River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-03-30
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II. y. BAKER. A. H., Editor.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.

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Nor very, this spring.
NEXT fall It will be thorough.
ATTEND school during vacations o.
you will fal behind the profession.
FIFrY-NtSE attend Prof. Thayer's In
stitute at Hammond. Prof. L. S. Reet
teaches next term in the village. =
Hammond Independent
EVENING schools are profitable if they
are not visited by Cupid. o. p. WhiI
knows how to conduct them.
Miss AMELIA Porrs, number 5, Union
had one of the most quiet, systematic
and studious schools we saw.
THERE is need of another district il
the northern part of Oak Grove. But
some tow..j have too many, Rock Elm
for instance.
0NE teacher who lacked a call bell
managed her classes by swapping her
fingers. Original.
SUIT. CHAPMAN, of st. Croix, holds an
examination at New Centerville April
eth and sth. At the George Martin
school house April 18th and 18th.
IT is one terms work in reading to
break up case Of "school tone. !" il
the pupil has it badly. What shame
to allow it to be formed
School Boards are too slack in ex.
pelling bad pupils. What folly to let
one such spoil a school, and worry the
teacher.
Book TABLE. Politics for Young
Americans, by Charles Nordhoff. is UP.
on our table through the courtesy of
W. j. Button, Chicago agent of Har-
per Brothers. 1t is pretty enough for
gift book. 1t tells young men just
what they ought to know about hard
money, railroads, etc. It would be a
good text book for high schools. WILL.
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sons LARGER SPELLER from the same, is
a good book for an advanced class, es
pecially whes the lesson is written
Q. Is it correct to say, LIST, The sun
is sitting; ID, The hen is setting; Sd,
The sun is raisingl--COrrespondent.
A. lst. No. 1t should be, setting
Set is intransitive in many cases. ID
NO. A hen sits, does she not! 3D..
No. Raise is always transitive. II
should be, rising.
Q. Would you recommend a teach
er to skip compound numbers in the
higher arithmetic
A. No. 1t is the best part of the
book. Begin there,if you wish. Skip
teaching is our advice to the teacher
who cannot interest class in the SUBJ
ject, with that book.
FLORENCE OLIVE was mistress of the
situation in number two, Ellsworth.
Full of personal magnetism, and with
good organizing talent, her school
seated by classes, she managed them
with ease. She had general exercise
in physiology. Her method of teach
ing reading is fine. The pupils take a
good position, and read only sentence
at time. Each member of the class
reads the same sentence, once or more,
and then they take another. She
reads to them each day, the next days
lesson, and thus avoids those tiresome
questions about pronunciation of
words. They read very well. Hourly
recesses keep the pupils quiet.
TEACHERS from adjoining counties
have been teaching in the eastern part
of Pierce, this winter. There are
some very successful ones among them.
J. I. McCLEARY, Of Maiden Rock vii.
lage, is teaching a class of small pupils
to number and divide sections, and to
draw map of their county and town
with good success. His pupils are well
drilled in the art of explaining from
the board. Several are preparing to
teach. With over sixty enrolled, he
finds time 10 teach the smaller ones TO
write. The best teachers do not neg.
lect this.
WE found G. l.. Bowman, number
three, Ellsworth, practicing the follow.
ing which we recommend to all as
worthy Of imitation: He keeps clean
floor. lie gives short recess every
hour. The fifth reader class recites
once each day, eight minutes; and the
primer four times. Those pieces IN
Wilson's Readers containing the most
difficult words, are omitted. especially
in the lower grades. There is no scuff
ling, shouting, or other rowdyism in
the sehool-house during recess. AND
yet he finds time to teach penmanshiI
to all, and read a chapter in the morn
ing.
Two young ladies were expelled from
school by one lady teacher, and II help
cd the order very much.
TaH national TEACHERS MoSruLY fol
March Is as sharp as usual. The edi
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