River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13
Summer Institute at Baldwin.

the Editor at Esdaile, Wis.,
Summer Institute at Baldwin.
a E. prainerd. G. l. Bowman, R. B. Hazard,
IEitructon. Begins July Il.
The Ellsworth schools viii close next
week.
Every man has just as much vanity as
he lacks understanding.
Forget your own good deeds to anoth-
er, but not another's to you.
Miss Kit Truman will teach in Dist.
No. 2, Isabelle, April /, 1890.
Educate for that which will best sub
serve and edify the work of life.
March IL, 1890, finds an enrolment of
81 teachers and others at the Institute.
Miss Nina Hoyt closed her school in
Dist. No. 6, town of Weston, March LIST.
Miss Emma Sargent viii teach the sum-
mer term of school in Dist. No. 5, Ell Paso.
Miss Nellie Malin will teachs the sum-
mer term of school at Pierce Valley,
Clifton.
Little drops of rain brighten the mead
ows, and little acts of kindness brighten
the world.
Claude Bodman closed his winter term
of school March z, in the Morgan" dis
| trict, Diamond Bluff.
Miss Flora 1. Mosher will teach the
spring term of school in Dist. No. 5, I'm
ion, commencing April ], 1890.
Let your recreation be manly, not sin
| full. Labor to keep alive in your breast
| that spark of celestial fire called con-
! science.
Miss June A. Britell has been engaged
to teach the spring term of school In
Dist. No. 5, Spring Lake, commencing
\ March IL, 1890.
| Mr.. Bryant Corcoran closed his winter
term of school in Dist. No. 2, Oak Grove,
March 7. He has taught several terms
in the same district.
A man who covers himself with costly
raiment and neglects his mind, is like
one who Eliminates the outside of his
house and sits within in the dark.
Taylor Frye and George Peterson will
conduct summer school for teachers
and advanced pupils, at Ellsworth, COM
mencing July l4th, 1890. We wish them
success.
Men and women to lead worthy lives
must have a just respect for themselves
and Just respect for others. Whatever
tends to realize and to strengthen these,
promotes human welfare.
The State Institute at Ellsworth open
ed with an enrolment of sixty-six.
| Great interest is manifested in the work
by those present. Prof. w. j. Brier Is
well liked. Mr.. c. j. Brewer conducts
part of the work.
The oral graduation exercises held at
Rock Elm March LIST, were well attended.
| L lIOlu lAlC oCAAOObo VI Cshh AAAoFO5
Olivet and Nos. l, 3 and 10 of Rock Elm
participated. Ten received the common
school diploma.
There were about 20 applicants for the
Common School Diploma at the recent
| examinations held in Pierce Co., 81 of
whom were successful. The written
| ,,o~t of +l,a ,-orly ,.,aS wary practical The
oral examinations and exercises follow
ing the written work were instructive to
the graduates as well as being test OF
| their knowledge further than was prac-
ticable by an entirely written examina-
ton. Nearly all teachers favor the idea
| of supplementary work of this kind. 1t
| certainly creates an enthusiasm among
| the pupils of the schools. The ability OF
the graduating classes was spoken very
highly of by spectators who were present
and observed the work.
If we enter one school-room we feel
| that there is a good influence in the very
atmosphere; pupils and teacher are
working tremendously and happily to-
| gether. If we enter another we feel that
the teacher and pupils are at cross pur-
poses; there is not good spirit there.
| Now, both teachers may be good men.
| What, then, constitutes the difference?
| 1t is in the method; the first teacher has
a better method than the other; he has
a method that arouses the moral qualities
the other simply aims at the lessons.
Pupils will grow morally when there is
good atmosphere. If the teacher says,
| ''John, shut the door," the door will be
shut. If he says, John, please shut the
door" the door will be shut, and much
will be gained besides. The attempt
must be to get something more than the
lesson, something more than the sitting
| still; these are small things to aim at.
"How can l teach Morals?" says the
teacher despondingly, as she looks at her
pupils shutting about, noisy, rude, per-
haps unclean and vicious. You must
create a moral atmosphere; then they
will grow morally, when you are not by
them. How? All that you do must tend
to morality-to human dignity. What
do you mean by morality? Human
worthiness; then aim to make them
| more worthwhile Teachers Institute.
| Teachers Examinations.
Teachers examinations for Pierce Co.
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