Report of the Committee of Seven on Adjustment of Educational Work in North Dakota With Reference to the Needs of the Times

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Excerpt from Report of the Committee of Seven on Adjustment of Educational Work in North Dakota With Reference to the Needs of the Times: The Elementary Schools, December, 1909 In accordance with its instructions this committee made a preliminary report in October, 1908, and the questions it raised were made the basis of part of the discussions of the holiday meeting of the State Association at Valley City. The Committee wishes to express its appreciation of these excellent discussions, and its indebtedness for many suggestions thus received for this year's work. One of the resolutions adopted at this meeting made the Committee of Seven a committee of the State Association, and instructed it to emphasize for the coming year the problem of the elementary schools, with a view to definite recommendations in this line at least, at the next association. Before the beginning of the work on this topic, however, the Committee received a letter from State Superintendent Stockwell stating that the pressure of other duties would prevent his devoting the time to the Committee's work that he would wish to if a member, and offering his resignation. Accordingly, the Committee accepted his resignation, and asked Pres. Wm. M. Kern of the Normal-Industrial School to take the place thus made vacant. This Pres. Kern consented to do. The Committee has had five meetings of a full day each, numerous letters have been interchanged between the individual members, and each has devoted many hours to the formulation of the particular part assigned to him. But we realize the incompleteness of our work and the many important things yet to be done. We should especially have liked to include some thoughts on the vexed problem of the monthly examinations, the equipment of the school, and the school as a social center and a factor in rural improvement. We hope, however, that this contribution may be of some slight service in advancing the cause of education in North Dakota. Authorship. The various parts of the report have been discussed in committee so that they express its views in regard to their chief propositions and recommendations. The organization, the details, and the wording are of course the work of individual writers. Thinking that possibly some readers would be interested in knowing who these authors are, we give the names below: Introduction to Educational Aims - Prof. Schmidt. Physical Education - Pres. Kern. Vocational Education - Prof. Schmidt. Culture and Discipline - Supt. Godward. Civic and Moral Education - Pres. Hillyer. Religion in the Elementary School - Prof. Knowlton. Introduction to Course of Study Recommendations - Supt. Wallace. The Course in Arithmetic - Prof. Schmidt. The Course in Reading - Prof. Knowlton. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.