Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-02-09
PROVIDE ELEVEN
SUMMER SCHOOLS
BOARD OF NORMAL REGENTS
TAKE STEPS TO ABOLISH IN
sTITuTE SYSTEM.
IN THEIR STEAD GIVE PROFESS
SIGNAL COURSES FOR
SIX WEEKS
CHOOSE SITE FOR EAU CLAIRE
SCHOOL-RURAL TEACH
Frs COURSES.
Madison, Feb. 5.

Madison, Feb. 5.
Abolishing summer Institutes for
teachers and establishing In their
stead eleven summer schools OF SIX
weeks each was one of the radical ac-
complishments of the board OF re-
gents for normal schools just closed.
For mole than twenty years summer
institutes have been maintained
throughout the state and a large
corps of the best scnooImen OF the
state nave been occupied at these In
stitutes assisting the teachers of the
commonwealth In their endeavor 70
better. qualify themselves for their
work The plan served a large and
useful purpose in the educational
scheme of the state. The results,
however, were not wholly satisfactory
and schoolmen felt the need of a new
er and better system.
The legislature uf 1909 passed a
least six weeks of professional train
ing before they are granted cerati-
Gates to teach and to this end the
summer school has been developed
Last year summer schools were
maintained at six of the normal
schools and the results were most
gratifying, not only in respect to the
quality of the work done but in re-
spect to the number of teachers who
availed themselves OF the opportunity
to attend
Now the board by resolution adopt
ed has established summer schools at
the other two normal schools and
three additional ones at Oconto,
Rhinelander and Eau Claire. The
board of regents will select for these
managers and teachers and all will be
maintained upon the same level OF
excellence. These schools will meet,
the full requirement of the minimum
qualification of the law.
The resolution establishing the new
order was the result of the report
made to the board by a special COM
mittee consisting of Regent Duncan
McGregor of Platteville and Pres,-
dents Kerth, McKenney and Cotton OF
the Oshkosh, Milwaukee and La
Crosse normal schools respectively.
The new plan will call for a large
number of men and women who have
heretofore devoted themselves to rr.
Stitute work.
Eau Clair Site Selected.
The board complied with the re-
qulrement of the law of 1909 in max
ing a selection of a normal school
site at Eau Claire. The law is a.
mandatory one and the board had no
choice in the matter but to make the
selection when the city of Eau Claire
made a tender of site without cost
10 the state. The resolution by which
the site was determined follows:
Resolved-That the executive com.
mlttee be authorized and directed 10
accept as a site for a state norman
school at Eau Claire, Wisconsin one
certain parcel of land containing rot
less than II acres, known as the
Drummond site in the third ward or
the city of Eau Claire and living north
etc'' upon delivery of
warranty deed of said property to the
board of regents of state norm,t
schools In trust for the state of Wis.
consln, and an abstract of title of sasd
property, both to be approved bv the
attorney general of this state and 90
pay one dollar in consideration or
such conveyance.
The law makes no provision for the
establishment of a normal school at
Eau Claire beyond the purchase mr.
the site and nothing further in this
direction can be done until the Ieeis.
nature has made further provision
The law only provides that the mex,
normal school shall be established ar
Eau Claire.
The board also provided for the es.
adjustment of a course for rnrat
teachers at River Falls. Such courses
nave already been established at i.
crosse, Oshkosh and Whitewater.
A resolution was also adopted aho;.
ishing preparatory departments in all
the schools.