Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-11-06
WOOD COUNTY TEACHERS
NET IN CITY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
The Third Annual Session Great Success
Large Attendance officers Elected
For Coming Year.

WOOD county Teachers Association |
was held i'll this city Friday aud |
Saturday. About 80 teachers were |
III Attendance aud this fact together
WIN Ine excellent program which |
nau oeen prepared made Tile meeting
one vi Tie best in the history of the
associate
The majority Cf the visiting
teachers arrived Friday morning.
The public schools were in session dur
ing Ine forenoon to give the visitors
all opportunity to inspect the practical
Work vi our teachers.
Inc delegates were well cared for
10y the people of Grand Rapids and
every Thing was done TO make their
stay III The city pleasant and enjoy
able.
The meeting was opened Friday
AFTERNOON at two O'Clock in Tile
| asSembiy-room OF the Howe high
school. The irsJ number OF The pro-
| gram was a series or songs rendered
10y Miss Foogman's pupils. The lILLle
boys and girls were repeatedly
applauded anu their singing proved 10
ue one OF the features of Tie couveI-
| LlOn.
| Ihe program throughout dealt very
| little III Theory, the ann being ~ only
| discuss those school matters Which
rested upon The foundation Of eXper-
lence. TINS point was perhaps UeSL
eXempllhed III the subject, Glass
ENeicise III Reading" 10y Hiss Hannah
McUraIn. Miss MCGraLn had her class
Ill reading go through their WUrK
| before Tie assembled teachers. The
methods or preparing and recIting d
lesson III reading were thus explained
| 10y allowing Tie teachers To see Iur
| themselves how the work was carried
out IN actual praCLice. 'Llurary
headings III Connection with kegula
| School " Ork' was discussed 10y Miss
AShmund, of MarShtield. Miss ASH
nund spoke more especially of Tile
methods of taking up library readings
III Tile MarSnlield schools, and Tile
results that had been reached. How
much and jLSL what should be done III
nature WORK" was Il subject that was
ably handled 10y Miss MdLuIe Larklu,
vi This city, and u A. Narney, vi
BabcOck. AS the question Ut Nature
Work" is d proulem that many
teachers are trying TO solve they
received great deal Of practical help
ny jiSLeulng 10 this dlScuoSlUu.
Ihe evening SESSION. Was opened at
O'CLOCK p. III. Prot. j. ". Livingston,
Ut tile Stevens Point Normal scnuul.
delivered all address on Lille vi |
Literature. He showed The value vi |
story telling, the novel and ESPECIALLY |
poetry III lie. lie Supported many |
vi his arguments with apU Quotations |
from The leading poets aud prose |
writer's. Prof. Livingston is fluent |
dnd entertaining speaker and has Tile |
dolllUy " make Ills duul Tors feel anu |
understand What he las 10 say.
AT the close OF Tile Speech the |
visitors were invited to al iuformal
reception Ill the Kindergarten ROOM.
VI ali the good things un Tile program
CnlS number Was dmUng The best. lie
friendly Intercourse which this receu-
lion brought about added much CO tile
enjoyment and value of The cUuveu-
ZION.
The following subjects were dis
cuSsed at tile forenoon session.
saturday: "RelatiOnS that Should
exist beLW cell tile country, graded anu
nigh schools from social sLandpuIuL':
celia Burr, j. Is. Borden: School
management" LII. S. Yuuker: Part
Tile teacher should lake IN out door
dnu INDOOR sports and gameS," Il S. |
uuOuuue, Mamie MalIUy. This SEES
olon seemed 10 offer great deal of
lUOd lOr Thought and The debate thai
luilO"eu The delivery of each paper
showed To great extent the interest
lie teachers TOOK III The subjects |
Under consideration. Prof. Yuuker's
question Was Of great Importance, DIS
Tie key note of all SUCCESS in The
school room lies in good school MALI
dgeulent. He spoke Oh school NAH
dgenlenL IN all lis different phases ana
gave many helpful suggestions.
During the Afternoon session the
teachers met in High school, aud
graded aud rural school SECTIONS. In
The former section, w. l.. OSWALD
discussed Use Of Current Literature"
and Kate Andrews, DO we AnalyZe
OUR Literature too Much?" The latter
section considered the following
questions: "CUmpOsitiun-How to |
OuIaln Good Results" Clara johnson,
\. b. Wagner; GLASS Exercise in
Writing, Emily Upham.
Inc following officers were elected:
President-N. b. Wagner.
First Vice PresidenL-G. A. Varnev.
Second Vice Presldent-CeIia Burr.
Treasurer-Laura Provost.
Secretary-Lena Carley
Executive COmmittee-H.S S. Yollker
and j. b. Borden.
Ex-officers-O. j. Leu, n. B. Wag-
ner, Lena CarIey.
The following resolutions were
adopted by the association:
Your committee on resolutions
deslIe to report aS follows: That
The THANKS of the associat ION
are due and are hereby gratefully
rendered
To the teachers of the Grand Rapids
school Tor the reception that they SO
hluuly rendered tile association.
To The school board of Grand RAPIDS
IN generously Surrendering The Use Of
Tins building 10 the association.
To the retiring officers of the
association for tneir talthuIfnesS in
performing The duties of their respec-
tive offices,
To Tile executive committee for the
wisdom Shown ia the preparation of
the program,
And To those teachers whose papers
nave been OF interest ana profit to
their fellow teachers and especially /
10 Prof. LivingtOn for his scholarly |
and inspiring lecture.
The members Of the committee,
vulclng tue sentiment Of the teachers
of Wood county, both as members of
the association and as Individuals
desire also at this time to express our
grateful appreciation to Supt. O. j
Leu for the unfailing courtesies
received at his hands, for his always
klnd aud ever helpful suggestions. for