River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-09-26
Educational.
III. :. BAK Err, A. H., Editor.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

year dJ OSCtOld.
KATE PRocroR teaches fall term il
the Tubb's Corner district.
The common school is the greatest
discovery of man. H. Mann.
WE are informed that j. A. Chap
man teaches in the Conroy district
Hartland.
THE Spalding district, Troy, st
Croix county, has adopted a list OF
textbooks.
WE learn that J. r. Elliott has the
Trimbelle village school. Fortunate
Trimbellites.
HELEN CARPENTER will teach her sec
ond term at Beldenville, beginning
about December first.
FIX those windows so that they can
be lowered from the top. Put some
stating upon the black board.
He who never lays out nearly his
LII oiiJ wa SiC"
stronger very slowly, if at all.
The idea that technical grammar is
of little use in aiding people to speak
correctly, is rapidly gaining ground.
c. G. MCINTYRE has engaged the
school in the Lauder district, River
Falls and Martel. Term four months.
SEPTEMBER 25th is the last day of
the time allowed to town clerks in
which to make their reports to this
office.
THE New England Journal of Educa-
ton has been reduced in price but not
in quality. 1t is weekly. Write for
teruS.
ONE object in teaching geography to
American children, is to make them
patriotic by seeing how many natural
the United States possesses.
You will hardly make mistake If
you always promptly discharge a
teacher who spends no time upon
books. either the text books or good
standard works. They cannot be very
ALWAYS correct your pupils when
they use ungrammatical expressions in
their common conversation. 1t is of
far more Importance that they should
acquire right habits of speech than
that they should know how to parse
their sentences.-Er
WHAT will you read this winter
How will you spend your long winter
evenings and leisure time? Did you
know that most persons fool away
enough time which, if wisely used
would in few years make them per-
sons of broad culture. LIZ.
ACHES and pains generally charged
to overwork of brain should be attrib-
uted to under exercise of body. Mind
and body react upon each other. The
greatest refreshing of the mind Of
ten comes from change in the direc-
ton Of mental energy.-Er.
Is it possible that some men are so
that they will trust their
valuable colt to the care of none but
a servant of known ability and faith
fulness, but give their children to the
care of him who will work most cheap
ly? why more care to The colt?
A TEACHER makes deeper impress
sion upon the character of his pupils
by the influence of his example, than
upon their intellects by his efforts. 1t
is, then, of supreme Importance that
a teacher whom you would not have
your children become like, should not
be in the school room for moment.
THERE is nothing so important for
teachers to study upon the eve OF en-
tering their first school us the meth
DDS of primary work. The greater
part of your time is spent in that.
Then, even if you do not like it, try to
get some idea of a plan and realize
that you are dealing with immortal
minds, the organization of which was
the Creators masterpiece, and that
YOU have those minds nearly in an I'M
changed state, to fashion for good or
evil through an eternity, and if it is
no longer interesting to teach small
children, leave the school room forev-
er. To have the care and training OF
young children for three months is a
task filled with the most solemn and
crushing responsibilities and involv.
ing the most awful consequences
when poorly done. One may well
tremble to put his hand to such work,
everlasting in results, and infinite in
its power for good or evil. If there is
any one idea that deserves a harsher
epithet than the English Language con.
tains, it is In the soul-shriveling muir
derous sentence, '.Any teacher is good
enough for our school because the
children are small"
AMONG the methods of teaching geog'
raphv which are occasionally good fol
variety, if it should be denied that q
terms work upon that plan would be
profitable, that which may be called
the "Mince Pie Method" is prominent
This we heard mentioned without CIV
ing credit to the textbook, Swim
tons Elementary, which has given u;
an example upon this plan. The ingre
dents are each traced from their or
isin to the pie. For example take thu
spice. Where did it growl What
climate necessary for its growth
What were the habits of the people
raising it! How was it transported
What nations ships carried It'll What
time of year is it harvested ! Through
what countries and across what wa
tiers did it come Where was it land
ed! Who has owned it since it grew
Why is it put into the pie! Where
did the dish upon which the pie wa
baked come from! What kind OF
meat is in the piel Where were the
apples grown2 Why cannot we raise
good apples with little troubles This
method can be applied to any familiar
culinary compound, and if the class il
lacking i'll interest it is pretty sure Il