Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-09-27
WORDS OF WEIGHT
Bv Miss Cornelia Campbell Who
Has Had an Opportunity to
Get Information at First Hand.

Miss Cornelia Campbell. County
Superintendent of schools for Trem-
pealeau County, and who has been
filling the vacancy in the teaching
force at the County Normal caused by
the illness of Miss Michaels, left for
her home and regular duties last
week.
Miss Campbell accepted the place in
the County Normal fer the purpose of
studying the work of the school at
first hand, as the county from which
she comes has applied to the state for
one of these training schools, and it
was thought best to improve the
opportunity offered by the absence of
Miss MichaelS to get closer in touch
with the training school work. It is
interesting to all those who have.
the work of the County Normal at
heart to listen to what Miss Campbell
thinks of the training work in general
and our school in particular.
The following letter is taken from
the Whitehall Times and Blair
Banner of recent date, and speaks
for itself:
II is my good fortune to be able to study
the training school problem from actual
work in one of them. Realizing that we
shall soon be organizing one fthese schools
IN Irempealeau county, it seemed to me
best, as it did to those with whom l could
consult, to accept the offer to act as substi-
tute for few weeks in the Wood county
teachers training school.
Ihe visits have made to other schools
and the opportunities for closer study of
them here confirm my previous belief that
we IN Trempealeau county have done
splend1d thing in getting in our application
for one OF these schools so we shall be the
first to secure one when the legislature acts
next winter. These schools are, after two
or three years oi work, overrun with appli-
cations for seats, so that the selection of
eligible candidates can be carefully made,
and the students on a whole are earnest,
energetic people, filled with desire for self
advancement and thoroughly imbued with
the spirit of teacher. The graduates of
these schools are doing excellent work in
the country schools. County superihten-
dents and inspectors from the state depart
ment are uniform in their praise of the work
done. OF course, it is not possible to make
good teachers of all, no school can hope for
such results, but the reports are that nine
out OF ten graduates from these schools do
good work in the country schools. In
find positions almost Immediately after
graduation, and this is doubtless so of other
counties,
County boards are uniformly liberal in
approprlating for these schools and are en-
thus1ast1c in their support. New buildings
are being constructed or planned for in
nearly all of the counties which have the
schools. This problem is not an immediate
one in TrempeaIeau county as the Blair
high school building is commodious and
there will be room for the school for at least
three years.
The Wood county school has during the
three years of work sent out seyenty-two
graduates and the records show excellent
returns from the professional service in the
county. Neary all are now at work in Wood
county, other counties, where the demand
for trained teachers is increasing Trem-
pealeau county wants some.
On the whole, am more than pleased at
this opportunity OF getting first hand infor-
nation on this important work and shall be
able to assist more intellfgently than 1
could otherwise do in the organization
of our own school.
CORNELIA CAMPBELL,
Co. Supt. of Schools.