The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-27
EDUCATIONAL.
By w. +. LARSON.
THE NENAH MENAsHA MEETING.

| Teachers Association last week was a
success both as to attendance and pro-
gram About % attended from Mani
towoc County, Waupaca County sent T..
Among the speakers on the General
Program We're Supt. E. T. O'Brien of
Berlin, l.. w. Wood of Neilsville, Miss
Bnzel of Menomonie L. & Humphrey
of Milwaukee, DR.. Winship of Boston,
Mr.. Keller of Manitowoc and Pres.
Keith of the Oshkosh Normal
Mr.. Wood, state rural school inspector,
spoke on Some Factors That Enter in
to the Make up of a Good Teacher. "
The good teacher, " said Mr. Wood is
| the one who can make the pupils think.
A good teacher is one of strong charac-
ter and personality. Such teacher be
comes not only force in the school but
| also in the community"
Supt. O'Brien in discussing the sub
! ject What We Overlook took up the
subject OF ventilation first showing how
| little attention teachers as a class paid
| to the health of themselves and children
lie showed also that not only is it the
country schools that are poorly ventilat
ed but even upto.date city school hous
es are far from having the supply of
fresh air adequate to health.
Miss Binzel, director of the Menomon
lie Training School for kiudergartners,
discussed the value of kindergartens in
general and touched specially upon the
proposed amendment to the constitution
changing the school age from to &
years. She claimed that the adoption
of the amendment would ultimately
mean tha annihilatiOn Of the kindergar
be discussed thoroughly during the next
year.
The Coming Citizen was subject
discussed by l. q. Humphrey of Mil
waukee. He stated that the coming
citizens character is moulded by his
environment, evil influence as we'll as
good, and that it is the duty of the state
to do what ii can to provide the proper
kind of environment and lessen the
dangers that beset young people.
DR.. a. +. Winship Of Boston gave two
addresses, the Making of a Manly Boy ;"
and Developing Personality In both
of these addresses Mr.. Winship pleaded
for the bringing out of all the manly
qualities in the boy. Boys should not
be raised as hot house plants but all
oped. There is no boy that needs TO 90
to the bad. However low he may be it
is possible to bring him out and make
Of him II manly fellow. He proved this
by citing instances from Ben Lindsay's
Juvenile Court, Georges Junior Repub
lie, and others. A boys individuality
should be brought out not crushed. Mr..
Winshlp is an unusually strong man and
1t Is always IN inspiration to hear him.
Saturdays general program dealt with
the development Of the child from the
standpoint of efficiency. Mr. Keller
showed how school life may be the
means of bringing the child in contact
with his associates in such way as to
develop "A feeling of social responsibility.
The school should not merely teach so
much academic knowledge, but should
develop in the student power to act his
part in the community
Prof Mutch of Ripon, followed with
a discussion in which he showed that
modern life is largely institutional and
this trend should be taken into account
in our education. But in preparing IA
young person for his chosen calling by
specializing his work and giving him
special training along certain lines, we
should not go to the other extreme and
specialize too early. A board founda
ton Is absolutely necessary to u success
ful career We should first of all train
men 10 think
President Keith read a very strong
paper in which he indicated some of the
work that is necessary to make pupils
progressive. He also showed the ueces.
sity of training the pupils to think.
The thinking man will always be pro.
gressve. Much Of our school work il
merely initiative. Children learn to re-
cite what others have written without
first mastering the thonght, We at.
tempt to cover too much ground and
therefore take too much of our know
ledge at second hand