River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-03-28

IAN communications should be addressed 10
the Editor at Esdaile, Wis.,
The Esdaile village school viii close
March %.
Miss Copley will teach the spring term
at Glass Valley.
Miss Belle Deans closed her school at
Warren last week.
]. P. Austerud closed his school at Ell
Paso village March 10.
OF. Hohle will teach the spring term
in Dist No. 2, Gilman.
The River Falls association has been
postponed until March 80.
H. Deyarmond closed his school in
Pleasant Valley, March 10.
Miss Mary Casey has been hired for
the summe- term at Pierce Valley.
Miss Maggie Guiser has been engaged
to teach the spring term at Martell.
Miss Lou Stafford viii teach the spring
term in the Mason district, Ellsworth.
Thos. Mealy has been engaged to teach
the spring term in Dist. No. l, Union.
Miss Ida Rettenhouse taught at River
Falls, March 81 and %, in place of Flor
ence Brown who was i'll.
F. Inabnit will close his winter term
of school in Plum City, March 26. He
has been re-hired for the spring term.
Miss Cora Barnard closed her school in
the Nero district, Diamond Bluff, March
s. She has been re-hired for the spring
term.
Miss Nellie Burke closed her school in
Dist. No. 2, Diamond Bluff She will
teach the summer term in the same dis
trict.
There was a large attendance at the
teachers institute held at Ellsworth,
March 10 to 20. The institute proved to
be one of unusual interest.
A. J. Ingh will close his school in Dist.
No 6, Union, March 20. He has been
re-hired for the spring term and holds a
legal contract with the district this time
4 nobleness and elevation OF mind to-
gether with firmness of constitution, give
luster and dignity to the aspect, and
makes the soul shine through the body.
Collier.
We learn through the columns of "The
County Teacher" published by A. E..
Engstrom, Co. Supt. of Goodhue Co.,
Mimi, that Prof. J. I. McCleary, ex-sup-
erintendent of this county, has placed
his new book entitled Studies in Civ
les, upon the market 1t is published
by D. D. Merrill of ST. Paul, Mimi.
Nothing tends to discourage pupils
more than a constant drill on the same
lesson. Give your pupils variety. Rath-
er let them read lesson but m oderately
well, and give them supplementary read
ing, than keep them drilling on lesson
until they tire of it. Many teachers in
their anxiety to secure thoroughness ia Il
into this error, and nauseate their pupils
with constant and senseless repetition
The child, like the man, delights in ac-'
quiring new ideas, in fighting new battles
and in testing its strength in overcoming
new difiiculties.-Rdub.
The fifth regular session of the Els
worth Institute will open Monday, July
Sth, and continue six weeks, under the
of George Peterson and Tay-
lor Frye. The past record of the lnsti-
tute, as a summer school will undoubt-
edly be maintained during the coming
session, and we are certain that those
who attend will not be disappointed III the
work. The professional work of the
school will be based largely upon Whites
Pedagogy. Teachers and others desiring
to improve their time during vacation
would do well to patronize this school.
The tuition, for any work in the course,
will be only 60 cents per week. Good
board can be obtained at from $500 to
$3.50 per week.
At the February meeting of the Board
of Regents of Normal Schools the follow
ing important resolution, recommended by
the presidents of the schools, was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved, That we will, the Board OF
Regents concurring, request the school
superintendent of the several counties
during the ensuing year, to permit and
encourage any persons thinking ofattend-
ance at the Normal Schools to write at
the teachers examination in the count
les on the regular questions, and under
the usual restrictions, in the following
branches, viz: Arithmetic, Geography,
Grammar, Spelling, and o. S. History,
the papers so written to be forwarded by
the County Superintendent to the Presi-
dent of the Normal School to which the
candidate desires admission; after ex-
animation of which the President will
communicate to the candidate, by mail,
the judgment pronounced upon his
work with reference to admission.