Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-08-25
GEACEERS

! G. +. WITTER,
! County Sup't for Wood Co.
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" III PiG49e 'ahe =, hov'ce '1a' an inS''
I,'e ~, u y o' MA N!''sS 10 ~ ~ oo i'0i" !"
rover, COMMENCING on l iU5S"a!, Ao
S"'U ootn' aO l y n 49, al" coh'i'l"'
Two weeks, uhqer 'he care ana super
Ei$l0h 2 ol Iol q ohN ~ -iccA NJ oHl
VI ''.o 'e"''ii!2 eo"c"co'9 '.5 !, ol 'h9 o'a'e.
-. INC SpeGl@I oene"C OF teachefs o.
I ~ 9fta@e "a" " o2o. II IS hopG0 'na} !
!, al 'e'';'!eI7 +" tne county VII "."t
''e'NSG''eS OF inns lhesIl'HaoI9 Pfl'l
le7e OF preparing tht"l'elEeS more eI-
"o!thtIT lof thelf FocaIiohs. 1|'
Wee%S ol earnest effort, put torth un
"ef the oIfecuon OF such an aole IN,
snuctor, VIII prove OF more practical
Deneht to the teachers III Their Voca-
tons than three months attendance at
our common schools as they are USu-
any conoHcIed. NO lhStrnmentail'y
has yet 0een foUnd more potent IN pre-
PaFIN$ Ieachc's imam tile lhS'ltoIe.-
iIere, oy interchange OF Eie"S' oy ,hN-
tuaI effort and by earnest work, they
can make progress. Inc present cd
HcatIonM condition OF our county I'M
poses an additional obligation upon
teachers 10 tit themselves ior their I'M
portant calling. ,Ihe Importance OF
Normal Schools rs q means tor ac-
comprising this desirable end needs
no argument. HE question is SIMPLY
whether an educated, trained teacher,
specially Cited for the work OF teach
ing, is more likely 70 be successful
than one who has not had such prep
aratlon, The decision OF unbiased,
nnprejn5'ccd Judgment would clearly
Indicate the Importance OF these lhSti-
tntions. Ii special preparation IS ne
cesS"fy lof 'h9 pnySlc'"l' '"e clet8!-
man, and the lawyer, much more is 1t
dem2nued IN a WORK Wii'ch requires
so much Jao@meht' sNlli ana tact as
that OF the teachef. NO amount OF
mere literary acquisition can ever sup
ply the place OF deNtenty IN organic
Ing, tact IN managing, and skill III
teaching and training, or give to the
teacher the power winch IS SO lndIs-
pensabie IN conducting the education
Of children wisely and successfully
Aud yet as true ana as important as
all this appears, we are sorry TO say
that we have received serious oppoSl-
ton from one member OF the county
Board, contrary not only TO these GIar-
ing facts, but contrary TO the known
and expressed Wlsh OF the thinking
people OF the county. " hen we nave
ende3Fofed 10 sustain the:e 40. ilI"i
fnnJ I"v vh;c6 ob ,raS ~o'a aann2onrIated hv = for
mer Board for this express object, we
have been opposed and even refused
the use of that money set apart for
that very purpose.
Consistency is o level. Honor to
whom honor is due. We shall speak
more at length in a short time, in ref
crcnce to this matter.
Board can be had at $3.50 per week.
You viii call upon the County Super
intendent Of Portage county.
Tmmcdjatclv after the close Of the
exercises at Plover, Normal Glass
will be held at Grand Rapids and con-
tinue two weeks, under the care and
SUPERVISION Of competent assistance
constitutino about four weeks of ear
nest labor for the benefit of teachers.
We know that all true teac' ers will
be present, and none but drones will
be absent from such exercises, as a
General thinu
Immediately after the close OF the
Tnsti1ntr there will be
-,. g r,oo,o~u
fo0lS hAa'Itil~e-0' .
for the county OF " ood, commencing