Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-10
FUSS OVER FOOTBALL.
PROF. WHITE OF WATERFOWL
ATTACKS THE SPORT.
Interesting Session of City superin-
tendents Precedes Assembling of
Wisconsin Teachers, Association for
Its Annual Convention.

Milwaukee correspondence:
Prior to the annual convention Of the
Wisconsin Teachers Association, which
opened at Milwaukee on Thursday, there
were meetings Of the city and county
superintendent and of the various COM
mittees which have the government of
the major organization.
AT the meeting of the city superintend-
ents A. J. Whiting Of WATERFOWL made
an attack on football and interscholastlc
contests. He described in glowing terms
how such contests tended to cultivate
vices like swearing and intemperance,
and said that corruption was liable to
occur on account Of the large sums OF
money handled as gate receipts. Prof.
j. J. Mayne of GAINESVILLE, chairman OF
the committee on elective studies in his
schools, gave a paper showing the re-
suit of the investigations made by the
committee as to the course pursued IN
other States, the committee concluding
that the Wisconsin plan, where several
courses of study were open to the selec-
ton of the student, was the best. Ihe
superintendent concluded their session
with the election of the following officers:
President-G. II. Langran of Berlin.
Vice-Presidents-W. II. Frawley Of Eau
Claire, P. w. Prngle Of Appleton.
Secretary-C. G. WisWell of Kenosha.
Treasurer-A G.. Hough of Port Washing
ton.
The county superintendent spent their
time discussing the form of reports which
should be made to the State University.
At the meeting the county superintend'
ents heard the annual address Of Presi-
dent Stiles. He called attention to the
defects in some of the present laws rela-
tive to school management.
In the evening the city and county SUI
perintendents held banquets, the former
at the Plankinton and the latter at the
ST. Charles.
Over 1000 teachers attended the first
general session Of the association conven-
ton, which opened at the Davidson The
alter on Thursday. The feature of the
meeting was the annual address Of Presi-
dent w. N. Parker of Madison. Presi-
dent Parker recommended the association
to urge the coming Legislature to provide
for a larger number of county training
schools and school of commerce at the
State University. He asked that the as
ISOLATION take some definite action to COM
pei city superintendent to possess a legal
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high school principals.
The session of Friday was taken up
with hearing and adopting important re-
ports having to do with the government
and regulation Of the State schools. w.
G. Hewitt, chairman of the committee on
the presidents address, read a report
which was an unqualified approval Of the
presidents address and attention was
called to the following points in the adj
dress: The difference in the education re-
ceived by country and city boy, and the
place that manual training is taking in
the latter. That each normal school, SO
far as it's local surroundings permit, give
every graduate some acquaintance with
the work of the manual and domestic
arts. TO approve the efforts Of the State
department to concentrate and improve
the teaching force Of the rural schools
and to recommend that consolidation or
districts be discussed this summer in the
Institutes.
Prof. G.. e. Patzer of the Milwaukee
normal school was chairman Of the COM
mittee appointed by the president to in
vestigate the graded school matter. Prof.
Patzer made an eloquent appeal for the
Importance of graded schools and made
these recommendations on the part Of the
committee:
1. That the committee on legislation give
due attention to the recommendations con-
tanned in the report on country schools sub
mitted to this body two years ago.
g. That county training schools Should
be fostered by the State.
g. That the system of direct aid to high
schools be extended to graded schools not
connected with high schools
4. That one or more State inspectors be
provided for to supervise these graded
schools and perfect their organizations to
the end that they may become In every
sense Of the word higher rural schools, and
thus bring to rural districts realization or
higher ideals.
The annual election of officers resulted
as follows:
Presfdent-W. II. Cheever, Milwaukee.
ice-President-J. f. Sims, River Falls.
Second -President-R. L. Cookley,
Oconto.
Third e-President-Miss Frances Kip
penberger, Milwaukee
Secrefary-C. Fl. Maxson, Tomah.
TreasurerJ. r. Lamont, Wausau.
Member Of Executive Commit tee-William
Griffith, Wilmot.
The committee on proposed modlhca'
ton Of State laws relating to certificates
of teachers in Wisconsin made lengthy
report. which contained many proposed
changes. The remainder Of the day was
devoted to section meetings.
Brief State Happenings.
In Park Falls the house Of David CAMS
was destroyed by fire and Mr.. CAMS was
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