Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-19
SCHOOL BOARD
CONVENTION
An d tfractive Fe ature OF Our Educa-
tionaI System.-Go Attend
ance-lnstructive Program

noon, and the County Normal stud
pnts under the direction of Miss Belle
COnkIin, their teacher OF music, rend-
cred several vocal selections.
A delicious oyster dinner was
served by the Ladies' Aid society,
after which the bell sounded for ord
or at one o'clock.
County Snpt. W. N. Mackin pre-
sented few legal facts. Some of
the recent laws are as follows:
NEW SCHOOL LAWS
Chap. 80 adds to section 435 "and
such other equipment including sup
Elementary readers, dictionaries, Ii
brary catalogue cards and card cas-
es, maps, charts, globes, books and
school apparatus, heating and vent
ilating apparatus, as may be ap-
proved by the state superintendent,
or by the county superintendent for
the use OF schools, not exceeding 300
in value In any one year, from any
funds in the district treasury not
otherwise specifically appropriated, !"
Chap. Il permits voters at an an
nual meeting to vote Il salary to
treasurer and director.
Primary election day is not a legal
holiday for schools and eight months
of school must be maintained each
year.
Deaf children from6 to Is years old
must attend school eight months in
q year at some school for the deaf
Chap. 232 requires school boards to
provide separate Outbuildings, suit
ably screened and kept in good con-
ditiOn.
School boards may grant the use
OF schOOlhOuses for lectures, enter
tainments and school exercises.
Two department schools may re-
ceiye 5000 special aid from the state
and special aid will be given to
schools having manual training.
The new compulsory education law
makes the sheriff truant officer and
reports are to be made to the super
intendent. Children between the ag-
es OF seven and fourteen must be in
school within one month after school
opens in the fall and must attend six
months.
PROF. BURNS ADDRESS
Principal r. H.. Burns of the Rusk
County Teachers Training School
was introduced and held the undiv-
ided attention of his hearers for near
ly an hour. He began his remarks
by saying that, while he was a
stranger to most OF those present, he
was not a stranger to the many
questions vitally effecting the inter
ests of our public school system,
having devoted his life to that work.
In his many years experience he
had observed that there are in the
world two great classes of people
the ones who are satisfied to drift
along in the old rut and ''let good
enough alone" and the ones who,
while not fault-finders, are never sat
isfed with present conditions but
are ever striving for something bet
ter. 1t is because the latter class
predOminates in this country that
we have come to be recognized as
the most progressive nation OF the
world, i'll education as we'll as in
other lines.
1t was through the efforts OF this
progressive class that the teachers
training school was inaugurated in
Wisconsin, which came as the result
OF Il felt need. Its prime object is to
train teachers for the country school
the state normal schools as a rule
supply teachers for the town school.
Before the training schools were es-
tabished, all too many farmers chill
dren were made the victims of all
kinds OF experiments on the part OF
inexperienced teachers, many of the
older pupils losing interest, becoming
discouraged and quitting school just
at n time when they should have ac-
cOmplished the most in school. In
Obviating this evil, the training
school will tend to keep the older
pupils in school and encourage them
to go higher, increasing the attend
ance at our high schools, colleges
and universities, thus giving to the
w orld a higher class OF citizenship.
IN every walk of life we find people
who have missed their calling and
the profession of teaching is no ex
cpptiOn. t is not the best educated
person who makes the best teacher
however one must know q thing be-
fore he can teach it. The training
school teaches how to teach and en-
ahIes the inexperienced teacher tC
avoid many of the mistakes which
he would otherwise naturally make
However all graduates OF the train
ing school are not of necessity sue
cessful teachers.
The teachers profess on is short
lived, every three years witnessing
almost an entire change in our force
of teachers: the men finding othe
vOcatiOns more remunerative, an(
the women generally preferrins
housekeeping. SO there is a stead.
demand for teachers, which warrant
the increase in the number OF train
ing schools provided for by recen
legislatures; also the recent increas
to two-thirds in the share OF main
tenance borne by the state.
The following were present at tht
the meeting: j. E. Vreeland, Ernes
Anderson, j. b. Tromblay, Mrs
Jennie .Joyner, l.. e. Safiey, Philli
Coin, T.. b. Leach, G. Joyner, r. II
Scott, Albin Stromberg, S. Serley
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