Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-11-19

the common schools OF the comfy. The
idea thar technical knowIedge, alone is
sufficient to qualify for teaching is fast
disappearing. and giving place 10
better and clearer conception of the
teachers work.
This is made more apparent from the
fact that in most primary departments
none but experienced teachers are being
employed.
Promoting the use of a course Of
study in ungraded schools and holding
pupils to the completion of the course is
steadily gaming in the county; yet after
an elspse of about ten years there are but
4S schools working in accordance with
the manual upon the course of study
provided for the common school by the
State Department There Is still found
here and there a teacher who does not
believe that county schools can be grad
ed
All teachers who have gwen the sub
ject attention and study agree both as
to the feasibility and Importance of
county school graduation. Graduation
aud classification are only methods that
cOnduce to system. AS soon as teach
er begins to grade and classify his
school, he begins to sYstimatize it for
more efficient work. The purpose is to
group pupils of approximate ability and
advancement so that the teacher may
assign them work adopted to them.
When the teacher does this be grades
and Classics. The fact is every well
organized country school is graded and
classified whether the teacher realizes it
or not. Then there remains only one
thing more to be done. that is for every
teacher to make a complete record of
such graduation and classification and
leave the same for his successor, then
every school in the county will be orga-
nized in accordance with the manual
upon the course of study and certainly
While the Township Library system
has not yet met with the general APP
proval of the people in the county; as
only few town have adopted the sys-
tenn; yet it is to be hoped that the people
will think more favorably of this system
which is intended to supply every school
district in the state with suitable sap
Elementary reading matter at COM
paratvelv small expense to each district
In the following named towns, new
schools have been built during the year;
Boscobel, Sitter and Cuba City. The
one at Cuba City is large high school
building which is not yet completed
The planting of trees on Arbor Day
seemed to develop considerable interest
owing TO the fact that prize of $1,000
was offered by the Executive Depart
ment of the State, to be divided among
the seventy Superintendent districts in
the state, the district, in each county,
which made the most improvements in
the way of planting trees etc, to receive
the prize.
District No. 4 In the town of Water
loo was awarded the prize in their
county. The school officers having
planted one hundred trees on the school
grounds. The next best Improvement
among the completing districts was in
ditrict No. in the town of Glen Haven.
Most respectfully,
ID. NEEDHAM, Co. Supt.
Mr.. Brown presented report Commit
tee on Charitable Institutions.
To the Honorable Boar of Supervisors Of Grant
Gentlemen: Your Committee on Charitable
Institutions beg leave to submit the following
report;
Your committee have visited and inspected the
Insane Asylum and Poor House. After visiting all
the wards and departments of these Institutions
we believe the inmates of each to be as we'll cared
for it possible for them to be in their unfortu
nate condition.
We cheerfully commend the course pursued by
the present management both of the Trustees, and
the superintendent and in our judgment the i'm
portant trusts committed to their care have been
discharged with faithfulness, ability and fidelity.
The dry air closets, of which mention made
in your committees report of last year have been
built, and reported giving entire satisfaction.
We find number of the inmates of the Asylum
in such condition that their separation from the
larger number of them has become a necessity
The erection of suitable rooms for these I'M
fortunates, suggested by the Trustees and
superintendent they proposing to pay one-half of
the cost il the county would make an approprfa-
ton sufficient to make the other half. 1t being
understood by your committee that one half be
paid from the Asylum fund. Your committee are
not able from any data their possession to give
more than the approximate cost of the needed
rooms which have estimated at $4,000, rad we
hereby recommend that appropriation of $1,000
be made by the county, to meet one-half the cost
of such building, and further that said building be
erected by and under the supervision of the Board
OF Trustees and other constituted authorities.
All of which is respectfully submitted;
ID. +. BROWN, Chm.
j. j. WENZEL.
GEO n. SPRINGER
JOHN A BLAKELY
JACOB GINTER
re HALE
ABBOT SAMM0NS.
Mr.. Day moved report be adopted.
Mr. Raaha rnouad fbaf ranort no Ibid