River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-01-20
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
III. y. BAKER. A. H., Editor.
County Snpt.


large and we'll satisfied audience last
Thursday evening, upon Robert Burns.
He will deliver the same lecture else.
where, If desired, before schools, ly-
ceums, or literary societies. His terms
can be had bywriting to him. There
is no speaker IN this vicinity with
more scholarly atainments, and no or
ator who can hold an audience better.
We presume he has other topics, upon
which he would speak if desired. He
has a lecture upon temperance that
has been given in one town, at least,
with complete satisfaction.
PRoF. II. W. SLACK, Prmcipalof Hud-
son City schools, has engaged Mrs. T.
f. Williams, as assistant principal.
A good thing. Principals ought to be
able to leave a room in charge of an as
sistant, and visit the other depart
ments.
THE district known as the Lauder
district, in River Falls and Martel,
needs new school-house. The pupils
are crowded very badly, and they are
uncomfortable. If they registered 20,
instead of AZ, it would'not be so bad;
and their six square feet of blackboard
hardly meets the necessities of the
arithmetic classes. In fact, 10 teach
er can get more than one-half or two
thirds of the work which ought to be
done, from classes that use no board.
We hope they will build house next
summer, that the district will feel
more pride in than they can in the
present building. The pupils are
studious, and would appreciate new
house, hung with maps, and furnished
with comfortable seats.
WE shall be glad to have teachers
send in topics for discussion, and
questions TO be answered at the AS
ISOLATION to be held at River Falls soon.
Tell what troubles you most, in teach
ing.
Our public schools opened with a
larger attendance than last term.
There are nearly twice as many in the
upper department as at the opening Of
the fall term.
Do not get costly outfit maps until
you have county and state map in
your school. Begin with the most
practical.
DISTRICT No. 8, Maiden Rock, has
hired Miss Hattie Ingram to teach
two months more of school. They
have had three months already by
another teacher, but wanted more.
Good.
II their is any organization that can
quarrel with more ferceness than
church choir, it is a school district.
Miss ALICE RowLEY finishes the school
in the Strahl-Currier district. 1t was
taught until near the holidays, by Mr..
Clark.
| P. MoMAHox, Of district No. ., River
Falls, teaches map drawing. lie also
gives evening lessons in penmanship,
gratis, and has no writing in school
hours. This is better than writing
with frozen ink. We hope others will
do so.
WEmake the following extracts from
a letter received by us, from G.. L.
Bowman. teaching east Of Ellsworth
village few miles. Ills pupils are all
Germans.
81 give daily lessons in drawing. So
far, think it is success, and can
recommend it TO all teachers. / have
adopted the self-reporting system, but
would not recommend it. Ihave tried
the Word Method TO limited extent.
/ have found it an excellent method so
far as ] have tried IL.
! teach writing this winter. use
movable copies, and think they arc an
! improvement.
! cannot throw out the spelling book
on account OF the board. 1t would
give general dissatisfaction. But
where the Word Method Is adopted,
the SPELL g book Is Of no benefit TO
tie small children"
TrH best things for presents that we
know Of, for Pupils Of all ages, are
large cards with pictures Of birds and
dogs on one side, and brief but ac-
curate description on the other. They
are pretty and instructive. They can
be procured from the Leyings Sisters
at the rate Of ffty cents per dozen.
We like the custom Of giving some lit.
tie keepsake at the close Of school.
Nrw YoRK.-.The twelfth annual com.
mencement of tho state Normal and
Training School at Cortland, New York,
will be held Jan. 2Jih. a class Of