River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-07-27
Educational
III. :. BAKER. A. H., Editor.
(couErY SUPERINTENDENT

school, fulflls our high expectations
of her success, based on her conduct
as pupil.
@. W. BEERS of Clifton, recently grad.
uated from Platteyille Normal school,
will teach this year, in Pierce county,
if he can suit himself with a position.
If you have musical talent, teach
your smaller pupils to sing the states
and their capitals. Mrs Lennon, OF
the Oak Ridge school, does 10, with
profit.
Do not ask us to indorse certificates
given by another superintendent.
such a certificate is not legal certif-
cate; in other words, it is the same as
none.
A FRIEND writes from Grant county,
that the graded schools are changing
to high schools in that part Of the
state. Pierce county ought to take
advantage of that law and have half
dozen. 1t is saving, financially.
Those teachers who wish to teach
drawing, will find what they need to
help them in the Teachers Manual
for Freehand Drawing in Primary
Schools, by Walter Smith, price 81, 90.
Any bookseller will order it. 1t will
prove an interesting study for both
teachers and pupils. 1t will not be
long before drawing will be taught in
all our schools, and teachers will be
examined in it. 1t is already in Mass
public schools.
Tue American Educational Readers,
a series of five books, are good books.
The first book is arranged for teaching
by the word, alphabet, or phonetic
method, "a great Improvement. At
the close of the lessons, the difficult
words are defined and analysed, and
the Greek and Latin primitives are
| given. This is new feature. The
series is cheap. While we do not know
the best series. we consider this as
good as any, and we believe, as cheap.
All are illustrated The type is good.
District officers can examine the ser.
les by calling. Where new books are
70 be procured throughout, the Amer
lean demands examination, before Sc
lection is made. Ivison, Brakeman,
Taylor & Co., Chicago.
ANOTHER oasis in the desert. A gen.
tleman teacher writes a letter that
shows us he has correct ideas in re-
gard to order in school, and has prac.
ticed them during his summer term.
When the teacher does not mind the
pupils readily, they are very apt to
complain. Our friends experience is
! not new. Hear him.
II think that some of the scholars
thought was too strict. would give
them lesson, and if they did not
have it, when they came to the class,
| would have them stand on the floor
and get 1T. | think Mr.. Blank was
mad because his pupils were treated
in that way. If parents do not want
their children to get lessons, do not
want them to come to school to me.
When am hired to teach, in.
tend to conduct the school as think
best.
RmrArH's History of the U. s., EN-.
bracing the features of Lyman's His
tOrical Chart, is very readable book.
1t seems to be better adapted to reel.
tations by the method of tabulation,
than any other way, The colored
plates enable the pupil to master the
chief dates more readily than he could
by the text alone. II would be val
liable to the pupil who uses Swinton's,
as a book of reference. If a school
can give two terms or more TO his.
tory, it would be good text book.
It contains more than those now In
use, and it would be a good work for
family reading, as the style is attract.
i've. It contains nearly 500 pages, and
the binding is rich, and the book re.
tails at Sl,7j. 1t contains 9 maps,
9 colored charts, AZ portraits, and 40
diagrams. Teachers using other books
would find this valuable for consulta
ton. Jones Bros. & Co., Chicago.
To those who wish to obtain a Ger.
hcate next fall, we will indicate
those branches in which the last
spring examination showed lack,
and consequently, those in which we
shall make thorough work.
There were less than a dozen that
properly explained the meaning OF
range, and the numbering of town.
ships.
The rules Of reading, in relation ia
emphasis and injection, seem to be
very little understood. Study them.
County geography will also receive
considerable attention. Try TO get a
clear idea Of the Revolution from l77a
TO It's close.
Thorough, systematic parslng should
receive more attention.
In orthnpy the average marking OF
twenty, the first on our list was IS per