The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 22, 1923, Page 2

PAGE TWO THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE _ TEACHER'S OPPORTUNITY CITED BY DEAN KENNEDY TEACHER R HAS RETIRES OPPORTUNITY IN COMMUNITY THEY RUN THE CONV RON | SPEAKER TRAINING FOR i OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES i | 1 HELD PROPER EXTEND GREETINGS eusucellont froin tik beachione would bring action. President W. C. Stebbins of Grand | Forks, delivering the President's ad- dress, expressed pleasure at paving! led the teachers during the year. he association now has about 3,700 Members, or a hundred more than’ last year. President Stebbins, speak- ing on American. Citizenship, urged iTesare a 0. Pippin, Dickinson. ECUTIVE COMMITTEE W. C, Stebbins, Ctisisban, Grand Forks. Minnie J. Nielson (Ex-officio), Bismarck. Nelsgn Sauvain, Devils Lake, , be Leader in Rural Com- munities of the State, Dean Kennedy S POSSIBILITIES CITES The teacher has a great oppor- unity as a leader in the rural ommunities, Dean Joseph Ken- nedy of the University of North Dakota, told the teaghers before he rural section, elementary edu cation, at the high school this morning. Dean Kennedy said: no doubt that the teache through his manner, a tions, looks, and speech, is a great influence in the I'fe of a child much teacher is before the ghild much longer, usually, than the parent, of ‘suggestion is great in childhood especially. This — is impressionable period, when children are moulded in ac- cordance with what they see and like. It is a principle of human nature that we grow like unto our ideas and ideals. “This is the leason taught by Hawthorne’s “Great Stone Face.” Little Ern i d longingly a the Face and imagined that there would be a great man, who should embody all the good’ characteris- which Ernest had imagined exemplified in the stone 4 As a result Ernest grew re like his ideals as time went nd finally he became the un- conscious fulfillment, of’ the prop- heey. “Another example ily in the East who 1 a beauti- ful picture of a naval scene hang- ing on the wall, during the years when their sons were growing to manhood. The children all wished they were in a similar situation. According, as each boy grew to manhood he ran away to s A or to the home said that the picture was the cause of all this sorrow. So it is! a person cannot live ven with a great picture ‘for years without being influenced by 5 d if this true of a mere production, how m more true it must be with a living rson. A teacher will get the echo of own nature and character in he thought and lives of his pupils. An untruthful teacher — cannot! teach truthfulness; a dishonest one, honesty or an impure one purity. While some of the chil- dren may be deceived all the time, all the children cannot be deceived all the time. Sooner or later they will devine our true nature and consequently we are a_ standing suggestion for good or ill in the schoolroom .and community. It is often the c teacher is a much ence in the lives of children than are their parents. In nes where there is much quarreling, scold- ing and whipping, the atmosphere is always frigid and all the mem- bers..are “on edge.” In such pla it is*human nature to act contrary to suggestions. Often it is the. parents who are to blame when the children become unm: ay iggable and must go to juvenile Parents often do not know oe to plant the seeds of sugges- tion in the child’s mind and heart. There is a way to every child’s mind and heart if it can be found and approached correctly. If we do not come as friends we will not be admitted. It is for this reason that many inmates of the State Training school at Mandan are as human and humane and law abiding as the superintendent could desire. He wins their confidence and re- spect and as a result his sugges- tions are readily adopted and practiced. It has been said that we grow like unto that which we know and love. In fact, an ideal is nothing more than an idea covered with a senti- ment which we love and strive to realize. An idea is merely intellec- tual, somewhat cold, and rather a weak motive; but an ideal is warm, a center of enthusiasm, and highly motivating. We love our ideals but only think about ideas; and there is is of a fam- that the greater influ- M. Beatrice Johnstone, N. EB. Division, Grand Forks. C. E, Allen, S. W. Division, Valley