The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-01-04
County Superintendent ask that Nor
NAL Conductors Visit Rural Schools.


county superintendent resumed yes
terday and closed at noon. over
fifty superintendent, state institute
conductors were present.
The first subject for discussion,
Teachers Institutes" was opened
by remarks from Supt. Emery, in
which he urged the county superin-
tendents to be candid and tell their
experience Especially did he wish to
hear from those VINO had departed
from the usual method of conducting
Institutes.
This brought Supt. Frank w.
Bixby of ST. Croix county to his feet.
He has conducted since the passage
of the 81 tax law for teachers GER
tifcates, an institute peculiar to his
own county, in that he grades his
institute and has model department
for observation and practice after the
plan of Normal schools. He briefly
stated his plans and answered the
many questions prepounded by inter
ested county superintendent. State
Supt Emery and Librarian Gettle,
who had visited his institute, spoke
highly in its favor.
Profs. Brier, Hewitt, Walker,
Livingstone, state Normal institute
conductors, and President Harvey
spoke on institutes in general and all
favored the plan presented, especially
Prof. Brier, who has worked in the
St. Croix county institute for two
years.
Supt Anna Smith of Eau Claire
county also reported her plan of
Institutes as conducted last summer.
She united with the city superintend
emf and graded her institute. She
had a department for drawing and
literary work which was new. At the
conclusion Of the discussion Supt.
Bixby offered the following resolution
to the Normal regents OF Wisconsin,
which was unanimously embossed by
the convention:
Resolved, By the county superln-
tendents in convention assembled,
that your honorable board be re
uuested to allow the State Normal
institute conductors to travelthrOugh
the state one week each year and
visit rural schools. The salary of
the conductors to continue the same
as though they were teaching.
State Librarian Gettle concluded
the programme with an interesting
| talk on the township library.
Supt. Emery said that he never
held a convention with so many
superintendent present before or
when he felt all derived so much good.
The county superin tendents have a
state organization of their own which
is known as the Count Superintend-
ents' association which differs from
their convention in that the associa-
tion meeting is called by a president
elected by the organic alton, while the
convention is called by the state
SUPERINTENDENT. This association
will meet this afternoon at the club
rooms OF the ST. Charles hotel, and
will be presided over by Supt. Myron
Keats of Fond du Lac county. The
programme will be opened by Supt.
Thorne of East district, Rock county,
with a paper on "Some Phases OF
Our Work" Supt. Robert Havenor
OF Wood county and Supt. Eivira
Brickley of Dunn county will discuss
the paper Supt. F. w. Bixby of
ST. Croix county will read a paper on
Constitutes and Associations in ST.
Croix County" The paper will be
discussed by Supt. w. HI. Hunt of
Green Lake county and Supt. Elmer
A. Morse of Racine county.
Supt. Emma C. Underwood of Iowa
county will present a paper on
Ethics OF the School Room" which
will be discussed by Supt. Edwin R..
Smith of Manitowoc county and Supt.
r. C. Ramsey of Marinette Co. A
paper on zone Way to Improve the
Rural Schools" will be read by Supt.
Oscar E. Peterson OF Winnebaeo
county. This paper will be discussed
by Supr. Anna E. Shaffer Of Chippewa