River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-07-11
Educational.
H. 3. BAKER, a. n, Editor.
COUNTY sUPERrETESDExT.)

4 COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
DIsrRIcr No. 5, town of Ellsworth,
talks of buying more new seats this
fail. A.
| MARY VIM reports great interest in
letter writing. although her pupils are
primary. Her general work is also
good. Hines district, Ell Paso.
b. III. CoRcoRAN, i'll his own district,
Oak Grove. draws map of Wiscon-
sin on the board and teaches from
that, lacking maps.
DURING the summer, the books of the
p. G. I. l.. A. can be found at the Of
! flee of w. j. Moore, Assistant Librari-
an, Ellsworth, at Dunbar's restaurant
A RosENBERGER. Librarian.
| CHAs. A. CARSON, b. A., who Taught
in the Maiden Rock school last year,
was a speaker at the celebration, July
4th, at Fargo, d. L. The band of the
Seventh Cavalry, which suffered SO Sc
verely at Clusters massacre, furnished
the music.
AFTER hearing the excuse, 'slack of
time," for not doing necessary work
in the school room, often several times
per day during the visiting season, we
have resolved to never give that as a
reason for our own neglect of any task.
1t has become painfully old.
/ BLANCHE BAIRD, Stumble district, Mar
tel, taught music, finding time, al
though she had an enrolment of SO.
Her lessons in drawing were useful.
Primary spelling classes wrote the
| lessons, in part. Energy is the key to
this mystery. We have time enough
for all duties.
The Gilman district, Trimbelle, has
new seats, a liberal supply of books by
district purchase, a county atlas and
long school year. AS result, Miss
Ella Bradley finds her work very much
easier and more effective. The chill
dren now growing up will do honor to
| their parents by their intelligence.
CLARA CHnDs reads over the spelling
lesson for the next day and has the
pupils pronounce the words after she
has named the letters. This prevents
the constant running to the teacher to
ask the pronunciation of words. She
also teaches them to count, and hence
to add, by 2's. 3's. SIS &c. Spring
Grove district, Trimbellc.
SOME districts have purchased books
of kind which even the publishers
are not pushing, having published
another text book upon the same sub
joct which they know is superior. If
boards do not wish to purchase the
books which we have named in the
last circular sent to them, we should
be glad to correspond with them in re-
gard to other good text books, and
save them from buying book which
is admitted by all to be an inferior
work.
AFTER having an unusual amount of
correspondence with those who think
themselves wrorged in not receiving
certificate, some of which is far
more energetic than polite, we have
concluded to give those who are griev-
ed by next falls examination, an i'm
partial jury trial by publishing the
questions and their answers, in the
leading branches. If the majority of
the readers OF this column think they
are wronged, we shall be open to con-
viction. Can anything be more fair!
We are satisfied that many good
teachers are guilty of the fault Of Civ
ing their intermediate pupils too heavy
mental food, in lecture form in the
shape of intricate demonstrations in
arithmetic, or even the fine shades of
parsing and analysis. Several have
told us. II try to explain everything
in arithmetic, and have told them why
it was so, many times; but they do
not seem to understand it. Would
you feed an infant tough steak in
large slices, OF dyspeptic boiled cab
bage and cheese! Then do not give
children ideas they cannot even grasp.
nor the older pupils of little cultiva-
ton, thoughts which they cannot di-
gest, but merely memorize. Feed
them on what's and hows, and if they
show any curiosity to know the why's.
satisfy them. But make them hungry
for the why before You make it their
food. How to make them hungry is
legitimate inquiry. Experiment and
work for this end.
OBJECTS OF SCHOOL VISITATION