City, sion, Minot. on. SLATIVE comMIrrEE A. M. Waller, N. W. Di J. E. Knain, S. W. Di LEG Minnie J. Nielson, Chairman, Bi Nelson Sauvain, N. E. Division, J. C. Gould, S$. E, Division, Oakes H. O, Saxvik, 8. W. Division, Bismarck. RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE Nelson Sauvain, Chairman, Devils Lake. A. S. Rude, N. E. Division, Minnewaukan. Black, S. WEBFARE W. C. Stebbins, Chairman, Grand E. Division, Lakota. Division, Wahpeton, ision, Kildeer. Mrs. Jennie Skrivseth, N. Mrs. Bthel K. Mertz, $. E, M. Beatrice Johnstone, C.B. Allen, S, E. Division, Valley City. Knain, S. W. Division, New Bll J. E, ‘A. M. Waller, N. W. Division, Min NOMINATING “COMMITTEE Nelson Sauvain, Chairman, Devils Lake. Members Legislative Committee. Members Resolutions Committee. AUDITING C. E. Allen, Chairman,eValley City. H. E. Polk, Williston. H. O. Pippin, Williston. ‘ er he loves but little for one he! as a teacher stands for som thing in the schoolroom, so the one | who is to have influence in a com- must stand for many things He must be a person of nd enthusiasm; he must “hale fellow well likable person, one who people to him, If he is not] as has been describ- te the community little, and in pro- ation, lose his muni thege al initiative be a good mixer, a a person ed he will aliena from him, little portion to his all usefulness. William T. Stea ome pe ns “think in and others in continents. It is also true some feel in parishes and others in continents. The narrow minded, egotistical person will have nftrow influence,” while the broad-minded person of initiative will be known and loved throughout’ a much more extensive field. The influence of some teachers is limited to the school room, and even there is small and o doubtful value. If a teacher lik- ed by the pupils. they will “sing” his pr: at home. criticize him, he will not last long in the community, If then, school and community are with the teacher, the children, loving the teacher, will follow his sugges- tions and comply with his requests. The writer thinks the gredtness of person can be measured by the tent of territory and time over which his influence is felt. Some teachers are known only in the classroom; others a household world in the community; and still others are} t known and followed throughout the state gpd nation. Some people ar forgotten the day after their death others are mourned, revered and imi- tated for generations. If one book might be mentioned to you that would illustrate the in- fluence of a teacher's ideals and |t Division, Ellendale. ‘Berg, Ss. W. Divi on,, Dickinson. . W. Divjsion, Moh ‘POPULAR SONGS Riccardo M will Saturday ent to information today from theg Mar- | tin management. a popular appeal as well as won him a great reputation stage, will si both on Frid His sf| pecially prepared to appeal to evef; one. are If they do not, but} Taught Me,” “Phyllis Has Such Charming Gra list, CASS COUNTY schools, been placed in the house of repre- sentatives chamber of the s itol’ for exhibition to teachers tending she | tion slogans and short stories the pupils give a health preservation message. smarck. Devils Lake. com MITTEE ‘orks. C OMMITTER ion, Grand Forks. THOS, F, KANE ' Precident University .of North Dakota, COMMITTEE ON PROGRAM: rtin to Give Dif- ferent Program Each Night the ardo Martin, famous tenor who, the sing in Bismarck Friday and nights, will have a differ- program each night, according Ri Mr. Martin, whose voice has made on the operatic |! ng many popular songs and Saturday night. aturday night program is es- Among the lyrics he will sing a Fever, “Songs My Mother “Before The Dawn,” ces The Happy Lover,” “Spring Love. s Bertha Hagen, his accompan- will render piano solos during he concert. EXHIBIT HERE An exhibit of the Cass county in which children reflect heir training in health matters, has | 2. ate North Association. Dakota Educa- Through i posters, spirit in the community, it is the pedagogica] novel entitled, “The Brown Mouse.” The author is Her- bert Quick. The story is stimulat-| ing, inspiring, and professionalizing to a high degree. The writer is inclined to think that the great need of the teaching! profession is to raise standards so that about*one third of the present so called teachers in this country will be eliminated. We must be cruel to.a few to be kind to the com- munities. And so if the