River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-04-20
Educational
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COUNTY SuPERINrrNpENr

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Elementary Biographies are up
on our table, by the court
esy of the publishers. We re
gard these books the very best fol
common schools, of any with which
we are acquainted Our opinion i,
formed after long use. The series
is complete in two books, and henc,
contains no worse than useless matter
A. S. Barnes. Chicago.
FREE TExr BOOKS There are a few
districts in the county that buy book:
sufficient to supply all the pupils, put
them in the school-house, ard let eacl
pupil use those adapted to him, We
wish every district would do the same.
There are many advantages to be
gained by this method. Eastern cities
are trying it, The cost is about one
fourth as much as it is when the
books are purchased in the usual way,
reckoning by the year. The following
are the chief advantages:
Poor children are properly supplied
with books.
All are supplied the first day of
school. When the bookstore is dis.
tant, the pupils frequently lose two
weeks, or one-sixth of the term, by
having no books.
By buying in quantities, the first
cost is less by nearly one-fourth. And
besides, the property instead of the
poor people, pays the tax to buy them.
Children are frequently kept in
classes for which they are united,
because their parents do not get prop.
er books. The new plan would rem.
edy this.
The books would be uniform in the
same schools. No teacher can do any.
thing like good work, with three OF
four classes in arithmetic, of same
grade, because they have Robinson's,
French's, Rays, and Hagar's, and the
parents will not get new books of one
kind. This is serious evil. Very
many schools are cursed in this way
II the teacher has but five minutes tC
give class in Partial Payments, there
can be but little use of studying arith
metic.
In purchasing the FIRST supply, tn,
books owned by the pupils can be pur
chased at reduced rates, if they wisl
to sell-that is. as many as are of thu
right kind, and added to the com
mon stock.
Will districts in which the books
are not uniform think of tins PLAN
We believe it is worth a trial.
The following is the standing of the
pupils OF the Maiden Rock village
school in an examination upon the
list of questions lately published in
this column:
The average standing on scale of
10 was;-Walter Warren, l0-penman-
ship, 8.5 Jesse Rosenberger, 90
penmanship, 8.5; Liza Fry, 8.5-pen-
manship, 8.5; Belle Fry, 8-penman.
ship 3; Belle Denham, s-penmanship,
.; May Holbrook, 8-penmanship, Q;
Chas. II. Barton, .8-penmanship, S.5;
Hattie Trumbull, 7-penmanship, Q;
Nina Hull, 7--penmanship, 9; Eddie
Pool, 7-penmanship, S.5; Fred. j.
Taylor, 7--penmanship, 8; Fred. j.
Otis, 5--penmanship, 8. We use the
whole number of studies in averaging.
By not answering in Algebra, through
lack Of time. Charles Barton's aver
age was reduced from 10 to 8. Some
others would have averaged higher, il
they had had more time.
Minnie Everett and jesse Rosen.
berger have not been tardy since
school began last September Lula
Sands has not been tardy since the
Christmas holidays. During the week
ending Feb. Is, eighteen were perfect
in punctuality.
JAMES I MeCLLAaY, Teacher.
Book TABLE. The T. 5. Readers are
among the best books that we have.
The Intermediate books of wilson's
series have been made available foran
entire course in reading, and there are
books from the sixth down to the bot
tom Of the scale-six books IN all
The series thus formed Is called the
u, 5. Readers None are better aware
Of the unftness Of wilson's straight
series for our common schools But
these books, many Of which are in use
we believe TO be good and attractiy,
10 the learner. The abstruse sclen
tidc articles do not appear. Instead
Of wilson's intermediate, dealers viii
please order the T. 5. The binding II
good and the books are cheap Cal
and see them. ". j. Button, Chicago
agent Of Harper Bros, has our thank
for copy Of the series.
Mss sormA G. TaovAs. late Of tn,
Normal School, Will be principal o