Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-02-14
EDUCATORS BEGIN AT RIGHT END.
Are Looking After Rural Schools as Well
as Higher Institutions.
Confined from last week.

Tools or Modern Country School He
said he wished to present the interests
of the boys and girls of today. Times
Aed Ksshods have changed The farm
g. wAS today uses all modern machin-
cry essts his seed corn by scientific prin-
dpiea. etc-often says, ''the old school
house, books, etc. are good enough" and
tells how things were when he went to
school. Farmers, Iun 9our school with
the same business sense you use in your
farming. Given the proper school house
and a competent teacher; these are up
20 date tools needed The educators of
the state are working to secure better
results and their opinions are entitled to
weight If you have been using the
same text books for the past eight or
ten years, some of them are OF. of date
and change had better be made Con.
sulE your county superintendent about
this Instead of one set of readers,
there should be at least three sets, for
supplementary work. Reading Is the
basis subj ct and the pupil cannot mas
tex other subjects until he reads easily
and understandingly, 1t Is a fact that
the children from the ct untry schools
40 not know words as well as the child.
ren in the city schools la the grades
OF some Of the city schools they usa
seven or eight sets OF readers, ard from
this variety the child gets eye training
and the meanings of words Your child
may miss High School and College; but
If he can read well he can gel along and
has the key TO acquire information
There should be an up TO date Webster's
international dictionary anG several
academic dictions Ties for the use of the
older pupils, thus they learn words and
their meaning; set of good gecgraphi
cal readers proper maps that are mp to
date, for history is being made black
board all around the room, the lower
edge only 2S inches from the t0or: n
good globe, costing about 81 or S., and
wash basin and some towels Famj-
lies can take turns doing the laup dry
and the teacher can instruct the hid
rem in forming habits of neatness and
tidiness, Does not this help to make
good citizsns? He asked that the Board
appropriate IS to be expended by the
teacher as ahe deems best, she to render
an itemiZed account. Possibly she will
invest in paper paste and scissors and
make it beginning of manual training.
Good hitching posts should be in front
erintendent and other visitors need not
be obliged to hitch to a barbed wire
fence A neat book case should be fur
nished for the books Teach the boys
and girls to love books Now, Mr.. Board
Member, here is the list: Consider text
books: Tw9 sets of Readers at least !:
Webster's International dictionary of
recent date, several Academic dictionar-
les, set of geographical readers, proper
set of maps up TO date, sufficient black
board, good globe wash basin and
towels, S5 for teacher to expend, q neat
bookcase, hitching posts Mr. Wood
said all these could be purchased from
an appropriation OF 800 Now, Miss
Teacher, keep this list enc next summer,
before the annual meeting, call the at.
eention ct the board TO the matter The
blame of things, since the time of Eve,
is usually laid to women aud we are in
clined to think the women are to blame
in this case The state of Wisconsin
gives the women 81 years OF age, the
right to vote at school meetings and for
county and state state superintendent
of schools Get out to the annual meet.
ing next July and see that this appropri-
alton is msde, also enough to hire good
teacher. See to it next fall, that there
is wood shed and plenty of dry wood.
If the school house has no arrangement
for ventilation, have committee to con-
slider DR.. Gaines plan. Mothers, You
cannot haul wood etc, but you have
tongues and vote and can use them.
If the children get sick from cold and
foul air, it is you who must care for them
and If you lose them it is your heart
that must ache
Now, mothers Of Vernon county. 20
to school meeting aud help In these
things We hope tne County Superin-
tendent will make list of the districts
- no take heed of Mr. Woods advice
He gave such pretty word picture Of
an mp to date school and teacher that
we beg for space to review it: The
school is near Durand in Damn county.
We wonder If the fact th It Dunn coun-
ty has county teachers training school
has anything TO do with ii How would
it be for Vernon county to We one?
Being in the ighbOrhood where he was
born he wished, as We all do. To see the
old school hOuse Entering oe vssti-
bule be pped and = usstly sso3
young lad invited him 10 .ute When
seated b. looked about him The walls
Y ere clean and smooth, th- w. q work
was neatly painted, a good biscl board
all around the room and the seata were
modern Above the board at the rear
OF the room were pictures of Wa-h hing.
TON and Lincoln and between them a
picture of Tue Landing Of Ehe p grim
Father. On the side werp P 4raoh's
Horses, the Angelus, the Reaper, C
Back of the teachers desk, neatly
framed, WAS the Madonna Of the Chair
h said all the Madonna thew aad in
b day Was ths carlc4ture th- DO, drew
of the teacher A little boy inrent on
mischief was asked Isn't it tim f0~
you TO make some boxes, Johnnie z" ar1
going to her desk, che banded him paper
paste and scissors and he was soon busi-
" at work Boxes" said Mr Wood
the only boxes we had in my day were
the boxes on the ear Many @. as re-
member the conditions when we went
tc school, but we want better for orr
children. The farmer goes out 70 sec
how his tobacco, beets, etc, are pro gress-
ing, let him show mora Interest ia hig
bsst OF all crops the boys and girls. If
the grade schools Of the city are better
than the varal schools il IL because oi
more money expended Education "a
the best heritage you can give your
children.
Continued next week
Announcement.
hereby announce myself ~ a repub
lican candidate for city treasurer sub