vocation of teaching is to thrive as well as the community, those should be elimin- ated whose influeice, in schoolroom or community, is well nigh zero. Phose who have no initiative, no leadership, no enthusiasm, no “great suggestive power, should be elimin- ated from the profession for the |§ good of all, We might then look for- ward, confidently, to a more noble profession and eliminate that por- tion of it which is now ,merely a “sorry trade.” Users of “INDIAN HEAD” coal all agree that it is the “WONDER LIGNITE.” It’s hotter, lasts longer, burns nothfng stronger in the lives of hu- man beings, as a motive, than love. A pupil will do anything for a teach- clean. BISMARCK LUMBER}. COMPANY. Phone 17. Famous. Tenor. who: Sit SINGS HERE sia to He and Dr. Count Tolstoy is of the Bolshevist government in Rus- Count Tolsfoy ling | fluently. his best works books Rave been published i | countries, PARENTS BODY TO CONVENE Will Hold Conventign in_Con- nection with State Body A large attendance is anticipated ting of the Parent- sociation to be held here orrow in connection yns of the North Da- Among y and to sociation. speakers will be Governor Nestos wh. J. French, director of Fargo Child Health, Demonstra- tion. The sessions wil] be held in lecture school. ‘The complete program follows. the room of Bismarck high Thursday Morning Louisville Broadcasting. , Tuning in— * By a Parent—Mrs. J. A. Burgum, Arthur, N. D. By a Board Member—A. H. Yo- der, University of N. D. By Teacher—Miss Elsie J. Cook, Minot, N. D. Announcement of Committee¢.¢* Safe t. Kg A. Stevens assisted by Bismarck public schools and M. Metcalf, superintendent, sa‘ ty section Northern Pacific Rail- way, company. Friday Morning Why Join the Parent-Teachers Association? M, Beatrice John- stone, superintendent Grand Forks County. Fargo Health Demonstration, Dr. French, director. “Teachers associations as Creator of Public Opinion. Wm. J. Bublitz, principal of Bismarck high school. Election of officers and ‘other business. Helen M. Davis, presi- dent, Grand Forks, presiding. TOLSTOY IS OPPONENT OF RUSS SOVIET: a firm opponent and recently, 1a speeches before large audiences in this country, pre- dicted the failure of both the Genoa and Hague His predictions have come true in a manner that has been a revelation economic conferences. some of the world’s statesmen. will speak bere Thursday night. is an excellent t and speaks many languages He has written some of in English. His many and he has contributed ye “the best of the American maga- net Count Tolstoy may have in- | herited his linguist ability, for those | who have read\his fathers “War and Peace” will recall how the grand- | father of the present Count an officer in the’ Russian Army when. captured by the famous Corsi- can and upon being presented to. Napoleon in Paris surprised the French Emperor by speaking better French than Napoleon himself, who 5 for the Teachers Friday Evening. had not overcome his Corsican ac- cent. N a person to make a living. Teaching of Commercial jects in High Schools Is Defended by Teacher TS SOUND TRAIL training in high sciools ed a necessity by H. L. Will of Linton, in an address before the Section of Commerce, Secqndary Education, at the high school” this ng. aid, in p&rt: “Does the high school commercial course justify its existence? Should it consist or a two years course or a 2 Should it be of- fered in both junior and senior high wol? Should it be preparatory or >ublie opinion on the above ques- sus will largely determine the ef- ted through their urtments, cording to F. G Directo ion in Pennsylv over twenty-five per-, cent of students in high schools’ of | the United States are enrolled in| commercial departments. Demonds are de on Y. M. Cy A. and other hools for such work. The high} 1 can give this training at ¢ other schools cannot State Demands Evolved Rapidly nt, day business demands have evolved rapidly, It was not un- til the cighties that public scaools offered business courses. The tion of long and shoyt courses came up then and educators are as far to- day from an agreement on the ques- tion as they were then. “What should be the purpose of the secondary business course? Should it be preparatory or voca- tional? ny business course is not justi- fied that docs nbt make a better cit- izen or if it does not nearly prepare | “High School training then should, ire one in the elemental sub- It\should be semi-vocational. hat \should such a course in- should offer a thorough train- | elemental business subjects. aints from business and college | org’ show many students de-| ficient af, these subjects. It should | horough knowledge of riting, figuring, typewri ding machind and the English cungeitt Thorough Training | S+commmercial teachers ate ‘largely respol ponsible for the products they turn agt is the opinion of Mr. H. R.