Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-09
NUMBER 35.
Te Teachers and Others Concerned

! iC - no" 1line TOT US to begin pre-
parations for the closing of the school
year. | believe that appreciate what
red letter days" mean to the youno.
Let us never become SO taken up with
the routine duties of this work -a-dav
world OF ours. as to forget the hope.
am bition and anticipation that became
aroused in US when children at tha
announcement of a day in which there
was to be something doing" After
all the most important subject to teach
is enthusiasm. If the teacher by pra-
cept, by example. by look or by action
can arouse the dull or Indifferent. can
spur the steady worker to better efforts.
work in all subjects will surely be we'll
done. want every teacher and pupil
In Jefferson county to feel responsible
for the doing Of some work that will
lead to the success of the local contest
and county exercises.
DIPLOMA EXAMINATIONS,
MAY 21, %, AND 23.
The diploma examinations will ba
held at Waterloo, Ixonia, Concord.
Pennington, johnson Creek. Milford.
Lake Mills. Oakland Miss Crump,s
schooD, jefferson Court House), Rome,
Palmyra, Hebron, and Fort Atkinson
on May 81, % and %. Pupils musA
furnish all writing material. Examiu.
ations will bagin at 900 o'clock q. IN.
and close at 400 o'clock p. m. The
committee conducting the examination
will mark the papers and then send
them to the Office of county superin-
tendent of schools. After re-examiu.
alton OF the papers will report to the
pupils their standings.
SECTIONAL DECLAMAFoRY CONTEST.
This year each student before being
granted diploma will be required TO
learn recitation and give it at one of
the Sectional Declamatory Contests.
Teachers of the pupils are the only
ones allowed to give training. I would
suggest that care be taken in the select
ion of good, fair judges. You eau
easily select three or five out OF those
living in the Section and that will
likely be at the exercises. If o.tsid-
ers are desired, all that the Section
will have to pay for is the car fare or
livery rig. The one winning first
place will appear at the County Contest;
the pupil ranking second will act as
alternate.
COUNTY DECLAMAToRY CONTEST, GRAD.
UATING EXERCISES AND FIELD MEET.
JUNE 20. 1908
There will be two classes of contest.
ants in the Declamatory Contest, rep
resentatives from rural schools and
participants from graded schools.
Those obtaining graded school diplomas
from state graded schools are to COM
pete in the same class as those that
have completed the eight grade work
in the city and village schools. Those
in the graded schools writing and OBJ
tanning rural school diploma will be
cIassed with rural contestants. There
Will be two gold medals awarded to
winners. The Declamatory Contest
will begin at 1000 o'clock in the morn
ing of June 20. After the Contest
Diplomas will be presented.
PICNIC DINNER ON COURT YARD
ATNOON.
All are requested to come prerared
to join Basket Picnic on the Court
ard from 12:OO o'clock to / &c o'clock.
Music will be furnished during the
Picnic and at the Fair Grounds by
Brass Band.
FIELD MEET.
The Field Meet will begin at 200
O'Clock at the Fair Grounds. There
will be two classes arranged for this
year. The high school students will
be in one Class and rural school students
il another. ALI the usual games or
con tests will be carried out this year.
[ hope that considerable attention will
be- given to athletics from now ON in
preparation for the Meet A program
OF the Contests will be sent ont later.
FRIDAY EVENINGS PROGRAM.
State Superintendent Cary will be
with us and will deliver an address at
the Court House on Friday night, June
10. l hope that all that can, will
plan to be here to listen to the State
Superintendent. Very truly yours
John A. Haselwood.