Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12

y eppt. Bsldel 10 anong the schools Of
BenninSton this week.
TIE 1ounlations ars laid for he new
school house Il Dist. 12o. Aazsaan.
Superintendent Bsldea was last week
visiting eohools il Pleasant VALLEY and
Racine. E.
1hs Eva Keueseon 10 teachinG her
fourth term II Dlst. .. Dsxtsif township:
Her work n very afsctsr1. =
Reports for the 4rst noath's work ef
school ase due frpu several Of the teach.
ers. They muat not be delayed.
Miss Matilds Bundbery, arecent gradu.
ate. Of the Austin High School. 10 teach.
ing IN DIST. %. Window aud MasahAl.
School commenced In Dist. q. Pleas
aAt Valley. Dec. 3 with an attsndsuee Of
%, the largest there has been for yearA
]. e. Brown 10 teacher.
School districts desiring : hne map Of
Ainnesots, can purchase one for . limited
time for $50. II any arc desired. send
at once to eupt. Belden.
The Elkton school house has been re.
paired in . very neat manner. On &C.
count of the illness Of the teacher, Miss
Nora Eastman, her sister Fanny will
complete the winter term.
1t is amusing to hear 50 much said
about tbe Electric Guide TO Health, in
connection with instruction in Temper
ance Hygiene. The book may be an
electrifying one to pupils, but as the
title of the book is the Eclectic" Guide,
it is as we'll to call it by this name.
During the past three months in the
Grand Meadow Village schools, the
whole number Of pupils enrolled IN the
upper room was SIS, average daily attend
ance, 20; number enrolled IN Primary
room, "A, average attendance, 81 There
has been very little tardiness during the
term.
The arrangement OF pupils desks in
many OF our school rooms is faulty. The
large desks are frequently put in the rear
and in front Of them desks of smaller
size are placed. This gives too high
seats for many Of the desks, and causes
the pupils to bend over at their work in
an unnatural and unhealthy position.
Desks and seats Of the same size should
always be placed together.
The next meeting Of the GRAND Meadow
Teachers Association will be held on
next Saturday, Dec. Is, when the foll~ w.
ing program will be gwen:
Singing, Choir.
Geography Miss Boyes.
Beginning Fractions Mr. Brown.
History Miss Goodseh.
Cube Root Mr. Eastman.
Primary Reading ~ Mrs. Cove.
Music Miss Goodsen
Temperance Hygiene a. G. Tibbets.
Discussion General
Every one come.
In Language Work
In my principals room I observed, a
few weeks, happy way of conducting
written spelling, which became lar-
euage lesson. The lessons included defnls
tions. The teacher. sometimes, gave the
definition, withholding the:word, and then
told the pupils to write the word she had
defined. She then called upon some pu
pill to define in the same way, another
word for the class to write. She also
gave some sentence containing word of
the lesson, and told the pupils to pick
out that word to write, She then asked
the pupils to form similar sentences for
the class. 1t required q good knowledge
of the lesson for the children to select the
right word. It also strengthened their
power of attention, power that has been
said to mark the difference between the
great man and those around him.-Ex
In Spelling.
A teacher in Ohio writes that she had
occasion not long since to visit primary
school. where most of the pupils could
spell in two or three syllables. The tea
cher began at once, as some often do, to
apologize for the disorder Of her room,
and to mention her trouble in interesting
her pupils. She was young and inexper-
fenced, and the visitor thought it her duty
to give specimen of her experience in
waking up an interest, and training the
faculty Of observation. Being invited to
speak little, thing that. she was not
much qualified to do, she began by ask
ing, How many in this room can spell p:
Nearly every hand was up. She then be.
gan giving common words, feeling her
way at every step, rising higher in point
Of difficulty. intending to stop on some 2 /:
suitable wora. The word grocery" 500 a
occurred. Here she paused, and asked.
Whats grocery r The answer was.
"a place where things to eat are kept.
Next tell what they are. One boy exhaus.
ted his stock of knowledge, another add.
ed to it, and SO onathe excitementr ran until