River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-28

liz children are suffered to direct
their own studies, they usually make
themselves very poor scholars.-D. p.
Page.
THE Pennsylvania School Journal
for September contains the proceed
ings of the State Teachers Association.
j. p. Wickersham, editor, Lancaster,
Penn. $l.50 per year.
No false delicacy should tempt the
superintendent to withhold a candid
opinion as to the nature and conse-
quences-o of glaring faults. Otherwise,
when disaster has come, there is just
ground for charging the superintend-
ent with neglect of duty, -Pdyne's
School Supervision.
Henkte's Test Spelter embraces the
hardest words of our language, and is
just the book for spelling school.
DictatiOn exercises, which are sensi-
BILE, for wonder, define some of the
more uncommon words. 1t is the best
book of its kind, and for advanced
classes it is well suited. Wilson,
Hinkle & Co.. Cincinnati.
We are suffering from that sham
oral instruction that does the work of
the lesson before the pupil; analyses
every problem into shreds in advance;
and trains the children into the most
helpless dependency on the teachers
mind. Such a pupil, brought to face
real school work, doubles up like q
riband before the wind.-N. T.. Jour.
Of Ed.
WE are pleased to give the following
statement, made by a citizen of Els
worth: "The schools in our town
were never so successfully and salts
factorily taught as they are this win
ter. We earnestly hope, for the ben
eft of cur schools, that the several
boards may have them continue
throughout the year, without change
in our present list of teachers" which
are as follows: James 7. McCleary !;
G. w. Youngman; G. ii. Chapman !;
Geo. Seaman; p. +. Roby; Annis Beat
ty. X.
AMONG the faults common to nearly
every young teacher, is the dislike of
refusing pupils any request that they
may ask. Teachers are not hired to
obtain the good will of the pupils,
unless such good will can be obtained
without sacrificing, in the least, the real
object of the school, and without a
cringing, servile obedience to the fool
ish and impudent requests of few
conceited youths. This spirit of IA
yoring leads many to allow questions
to be asked during recitations, TO allow
pupils to speak, as it is called, to leave
seats, go to the stove, get drink. and
go out, repeatedly. The result of this
submission is to cause the teacher TO
be despised, and his school and repu-
tation to be ruined. The fact that our
teachers or our ancestors did given
wrong, should not bind us. Let all
who read this shun those faults.
WE find that the subject of Teach
ers' Union in Pierce county, is thought
of. The object Of such union would
be to regulate teachers wages. Ply
sicians, coopers, engineers and others
have scale of prices, which is OBJ
served by all. Why should not teach
er of given qualifications and expe-
rience, be sure of a given price for his
labor, as well as physician! At pres
ent, teachers have no voice in fixing a
price for their services. We know of
no other kind of laborers so helpless
in the hands of their employers.
Teachers wages in the Northwest are
rising. Pierce county is likely to have
a surplus of good teachers. Unless
they go abroad, such state of affairs
will reduce their pay far below what
a teacher of the same grade will re-
ceive in adjoining counties. A few
thoughts from those having ideas on
this point, will be allowed a place in
this column. if they are compressed
within dozen lines.