River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-06-25

sit in something Of wonder as to
just how much of the selection is
the preparation of the student and
how much the work of the instruc-
tor, who, by correcting, revising,
eliminating and adding, has so dis
figured the original essay of the
student as to make it unrecogniz-
able even by it's reputed author.
No such thought need trouble the
hearers of this or other graduation
exercises of this school. II is the
policy of this school, and policy
which has much to commend it, TO
require the work of the pupils to be
their own. The students write
their own theses, correct them and
prepare them for their delivery.
The work is their own. If it shall
happen sometimes that there are
defects in it which might not be if
it had passed through the hands of
the instructor, still all the excel
lencies are the pupils own, and the
theses last Thursday were full of
most excellent things.
The class was class of young
people trained to teach and the
theses were all on some phase of
the teachers work. Miss Irma
Armstrong told of the value and
effects, and, by class exercise,
showed the results of THE Use of
Rhythm in Education" making a
plea for greater attention to rythm
in school work because of the natu-
raj attraction which everything
rythmical has for the child. Oscar
Baird showed that, while this is the
age of specialization and the practi-
cal in education, only the literally
educated were prepared to special
ize. Miss Ida Baker traced the
Progress of Education" showing
how it has grown with the growth
of civilization, getting ever nearer
and nearer to the needs and de-
mands of the people. Lee Boleng
told of the Importance Of the ability
to read, especially to SO read as to
get the thought, and of what should
be the aim of the teacher in train
ing the child to read. Miss Emma
Christofferson showed the place of
Brain Impression" in the work
of the teacher and the student.
That the teachers aim in teaching
is determined by the nature of life
itself was demonstrated in the
thesis of Miss Minnie Coggeshall.
The use of "Stories in the Primary
Grades" when to use them, how,
and what ones to use, their value
to the child, was we'll shown by
Miss Lottie Deneen. Miss Kora
Ellis told of the Aesthetic Value
Of Literature" to the pupil, to the
/ teacher, to the home. Miss Grace
Ferguson traced the change in the
condition of woman in the educa-
tional world from the times of the
old Greeks and Romans to the pres
ent day, showing the Educational
Emancipation of Woman" That a
general education furnishes plenty
of the practical in life was told by
Miss Genevieve Field.
The afternoon program began
promptly at two o'clock, the church
being again full to the doors. The
value and use of Songs in the
Primary Grades was shown both
theoretically and concrete1y by Miss
Ena Newman. Mr.. Carl Hanson
gave a thesis, accompanied by
tables, showing the necessity, adj
vantages and economy of Con
solidation of Rural Schools. "
'The Meaning of Infancy and Edu-
cation" the intimate connection OF
the two, the dependence of the
latter upon the former, was the sub
iect of the thesis of Miss Johanna
Iverson, Miss Alice Joyce gave an
exposition of the value, use and in
fluence of Art in the Schoolroom. "
That the Personality of the Teach
err has much to do with the educa-
ton of the child was shown by the
essay Of Miss Mabel Keith. The
use which may be made of holidays
and special days in school work and
the Importance of such days was
shown by Miss Ottelia DIN. Knute
Ovregaard told of the place of
Morse Mythology in Modern Educa-
tion," showing its Importance and
value. David Swartz gave discus
sion on the Importance of Nature
Study and its relation to the work
of the rural school, making a strong
plea for more rational and practical
work in this line. Education as a
Factor in National Influence" was
the subject of we'll prepared thesis
by Frank Otis.
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