River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-04-05
Educational.
III. n. BAKER, A. B..9sdftcf.
COUNTY SuPRRISrENDExT.l

Miss FANNIE Il. THOMAS has beer
hired to teach the Ono school for tn,
coming term.
MISS MARY BAscoN is to teach tn,
Salem school in district No. 3, th'
coming summer. L.
Mr.. j. W. GORDON has our thank!
for copy of the Secretary's report OF
the Ellsworth Association.
THE school in district No. 5, Union
presided over by A. r. Rosenberger,
closed after successful session of foul
months on the 10th. OF the pupils,
Miss Elva Moscrip has the Kyle school
and Mr.. Emory HILL the Maxwell school
The Lost Creek school-house ground
is to be graded and neat picket fence
is to encircle the same. The district
board will adopt a uniformity of text.
books and purchase the same for the
benefit of the district. School begins
May LIST. X.
The school at Harshman's Mill, on
Lost Greek, closedMarchl9th Mr.. Jes :
sc Rosenberger possesses the elements
OF good teacher. This was his first
school and he has conducted it in a
creditable manner. Miss Mary j. DON
ahue has been engaged for the summer
term. She is well known and needs no
recommendation ID
TEACHERS for the summer term IN
the town of Isabelle, are as follows /:
District No. !, j. A. Chapman joint
district No. /, Mrs. Belle Redmon !;
joint district No. 2. Miss S. Bartholo-
NEW. Miss Alta Ridgman will teach
in district No. 2, town of Trenton !;
Miss Susie Gilmore in the Sleeper dis
trict, Town of Hartland Mr.. Eugene
Mcintyre in the Conroy district, Hart
land, and Miss Mary Coleman in the
Snow district, town of Trenton. p.
THE Martel Teachers Association
held meeting on the oath instant;
President NJ. j. Baird in the chair. The
regular exercises opened with the in
PRODUCTION of the subject of Penman-
ship by Andrew Sather, who gave
some valuable hints upon the subject.
This was followed by discussion
of elementary sounds, introduced by
G. G. Mcintyre. Miss Dena Larson
gave her method of teaching Constitu-
ton, which was good. Miss Blanche
Baird read an essay on reading, after
which she conducted class therein.
Andrew Sather then read some criti-
cisms and the meeting adjourned for
one hour.
At one Pm. the President called the
meeting to order and named Miss Lar
son for Critic. Miss Nettie Isaacson
gave her method of teaching Geogra-
ply, which was followed by some dis
cussion. MIR. Baird then yielded the
chair to a second, while he introduced
an exercise in general questions, each
teacher receiving a question and an
swering when his number was call
ed. The exercise furnished consider
able interest and was very profitable
to all concerned.
G. w. Mcintyre then read an essay
on Rhetorical exercises in school, fol-
lowed by a discussion of considerable
interest. Mr.. NJ. thinks it good poll
cy to teach the simple rules of Par
limentary practice in connection with
this subject, having the school choose
way to the end. A new idea. And a
good one.-H. S. B. Nj. G. Johnson
introduced the subject of spelling,
showing his methods, which were
thought good.
Miss Baird recited a defamation,
Trouble at Church." She was fol-
lowed by Miss Nettie Iverson with
another, "If." Both pieces were good.
to say the least. The members then
spent some time upon popular wants,
such as building fires, Juggling in wood
and water, leaving seats, getting
drinks, &c. The question as to teach
er's right to forbid other than the
English language to be used at school,
was handled without gloves, and of
course, left as doubtful. The Critic
made her report, which, though brief,
was 20 the point, and the meeting adj
| iourned without time. c. c. Nj.