River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-07-31
Educational.
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| ELLA liAnRIso~, No. o, Union. laugh
drawing aud botany. Tier school VA
very small and she is capable Of NOR
work.
An institute OF one weeks duatiol
will be held ut Hudson. beginning An
gust It'll, conducted by Pres. w. d
Parker.
THE best attendance for the time 0
year was iii the Chidester district Rocl
Elm. Ella Walsngham. teacher. !
was about IS per cent. Of the enroll
ment.
scnoot III district No. 10, joint, viii
close on Friday next for the summer
term. Miss Burr teaches Ill this dis
trict and 50 faHas know gives entire
satisfaction. i. II. G.
ScnooL in district No. s, town Of
Olk Grove closed on Friday last fol
the summer Miss Mary Fitzsimons
taught in this district and gave gener
al satisfaction.
We can give Boards the address of a
tcg good teachers that we are willing
to recommend, if applied to soon.
State whether you wish male OF female
and wages offered.
L. L. WILCOX, Glass Valley, River
Falls, has her pupils bring arithmetic
examples to the class, worked out up.
on states and analyzo them from the
States. She showed great originality
in methods.
Our visiting during the three weeks
since July 4th, has convinced us that
not one school in ten has an attenda"ae
that will warrant the continuation at
ter that date. Have them begiI. about
April 1st and close July lst, and you
will get more return from your in
vestment.
THERE are some schools in which the
pupils ask questions Of the teacher IN
Il whisper. This looks badly and is
bad for many reasons. Break it up at
once. Another custom is that OF snap
ping fingers to call the attention OF
the teacher. Consider from what the
custom Is. borrowed.
EVA BFARDsIEY, although for a long
time absent from the county in other
fields, took high rank as a teacher
and her work was highly creditable.
She opened with music; classes recited
at seats; physiology and drawing were
taught. and written work was put in
the foreground in primary arithmetic.
Fent0n district, Ellsworth.
WE wish to question no man 5 mo-
tives or speak light of straitened cir
cumstances, but when school suffers
nearly the whole term because the pa.
rents cannot afford to spend Is cents
for copybook, pens and pencils for their
children, and then lose Il day and
take the whole family to fifty cent
circus, we cannot help musing upon
the circumstance.
BENSIE j. THOMPSON, No. l., I'll Paso,
whose school house is about q mile
from any road or clearing. worked
well in spite of the retired aspect. A
woodchuck lived under the floor. A
squirrel in one instance seized Il por'
ton of the contents Of Il dinner pal
and would have carried it off had not
the child protested. A good program
me, county map drawing, thorough
work in reading and a good method il
primary arithmetic were enough es
pecially good points for any one who
is teaching only a second term.
WE are indebted to II. Lowater fol
a detailed written report of his work
which is very much appreciated. We
copy some items that may be of gener
al interest. The items relate to the
upper department, of which he was
principal:
FAIL TERM.- Enrolment As; attend
ance, sc per cent; pupils not absent
Is.
WINTER Embodiment, so; at
tendance, 81 per cent: not absent, 10
all studied among other things orthog
raphy, music, language, letter writing
and mental arithmetic; 7 studied book
keeping, algebra and 5 physical geog
raphy. Short oral lessons were giyel
in physics, geology and botany.
SUMNER TERM. Enrolment, Sc; at
tendance, SO per cent; pupils not alb
sent, %; pupils in drawing,9; anatom!
has been taught orally from Il human
skeleton loaned by DR.. Hart; physiol
ey and geology have been taught. Pu
pills all seated by grades and nearly al
classes recite in seats. Have followed
! this plan in common schools, to m.
advantage, for years. Not window
| has been broken or pane cracked
The Board will replaster the lowe
room and make other needed repair
both in and out of doors, before TIL
next term opens.
THE people here at Deer Park talk o
adopting new list Of books this con-
ing fall.
VIM. Finke, of this place, has bee
attending the Northwestern German
English Normal School at Galena, Ill.
during tile last two years and intend
to finish his course next year.
sigyart Moore, Albert Swanson an
John Finke, all of this place, intend t
attend other than district schools dun
ing the coming winter.
Miss Mckay. of River Falls, is pro-
pering finely with her school, which
| known as the Little Prairie school i
the town Of Cylon.
| Miss Rowley, also Of River Falls,
having the best of success with he
school, as all Pierce county teacher
do.
| have tried the pan of seating N
school in grades, but do not find it
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