River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-12

shall notify the parents soon ant
then have the sheriff Visit those VIM
fail TO heed the warning. too
'Gshanter SCI provides that the scnoo
ofiners when assembled at the ScRoo
BOARD convention may ADOPT a pnl I'LL ~, =
series Of text books for the scnoolS OF w
county. If the majority OF Ile ol ne 49, ~
vote in favor Of uniform series OF TEX
hooks II shall then be the duty u liz
convention to proceed TO the ei eclloii ~
J ro11nty Board Of Education winch sLdi
he COMPOSED Of five members VINO nave
mad at least five years experience az
teachers or SUPERVISORS. IheH Term "
office IS four years. between Jan. -
and July 1st following their election pneS
shall meet and adopt uniform series o.
Favf hooks for the schools Of the county
and the books so adopted shall not DC
changed for four years. rms act ooess
not apply to high schools, nor graoeo
schools Of the first class. Neither does
If apply to districts having free text
books until the board decides to cnange
books Then they must purchase Inose
selected by the Board of Educatlon. Inc
school board conventions have been held
in several counties, so Tar none NAYS
voted in favor of a uniform series o.
text books.
may purchase school apparatus and
heating and yentilating system approx
ed by the state or county superintendent,
not to exceed one hundred dollars IN one
year, out Of any money not oIner" lSe
specifically appropriated. -. -
Chapter AS provides that holders OF
third grade certificates may have tneIn
renewed bv passing satisfactory exam
nations in two of the second grade
branches and holders Of second graue
certificates may receive first grades ny
conpleting the four first grade brancnes
during the life of the second grade GER
tifcate. Of course, no standing can De
lower than the minimum Standlns re-
duired for the grade applied for.
Chapter 425 provides that the state s SUI
mans for not to exceed four-room school
buildings to be loaned to any dlstrlct
that asks for them. In case these plans
are not used the plans used Tor new
bi1ildings must be approved by the coun-
'cbapter los fixes the minimum school
year at eight months instead OF seven as
heretofore.
4 few other educational laws Of minor
importance were passed, but I shall not
take time to enumerate them here
Though the Legislature refused to pass
three or four bills that seemed for the
best interests of the schools they also re-
fused to pass some very Objectionable
bills. and on the whole the educational
interests received proper attention
SCHOOL BOARD CONVENTION.
The second annual school board con-
vention under the new law, held az
Ellsworth Dec A. 1906, was attended by
one hundred forty school board members;
Rural School Inspector l.. W WOOD
aave an address on the Financial Side
of the Rural School Problem" in Whlch
he produced statistics to show that the
land owners of rural school districts PAID
about one-half the rate of taxation Tor
school purposes of what the residents OF
high school districts paid. He also spoke
on the "Hiring of Teachers.
prof r. M. Jack gave an address on
"a Practical Education for our Boys and
Girls"
Lot nj RnraI School
The Convention will be held this year
on Saturday, Dec. Z.
THE INSTITUTE.
A two weeks institute, conducted by
NJ II. Jackson, G. L. Hill, Edgar Pack
ard, Abbie Terpening and the, county
superintendent was held at ELLSWORTH
July % to Aug. 2.
The total enrolment was 128, the high
est ever accorded in this county,. VI
these seventeen were males and one hun
bred eleven females. The average at
tendance was 116 1920. Two years ago the
enrolment was So and the average at
tendance &C.
The professional and not the academic
side of the work is now Delng enpnaSlzeu
in our institutes.
This furnishes an excellent opportunity
for experienced teachers to brush up on
methods each year. the fne3xperlenic esc
of course, get some good ideas, without
which many of them would be entirely
at sea- but I feel that two weeks IN
stitute is a poor substitute for one or
two years training at the Normal or a
Training school.
TEACHERS MEETINGS.
Teachers meetings were held during
the year as follows: Plum City, Nov. "A;
Spring Valley, Dec. 8; Hudson Goint with
st Croix), Dec. Is; Maiden Rock, Feb. 3;
Hager. Feb. IS; Pierce Valley, May 10.
The Northwestern Wisconsin Teachers
meeting was held at Eau Claire Oct. 1919.
Though the train service from this coun-
ty to Eau Claire is very poor, between
thirty-five and forty teachers were IN
The pierce County Teachers Central
Association was held at Ellsworth Nov.
is. The large crowd in attendance listen
ed to an excellent program.
TEACHERS WAGES.
Male. Female.
Teachers receiving $4,000 !.
Teachers e receiving between !.
Teachers esa receiving between :.
$36 and SAL ............:-....... %
Teachers receiving between -,
SAL and SAG ..................... 20
Teachers receiving between -
$41 and $5l ..................... 10
Teachers receiving over $5O....12 Is
1866. 1867.
schools ss 'eaolei .$sS % $50 25
schools . .e .$42. Sc $44.O6
To male teachers Excluding
four high schools). .S53. 70 So4.f5
To female teachers (exclud-
ing four high schools. -. .$SS. SO 39.9
To male teachers in rural
schools Observation-Disclosures. $46.b2 $4o.oI
To female teachers in rural
schools .SSS.lS So5 Il
Though a substantial increase is shown
in the wages paid female teachers, 1t IS
not commensurate with the increase In
the cost of board and clothing.
The question is often asked, why are
the men dropping out of the teaching
profession?" Allow me to cite the fol-
lowing in answerNto it: A young man
in this county who had taught school
eight years and was rated as a success
full teacher was receiving $50 a~month
for eight months or four hundred dol
lars for his years work in a profession
he had worked eight years at. Last
spring he was offered $50 a month for
twelve months or seven hundred twenty
dollars a year by the Spring Valley q
Iron Ore Co. to act as their assistant
bookkeeper. a position he had had no
training for
our rural schools are in need of better