River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-04-25
Educational.
III. >. BAKER, A. h., Editor.
COUNTY supEnrsTESDExr.)

$50 oShooi III oIio hIiOWltOu district,
Hartland, re-opened on the morning of
the 10th with j. l.. Rosenberger once
more to occupy the teachers desk.
The village school OF Maiden Rock
opened on the morning of the 22d with
>. L. McCleary to do the pedagogical
honors.
THERE is little difference between
the individuals Of savage race. All
are nearly alike among wild animals
and plants. Educate the man, cult
vate the plant, or train the animal and
the two extremes are hardly recog-
nized as related. Schoolmasters are
the corner stones of civilization.
AS several teachers have prepared
themselves to obtain second grade GER
tihcates, except in the matter of Alge-
bra, we again call attention to Olney's
Elementary, Algebra, as the best book
for beginners and especially for pri-
vate study. Address Sheldon & Co.,
III and ll9 State ST., Chicago, Ill.
The question oftener asked than any
other by the teachers of Pierce county,
'sHow shall l keep the little ones
busy cannot be answered without
giving complete directions for their
education, because, when they are
kept busy their education is progress
ing; when they are not, they are GO
ing backward.
| Miss FANNIE THOMAS opened her school
in Salem district last Monday week.
Miss Annie Whipp commenced her
school the same day in Union. | un-
derstand what is known AS the Foley
district is building anew school-house
and intend putting in many modern
improvements. A.
Ono, April 18th, 1873.
ExAMINATIoN.-We have mailed cer-
tificates OF standing to all applicants
errors or omissions excepted. The
Institute at Ellsworth and brief in
| disposition made us later than we
Hoped. That mistakes have been rnade
in looking over about 5000 pages of le-
gal cap, we admit, but they will be
corrected, cheerfully, upon application.
There were 152 applicants.
@. A person teaches public common
school without a license, and draws
money to which he has no legal claim.
Is this, continued for months, when
known to be illegal, sufficient ground
for refusing to license him if he apply
for certificate
A. The course pursued has bad
look and would justify the refusal, ex-
cept as the Supt. might be satisfied
that the party had seen and repented
the error of his ways.-State Supt.
In the school, as in the world. far
many more rust out than wear out.
Study is most tedious and wearisome to
those who study the least. Drones al
ways have the toughest time. Grum-
blers always make poor scholars, and
their lessons are uniformly "hard' and
''too long, The time and thought ex-
pended in Sinking would be ample to
master their task. Sloth. gormandiz-
ing, and worry kill their thousands,
where over-study harms one. The
curse of Heaven rests OH laziness and
gluttony. BY the very constitution of
our being, they are fitted to beget that
| torpor and dependency which chill
the blood, deaden the nerves, enfeeble
| the muscles, and degenerate the whole
vital machinery. Fretting, fidgeting,
ennui, and anxiety are among the most
common causes of disease. On the
other hand, high aspiration and enthu-
siasm help digestion and respiration,
AID send an increased supply of vital
energy to all parts of the body. Cour-
age and work invigorate The whole
system, and lift one into a purer at
mosphere, above the reach of conta-
gion. NORTH Wis. Era.
AxIoMs AND INFERENcEs.-If any per.
son who has reached his 18th or 18th
year, and attended school regularly,
has not learned enough of books to OBJ
tain a third grade certificate if he
wishes, the school in which his time
has been passed has not been what it
| should have been, nor what it might
have been. Average ability is promised.
One who answered all our questions in
arithmetic this spring has studied
written arithmetic, so-called, less than
three terms. Are five years necessary
to enable one to learn the chow" of
two-thirds of the practical arithmetic,
or read three hundred pages of history!
But there are such failures. Where
is the FAULT If the person Is years
old who cannot get certificate has
not been exceptionally idle, not mis-
chievous at school, nor overworked at
home, and the teachers have been sus-
tanned by the parents and board, then
the blame should be cast upon the
teachers, because they have been very
incompetent, to make such a failure
possible. There should be a new de-
| parture in the grade of teachers. II
the district has always had quarrel ;
has always allowed evil pupils to take
the teachers time and often cause
him to leave the school prematurely !;
| If the parents are always speaking
against the teacher and education, then
the blame rests upon no teacher, but
upon the parents. If the fruit is ig-
porance. some one planted the seed.
some one is responsible for those
wasted wears. Some adult. male or fe-
male. will one day sigh for another
chance to improve the mind. BY
comparing the young people of one
district with those of another. parents
NAV see some differences, which. though