Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-03

Milwaukee, Dec. 31.-The forty fifth
annual convention of the Wisconsin
State Teachers association came to
close Thursday. Before adjourning
the association took important action
regarding the state semi-centennial
celebration next June. In accordance
with resolutions adopted two semi-cen-
tennial committees were appointed as
follows:
Committee on semi cele
bration-J. O. Emery, Madison; AL
bert Salisbury, Whitewater; j. w.
Stearns, Madison; H. o. R. Siefert,
Milwaukee; M. H. Jackson, Columbus.
Advisory committee, semi-centennia
Decentralization Burch, Milwau
kee; w. H. Chandler, Madison; G.. S.
Albees, Oshkosh; L. D. Harvey, Mil
waukee; A. j. Hutton, Whitewater;
w. j. Brier, River Falls; w. C.
Hewitt, Oshkosh; w. H. Cheever, Mil
waukee; E. w. Walker, West Su-
perior; Albert Hardy, Platteville; j.
w. Livingston, Stevens Point; D. D.
Mayne, Evansville; David Thorne, At
ton; Rose C. Swart, Oshkosh; Anna
Smith, Eau Claire; Emma c.. Under
wood, Avoca; r. B. Dudgeon, Madi-
son; B. B. Jackson, Ashland; F. G.
Kraege, Green Bay; L. A. Williams,
Fond du Lac; c.. H. Nye, Lancaster;
Myron E. Keats, Fond du Lac; j. H.
Mattrass, Shullsburg; J. S. Roessler,
Sank City.
These resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, The semi-centennial am
niversary of the admission of WiscOn-
sin into the union will be appropriate
ly celebrated at the state capital June
z, and 8, 1898, and
Whereas, 1t is specially desirable
and fitting that the educational inter-
ests of the state shall be represented in
the exercises held at that time, be it
Resolved, That committee of five,
with J. @. Emery as chairman, be
appointed to formulate a program for
a meeting of this association to be
held at Madison ON June Z, 1898, such
meeting to be devoted to the history of
the educational movements il Wiscon-
sin, their beginning, growth and de-
velopment, and be it further
Resolved, That an advisory COM
mittee of twenty five be appointed to
promote the success of such meeting
Prof. w. H. CheeVer of the Mil
waukee normal school was elected as
delegate from Wisconsin to the an
nual meeting of the N. E. A. next
July.
Three committees were named by
the president, all of which are i'm
portant. These were: Legislation,
j. H. Mattrass, Shullsburg; literature
and reading, w. H. Elson, West SUI
perior, and advisory committee,
Prof. J. w. Stearns of Madison.
The report of the finance commit
tee was read by Prof. G. G. Shuts of
Whitewater, and showed the total
amount of bills presented to- be
S650.25. The report was adopted and
Prof. Shuts then moved that $25 be
appropriated for the printing for dis
tribution of the proceedings recon-
mended for this by Miss Swart of Osh-
kosh this was seconded and carried,
after some discussion.
The report of the treasurer of the
association, r. J. O'Hanlon, was then
read by him, and showed a balance
from last year of SLIT .98; this years
receipts and membership dues, all of
the latter not being in, amounted to
$453,50, making total of 1851. 48 III
the treasury.
The report of the committee on res
olutions, consisting of T. B. Pray, L.
D. Roberts and Charles S. Slich-
ter, was read and recommended res
olutions of thanks to the managers
of the railroads, hotels of Milwaukee,
authorities of Grand Avenue Congre-
gational church and those who offered
the use of all other rooms where
meetings have been held, to the press
of the city and state, to those who
have furnished music, to the officers
OF the association and to the citizens
and teachers of Milwaukee for the re-
ception ON Wednesday evening. The
report was adopted.
The following was the program for
the concluding session: Soprano
solo, by Miss Marjorie McCawley,
Oshkosh; Child Study, w. o. Krohn,
Hospital, H.; Child Study at the Uni
versity, M. V. O'Shea, Madison; re-
port of Marinette Child Study asso-
citation, J. T. Edwards, Marinette;
report of Milwaukee Child Study as
ISOLATION, c. P. Cary, Milwaukee; re-
port of Committee on the Advisablllty
of Forming a. State Child Study Asso-
cation, J. J. Jegi, Milwaukee; Com
position in the High School, j. Z.
Freeman, Madison; The Relation OF
the School for the Feeble Minded TO
the School System of the State, A. w,
Wilmarth, Chippewa Falls.