River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-04-24
Educational.
HIS. HAK ER, A. e., Editor.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

dy Greek school, Spring Lake.
WE have mailed certificates or stand
ings to all. Write if you have not re
ceiyed either.
4 GRADUATE of the 0swego IN. Y,
Normal School desires position as
principal. Address. Theodore Winous,
Bolivar, Polk county, Missouri.
The examination for State certifi.
Gates will be held at Madison, begin
ming Tuesday, August IL. 1879, at Q a.
NJ. Full particulars may be obtained
by addressing w. C. Whitford, Madi-
son, Wis.
THERE is Wisconsin edition of the
Educational Weekly, edited by Prof.
S. S. lockwood. and published month
ly, at fifty cents per year. A good
investment. Address S. r. Winchell,
Chicago, Ill
The official department of the Wis
cousin Journal OF Education seems TO
DctOibc iHOic uSClut. ~ hIo" OAdCt-
ly why every district board does not
take it, would be some satisfaction,
1t contains much of interest to fami-
lies not containing teachers. Address
w. G. Whitford, Madison, Wis.
SAvAGESEss begets savageness, and by
evinclng a lack of sympathy you Guilt
vate the baser feelings of the child.
When you have made him happy you
have gone far towards making him
good. You have, at least, opened his
heart to receive good impressions, and
this is good beginning, not only NOR
ally but intellectually.-M L. Mar-
good.
THE school boy under our care is the
germ of the future American citizen.
We will train him to govern himself.
We will not tie his moral hands and
feet and prevent him from acquiring
a moral muscle that will enable him
to stand without the bolstering of rig
id rules, and we will train him to feel
a power within himself to control his
appetites and impulses. T.. Mae
| good.
A LESSON should not average in dura-
ton more than quarter of an hour,
and on no account exceed twenty min
utes. 1t is hard enough to sustain the
attention even for this period, and no
child will be able to retain more than
we can tell him within it. The teach
Ell should subdivide the lesson rather
than trespass beyond this limit. Les
sons of 4 iferent kinds should follow
each other.-Jdmes Currier.
Ma. RowLEY, Halvorson school, Mar
tel, whom we thought to have under
taken too much for a beginner, the
school being quite large, gave us an
agreeable surprise and happy disap-
pointment. Good order map drawing,
written work in primary arithmetic,
good work in language, are specimens
of his methods. His first grammar
class were telling the parts of speech.
Good work in orthoepy. He will re.
main during the summer. A good
start.
REED and Kellogg's Language and
Grammar series. in two books. are
among the best. A new system of di-
agraming, which in appearance is Ger.
talnly better than the sausage" sys.
tenn Of Clark. is much to be commend.
ed. The books proceed upon the be-
lief that the object of grammatical
study is to gain facility in using Ian.
guage correctly, until recently an idea
ignored by the authors of grammars.
Prof. Brainerd Kellogg, one of the au.
thers, now professor in the Brooklyn
Polytechnic Institute, is favorably rec.
commended as a teacher. Address ]
d. Williams, Chicago, for circulars,
prices, etc.
Ii. LowATER. principal of Ellsworth
school, placed in our hands some writ
ten examination papers and the inspec-
ton of them gave us much pleasure
The work of Clara Adams in geography
as manifested in map drawing was
very accurate. Her work in Language
Lessons was also credItable. Walter
Paines work in grammar and algebra
was good, especially the former. Jay
Winn also did some good work in
grammar. Alice E. Goodell showed a
very good knowledge of physical geog
raphy. Arthur Browns paper upon
geography was also accurate and full.
Celia Sproul had papers upon history
algebra and physical geography, the
first of which is well nigh perfect
The whole series are creditable in
point of neatness, system, and free
dom from erasures, showing that the
ideas are sharply defined in the minds
of the pupils. They are creditable
both to teacher and pupils.
- Pierce Co., Wis. March, - 1879
II. S. BAKER, - has ex
pressed an intention to apply for {
certificate and teach school. / expec
- will attend your examination. L
is - wish to teach our school, | an