Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-16


one step backward but move forward
I. G. Adams of Haywood gave q
sketch of the township system, showed
process by which the system is taken
up Under this system, free supplies
of all kinds are given and with no more
red tape than there is in the sending tc
the village or city for dollars worth
of sugar. He thought the system both
economical and beneficial.
Miss Bohrer in her article on the
County Training School told how i
was through the efforts of Co. Sup't
Lamont that the school was established
The great trouble in rural schools is
the inefliciency of teachers, and this is
remedied by the County Normal which
aims, primarily, to train the teachers OF
rural districts. Not only are they
taught Literature, Algebra and the
usual text book lessons but what is SC
j essential to good teacher, the power
of self-mastery, courage, and telling
plainly and concisely what needs to be
said. Ten weeks teaching in the grades
under supervision of the regular teach,
er prepares them for unguided work in
the country.
The afternoon session was opened
with a song, Football Day." by the
high school glee club.
] r. B. Dudgeon of Madison spoke on
the Dewey School Experiment. The
school was first started by Mr.. Dewey
for his own children with view of con
Meeting very closely home and schools
the work to maintain relations offamily
and community in the school.
w. H. Schultz of Merrill led the dis
cussion. He had not studied the mat
ter much; could only say from what he
heard from other people that this plan
would not be practical in the public
schools; that it made the children look
upon serious work as play.
M. G. Potter, of Superior, was called
on to tell about the Vacation Schools.
AS the meeting had stretched out
rather long, he refused to say more
than few words, alleging as his reason
that he was afraid to say much in favor
hof the vacation schools because no
books were used and there was goodly
number of bookmen present. The
vacation schools give teachers new
ideas and plans for the coming year.
| G. d. Jones, president of the Wausau
Board of Education, spoke on The
Relations of School Boards and Teach
ers" lie wished that teachers might
not look upon the school board mem
ber as a marvellous being, that they
might not be so afraid of him that they
pack all the school board members off
in section by themselves at associa-
ton meetings. What the school board
members need is that teachers arrange
their programs with no reference to
the school boards, but insist that they
attend. The school boards will profit
by contact with the noble minds found
in these meetings, and, from mingling
with the teachers themselves, learn
much that they need to know
i j. w. Simmons, of Stevens Point,
defended the teachers, saying that the
school board ought to know the teach
ers; that he had known of cases where
members of school boards did not
know by sight teachers who had been
hired by them for several years.
Judge John A. Gaynor, of Grand
Rapids, rose in defense of the "deestrict
board and what they have to complain
of" Next to knowing how to manage
the scholars, teachers should know
how to manage the school board they
should approach the board fearlessly
when they need reforms in the work
if the board will not approach the
teacher, let the teacher approach the
board.
Senator Stout when called on for g
volunteer speech on the subject, said
he thought the social side of the ques
ton was neglected that it should be
taken as a factor in bringing board and
teacher together.
After the appointment of committees
by presidents Jackson and Mathie, the
ladies quartette, consisting of Mes
DANES McEachron, Hart, Jones and
Kreutzer, sang Lady Bird" and re
ceived an enthusiastic encore.
Mrs. c. C. Parlin represented the
|, Womans Club with paper ''Tht
Parent to the Primary teacher" Sht
spoke of the place the primary teacher
holds as very close to the mothers
sometimes above it: she plead for ths
best of care and influence for the shy
, little child hearts entrusted to the
primary teachers care.
Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, pastor O.
All Souls Church, Chicago, addressed
i the convention for, The Parent to the
School Teacher" He wished that the
/. parent and school teacher might b,
| brought into closer relations, such a
existed in the days of the little reC
school house, where that building wa
! the center of every important even
and the teacher at the head. Itshoul'
be not onlS for the younger children
but for the older ones who were pas
: the age of attending school; it shoul'
have an assembly room plain enougl
to put the humblest at his ease, nea
enough to please the most critical
First give the children character, thel
teach them the boundaries of Russia
7 This speaker. ike the others, was brim
ming over with good things and it
2 impossible TO do justice to him in fe'
words.
The Friday evening meeting shove
4 the out-of-town teachers that we have
# besides a fine high school, some I'm
- musicians 4 number of interestin
stereopticon views were interSperSe
among the following musical number:
Piano Duett-March- -.-.--..--.. Ra
Miss Belle HeinemAnn and Mrs. &. y. Speer