River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-13

she has assumed. She must wear better
clothes, buy books on teaching, subscribe
to at least one educational journal attend
teachers meetings and Institutes and
must or should spend considerable time
and money in special preparation for her
work. Judging by the work that / have
seen of teachers without special training
Rand of those who have had Normal train
ing, believe we should welcome the time
when one year of Normal training to in
clude Observation and some Practice
| L eaching will be required of all of our
| teachers. Our supply of teachers will
not warrant passing such a law at pres
ent but possibly the time is not far dis
| tant If we work to that end. School
| boards should consider that if teachers
are to receive no higher salaries after
having taken two years of Normal work
! than they did before, there will be little
| inducement for them to spend their time
and money in special preparation. As a
matter of fact high schools and graded
schools are watching for these teachers
and are willing to pay them good wages.
The rural schools are even more in need
| of them and by paying an increase in
salary commensurate with the cost of
preparation, they will not only secure
many of them but they will encourage
many others to take the training that
the majority of the rural school teachers
are in need of.
ATTENDANCE.
| Irregular attendance is one of the great
est hindrances to good school work. l
| tried to improve conditions as much as
| possible. / sent circulars to teachers and
school boards, spoke to pupils at school,
| giving reasons why they should attend
regularly, made calls on several parents
and wrote a number of letters to parents
of delinquent children. Reports at the
ment but were far from satisfactory. A
new compulsory education law providing
for the appointment of special truant Off
| GERS will be introduced in the legislature
/ inf
doubtedly WILL the enforcement of the
compulsory education law will be much
simplified.
STATISTICAL.
| The following items are taken from
my last annual report to the State Super
intendent:
Number of districts wholly within
l one town neutrality-suspicious.. rs
Number of joint districts. ........... SO
Number of male children between
A and ............................ 4O99
Number of female children between
A and 20. Observation-Disclosures. 1866
Total number enrolled in the public
schools ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 6,O64
schools ......................... 8, us q
Number of male teachers employed %
Number of female teachers employed 161
( Number of volumes in the libraries Is. APO
Number of deaf, blind and feeble
| minded children of school age. Is
1
Receipts.
Money on hand June 80, 1905. !. IS q, S6S. SO
From taxes levied at district
meeting ............. ............. 46,816. 81
From taxes levied by the Coun-
ty Board of Supervisors 800. 1924. 81
From state school fund income. 1905. rs
| From all other sources........... Il, 699. 79
Total receipts. .$114, 1855 .22
| Disbursements.
| For building and repairing ..$ GAP. 95
| For apparatus ...................... 1,197 .4S
| For services of male teachers. 1858 rs
| For services of female teachers 46,151. 70
For old Indebtedness. ............. 4,724. SO
| For school furniture. ......... S23. 95
| For salaries of school officers. 1,O79. 81
For all other purposes. .... 1921 so
Total expenditures . $92, or. 40
| Overdrawn in one village. 1898
| Balance on hand June 20, 1906. -. 22,082. so