Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-07
MEET IN MILWAUKEE.
TEACHERS or WISCONSIN HOLD
sANNuAL SESSION.
State Pedagogues Hear Able Addresses
by Speakers of National and Local
Prominence-List of officers Elected
Booker Washington Talks.

The State Teachers Association open
ed its session at the Davidson Theater in
Milwaukee Thursday morning with about
1000 instructors from all parts of the
State present
The address of President William H.
Cheevsr occupied much of the time He
recommended the formation of teachers
associations in the cities of the State of
a similar character TO the Teachers As
ISOLATION of Chicago. Other addresses
were by c. o. Merica. president Of the
industrial school at Waukesha: c. T.
Cary of Delavan, A. ]. Dutton of White
water and Henry E. Legler, secretary of
the Milwaukee Board of Education.
Sectional meetings of much interest to
the teachers were held at the Plankinton
House, St. Charles Hotel, the STATE Nor
NAL School and other places. The women
teachers were given a banquet in the
evening at the Observation-Disclosures Col
lege and the others a reception at the
Plankinton House.
The second days session of the State
Teachers Institute was opened prompt
ly at o'clock with full house, Mrs.
Jessie L. Gaynor made a brief address
upon the subject of ''Music in the
Schools" in which she expressed the be-
lief that children were not receiving suf-
ficient voice training.
City Superintendent II. O. r. Siefert,
on the program for consideration of the
question, 1.-The Sectionihg of Glasses and
Half-Yearly Promotions.' was not pres
emit when called, and his place at that
hour was substituted by j. w. Living
ston of Stevens Point, the State institute
conductor, who delivered a most able and
instructive address, taking for his sub
ject, "A Month Among Our Rural
Schools" in which he gave many pathet-
ic incidents of struggling country and
backwoods schools in Wisconsin. He
told many stories of the uphill work IN
the humber districts. Mr. Livingston
said some of these struggling back-coun-
try school teachers do not receive as
much pay as dining room girls in the city
of Milwaukee, and that if some of them
could get their meals at the rate of 10
cents each and room at 81 week, they
would each have at the close of the year
about $50 for clothes, books and other
necessaries in educational life. These
conditions should not be found existing
in a State like Wisconsin, which, how
ever, is not alone in this respect. The
paper was an able review of the condi-
ton of many Of cur country schools. The
paper was discussed by Superintendent
A. J.. Engli of Pierce County and John
Andrews, Arbor Vitae, principal Of the
State graded school,
Superintendent Siefert was introduced
and read his paper, "The Sectioning of
Glasses and Half Yearly Promotions"
The discussion of this paper was lead
by Frank w. Cooley, superintendent Of
the Calumet (Mich.) schools, who said he
believed in sectioning of classes as well
as semi-annual promotion. but he believ-
ed the local conditions surrounding the
pupils should always govern.
Miss Margaret Haley of Chicago ad-
dressed the teachers on Public Schools
and Taxation" Miss Haley told what
the Chicago teachers had accomplished
by organization and of the rights secur-
ed by them which had previously been
given no consideration. Her address was
vigorously applauded
Officers wereselected as follows
President-K Karl Mathie of Wausau.
First e-President-C. III. Maxson of
Tomah
Second ice-President-Anne Mcneil
of Madison.
Third President-Jessie NJ. Cole
of Plymouth
Secretary Thomas w. Boyce of Mil
waukee.
Treasurer. C. Romsey of Peshtigo.
Member of Executive Committee-W.
II. Schulz of Merrill
In the evening Booker T. Washington
of Tuskegee Institute of Alabama spoke
on Industrial Education in the South"