River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-10-11
sCoNsIN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER IL, 1877.
Educational.
II. =, BAKER, A. Ts.. Editor.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT


COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
BRRG legal cap paper to examina-
tion.
THE rainy weather drives away
cheerfulness. Why!
LET the teacher in eachdistrict take
the initiative in the formation of a
lyceum.
READ a "Woman's Experience as
superintendent in the Wisconsin
Journal of Education for Sept. 1t is a
type of all.
THE fact that you have caused your
pupils to become interested in their
books, will ben eft them as much as
what they actually acquire.
THE sooner teachers cease to make
a hobby of the analysis of letters, the
sooner we shall save time in making
penmen.-Prof. w. S. Johnson.
If you want to stay away from ex-
animation. spend the day in Inventing
some excuse less stale than ''head-
ache" ''the team was busy" ''plow-
ing ''did not know as l should
teach.'
@. IL the clerk signs for the Jour-
nal of Education and the district re-
fuses to allow the account, what can
be donel
A. The district is liable for the
subscription price in a suit.--State
Supt.
REMEMBER that we shall give teach
ers chance to be examined in Bota-
any, Industrial Drawing and Art Draw
ing, and mark the standing upon the
certificate. Public sentiment will
not much longer tolerate the over
sight of our law givers in emitting
these studies from the third grade
branches.
If you take your children's part
against a faithful teacher who re-
proves them for actual faults, you
will be likely to have occasion to de-
fend them from officers of the law.
The policeman only does the work that
is left undone because the schools are
poor or teachers and parents neglect
their duty.
OLNEY's Elementry Algebra is one of
the finest works of that able author.
We can commend it to those who
wish to pursue the study without
teacher. There are no hard places
but the grade is uniform. Mental
discipline is promoted by a judicious
mingling of examples and demonStra-
tions. Sheldon & Co., n. Y
TEACHERS who scorn to study for the
purpose of gaining information upon
the topic of a lesson, will do well to
ask themselves if their manner of
presenting topic is such that the pu-
pll always grasps it readily. All
truth is easily comprehended if pre-
scented properly and one step at time.
If you approach a principle from its
easy side, it is interesting. Ii your
pupils lose interest, and know no more
of a lesson at its close than at the
opening, it is your fault; you have not
mastered the art of presentation.
GLOW can make this lesson appear
easy and interesting to that honest,
but SLOW pupil"
Ar regular meeting of the Natural
Science Association held in the InSti-
tute building, Saturday evening, Oct.
9th, 1877, the vice-president was in
the chair. The minutes of the last
meeting were read and approved. The
committee on constitution and bylaws
then presented the result of their
work. which was discussed and
amended, The committee was order
ed to re-write and present the same,
as amended, for adoption at the next
regular meeting. On motion a CON-
mittee of one was appointed to secure
a member to prepare thesis for dis
cussion and to make necessary prepar-
ations for a meeting Oct. 20, for the
purpose of setting forth the object
of the Association. On motion, the
Association adjourned to meet at the
same place for the purpose of adopt
ing the constitution as amended, on
Saturday evening, Oct. Is, 1877, at 6
O'Clock. q. O. BRoHoUGH, Sec.
NJ. E. SEVERANCE, Vice President.
SELECTIONS FROM CoRRESPoN-