Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-01-08
N1ELbERs OF RI
TEACHERS Of THE sr,>
IN MILWANuSHFFss rs

Large ATTENDANCE and D..
sions-Hisher Wage, sonfas
Reform Are Objects tba aD :
wish to Promote-oaic... = ~
Milwaukee correspondence.
The ffty-frst annual MAJ.
Wisconsin State Teacbo nlSeons
opened in Milwaukee TuesI,,A AS
superintendent, principal spay VI
IN attendance. Superintan~1loa
Cooley, of Chicago, who l rero
strongest addresses, SPOKE e1 or ~ ~
DRY Work in Small Citiesp On I,
to the existence of graft ne
with public schools, SAVING '' .
talent graft, the hiring Of ' IT,, "a
the city in preference to " o tPsl1
qualified, is the most don vue'
of n the spoils system in small i', N
-, The association elected oa
Wednesday as follows, ~ p,, N
w. Walker, Delavan; First '1 W.
dent, j. A. Hazelwood, So. w
President, A. H, Sanford, Sts ,pn
Third Vice President, JuIin s't N
IT,, Milwaukee; Treasurer, =
superintendent of Schools pt-
Railroad Manager, William y w, !
cipal, Milwaukee. Secra,a,'
Boyce, Milwaukee, holds ora,
years, being elected for a farm
years. w
n resolution was adopted D,or!
the appointment of comnfttaT
cure if possible legislation ~
wages. j. W. Stearns, of the n
of Wisconsin, addressed tba IA
on "Some Lines of Education,
ress," and State Superintendent
Cary spoke on The Value Of 4
of English"
". e. Bruce, chairman Of tbo
sin committee on the Louisiana 4
Exposition, repor%d that the 81
had secured $1,000 for WiscorsA
cational exhibit at the fair.
Speak Out for Spelling Reid
The subject Of spelling reform
feature Of the closing day Of {
vention. Opinion was divideiE
question, but the report of R. I
sey, Of Oshkosh, recommending
pointment of a committee on 4
ton Of spelling was adopted,
ton asking the National EdIA
Association to appoint a comm
thirty citizens from various portH
country and to appropriate $2OOk
for the purpose of advancing s
spelling was carried.
The resolutions as recOmms
the committee, consisting of NJ &
ley, Mary d. Bradford and An
Ingli, included the following,
those mentioned above and the
olutions of thanks to the pupil
schools for singing, the stores al
for paying the convention ezpe
persons from outside the State
part in the program, the press
wauliee and the officers Of the
ton:
"ResoIved, That We hereby
our hearty approval of the col
education in the child labor law
by the last Legislature, and
teachers and others the necP
bringing these laws to the att
parents and school officers, to
that no child in Wisconsin VII
prived of the opportunity Of 6
least an elementary education,
"Resolved, That as the norm
graduates are largely absorbed
high and graded schools, the
ment of county training schools
ers is a step in the right dlFa
shat it furnishes trained teac
our rural schools, but we believe
ditional schools Of this kind
established.
"Resolved, That inasmucl as
sin is primarily an agriculture
deriving from this source a iafs
ton Of it's wealth, it is the ol
this meeting that special u
should be offered to the boys
of the State in agriculture anu
economy will best proVlae III
struction and training, anu lND'
should be made for increasing
Der of such schools.
"Resolved, That it is the sens
association that the moVenlely
the consolidation of rural scnOo'1
transportation of pupils IS al ID,
and vital step toward the gu ~
progress of our State anu ,!e, u
movement has the unqG G@14s 4
ment of the Wisconsin 0'0''
Association" IA
President Birge's annual Az
she university and the ocnV III
plea for the betterment d w. ~
facilities and better pay lol Wv nsr|
w. O. Krohn, of ChlcasO ,,;s al
dress on the effect OF pD''''
On the mind.