The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, January 18, 1917, Page 15

R S Some of the Needs of Country Schools By Mrs. Hollis * L reports from Bismarck indi- cate that a new day is dawning for the practical education of farm boys and girls. Governor Frazier devoted a considerable part of his in- augural address to advocating greatly Increased state aid for the consolidated and classified rural schools. State Superintendent 'N. C. Macdonald has gathered statistics which prove beyond a doubt that the farm youth have been getting the small end of the deal in North Dakota. When he took the office of rural #chool inspector he reported that while 80 per cent of the city boys graduated from the eighth grade, only 7 per cent of the rural school boys did so; only one-half of 1 per cent finished a high school course. This was deplorable. It wasn’'t because the farm boys didn’t want it and didn’t need it. It was be- cause they did not have a fair chance. With so many farmers in debt, there was a great economic pressure to keep the older boys out to work. With no special state aid such as the city high schools enjoyed, a poor type of school with poorly equipped teachers was pro- vided. NEED MEN TEACHERS IN SOME SCHOOLS A rural school revolution has already started. There are today 400 consoli- dated schools in the state, most of them offering some high school work and some industrial work, but many of them still have teachers unfitted to teach farming. . Even the products of the normal schools frequently know nothing of the practical subjects. It may seem strange for the Women’s Page to say it, but it is true that the country consolidated scool needs some- where in the course a man teacher— RHEUMATISM Acute and chronic treated at the Fargo Sanitarium by the use of -Radio Rem, Osteopathy, and Hydriatic treatments. Write” for descriptive literature. FARGO SANITARIUM * E. Cavanagh Fargo, N. D. 1329 Thlrd Ave. S., HOTEL PRESCOTT [ FARGO, N. D. - is being renovated and 52000 new fur- niture added. ROOMS 50c TO $1.50 ° City Steam. Heat . Case and Cousineau, Props. ?I\'\' out nd man at once Name ‘PO ~State. - the industrial subjects. OMEN’S PAGE EDITED BY MRS. M. M. HOLLIS This is a class at Aurora Borealis school, Cavalier county, N. D. Grey township consolidated, A graduate of the Agricultural college was principal last year and he organized a night school for farmers’ sons and employes who could not attend the day classes. The students for this class came miles in the bitter cold winter weather to get the benefit of this opportunity for education. and one who knows how to use his hands along with his head. And the woman teacher ought to know cooking and sewing as well as the book sub- Jjects. If the increased state aid advocated by the governor and Mr. Macdonald will be sufficient to cover the transpor- tation, school boards can put more of their local taxes into hiring experts for There ought to be a state teachers’ employment bu- reau, to help schools get the right kind of teachers. FARM WOMEN SHOULD STUDY THE SUBJECT Every country high school ought to make government an important study —not simply a general book on civics. but a high school in rural economics and organized democracy. There should be frequent debates and parliamentary practice to train up leaders for the new \duties farmers are going to be called upon to assume in the forward move- ment. The farm high school should make its main course a short-year course, like the five and a half months course now being offered at the Agri- cultural college, so that these boys can do their share to help with the farm work in the fall and spring. They can then go to school at home. indefinitely, and finish a four years’' course in six. Nobody is more anxious for greater opportunities for farm boys and girls than the farm woman. Let her do her little bit to encourage the educational program being urged by the present administration. They are the wise builders who are preparing North Da- kota farm youth to lay the foundation of intelligence which will enable them to keep secure the fruits of the splen- did fight their fathers have made this year for the permanent success of country life. 2 - Some Ideas of Country Women Braddock, N. D. Mrs. M. M. Hollis, Dear Friend: OME time ago one of my lady S friends asked me why I did not live in town. I said: ‘“What, live in town and starve to death! Oh! no, the farm for me. What in the world would my husband do in town?” I was raised in a large city and I have lived in town. It is just this way, when you lve in town you have more amuse- ments, see more people and without a doubt have an easier living, but on the other hand the farmer enjoys his way of living. In the summer he can rest two hours during the hottest part of =i the day and let his horses eat and rest. Stone Building. FARGO COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF ‘ MUSIC The Standard Musical Institution of the Northwest. All branches of a Musical Education Taught by Faculty of Artist For catalog and Information Address ALBERT J. STEPHENS, Director. Teachers. FARGO, N. D. FU Coats, ‘of the Highest Quality at Lowest Prices Scarfs and Muffs CLOAKS, SUITS and DRESSES The g‘a.rments ‘Hat>Have style, fit and quality. JOSEPH & HOENC 5 BROADWAY FARGO, N. D. Mail Orders Solicited FURS REPAIRED, RELINED AND REHODELED Mention Leader when writing adverfim Can the city man do that? ' Oh! no, not if he is working for the other fellow. Just think of it, my friends, I am go- ing to ask a question. Now, at the cost of living as it is at the present time, which one of the two is the better man, the town man buying everything for the table or the farmer that has his meat salted down and his potatoes and the garden truck his wife raised last summer put away in the cellar. Then the farmer has chickens to kill off in the winter. We live near the Lake Side school, where we have nice entertainments during the winter, and my husband and one of my sons are members of the Nonpartisan League and get the Leader, which brings nice, clean and truthful reading to our home. Yes, my husband, my two sons and myself are for the farm, the Leader and for Lynn J. Frazier! I am yours respectfully, MRS. J. O. RICHARDS. Hints for House- L keepers Preventing cakes from sticking—In baking cakes, gems and muffins, which are very apt to stick to the bottom of the pan, try cooling the bottom of the pan quickly on ice or by folding over it a wet cloth which has been soaked in cold water. This does not fail to bring out the cake in perfect condition. —H., G. . * = Spicing doughnuts—When frying doughnuts, cakes or crullers, if a tea- spoonful of cinnamon and a half tea- spoonful of ground cloves are placed in a little.bag and dropped into the fat, it will give the doughnuts a peculiar, T i spicy flavor to be gained in no other way.—A. W. LA ) * To make shoes water tight—A good dose of castor oil applied around the sole and the upper of a new shoe will prevent it leaking. This should be done when the shoes are new and allowed to dry thoroughly before the shoes are ex- posed to dust, else there will be a dark line.. An old water brush is best for the purpose. b4 L] - Grape fruit greenery.— Just six weeks ago I saved the seeds of a grape fruit and soaked them a half day in warm water and planted them. I placed them as thickly as possible on the soil and then covered them about a third of an inch deep and kept them warm and wet. They are now about four inches high and are very thick in the pot. The leaves are a beautiful, waxy green and they serve as a nice substi- tute for ferns. It takes the seeds five weeks to come through.—M. H. CHANEY-EVER- A HART CHOCOLATES They Are Good Chaney-Everhart Candy Co. Fargo, N. D. Delicious and Healthful | Made in North Dakota by Manchester Biscuit Co. Fargo, N. 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