River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-03-02
Educational
N. \. BAKER. A. H., Editor.
County scPERmrRNpnNT.
There is nothing So offensive to al

honest mind as the blarney Of a NOR
alizing teacher, lie will use the time
Of the grammar lesson for talking
about brushing teeth. lie is power.
full at sitting. He stands, only when he
gets before a convention and has a
chance to talk about the education
of the whole man." ''heart culture"
and other species OF farming that
sound very well, but mean. nothing in
English. When one hears man using
such an expression as ''Cultiyating
heart power" he may be sure the fel.
low does not know how to teach long
division. National Teachers Monthly.
The next meeting Of the Pierce
County Teachers Association will be
held at Ellsworth, Saturday March 4th.
j. I. McCleary, Constitution; Mrs.
NJ. L. Maxgood, Reading; Miss Cur.
It's, Word Method; C. NJ. Long, Ele.
ments of Physiology; Miss Lowell,
History; Ida o. Powell County Map
Drawing; A. IL. Hyde, Penmanship;
Amelia Potts, Arithmetic.
There are several who will probably
take appointments, but We cannot give
topics, yet. The Association will be
called to order at 10 A. NJ, ana continue
until 4P. NJ, with an hours recess for
dinner. Each topic will be allowed
thirty minutes.
Tue programme of the last Associa.
ton was highly practical. The com.
mittee' to prepare it, kindly consulted
us in regard to the topics. Our inllu-
ence was used, as it ever win be, to
bring the work down to . useful basis.
Dir. Smith, however, Leld the same
views, and entirely concurred with US
in the belief that the true mission of
such bodies, is to benefit the ordinary
teacher by lessons in Theory and
Practice, rather than to afford indiyid.
ual members an opportunity for rhe-
torical soaring into the regions of the
impossible. Hence, the selection of
topics was such that all must have
been benefited. While some may have
been instructive in the matter, rather
than method of teaching. we believe
that instruction in the latter can be
more easily given, when the topic is
treated as Miss Foote slaAaieI read
ing, by class exercise. We shall la.
Dor to have the next Association fully
as practical.
II gives US pleasure to hear good
news in relation TO our former pupils.
The School Bulletin says of River
Falls boy:
Mr.. Jabez b. Smith, of the last
graduating class of the winona Nor
NAL School, takes charge of the school
at Carver. MINI
howard JOHNSON leaves a pedagogue's
chair, to clerk for Wing and William
son, River Falls. Sorry. He was a good
teacher, but his health was poor while
in school.
81 had rather go, is not grammati.
cal. Correct it.
THOSE who attended tho Association
at River Falls are probably prepared to
show why the degrees of latitude in
crease in length as the poles are APP
preached. Pres. Parker's demonstra-
ton made the subject very plain, more
50, perhaps, than the one usually given
in works treating upon that topic.
We hope the teachers will attend
the next one as well as they did the
one at River Falls, as it is not likely
that there wiz be another until the
roads are settled.
Tn following were in attendance
upon the Association at River Falls.
Some may have been omitted through
accident. Those not interested in
teaching, were not registered. Il is a
roll of honor, and shows who take a
lively interest in their chosenl voca-
ton:
LADIES. "A. 4. Taylor, c. Vincent,
n. B. Staples, +. Ameyy, +. Munson,
+. FIanifin. d. Palmer, T.. Buk, X. +.
Peel, A. Allen, NJ. l.. Maxgood, A. j.
Edsall, NJ. NJ. Brown, !. o. Powell, NJ.
+. Wales, A. Timberlake, ~ Donahue,
VI. Dorset, b. Baiyd, N. Il. Peel, I. NJ.
Ripple, G. Il. Thomas, a. l.. walls, I.
X. Hawkins, /. J. Bates, VI. Spring.
wood, 4. Spalding, 6. e. Wilcox, /. L.
Wilcox, +. l.. Cooper ". Maloney, NJ
Timberlake, b. Barnes, !. Wales, II.
Olive. D. Atwater, y. Aldrich, II. Al.
drich. a. Gray. II. 4. Garfield. J. A..
Morse, +. Z. Baker, c. +. Saunders. l..
Chaplin, 4. Saunders, T. Saunders, n.
yannatta, n. NJ Elliott, +. yannatta
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GESu1Wy. +. Bowman, p. f.
Robey, 4. W. Hobart, G. Whitcomb,
W. II. Atwater, = J. Barry. /. Whit.
comb, 5. ". Merrick, !. II. wilkinson,
w. J. Moore, 6. Q. Brohough, ". II.
Lowell, NJ. J. Baird, J. II. Taylor, j..
Collins, W. y. Chaplin, S. A. Farms.
worth. G. W. Mcintyre, J. W. Howes,