River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-01
Attend The School Meeting.

The attention of the electors of the
school District is called to the PROPOSE
tion printed below, which win come
before the meeting next Tuesday
evening from the State Normal School
Board. 1t is seldom that com
munity like ours has offered to il all
the advantages Of the most advanced
kindergarten methods OF instruction
free of charge to the parents or TO
the district. BY placing the children
under six years in the proposed
Normal kindergarten the present
High School building will in all
probability accommodate the district
for years to come. If the proposition
is not accepted, it will not be long
before additional room viii be needed,
as the building has of late been crowd
ed tot its full capacity. Let everyone
turn out to the meeting and let the
proposition be fully discussed. If
there are objections to it the school
meeting is the proper place to make
them:
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
RIVER FAILS " s.. June 30, 1897.
1 To the Electors of Joint SchC OF District No. /.
| of the Towns of Troy nncknnic River
Falls and City OF River Fails.
| Fellow Citizens:-fhe Normal School man
| agement finds IL impractical lie to provide an
| adequate field Of observation in the present
| Model grades ia view of add I'd attendance in
/ the Normal School proper The attendance
| heretofore in the Model grades has been volun-
/ tary, has been surprisingly 10 tge. and the man
4 agement is grateful for the liberal patronage.
| 1t is fair TO say that the Board of Regents is
| surprised and gratified to note that though this
| normal school Is, of the seven under its con
| troll, located N city having less than half
| the population Of the next city in Wisconsin
| having normal school. yet attendance upon
| the River FAILS Model grades is in actual excess
| Of that OF two other normal schools.
! The management therefore desires to ask
| the school district to dismiss from its primary
| school the sub-primary pupils numbering some
% 10 30 whose ages lie under SIX years
IL such request shall meet with favor at the
| district meeting OF July 9th, effort win be
| made TO have the Regents authorize this Nor
| NAL To teach all such pupils during the yeal
| commencing next September, free of expense
| 70 the district and 20 the parents Of the Chill
| Cren. and TO furnish first class teaching, house
| properly warmed, books and the other neces
| sary material These pupils with some 10 OF
like character already enrolled In the Norma
| Primary, viii constitute department that shall
have properly adapted method of Kinder
garten and Primary instruction, laugh
| by superior woman especially select
ed for the purpose. To this end the attention
| of Electors is invited to the consideration o
the appended resolution. which. If adopted
| viii be offered TO the Regents at the annua
| meeting Wednesday, July lith.
| Respectfully.
| +. Ii. LORD
| w. H. PARKER, Resident Regent.
| President OF School
| Resolved. That the Board of Joint SchOo
| District No. I. of the towns of Troy. kinnic
| kinnic. River Fails and City of River Falls,
| hereby authorized and directed TO take neces
| sary steps To enable the Normal School an
| thorites to organize a sub-primary department
| in conformity To the conditions proposed b.
| Regent Lord and Pres. Parker in a communica
| tiOl on of date June 30 1897.
It is understood that this delegated authorit
| Shi IA mo- involve any expense during the yea
OF rial TO this school district. nor TO the par
| ents of the children