| Davis,-Director of Americaniza tion | uit: in Pittsburg, Pa. j | Nichols urges business tfain: ing in every high school not only to render immediate service but to | pare people for the responsibiliti of citizenship.” | Souvenir Edition | Of “Pep” Dedicated ‘To State Teachers Bis- | marck high school newspaper, dedi- ated to the teachers attending the |N. D. E. A, has been especially pre- | pared for the teachers. ‘The paper is @ very fine eight pag | edition with editorials welcoming the | A souvenir edition of “Pep,” | | Je | teachers, cuts of the leading spedk- ers of the convention, and a number of interesting stories about educa- tion and educators in North Dakota ‘A column entitled “Where to Go What tp See in Bismarck,” contains in a s@mtence apicce in enumeration cf places 6f interest in Bismarck an? vicinity, ‘A short sketch of Gov. R. A. Nes- tod will undoubtedly prove of inter- est to all the teachers. There is alg> a short;sketch of Miss Minnie J Nielson, stafe superintendent, and, a short story | about the number of teachers.in the state and in Bismarck, It also tontains an autographed pic- ture of James Foley, North Dakota’s poet, and a short sketch of his life. Cuts. of the Bismarck schools and places. of interest as the new state memorial bridge, the capitol, and others combine in making the paper a souvenir edition. The “Pep” staff is to be compli- mented on. their splendid edition which will undoubtedly give the teachers: a‘ concrete expression of welcome. ques- | | PRIN. ticularly forthe State Ed W. F. active | vention here were Si nd Principal Bubli of Bismarck. BUBLITZ in ry that all educational effort be directed {toward building a better citizenship. If you have trained a good ci zen for your own community you have trained a good cit world,” said Mr. Stebbins. He declared he would not go back “to the good old days,” declaring pro- gress has been made. . He declared he believed people were more moral more honest, more tolerant than in jthe days df the Puritans; more pa- j triotic with a sounder conception of citizenship, than’ in the Revolution- ry War days. Former Illiterate Speaks State Supcerintend Mionie J. nm, in declaring®that- education , introduced “Grandma Hillius” Kulm to teachers, “Grandma Hillius,’+ Miss .Nielson explained, rned to read-and write in 24 les- night school at age of 62 The aged lady, ina brief inter- @ night school systems high urged that fight agamst | illiter be continued in state. The aged lady read for the teach- cers and entertained them with her talk. She told of how she went to night school through blizzards, how when her son was on the border she was unable to write to him and when {he complained about it could not an- swer for her illiteracy was her se- cret; how much better conception of | patriotism one got through ability o read and write. She said she could not go to the |polls and do her duty, by marking | her own ballot. She now had learned | the flag salute. “When one hi hool you don’t know what {great flag means,” she > Miss Nielson, during talk, em- aching effect of th Dakota, Between 3,000 have gone out from of the state, she She pointed out that many are in high po: The Secretary of lithe League of Nations, she said, is ja North Dakota High School gradu- H Others she mentioned in high s included several teachers in New York City schools, many pro- ors, the President of » Leland anford University, the President of the New Mexico School of Mines the president of one of the largest tea companies in the world, a banker in Bombay, India—many others were mentioned as successful North Dako- ta high school graduates. The speak- to the never gone L. . WHITE IS ” BE PRESIDENT rae vontiaued eerie from Page 1) the cony bers of the Thu y Genevieve cluding | M Hughes | Mrs. Bauer nished = mu: the invocation. ayor Lenhart are an inves! or’ Mrs. and Mr. ‘Argart, that scho Ma told the Musical M ols are or Lenhart. ment. teachers that | the city had gone to conside pense in an vention a su effort to make the con- eesful one, ntion fo order after Aaa] ‘othorn, fur- Munson welcomed an ex- ae be- and that if there was anything found lacking | pupils, them- the] ¢} er emphasized that educatjon has a |. world aspect. 