Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-08
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The trustees of Dakota Wesleyan uni
versity at Mitchell, S. D., have elected
DR.. S. F. Kerfoot of Mankato, Mimi,
president of the college.
The enrolment at the Winona normal
school, exclusive of the elementary de-
partment, is given at 31S. which is an in
crease of twelve over a year ago.
A new gift of 100000 by John D.
Rockefeller has enabled Chicago univer-
sity to make general increase of % per
cent in the pay of the teaching force.
The opening of the two weeks session
of the summer school Of methods at Eau
Claire, Wis, witnessed the largest at
tendance in the history of the institu-
ton.
G. W. Ratsall has taken up the work
of superintendent of the government In
dian school at Pierre, S. D., succeeding @.
J. Levegood. who has been in charge the
past five years.
A number of Wisconsin school superin-
tendents have begun rigid enforcement
of the compulsory education laws which
require all children between the ages of
and IA to attend school.
South Dakota agricultural college will
work the western part of the State pretty
thoroughly with farmers institutes this
fall. They have fixed dates for such
meetings at about twenty-five places for
October and November, the work reach.
ing from Lemon, on the north down
through Butte, Stanley and Lyman coun-
ties.
The Progressive Journal OF Education
is the name Of monthly magazine which
a group of Chicago socialists are to start
Oct. 1. with the object of leading the
minds of teachers into the paths Of so
cialist thought Peyton Boswell is the
editor.
Lawresce university has four trustees
in the field for high political Office this
year. They are Isaac Stephenson, Mari
nette. for United States Senator; W. H.
Hatton. New London, for United States
Senate Luther Lindauer, Kaukauna, cam
didate for Congress: II. A. Moehlenpaw,
Clinton, candidate for Congress.
In resigning as athletic director of the
Cleveland public schools George W. Ehler
said schools are not turning out manly
laos. IHey are luItIeIS' LII LHSlI SdILieS
they show no sportsmen's honor. They
want merely to win. They lack the quail
ties a man would teach them by example.
Women teachers. too. inculcate habits OF
taIe-bearing and their pupils run con-
stantIy into the woman teachers don'ts,'
missing inspiration to constructive, char
acter building effort" To all of this
Supt. Elson answered "Bosh." But Presi-
dent Thwing of Western Reserve says
that we must have more men teachers to
avert the Termination Of our youth.
A new era in education for commercial
life in America is marked by the announc-
ed opening of the school Of business ad-
ministration at Harvard university, for
post-graduates only. That is, in order to
enter this school it will be necessary to
have the bachelors degree. the conditions
being the same as those for entering Har-
ward law school The new course will
lead to the degree of master of business
administration"
Prof Alexander Pell has rendered his
resignation as head of the department Of
mathematics in the University Of South
Dakota to accept a position as assistant
professor of mathematics in Armour In
stituce cf Chicago.