The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-06-30
THE MANITOW0C TEACHERS
TRAINING SCHOOL

The teachers training school of Mani
towoc il an institution Of when every
tax payer in the county has reason 10 ne
nroud Its establishment few years
ago, marked the inauguration OF new
era in the educational affairs OF tm7
county. The school has been big sue.
cess since it, very incipiency and TINS
was largely due to the earnest efforts ol
the educational leaders John Magic
and Prof. Patzer-in whose minds the
institution was conceived ana whose
intelligent advocacy led to III e-tahIish-
ment
But the real secret of the success q
the school lies in the ability ana eihCleh-
CIV Of ifs faculty aud we take occasion
To congratulate the authorities Oh me
wia.lom they exercised in the matter OF
hiring teachers for the -choo! IN qne7
ton
Prin. + s. Hyer is a young man 81 a
large and varied experience IN educa
tional matters He If widely known
among the leading school men IN the
Badger state He il n man OF scholar y
attainments and executive ability lie
and his assistant. Miss r NJ Cheney
are tirelessly devoted to their work ana
have brought the training school up 10 a
high degree Of efficiency
A spirit Of order system ana ACTIVITY
peryades the whole school Neatness
and accuracy of work are among lhe
other leading characteristics that IN
pressed the writer Of thi- very iaV"rahI}
one Of the cardinal principles OF edH-
cation IL that expression should Keep
pace with acquisition This vital pflh
ciple, 40 frequently lost sight III by p'da
gognes, IL reduced to practice 10 the
Manitowoc training school a mere
glance ut the work III languaR" ana
arithmetic will bear ont tins assertion
Worthy Of special commentator y
the work in manual training hlr
work il done by the students hitti
school hours under the direction OF t'rol
Hyer 1t i. in the work 81 inhhna
training that the students find the repU
site physical exercise and mental recrt
alton after hard days work AT then
books The students make book cases
easels picture frames. stands rh'hF
and many other useful articles with 'h'
accuracy and finish of "A cabinet maker
The inter Joints examined by the writer
were strikingly true The students al
40 make charts, chart stands ana pprl
fojioa The charts will be Of much us'
10 them in their future work ~ the
school room Representing IN" stu
dents own handwork and brain work
these charts will bc found really avail
able in their hands when they enter up
on the work Of teaching
Every tax payer that ha- inquired IN
10 the character Of the work done IN TN
school realizes that the county boar
acted wisely in founding the school an'
iflbl lil' VI NV ~ '''.' w. ~
institution during the pas, year prove
wiae and economical Investment a
investment that pay- an annual dlvI
doDd Of 100 per cent and more ~ III
shape Of better teaching in many ~ tn
rural school- and better t"achln
in the rural schools means III
saving Of much hard ca-h To the farm
ers inasmuch ~ they viii get thcl
moneys value out OF the -chooh
Sl7s3 represents less than five cents .
Il $1,000 Of the il-aos-ed valuation ui th
property in the county
The school ha4 pave-d the cNpcr
mental stage and il steadily gaining /
popularity and
II will bc safe b. say
That II has come 10 -tay