4 Prof. Boraas Speaks Prof, Julius Boraag, head of, the | Department of Education, St. Olaf’s Spirit of Education.” He | ed*by incidents of actual cagerness of qany-to improve them- | selves, and the powerful influence of the urge for education. said, is a science rapidly growing one, challeng- ing the best thought of the nation. “I know of nothing more promis- ing for our educational work than y the spirit of scientifie in- |quiry about methods of teaching has | swept the country the last few years, We are rapidly coming out of the | fog into clear sunlight. Every teach- ler in the grades can tell exactly what progress each of her pupils is making in the common branches. By measuring the exact progress-of the it becomes . comparatively SPEAKS TONIGHT leasy to determine what ways and methods to use to insure the maxi- |mum results. Edueation is no long- jer a’ matter of guesswork. It is a ‘science and a ‘rapidly growing one. fm every aspect of educational work can the spirit of inquiry be seen. No longer do we treat all pupils as if they were alike. Why? Because we _ know that they are different and in what respects and to what: degree they are different from each other. “Of course there are phases of our work that.as yet are comparatively intoughed by this spirit. For ex: ample: The problems of schoof tax: s are as yet settled on the basis: of emotions, rather than™on the basis of verified facts. School athletics are in many communities strangers.to the’ spirit of truth. This is due in no small measure to the fact that so many communities fail to realize the value of truth for their own growth and prosperity. Does a winning team really change the educational value of a schoo] for the better? Does a winning high school team prove that the merchants deserve more trade? + Does a school board have the right ‘to appropriate large sums of money for the purpose of making a few pu- en for the College, Mifhesota, spoke upon the)’ |home and~in the end selfishness; and _poiitics] SUP of Devils Lake, President called the to order. NELSON SAUVAIN who i» retiring NX. DEL A 7 pils who are phy to a winning te: to do anything for a large number of pupils who need physical educa- tion and training? _ Why so many scandals and near seandals in con- néction with athleti s.in high schools and colleges? The spirit of truth must be invited to join the team. It must also be _ invited to commercial clubs and “community clubs until we learn that pls the galerie’ is not real community building.” POOR CHILD'S CHANCE LESS Emma Putney of, Valley City Sees Rich Child Having Better Opportanity “A well to do child has a much better advantage of success than « poor child,” said Emma Putney, Val- y in speaking on “Some Social conomie Relationships of the ” before the North Dakota Ed- ucation convention. “He has a good ‘education, family pulls and has a fairly large ingome before he gets married,” she declaz- ed and continued in part: “lis children will get the good schooling and everything he got. The por; child gets little edu+ cation, no family pulls, and marries before he has an adequate income. Children are born before the par- ents are mature and generally there are quite a number. He has iittle schooling, but is soon, needed at follows his same father’s footsteps.” ‘ She pointed out that over a lion children of tender age we working and that in New Jersey it was learned that over 1,000 ¢hildren were doing contract labor at home under sweat shop conditions. It was found that many of these children were tubercular. The speaker pointed out that the poor mugt of necessity buy ' their necessities of life-in small quantities ‘and asa result pay the highest prices for them. Even their pleas- ures cost them more, it was said, proportionately, than do those of the rich, She id that the relationship between wages and standard/of liv- ing is what education plus wages will raise standards. ed BE PREPARED FOR COUGHS aos | Do not wait until an attack. of “flu” is upon you. 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