Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-11-21

J TAPPINs
Clerk Circuit Court,
Communication of A. S. Hearn
relative to printing proceedings Of
present county board, was read and
referred to committee on publishing
proceedings.
The following report of the County
Superintendent of Schools was read :
To the Honorable, the County Board for Iowa
County.
sec 90 r. 5. of Wis. hereby submit the fol-
lowing report Of the common schools OF Iowa
County
In order that a school house may fully an
Swer the purposes for which IL is intended it
must be wen heate I, lighted, ventilated, aud
seated, and must be supplied with separate
outhousrs for the sexes comfortably butt
and m reasonable proNim ty to the main
New, while Il is true that all the school
houses Of the county do not meet THESE re-
quiremeuts, most of them can be made 10 do
SO 10y the expenditure OF moderately small
sums OF money,
The matter Of seating seems to be mos.
neglected. many schools having homemade
desks lily fitted for the convenience and
comfort Of pupils, ana others having good
seats but placed from 4 to $ inches too far
apart, thus rendering the back OF the seat OF
lis
shouldered by stopping or leaning over their
desks.
IN very poor repair, and IL Is actually true
that several have no OutnOuseS,
10 remedy these ard other matters | have
published the needs of individual districts in
the county papers, hoping thereby to at
tract the attention of the thinking patrons,
aud / elsO have lately practiced sending
written reports to the various district clerks.
In some cases these plans have accomplls. ed
. Al. .V1 HhF n NfAr hLN n a
' The finest district building in the county
was erected this fall by Dist No. il. ! Town
of Pulaski, brick veneer, With all modern
APPARATUS.
There seems to be no uniformity I'm the
supply of apparatus in the different districts,
some being well supplied, and others having
absolutely nothing, not even suitable die
meet with considerable opposition in some
districts In regard To the procuring Of appar-
atus hut by means of the befOTementio ed
others To get what Was necessary 20 5cuder III
struCtiuu euectual and econOmze the teach
er's time, 10y explaining that such apparatus
rs as valuable TO the school As "a full term Of
school taught by good teaC her.
LmRAREs.
We have only 10 reflect Tor moment, hS 10
how few people there are about US that ever
real books aud how many thar devour eager
In an that IS printed in Is page newspapers
incIuding advertisements to appreciate the
necessity of q small library of well selected
books in our common schools that the boys
and girls may acquire taste Tor good read
ing-tuat sharpens their perception, develops
their moral as well rs intellectual faculties,
ana protects them from that most undesirable
habit of newspaper reading with its democrat
lgfug influence. The long list OF murders.
rphheries en- hclyementS and SeducuOus. de-
tailed i'm distressing minutive I'm the average
new spaper, and the amorous stories Of the
story paper certainly cannot exert refining
Influence ON our boys ana girls az this char
aCter forming stage Of their existence, when
they are as CLAW iu the putJerS hapuR, aud
particularly subject 60 any influence Tor good
OF for evil
Oalv three towns out of fourteen have
awaited themselves Of the privilege OF retain
purchasing library with IT, namely. Pulaski,
Linden and Mineral Point To Is 20 Doe hoped
that the others VIII soon follow their example
and authorize thsiC tUeasurers 10 Withhold
The money.
TEACHERS ASn ENANtNAT1oNs.
At the beginning of my term Of Office there
were over 3# teachers licensed TO teach l+3
M r. than we're conducive 70 the welfare OF
the schools, i3r the reason that. a.loSing for
those who did not care % teach, there was
considerable surplus OF acttXe teachers, who.
fearful teast they should not secure place
weuld aeeept very low wages, heuce spend
lass maueF Ia Improvement aud devote less
time and thought 90 the work,
80. it was deemed advisable - raise the
standard % qualifications thus securing
more efficient teachers. aud perhaps jnyi-
deutailv raising wages, and / feel gratifed
with the rssgf. Teachers are thinking more
III their wtrA stt4,.s- more fer Improvement
ana lercAance acquiring higher oataiou