River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-07-25
Educational.
III. >. BAK ER, A. h., Editor.
County suPrRIxrEKoEKr.)

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perience
REcEssEs are not for teachers. Their
supervisory work is then increased.
1t i no time for visiting.-Er.
CLARA HEALy, Pierce Valley school,
Clifton. received present the last day
from her appreciatiye pupils. She
deserved it.
The extra branches for second
grade certificate, are algebra, physi-
ology, physical geography, higher
arithmetic and grammatical analysis.
ANNA IsAAcsos In No. l, Gilman, has
physiology and hygiene every day as a
general exercise. We heard very
fine recitation in botany.
The Chicago Evening Journal is a
six page paper, nearly one of which is
devoted to education. The rest is ex-
cellent matter for family or teachers
reading. Try it. Address $50 Dear
born street, Chicago, for terms to
teachers.
| Ii G. G. Mcintyre was not man of
remarkable modesty, we should fear
that his success at Rock Elm Center,
and the attendant adulatory remarks
would make his little acorn of self es-
TEEN develop into mighty oak and
thus become painfully prominent. AS
it is, we have no fears.
july Sd the school in, Union District,
taught by Miss A. Whip, closed. Her
| term proved to be as successful as the
one of last winter. Some patrons of
the school complain of severity on her
part. o for more such!--H. S. B.
| Last Saturday Miss Fannie Thomas
closed her summer term in Salem dis
trict. She continued to give good sat-
isfaction. Some of her methods of
conducting her school are commenda-
| bic. She proves to be live teacher.
Ono, July Is. ID.
WILL district boards compare the
| list of books which any teacher, or
any one else asks them to adopt, with
the list on our Circular No. 2. and if
they differ, write us There are some
school books to purchase or adopt
which, would be about as profitable as
the far famed sNormal Charts, (which
now lumber up SO many school rooms
in Pierce and st. Croix counties.
School boards who bought them, and
| afterwards paid for them with their
OWE money, have learned something.
Are their example and sacrifice lost OH
the others!
Our reports show that the following
have taught botany during the sum-
mer. A noble band. Work is not
terrible to them. Their minds are &C.
tive and their pupils interested. We
are sure that the list will be larger
next summer, as many have inquired
about books, and purchased for pri-
vate study. All the list are reliable
teachers in the other branches:
Anna Isaacson, Lucy L. Wilcox, G. L.
Bowman, A. Rosenberger, NJ. Miller,
Fannie E. Thomas. Mary M. Brown.
Ida o. Powell, Mary E. Walls, Florence
Olive, Emma Watkins, G. w. Beers, NJ.
L. Robey, Annis Beattie.
ADA CovELL, in the Diamond Bluff
village school, surprises her friends
and patrons by the amount of work
she does. The school needs two teach
ers, being very large. Her whole
school is massed IN one class in state
geography, using her own notes, tab
ulated, for textbook. No other
geography class. Sensible. Chaos is
prevented by a mercilessly prompt adj
herence to her programme. And yet
drawing, composition, &c. have place.
1t is miraculous how system will
lengthen day, and its absence caus-
es 2 teacher of a dozen pupils to COM
plain OF lacking time.
Q. Is it proper for teacher to have
large scholar and good reader hear
smalle~ class read occasionally, pro-
yided he wishes to do sos
A. No it is not. 1t is an unmixed
evil. If a teacher cannot do his school
work he should resign. or if he does
not the board should supplant him.
1t proves his incompetency. Such a
course can be suggested by only two
things, laziness on the part of the
teacher, or an improper arrangement
of his programme. Let no parent al
low pupil to attend school single
day, where the pupils conduct recita-
tions in any branch. They will learn
errors, especially in reading, that can
be corrected only with great difficulty,
if at all.
The one characteristic of many of
the Pierce county teachers, which af
fords much pleasure, is the anxiety to
improve, and the teachable spirit in
which they receive suggestions. We
are frequently saluted at intermissions
with, s.Now tell me my faults, ''Are
not you intending to leave some sng-
gestions or criticisms :" or "How can
| make that class do better Z" IL all
our teachers could have such a spirit
there would soon be no dark corners
and we should equal in advancement
the older portions Of the country. 1t
is pleasure to assist such in every
thing. We fear that not every coun-
ty superintendent has so many faith
full, whole-souled teachers to be proud
&c The gratitude sometimes express