Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-03
Many New Departures.
For Ethical Teaching.


speech.
For Ethical Teaching.
Another speaker was the rabbi of
Jewish temple who pleaded for ethical
teaching in the public schools aad sug-
gested a commission to make up
textbook for the public schools which
should contain the highest thoughts OF
the leading minds of the worlds his.
tory, be they pagan or Christian, Bud
dhist or Jewish, agnostic or of what
ever faith so long as their thoughts are
lofty and inspiring.
The new primary election system OF
making nominations for the Office of
president was not as successful as it
was hoped it would be. The members
declined to take advantage of the op-
portunity to express their choice. IL
was expected that the polls could be
closed early in the forenoon and the re.
suit announced. But up until o'clock
only about 500 of the $500 members
of the association had voted.
President McLenegan made several
requests from the platform to the
members to vote without delay, but
they were for the most part unheeded.
The nominating committee was sta
toned in the ante-room to the left of
the main lobby of the theater AMI a
number OF clerks employed to check
off the numbers of the member ship
cards as the votes were cast in order
to prevent any attempt at stuffing the
ballot boxes or repeating.
Not to Pass Amendment.
1t is not believed that the amend
ment to the constitution uniting the
offices of secretary and treasurer will
pass. 1t is feared that it may result in
legislating out of office Miss Katherine
Williams, the present secretary, who
was elected last year for term of
three years, and her friends are oppos-
ing it vigorously.
Committee reports which were
scheduled for the first days session
were delayed from one cause and an
other, but the speakers announced on
the official program were on hand and
subjects in which every educator in tue
state takes a vital interest were dis.
cussed by people, men and women at
the head of their profession in these
special lines.
The meeting was called to order by
President McLenegan, whose annual
address, however, will not be delivered
until later in the session.
List of Committees.
at the opening of the convention
President McLenegan announced the
following committees:
Enrollment--C. w. Rittenburg,
Whitewater; A. N. Fairchild, w. l..
Smithyman, d. H. Schiller, o. e Gill
bert. J. ]. Finan, Milwaukee; Il. G.
Hayden, La Crosse; ]. E. Bergen, Min
eral Point; P. G. w. Keller, Manito-
voc; B. B. James, Waukesha; r. b.
Dudgeon, Madison; E. d. Martin, Chip,
pewa Falls; r. w. Pringle, Appleton;
Thomas r. Lloyd-Jones, Wauwatosa.
John Callahan, Menasha; Il. f. Nelson,
Racine; w. E. Maddox, Superior; C.
-. dL l4ils Ndu5duy anu j. "A, f1d9tHld i,
Fort Atkinson.
Resolutions rank NJ. Jack Sparta
c. w Smith Kilbourn; Miss Lillian
G. Kimball. Oshkosh
Honorary MEMBERSHIPS Julia
Rockafellow, Waukesha; V. f. McCas.
kell, Superior; William Wilson, Fond
du Lac.
Nominations-M. N. McIver, Eau
Claire; A. A. Upham, Whitewater;
MSS Mary G. Murphy, Milwaukee.
Member Of Legislative committee,
three years-Prof. A. w. Tressler.
Member committee on Amelioration
of Spelling-E. d. Martin. Racine.
4. B. West of Lake Mills urged the
members to secure the cooperation Of
their school boards in putting into e.
feet the new law which permits school
boards TO form mutual insurance
company. The law requires that insur-
ance totaling SZ50,000 must be applied