Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-01-12
WISCONSIN TEACHERS MEET.
Wore than LOO State Educators
Gather in Milwaukee,

More than LOO teachers were In Mil
waukee TO attend the fifty-fifth annual
meeting of the Wisconsin Teachers AS
| ISOLATION. THIS exceeds by 100 the at
1 tendance at aly previous convention, the
increase being partly due to the northern
| Michigan contingent, fifty strong, which
came from a district usually unrepre-
| scented. The cow ntion had five general
sessions and twelve sectional meetings,
| the former held at the Grand Avenue
Congregational Church ard the Bijou
Theater, and the depar rim ant meetings in
various halls and public buildings.
| At the opening session interest centered
| about the ;apcr on the "Rural School
| Problem" read by Principal Albert Sails
bury of Whitewater. The subject is one
| which occupied a good deal of time at
| the National Educational Association con-
vention held in Milwaukee in July, and it
| has caused the appointment of a good
| many committees. The last important
| committee appointed to investigate the
matter submitted last July printed re-
| port several hundred pages in length,
| which agreed that reform was impera-
| tive. Principal Salisbury in his paper
| concurred in this view, and there follow
| ed very lively discussion. Prof. w. l..
| Tomlins of Chicago read paper at the
| afternoon session on Music; Its Nature
| and Influence" He discussed influence
j on character and disposition, and urged
| that It be given more attention. s. Y.
| Gillian of Milwaukee considered THE In
J stitute, Its Purpose, Organization and
Method" He told of the work done in
| the Institute belt' of this country, which
| extends from the Hudson river to the
| Black Hills, with some traces on the Pa
| cific slope. He also discussed the :" ,cap
and central" modes of forming ms ltes,
| which Wisconsin has adopted. The work
| of the Audubon Society in Wisconsin
was then reviewed by Mrs. Henry +.
| Whitcomb of Milwaukee.
| In connection with the Wisconsin
| Teachers Association meeting there were
| also in session the City Superintendent
| and Principals Association and the Coun-
| ty Superintendent Association. The
| former was in session at the Plankinton
| House. The session opened with the
| transaction of q considerable amount of
! routine business and the election of Off
| GERS. l.. A. Williams of Fond du Lac,
| Wis, was elected president, and the sec
| rotary was instructed to cast the vote of
| the convention for the other officers, to
be named by Chairman Mayne. Mr..
| hayne named Arthur Burch of Miiwau-
| kee as first vicc-president, A. b. West
of Lake Mills as second vice-president,
| +. q, Kraege of Green Bay as treasurer
| and J. III. Derse Of Black River Falls as
secretary. The two topics for discussion
| We're: What Is Good Order in a Depart
nrty md n,,{x, % H.
| tendent Toward a Weak Teacher"
! The county superintendent meeting
| was semi-official, and was the first one
| held in two years, being subject to the
| call of State Superintendent Emory. The
! purpose of the meeting was the discussion
| of matters of particular interest to the
county schools. Referring to the insti-
| tute, the meeting passed resolution to
petition the board of normal regents of
the State to allow each normal school
conductor to go about through the State
visiting normal schools for a week during
each school year, his salary to continue
the same as if he We're teaching in the
school.
The following were elected as the Off
GERS of the Wisconsin Educational AS
ISOLATION for the ensuing year: President,
Miss Rose C. Swart, Oshkosh; vice-pres-
dents, Miss Anna Smith, Eau Claire,
Prof. A. II. Terry, Waukesha, and Prof.
j. n. Livingston, Stevens Point; secre-
tary, Myron e. Keats, Fond du Lac;
treasurer, Arthur Birch, Milwaukee,; ex-
ecutive committee, G. g. Williams, West
Superior; Prof C. ID. Marsh Ripon; Da-
vid Throne, Alton; Prof. G. c. Shuts,
Whitewater; Prof. E. Brainard, Richland
Center. Prof. w. Krohn of Chicago read
paper on child study and educational
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