The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-11-19
SECRETARY'S REPORT.

According to previous notice the teacherl
of the E. d. met at the Bowker school house
Saturday, Nov. IA. Meeting called to order
at 1929 by the president Teachers present
LILA Pstten. W. e. Wheeler, James Flett
A. f. Grant, James Petrie, D, K. Flett, VIM
MIddlecamp, D. A Mahoney. Georg ~trong
J. NJ. Yule, FL. j. Brande and Supt Briggs.
Reports were given by those present. These
reports showed high per cent. Of attend.
ance Oh the part of pupils and only few
cases OF hardness. The number OF classes
in most of the schools was about twenty.
Mr. Mahoney had not had time to count the
classes in his school but thought that there
were between fifty and one hundred Mr..
Brande stated that in his school the great
variety Of text hooks caused many classes,
but the district board had adopted a series
of text books and the school would soon be
classified. Supt. Briggs was called upon
and stated that he had visited few schools
during the past two weeks, found them doing
good work generally. Had observed the
cleanliness of all schools he had visited,
and added that he had not yet visited any
schools taught by ladies.
Following these reports was class exer-
else in mental arithmetic, conducted by
j. W. Yule. Tie object of this recitation
was to develop good solution for simple
problems in addition, subtraction, multiplied
tion and division. The recitation was
animated. Various methods of solution
were discussed and new ideas were impaired
by the different members of the class and
we feel safe III saying that the exercise was
very profitable in the direction it was in
tended.
CONSTITUTION.
Next on the programme was q recitation
in constitution conducted by Supt, Briggs,
The Legislative Dept. was taken up. Under
the head Of "Apportionment" was given
that part of Art. l, Sec. 2, relating to the
same. Here the teacher sounded the class
as to whether there had been any subsequent
legislation on this point, which brought up
the fourteenth amendment and then was
proftably discussed till tne close of :he
recitation.
Intermission followed the exercise in
constitution after which attention was
given to general business. Question
came up as to when and where the next
meeting should be held, Motion made
to meet in two weeks at No. s, Somers,
carried. Motion made that the PRESIDENT
secretary and Go. Supt constitute an
executive committee whose duty it shall
be to arrange prog famme and determine
time and place of meeting, Carried.
No further general business on hand,
an exercise in the geography of Wiscon'
sin was in order. Miss. Ozanne, vino
was to conduct this recitation, being
absent, Miss Wheeler was asked to CON-
| duct this class. The class commenced
with position, followed by size, boundary
contour, lakes, rivers, productions, and
manufactures, here the president called
"tlme" and the exercise closed with the
finale ITO be continued"
GRAMMAR.
was then taken up D. H. Flett, teacher.
The subject CT nouns was considered
Members Of the class were seat to the
board to write the plural of certain
nouns. These members learned some
thing? Sentences were placed upon
the board by the teacher and the schol.
ars required to parse the nouns therein
After the exercise III grammar the meet
ing was adjourned till Saturday. Nov
90, 10 o'clock A. NJ.
LILA PATTEN, Sec'y.