North Dakota State University - Bison Yearbook (Fargo, ND)

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In every one of these schools it would be too expensive to organize a separate class for one or two students, but through the State Corre- spondence Study project, the cost is the same whether there is one or one hundred students enrolled from the same school. Enrollments from dif- ferent localities in one subject will soon constitute a large number of students in a particular subject. The North Dakotay Agricultural College is the home of this new development in secondary education. A staff of over 25 experts comprise the faculty of the state headquarters. Over 4500 enrollments were re- ceived during this school year. The records reveal this group to be splendid, serious-minded scholars with a number of geniuses in the making. Through this project it is hoped that the whole secondary educa- tional system of North Dakota may be improved, and every boy and girl in the state be given a reasonable and a decent chance to obtain a high school education irrespective 'of whether they live on a farm, in a small town, in a city, or in a hospital. The Division of Correspondence Study and Extension Classes at the Agricultural College also offers college correspondence courses and night classes for college credits. T. W. THoRDARsoN, STATE DIRECTOR Correspondence College Teachers At Work Page 23

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College Fora T. VV. THORDARSON The 1935 legislature passed a law, and the 1937 session increased the appropriation, providing for free individual instruction, called Super- vised Correspondence Courses, for three classes of students: 1. For boys and girls who live in the country and who cannot attend regular high schools. 2. For invalids who are unable to attend school any place. 3. For pupils who are enrolled in regular high schools but cannot take certain subjects in classes. The intention of this law is to bring high school education closer to the homes of pupils who cannot afford to go to town to make use of the organized high school system. Farm boys and girls are allowed to con- tinue their education by attending their rural schools where they may study high school subjects by correspondence. Another purpose of the law is to provide high school opportunities for disabled children while they are unable to leave their homes or healing institutions. The law also recognizes the fact that there are many small high schools that cannot afford to offer a wide variety of subjects. Through this educational setup it is possible to develop a very large number of high school subjects, including specialized vocational and in- dustrial subjects, because the State Correspondence Study Center located at the North Dakota Agricultural College has the whole state to serve rather than one school. To illustrate: in one school a single student may want to take up Solid Geometry, in another school a single student may want to take Latin, and somewhere else one student may desire to take Art. In another place a boy may want to take a course in Agriculture, Gas Engines, or Typewriter Repairing. Page 22 Correspondence INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION NORTH DAKOTA PEOPLE

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MRS. ETHEL IVICVEETY The Library More than 58,000 books on every conceivable subject are available for the students at the North Dakota State College. The library grows at the rate of approximately 1500 volumes annually. More than 7400 volumes of government publications have been deposited in the library by the United States government in addition to the United States Congres- sional Record from 1833 to the present time. A complete file of the United States Department of Agriculture publications as Well as the publications from the various state experiment stations are received regularly at the library. Publications from the Carnegie Institution of Washington and the reports from the Smithsonian Institution and the United States National Museum are received as gifts. The books of the International Relations Club add greatly to the material on current economic and social problems. The present library building was erected in 1905 to serve an enroll- ment of 300 students. Every conceivable foot of space has to be utilized to serve the 1937 enrollment of 1500 students. During the 1935 leave of absence of Miss Harriet Pearson, assistant librarian and instructor in Library Methods, and with her subsequent resignation in 1936, Miss Sarah Olson was advanced to the position of assistant librarian while still retaining her position as cataloger. Miss Angelin Tesdel is now the instructor in the Library Methods course which aims to give the students guidance in the use of library facilities. The library is at the service of the students, not only for required reading, but also as an ideal place to browse for pleasure reading. Page 24