Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-04
MEET IN MILWAUKEE.
TEACHERS OF WISCONSIN HOLD
ANNUAL 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 III
Milwaukee Thursday morning with about
1000 instructors from all parts of the
State present
The address of President William II.
Cheever occupied much of the time lie
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 G. O. Merca, president of the
industrial school at Waukesha; G. Z.
Cary of Delavan, A. j. DJtton of White
water and Henry q. Legler, secretary Of
the Milwaukee Board of Education.
Sectional meetings of mach interest to
the teachers were held at Che Plankinton
House. st. Charles Hotel, the State Nor
NAL School and other places. The women
teachers were given banquet in the
evening at the Milwaukee-Downer 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 8 o'clock with full house." Mrs.
Jessie L. Gaynor made brief address
upon the subject of ''Music in the
ScnOOlS,
lief that children were not receiving sut-
ficient voice training.
City Superintendent I'll. o. X. Slefert,
on the program for consideration of the
question, 1.-The Sectioning Of Glasses ana
Half Yearly Promotions" was not pres
ent 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 ana
| instructive address, taking for his SUB
| ject, "a Month Among Our Rural
Schools in which he gave many pathet-
ic incidents of struggling country ana
backwoods schools in Wisconsin. lie
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 IO
| cents each and a room at 81 week, they
would each have at the close of the year
| about $50 for clothes, books and other
| necessares in educational life. These
conditions should not be found existing
| in a State like Wisconsin, which, how
| ever, is not alone in this respect. Ihe
| PAPER was an able review Of the cOndl-
| ton of many of our 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 wts introduced
and read his paper, The Sectioning of
| Glasses and Half Yearly Promotions"
| The discussion of this paFer was lead
| by Frank w. Cooley, superintendent of
! the Calumet (NIich) schools, who said he
believed in sectioning of classes as well
as semi-annual promotion, hut he bellev-
| 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. Hef address was
vigorously applauded.
Officers were elected as fellows:
President-Karl Mathie Of Wausau.
| First Vice-P resident-C. Ell. Maxson of
| Tomah.
Second Vice-President-An Mcneil
| of Madison.
Third NiceP rcsident-Je8sie NJ. Cole
| of Plymouth.
Secretary-Thomas w. Boyce of Mil
waukee.
Treasurer-R. G. Romsey of Peshtigo.
Member of Executive Committee-W.
H. Schulz of Merrill
In the evening Booker T. Washington
of Tusllegee Institute of Alabama spoke
on industrial Education ID the South"
Among Our Neighnors.