River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-06-26
Educational.
Ms. BAKER, a. II. Editor.
COUNTY supEarsrESDEsr.,

TnE State Teachers Association will
be held at La Crosse. opening July 8.
SArEE MEEHAN, Hines district, teach
es gymnastics and physiology. Her
school is primary.
WHAT shall study during vacation
as a help in next years war, is now Il
question for the county teachers.
THE June Practical Teacher contains
an article upon Language Teaching
that is worth the price of a year 5 sub
scription. Send ten cents and get it.
Kline & Kimball, Chicago, Ill.
TRY to teach Botany In this way;
take some plant that the children are
familiar with and talk about its for
nation, growth and habits; giving
very few botanical terms. Emery
Hill, No. 5, Maiden Rock.
MARY LEWIS, Ramsey district. Hart
land, teaches the geography of the
county from map of her own copy
ing. The pupils draw maps. She is
finishing her second term. an index
of appreciative patrons. Discipline
fine.
The new school house in the Reed
district, Spring Lake, is completed
with the exception of plasLering and
seating. They want to buy new school
furniture but have not decided what
company to buy from. Some Of the
schools of this town will close next
week. b.
SEAT by grades. Have given it a
thorough trial and find every thing in
its favor and nothing against it. Be-
sides avoiding the noise and confu-
sion of passing to and from recitation
seats | find gain in time of from 20
to 80 minutes day--a saving which
a teacher can thoroughly appreciate.
A. Shelton, Martel Village.
Mrs. NJ. L. MAxGooD. Tracy school,
joint Spring Lake and Gilman. has
her arithmetic class perform shop
ing examples, as we should call them,
and with toy currency pay for goods
and make change, one acting as clerk
and another as customer. The plan
gives them an interest in their work
and seems to be happy thought.
THE chemical principle of the SUMS
rays is more active relatively to heat
and light, during the spring than at
any other period of the year. AS sum-
mer advances, this diminishes. and
luminous force increases; whilst with
the autumn both light and actinism are
subdued, but the calorific radiations
increase. Thus the conditions of the
light of the seasons vary to suit the
necessities of vegetable life.-Robert
Hunt
HELENA BARG, Bredahl district, Gil
man, is teaching her eighth term in
that place. Her registry of 81 so
crowds the house that she has put
pupils in seat less than five feet
long, when discomfort hinders atten-
ton, with general good success.
She develops much skill in the conduct
of her primer class, and she teaches
language orally. Printing and map
drawing have their place. Seating by
grades.
B. Ii. Corcoran has returned to No.
l, Oak Grove, where he has taught
several terms before, and meets with
his usual success. Some teachers seem
to have special faculty for a certain
school where most others fail. He is
the man for that place, certainly, and
in this we agree with both the pupils
and patrons. A knowledge of human
nature sometimes serves very good
purpose and Mr.. G.. seems to know
both books and humanity. We have
often noted his excellent methods.
THOSE teachers who waste time by
telling pupils in lower reading classes,
the pronunciation of words, between
recitations, will do well to watch quiz
city the result of such practice, as we
have done. When the desired word
is found, and 1t usually is, when a rest
is desired, the finger is placed upon
the book and the eyes upon the teach
er. If the pupil is accustomed to hav-
ing the recitation stopped to answer
his questions, he will turn the page
toward the teacher, and with look of
satisfaction that the genius of Kim
BILE cannot initiate, and leans back land
waits till the eye of the teacher takes
in the situation. 1t is very pleasant
way to spend 10 or Is minutes because
both parties seem to think it is study
ing. The teacher, of course, who
docs this, probably feels that it would
be cruel to refuse. But the plan is
melancholy, so frightful is the dam
age to the pupil. Think of it.
PRIMARY ARITHMETIC.