River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-04-26
Educational.
HI. y. BAKER, A. h. Editor.
COUNTY sypERIsTESDExr.)

NINA OLN has gone to Dunn County
to teach.
$50 strictly educational papers are
taken in Pierce county.
The winters term of the Maiden
Rock village school closed on the 10th.
Miss NEWELL, of Prescott, will teach
the school at Jerusalem Corners. .
MISS KATE GREEN teaches in the
McCleary district, in Union. the com.
ing summer.
MISS KATE PRocToR will teach the
Glass Valley school this summer. II
began April 10th.
Mss KATE CREAM will teach the
school in district No. o, River Falls.
1t commenced April 9th.
@. A. CARSON continues in the Maid
en- Rock school during the summer
term, as we had hoped.
The services of Mr.. Golf have
been secured by the Fuller dis
trict, up Rush River, for the summer
term. -
The Kyle School, ON Pine Creek,
opened Monday morning. April 10th,
under the able supervision of Miss
Elva Moscrip. X.
FRED Parker sends us some excellent
specimes of map drawing by his pu-
pills in the Porter district, Trenton.
His school was very successful.
ONE of the best black boards in the
county was made by adding lamp
black to the mortar and especially to
the last coat, or hard ''finish.'
1t will never become white and is
probably the cheapest way known.
Miss REBEccA TAYLOR. of district No.
5, Maiden Rock. reports written ex-
animation at the close of her school.
In History, U. s., Constitution, and
Geography, Peter Fosberg, Rosa Fitz-
gerald, Michael Cotter, Joseph War
rem, Aggie Cotter and James Cotter re-
ceived honorable mention for prof.
cheney.
THE Hudson City schools opened on
Monday, April 10th. Teachers engag-
ed in the End Ward are: Prof. Robin
son, No. 8; Miss Childs, No. s; Miss
Ella Andrews, No. 4; Miss Josie Hol-
den, No. 3; Miss Abbie Baily, No 2;
Miss Nellie Cooper, No. +; Sd Ward,
Miss Ida Martin, No. 2; Miss Mary
Van Meter No. 1. @.
The Red Lined Copy or Practice
Books. by Prof. j. ID. Bond. st. Paul,
Minnesota, are the best for acquiring
All even symmetrical style of writing.
Any system can be taught with them.
They are a new departure in the
teaching of penmanshsp. Send ten
cents to him for copy, and you will
get them for your school. Call and
see one.
THE following is the list OF subscrib-
ers to the Net0 England Journal Of
Education. This is one of the very
best educational journals published,
and those who read AMI digest its con-
tents, are sure to receive benefit.
Michael Collins, Sarah E. Lockwood,
Josie Hadley, G. l.. Bowman, M. l..
Robey. ii. S. Baker. Jesse l.. Rosen-
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G. Williams w. ID. Parker.
WE are in receipt of some examina-
ton papers from rooms three and four
of the Prescott school, taught respect
lively by Mary e. Walls and Florence
olive The work of No. 3 in Geogra-
ply is better than majority of pupils
can ever do. The work is upon Wis
consin. The language woik. in which
the instruction has been entirely oral,
for one term, shows as much knOwl-
edge of etymology as pupils usually
have at the end of two terms work in
the ordinary text books upon gram.
mar, and more of syntax. The work
from No. A, in reading, was unique.
| A biographical sketch of each author
read, seems to be required in the daily
work, and the papers show thorough
ness. The geography simply covers
all that needs be known about oul
state. Mathematical is treated brief
ly but clearly as well as the historic
al part. Penmanship in all is superb
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