River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-08-15

rural school district who have never
seen their children in the actual toork
of the school-Toom; some who never
have visited the school; few who do
not even know the teacher who day
after day has charge of their boys and
girls. What is the significance of
this! What the inference! The in
ference is that there are parents who
have even less regard for their child
rem than they have for their horses
and cattle. This inference may do
the parents injustice. If so, the fault
is not ours, for the facts, to a certain
degree at least, Justify it. Did the
father loan or hire a team of horses to
a neighbor for season, lac would have
his eyes on that team, it is safe to say,
five days in the week, and on the
neighbor himself the remaining two.
Why? Oh, it is business, you know.
He wants to see that the horses are
properly fed and cared for. The
team is worth 800 ("could get that
for them any day. J, and he must see
to it that Jones does not work or
starve them to death. Is it not busi-
ness-his business-to see how his
children are cared fofl OF course
they will not go on the market at $500
span, but at the bar of the human
heart they are above commercial rat
ing. Why this watchful care, this
demonstrative solicitude, for the
horses and its conspicuous absence for
the children, if the above inference is
groundlessi What is the significance
of this want of interest and watchful
care on the part of parents in their
children during school hours! We
cannot enumerate here the mum erous
perniCious significant results of this
laxity. Prominent among them Is,
that it fosters school keeping instead
of school teaching. The poor teacher
the keeper--stands as well with the
| folks as the good teacher. Better, if
he has knaek of making impressions
when he meets the parents in public.
and carries a good stock of social
fodder" The parents know moth
| ing of his work and its results, as
teacher. They know him, If they
know him at all, as mice man, and
report him as giving perfect satisfac-
tion," thereby widening the range of
this school-keeper's baleful influence.
-Councit.
S. L. Irvine, of Esdaile, who has
been teaching at the Rock Elm fnsti-
tute during the past month, returned
home Aug. 3rd to get ready for his
work in the village school which opens
Aug. 10. Friday morning, Aug. End,
he received an elegant plush bound
copy of ScOtt's Poems as a present
from his pupils of the Rock Elm Insti-
tute for which he feels truly grateful.
The names of the donors are as fol-
lows: Maggie Johnson, Allie E.
Shaw. Helen NJ. Van, Maggie Price,
Lucy E. Wood, Clara Muller, Julia
Powers, Maud Smith, Ellie Groot, Car
RE Bryant, Jennie Scott, Vile Z. Mil
lard, Ida Yates, Nina Hoyt, Ina Muir
ray, Stella Stevens, May Brooks. En-
ma Sievwright, Belle Barber, Belle
/ Conroy, Josie Powers, Maggie Cook,
Adine VanSchoonhOyen, Mrs. Susie
White, and Maria Thompson.
1t is with pleasure we announce
that Prof. A. Rosenberger of st. Paul,
Mimi, former Co. Supt. Of schools in
Pierce Co., Wis. has contracted Sith
Prof. w. l.. Beeman, to teach for him
the coming year in '.Beeman's AGsnal
Business College" at Red Wing, MINI.
Shorthand and typewriting will be
added to the schools course. Mr..
Rosenberger Is a practical shorthand
writer and type writer and he will have
charge Of these two departments be-
sides several of the English branches.
The fall term opens Sept. IL. We
join with his many friends in this
county in wishing him full success.
Mr.. o. G.. billiard Of River Falls
has secured the principalship OK the
Hammond school for the coming year.
We wish him success.
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Profs. A. L. Thompson and W. c.
Owen closed their Institute at Pair
child Aug. End and returned home
Saturday, Aug. 3.
Miss Vilio billiard win teach the
fall term of school in Dist. No. :,
Spring Lake.
Miss Lucy Hawkins has been engag-
ed to teach fall term of school near
Baldwin.
Miss Maggie Cook win teaer ,ba
faA term Of --s.laool at OIiyet.