River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-02-17
Educational
III. =. BAKER. A. H., Editor.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.

USE THAT BROOM. 1t grieves us to SEE
some teachers of both sexes, whC
neglect sweeping. We leave the mat
ter of taste to Others for criticism.
But pupils in dirty school.room,
without knowing it, soon fall into the
habit of having uncombed hair, dirty
face and hands, and slovenly appear.
ance, in general. A teacher neat in
dress, and tidy in school-house- keep.
ing, educates in very important di.
rection. We have not the moral cour.
age to suggest this to a teacher per,
sonally. So let this hint be acted upon
by those who see a chance for improve.
ment. Make your pupils throw all
rubbish into the stove.
Tue Teachers Association will be
held in the Normal School-room, on
the 10Th inst. Come out to this one,
if possible. The topics are very in
teresting. Bring in all the questions
in Theory and Practice, that you have
not solved.
Ar private examinations, we can
only grant licenses lasting until the
next regular public examination. Our
spring examinations will be held late,
to avoid bad roads, and give normal
pupils more time.
DRILL your pupils constantly in ex.
planning examples from the black
board.
NJ. L. RoBEY is steadily improving.
THE School Bulletin published by S.
r. Winchell, Milwaukee, is very good
paper for teachers to take. 1t con-
tains as many state educational items
as our official paper. 1t is also practi.
81. The January number has articles
with such titles as, How to Teach
Spelling, Popular Instruction In draw
ing. and Teaching Children their Let
tiers. We can commend it to teachers
as being useful to them in school-room
work. One dollar per year. Clubs Of
four, seventy-fve cents. Published
monthly.
REV. S. w. HoRNER lectured before
the pupils of Alton Academy, on
the evening of the 9th, upon Robert
Burns. lie has so far revised. and
added to what he delivered at River
Falls that the lecture is practically q
new one. We heard both, and yet
the latter was by far the most inter.
esting. The attendance was good and
the attention increased to the end.
lie wildly painted the poet as he was
in every day life. His school days,
love passages, farm life, and business
troubles were well depicted. But the
death-bed scene was most thrillingly
described.
PRoF. SEVERANCE will have lectures
weekly till the term closes. Gov. G.
X. Davis, Of Mimi, will speak some
time in March. The Academy is very
successful There are two assistants
in the literary department, and one
who has chargeof the musical instruc.
ton. 1t is the oldest academy in
MINI.
TIE GOLDEN SHEAF, monthly journal
in the interest Of Education, published
by the students of the Troy Confer,
ence Academy, Of which the Rev. VI.
Z. Cady is principal, comes regularly
TO our table. It's motto is"Usque ad
tempora" and it certainly is. From
its columns we Learn that Prof. Cady
lately lectured upon "The State and
Education" under the auspices OF
the Odd Fellows. We will soon give
the lecture a further notice. The
Academy is located at Poultney, Yer
mont. The building lately caught fire
but it was soon put out. The SnEAT il
one dollar per year. The articles are
very interesting.
THOSE teachers who say that theil
spelling classes are 50 large, that the!
cannot have them write their lesson
on account Of the labor that the cor
rection involves, will do well to Wis.
the upper department Of the Rive
Falls public school, and see if ida Pow
ell, who has the whole room in he
class, avoids all labor. DO not b
afraid Of work.
IT seems to be the aim Of som
teachers, to make every study as din
cult as possible, for the sake Of disc
I, pline. No doctrine Is more fallseioui
An oak tree might be felled With
stone Ratchet, and one would sst
great deal Of exercise in doing the 10
but the same time ard strength Wit
a good steel AK, would leave som
thing TO show for the labor.--PRE
CHADB)URSE.