Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-12-13

le2e SecUOn, normal SectlOn, manual
training section, city superintendent
and principals sections, county super
intendents' section, Greek section.
Wednesday evening Dec. 26) will
be devoted to the subject Of reading
and libraries. Papers will be read by
Miss Mae E. Schneider of the MilWau-
kee normal school and Miss Stearns
of the Milwaukee public library, and
short addresses will be made by others
directly interested in this work. I'm
der the general direction Of Frank
Hutchins sample libraries. samples Of
periodical literature, and lists of mis-
cellaneous books will be placed on
exhibition during the meetings of
the association. Misses StearnS, West
and Schneider, with their assistants,
WI have charge of this exhibit and
will gladly meet all interested in the
reading and library work, and offer
suggestions and hints in regard to the
methods and means Of reaching de-
sired results. This will doubtless
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the meeting.
Under the direction of Miss Alice
Shultes as chairman, section will be
organized for primary teachers, which
will meet on Thursday afternoon, Dec
%, and a halliday will be devoted to
the discussion of topics of special in
terest to primary teachers. At this
T,
present two topics, Reading and Ma
ture Study, and Language and Nature
Study.
Under the direction of Principal
Arthur Burch, a section will be Or
ganized for grammar teachers. MI.
Burch will call to his aid some of the
strongest grammar grade teachers of
the state and no pains will be spared
to make the exercises of this section
interesting and profitable to all teach
ers of these grades.
An important and interesting feat
ure Of the meeting will be an exhibit
of manual training school work under
the management of Supt. J. e. Hoyt, Of
Menomonie. This exhibit will be very
complete and will illustrate a course
of industrial training, covering the
whole public school period from the
Kindergarten to the end Of the high
school.
Thursday evening, Dec. q, Rev. Jud
son Ellsworth of Milwaukee will adj
dress the association on Some New
Phases of Educational Work. Prof.
w. H. Cheever, of the Milwaukee nor
NAL, and President Chalmers, of the
Platteville normal, will also give short
addresses.
Music will be furnished during the
meetings under the direction Of Supt.
J. E. NeCollins, Of Baraboo.
r. B. Dudgeon, of Madison, is pres
ident Of the association and J. II.
Derse secretary
The Madison board has endorsed
the action Of the officers of the Wis
conSin Teachers association in organ
izing a section for school boards. In
connection with the next meeting of
the Wisconsin Teachers association it
has been decided to organize a Sec
ton or conference for members of
boards Of education. At their last
meeting our board of education passed
a resolution heartily endorsing this
movement. This new departure prom
lses to attract general attention, and
IL successfully carried out must have
an important bearing on school mat
tiers in the state. The management in
all school matters rests largely with
the boards of education. Every nova
ton or departure from old lines must
receive the sanction and support of
those in authority or it must fail |
However progressive school superin- |
tendents and principals may be the,
can accomplish little without the |
hearty support Of the board. A pro- |
gress1ve board can give any reform
in school lines an impetus which will |
push it we'll on to success, while the !
Indifferent or ignorant board can block |
all progress. To the efficiency of a |
school system an earnest, intelligent, |
and progressive spirit among those in |
charge is second in importance only
to intelligence, culture, and training on
the part Of the teachers. Any move
which has for it's object the imparting
OF more general information on school