, 1874-12-31
WISCONSIN SCHOOLS.
INTERESTING pApElls HEAD uEFoRE THE TEACHERS

6lA iE AhapG1A11US,
Spsc{at Uisuatch To The GHicaqo Tribune,
MAn1aoS, Wis, Dec. 30.--In tho Slate Teach
ers' Association, Prosdont Dnpco,n, Of tho Stato
University, delivered an address on "Whnt Not
to Learn and What to Lsa.a, which embraced
worry valuable euggoHtions; sharply critleslng
tile wasto Of tino in learning things not worth
knowing and tho excessive tendency 10 analysis !;
learning things wo are sure to forget, and thingH
moro easily acqu{rcd later. Tho generic method
Of learning things was advocated.
ronors, dovotcdto glittering genesalities, not
directly bcnring oil tho subjoct, was make by
Prof. Avory, of Whitewater Normal School.
claiming tlat tho stato was bound to furnish
higher education FREQ. Prof. North, Of Watt
kcana, mado report maintaining that the obl-
gatiou of tho State to provide FREQ tuition was
limited to common education, such nj nil neodod.
Tho Association sholycd both ropotrg
Superintendent q. III. Royuolda, of LACROSSE,
discussed problems in management Of gsatlod
schools, and enumerated ttseir needs, including
tho construction Of schoo-i4ollgos better adapted
to Erade. 4 uniform plan Of work for auch
schools, aud canvasses 20 arranged US to Genatit
the lnrgcst number, in view OF the fact that fow
cosuplatcd tho course. .,..
saporjntendent I1ondrickson. Of tho WaulesIla
agency Of public schools ia preventing
crime" Prof. II. Cornwall, of Albion Acad-
e1ny, read u papor on ".lntorn,odiate Schools"
advocating the founding and support OF acad:
enllcs OF tho Nov England stylo with Eomo ai'l
from tho Stato This was opposed by President
Baacom and othors Gil tho ground that ouch
acadcmieH wore too ucctarian, and into|fcred
with the succcrs Of tho pubc~sclool system by
divorting tho lnteroHt OF men Of meanB md it
was maintained' Tint public high and graded
schools supplied tlioir place..
State Superintendent Soaring read report cn
tAcadcMc Culture in the State System" adyoca-
ting tho establishment Of township hig!.-Kchooss.
and Expressed tho opinion that county academies
suppo1 ted at public expeneo we're not necessary.
bupt. Chand'or roud paper, Of which The
loading idea was that an advanced Normal
School shon!d be attached to tho State Uniyer-
aity, to which those elsewhere established should
be preparatory.
The Secrotnry read n paper from supt. 4. II.
Void, ot Riyor Falls, IN 'tIho Noci OF Acalo-
mics or Other Schools to Fit Students for
I1igher Institutions". Tho subject Ut interno-
diate schools and academic culttlre was reterred
to committee consisting Of Supt. Soaring and
Presidents Uaaconl md Albee, toa report this
evening.
SCHOOL supEn1s7ESpESrs' CONVENTION.
The Convention OF County and City School
snporintendonsa, callcd BY the State Snperln-
afternoon, a,Al is attended BY nearly half nf tho
county and city SNperintentonts III tho State.
1t has been largely oceuuied i'll considering tho
defects III tho present system Of county school
anporintondonco all.l the remedies therefor, the
discussion Of which was generally participated
in. Finally, tho following resolution was unani-
rnously adopted this afternoon:
RtsotttH, Tint there should be uniform sysem of
examination Of teachers for the Slate: TINT this end
questions staud hc prepared by soma ce.sssal authos-
ty that the nark!ng Of papers written by te1chcra
should bo goyete hy eertin getor1! riss and that
each Superintendent should DO allowed to tx tho
standard Of attachments for hss owu county Under thu
advlce of tho Stale superintendent; an1 that tie
papera written by applicants sunil bo Rub}urt to n-
spectsou by tile Stats Superintendent.
supt. Soaring said ho should carry out
this plan aH goon as tho necessary Legislation
could bo had ind tho arrangements per foetod
The other topic discussed WAS tho uniformity Of
te1t-bookH, tho wnnt Of which is u great evil
hupt saaring suggested that it ho u.ado Oh
1igatory on town authorities to furnish uniform
books to pupils, and several gentlemen exprcss-
Cd themselves favorable TO tho idea. The result
WAS tho adoption OF tho following:
Htsotpfd, That the law shuul require uniformity Of
text-books III schoos Of Tho same t,,w.l.
Rtsoirtd, That each town should 10 required to
purchase tho books ncodcl for Ito schools, a 10 al
lowed to loan them to ill pupils free, ut rcnta
soil them at cost to tte patrons Of tile schools.