River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-04-19
Educational.
III. 5. BAKER, A. r., Editor.
county SUPERINTENDENT

Mary HoKroS will teach in the Weld
district, town of Troy.
w. j. MOORE will teach near the
church miles southeast of Ellsworth.
JOSIE HADLEY, p. +. Robey and w.
j. Moore have returned from Alton
Academy.
JOSIE HADLKY will teach i'm Minneso-
Ia two miles north of Alton. She is at
present attending an Institute at Still
water.
No one need expect to see truly
prosperous high school in the exclu-
siye charge of women.--PdyRe 5
| School Supervision.
TEACH physiology as general exer-
else daily. Spend ten minutes in that
way. Browns or Steele's text books
will serve you for reference.
THAT part of MINES 0ta east of the
Mississippi River was not included in
the Louisiana Purchase, although over
looked in last weeks statement.
GIVE copy of your programme and
statement of the progress of each
class, with the names OF members, TO
the teacher who has your summer
school.
THOSE teachers who have not sent in
term report in addition to one each
month, are earnestly requested to do so
at once. Blanks will be sent to any
who have none.
The teacher shall make in writing
and transmit to the district board or
to the County Superintendent report
concerning any matter relating to his
school. and in such form and manner as
said board or County Superintendent
may prescribe. -SchoOL Code, Sec. As.
THREE men are carrying stick of
timber II feet long; one is at the end,
the other two use lever, together,
which is placed under it. Where
must the lever be placed that all may
carry the same 4! M.
How often will Inauguration day
come on Sunday! Answers solicited.
THE National Teachers Monthly will
be sent three months on trial for 25
cents. If it is desired, at the end of
that time to have it continued, rs
cents will pay for it the other nine
months. A good chance to get live,
sprightly paper, cheap. 1t has chang
ed editors and is getting more practi-
CAL A. S. Barnes s. Co., Chicago, Ill.
Do not put your pupils back to the
beginning of the arithmetic because
you cannot take them through it, and
then say that they are not thorough
in the beginning, and lay it to the last
teacher. If their knowledge of it is
fair, continue to advance and then go
to the bottom in review. This course
secures more interest. This, a COM
mon excuse of poor teachers, lacks
substance, and yet we have heard it
many times.
NEITHER Indian corn nor buckwheat
is a suitable food for the athlete or
student. The student requires phos-
phatic or brain-making food. Oats
are excellent food for students. Fish
are rich in phosphates, salmon stand
ing highest on the list. Lean meats
are abundant in phosphates. The fat
is entirely heat producing. Wheat
contains all the elements of the body
in proper proportion, but with severe
mental labor there is need of more
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
Why not teach constitution upon the
same principle that is admitted to be
the only true one in Primary Geog-
raphy! In the latter, the order of
subjects is as follows: School-room,
play ground, district, town, county,
state and country. In the former
take the family government first, then
the district, town, county, state and
country. The examinations reveal
that teachers know more of the sap
pellate jurisdiction" of the Supreme
Court of the U. S., than of the duties of
assessor and town clerk. Many ac-
cuse the assessor of taking people. F"
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