Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-26

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Josephus Bailey days at s.. ....... / o
expenses .......... "
Richard Carter days at So .......... ..... Y Q.
| expenses ......-....... II VI
REHABILITATION.
| Amount on hand November 10th 1891 ....s 2s8 81
! Returned, party moved away ....... de-. 10 VI
Aid voted ia 1891 ....... ........,..... 1867 81
sl065 %
Paid out during the year ........ Sl5gS 81
We recommend that tho same rate Of tax be
voted as last year We have about enough
funds on hand to last us until the taxes come
in
An Of which is respectfully submitted.
November 18th 1892.
CALVERT srENsLEY, President
JOSEPHus BAILEY, v, President.
RICHAED CARTER, Secretary
Report of Supt. of schools read as
follows and ordered fled aud pub
lished:
70 the Honorable, the Board of Supervisors
of Iowa County:
GENrLEMEN: pursuance OF subdivision
3, SEC, iGl II, S. Of Wisconsin, ! respectfully
submit the following report Of the Common
Schools OF Iowa County.
sCHooL-HousEs
There are l23 shOO-huuscs I'm this county,
exclusive OF the city OF Mineral Point Of
which, at the close of the year ending June
3Oth 1892 only ~ were I'm good condition. and
onl g had special provision for ventilation.
TWJ new sChool-hous,s were built. one in
the town OF Pulaski aud one i'm the town of
MiHhu,
These l2j buildings, vith sites, represent a
total value ut riI3,lAS, ana viii seat ana uc-
COmudatr b,s6 pupils. being sufficiently rOOmy,
as only 52R pupils attended school last ear
Many OF the schools have p very meager
supply OF apparatus, and only go are fur
uished with globe. II is next to impossible
To induce some school boards 10 procure the
most simple and essential apparatus. such az
maps globes al CtiOuariCs IS, or good black boards
but on tho whole the schools are better sun
pied and equipped with The needed apparatus
than ever heretofore, the total value of all
the apparatus In the county being S+sl3 30.
TEACHERS NNn EXAMINATIONS.
ID rlug the year ending June 3uth, he l23
districts employed a3 male teachers and Nv
female teachers, and paid on the average Sl6-
- per month for mate and S2tl5 for female
teachers, There IS q slight increase IN the
average wages of district teachers, which is
partly due to the present policy of gradually
raising the standard of Qualifications, aud
thus limiting the number of licensed teachers
TO some 80 or 80 more than arc actually needed
&c supply all the schools 1t also has a whole
some elect ON the schools, as they receive the
best possible instruction that the county at-
lords
The present corps of teachers in Iowa
county are equal m ability TO the teachers Of
any or ait the surrounding counties, even
those which have superior educational faCIli-
ties in the way of Normal school and greater
number of high schools. This improvement
is due largely to the uniform state eNamiua-
ton questions, and to the special work in
Pedagogy given In our High schools
INSTITUTE AND SUMMER SCHOOL,
During the past year the teachers institute
was held in the Spring rs change from the
old plan of holding it ia the summer the ad.
vantage being, that teachers can take their
training and iniD rmatiuu there acquired, inn
mediateiy into their schools and apply II
while yet fresh in tGcir minds. There were
about siXty-hye teachers present and 0tten-
dance would have been larger but for the bad
roads ana Indictment weather.
Last summer we introduced u new feature
iu educational work in the form of IL summer
school tor teachers devoted especially 70 pro-
icSsional training and conducted by Profess
Sors James and Sanford at Dodgeyille fhe
good work done by this institution was quite
apparent in the examination papers Of the
seycnty-tour teachers who attended. ana an
effort will he made TO make the summer
school permanent iaetOr of our educational
system.
4 he system of teachers reports introduced
last year is now In tull operation, aud already
their influence has been tCt In every school
in the county Copies OF both are here up-
pended and marked exhibit "a and exhibit
b respectively.
BY means of the report marked exhibit"A a
tcacncr cam coup etety organize new school
i'm less than half "a day, and this without hay
ing pupils take needless reviews ar turning
thcm back because OF an over estimation of
their ability, in either case, wasting valuable
time.
In the short space OF time they nave been in
operation they have CilectuHll graded nearly
all the schools IA tn" county according TO the
Manual OF the Course OF study, as we'll rs ena-
bling the Superiuleudt TO follow and compare
the work of any pupillA the county from term
70 term, and a So that of the teachers.
TOWN LIBRARtES
As yet, but three towns out of the fourteen
IN the county have purchased town Libraries,
namely Pulaski, Linden, and Mineral Point.
These up 70 June 3lth, 1892 had expended the
sum OF SjG5.l4 In the Purchase OF GA volumes
OF books, These books cover the whole felt
of literature. history, fiction, travel, science,
and biography, and are of inosimable value
to the boys and girls whose homes are with
out a libral y, and a. a matter OF fact but very
few homes in Iowa county possess libraries
suitable for children OF from seven u sixteen
years ot age, THAT period of a child's life Is
the golden opportunity for intoxicating de-
sire for good literature As every bright boy
or girl Will read more or less, II rs Infinitely
etter 70 have them read good books careful
IL selected than to pore over the shameless
accounts OF crime and RIGHTEOUSNESS in the
columns of our daily papers Hr the trashy love
stories In family sttry papers.
40 town can afford TO be without such Ii
pr3try when lt car bc obtained M seq thrilling "a
cost. Investigation youCcrulug be system IN
lhe above named towns shows that the pupils
as a rule take a deep interest iu the books, i'm
some cases getting more knowledge and Cu-
turc from tbsm chan they 10 from their tex,
books.
wisCONsGN TEACHERS READING CiEChE
The Wisconsin Teachers Reading Circle has
been revived. and a number Of teachers have
brpn enrolled in Iowa county, Its aim is TO
induce teachers in their spare moments to
take M a systematic course OF readiuE-part
professional ANA patt for general culture.
Last years course comprised hltes Ele-
ments of Pedagogy for professional advance
rnpni. and Myers General History tor general
culture. II Is to be hoped that many mere
teachers viii avail themselves of this oppor-
unity foI im proyement.
IN CONCLUSION.
on tho whole, while our schools are not yet
perfect. think there has been an advance
along the whole line of educational WORK ana
that the past year has been well spent
In order TO secure the continued prosperity
of our district schools it is eminently essen
thai that there be an earnest efficient worker
AT the head, and that the same superintendent
should continue In office from term TO term.