week. = The Master of the House is tem- the teachers. e B jporarily in dry dock, which gives Ju- liug Stéger, one of. tors, an opportunity to ndeville. ¢ i ecll De Mille's play, “The Stam- de,” in which Lillian' Buckingham : hla been: starring: the past ‘appear- 11912. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. PIONEER CHANGES ~ PRICE ON DAILY Beginning April 1st, Paper Will Cost $4.00 Per Year Instead 0f $5.00. RATE SAVING OF 25 PER CENT All Requested to Pay In Advance. Letter of Explanation to Eevry 2 Reader 10 DAY NOTICE OF EXPIRATION Cash-in-Advauce Basis Adopted.— Paper Will Stop Unless Paid In Advance Beginning April 1, 1912, the Daily Pioneer will be sent to your address for $4.00 a year instead of $5.00 the present rate. This will be welcomed by all our readers, as it means a sav- ing to them of 25 per cent each year. It has also been found nec- eseary to change the method of col- lection. 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