The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-08-17

five days and exchange ideas.
Teachers examination Friday and
Saturday of this week 1t will be ut the
Training School
The new spelling lists will be- ont
next week and distributed ut the ln+ti
tnte.
Bring one or two library hooks along
to the Institute if possible
Prof A, A. Thomson principal OF the
Two Rivers schools has accepted the
principalship of the Richland Center
Training school We regret Mr. Thorn
sons departure from our midst, bat we
know that in his new field we shall still
keep in touch with him The rural
school work is taking up some OF the best
teachers of our state.
Prof H. l.. Terry Of Waullesha has
been appointed State High School In
Spector to succeed Prof f. f. Doty who
becomes II secretary Of the State Civil
Service Commission
A short article entitled The Country
Schoolmaster' in the Outlook will be
found interesting rs we'll ~ amusing.
Are any of us going from the unknown
to the unknown?
Those intending to attend the County
Training School the coming year should
report at once either to the principal or
to the county superintendent Many
applications have come in and only II
limited number can he accommodated.
We ought to- know the names of the
things that we meet with every day.
Every boy ana girl should know the
names of the common trees, the common
birds, the common plants and flowers
1t is the duty of the school to teach us
these things, to open our eyes to things
about us
If You meet II certain person on the
street every day vOu become desirous of
! knowing his name After knowing his
J name you want to find out more about
him, his vocation. his home his rr Ia
tives, and the like, If you hecom"
personally acquainted interest grows.
SO it is also with the lower sorms of
: nature You see II certain form re-
peatedly. You ask for its name. A closer
examination reveals some of its charLc
teristics You incidentally learn its
| habits its habitat. its uses.
Now is II good time to learn some
thing about some Of our common sum
mer plants Many have told me they
would like to be able tu distinguish the
common uoNions weeds Most Of them
are found in our county, some very
abundantly others just represented 10y
few specimens 1t is with weeds a.
with habits. they are best checked be
fore they become rout5l some Of these
weeds that are being introduced into
our soil can be prevented at this stage.
The wild suapdragon is one of these.
Within the last few years it has made Il
great progress in our county. Those
who know the snapdragon of our garden
cannot fail to recognize its wild cousin
The flower is pretty, of Il yellowisE
color and is therefore called by somt
buuer-audupJS. The leaves are linear
and the plant grows to Il height Of about
foot or IL foot and half 1t popa
gates by underground stens, SO that
where you have two or three plants one
season you have Il large patch the next.
the luDStod and its scientific name is
LH0riu rWguIN Both the wild snap
dragon and the phrhutut of our
: gardens belong to the Figwurt family.
II you find u patch Of wild suapdragou
on your farm, work it thoroughly. ID
not let it seed Do not excuse it because
Of its pretty flower When you learn t,
I know it yourself show it to others
Many do not know its noXiou- character
aud often we see il along road7ides or il
fields because the owner does not know
he has an enemy within his borders
The or op dniSg is another weed that
needs watching It is also called To,
wild daisy This plant is getting to h,
found quite extensively i'll some parts oi
{ our county. Everyone knows the daisy
J with its large yellow sun set IN Il frWnt
I Of white rays The rank scented man
\ wo,d is mol daisy, however though
0 many erroneously call it So Like tn,
e snapdragon the daisy propagates hy
Z underground stems and the patches in
crease in size very rapidly They should
be destroyed ~ soon as found for as IN
! the case Of the snapdragon we are ap
I to excuse it on account of its beautifu
d flower Remember that beauty may
] often be the garb Of vice Scientific
T. name, Chrysanthemum leueauthemun
| Of the Composite family.