Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-21
IN regard to the rules and regula-
tiOns of the mail service.

IN regard 10 Uu0 rules ana T0Sula-
tons of the mail service.
This division of the national gov
eminent is brought into direct daily
contact with the people more than
any other department.. Children
should know the rules that govern
the postal service and how they
should aid the department in its
work. The millions of dead letters
returned annually because of i'm
proper addressing shows the laxity
of our schools in this respect. The
speaker told Of the various regula-
tions regarding first, second, and
third class matter; registered mail,
the money orders ystem and rural
free delivery. He spoke at some
length upon the growth Of the lat
ter and the educational benefits 1T
has brought to thecountry districts.
The so-called red tape of the service
is aimed to protect the people. The
post Office department shows an
annual deficit caused by three
things: the rural free delivery; the
carr lng of second class matter at
present rates and the Thanking" OF
mail from the other departments.
In conclusion Mr.. Webb said that if
the school boa members require
that the teachers bring knowledge
of the postal service to the minds of
the pupils, the result will be notice
able in the work of the department.
President Sutherland, of the
Platteville Normal, then gave
brief talk. He said that a normal
school could be placed at every
corner of the county and one in the
center but if the rural districts were
not willing to pay the price their
schools would not be improved one
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In the evening Judge Aldro jerks
spoke very entertainingly on THE
Rural Schools > He said that the
common schools are the foundation
of our educational system and the
fundamental branches taught there
in are Of far greater Importance
than the higher learning of the
universities.
He spoke of many noted men
who we're products of the country
schools of Wisconsin. He said that
the progress IN educational facilities
in the country had not kept pace
with the advance in other lines of
work. The wages paid our rural
teachers are ridiculously small. He
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assumed by school board members
and the proper manner to carry out
their trust for the welfare of the
young men and women in their
charge. Judge jerks address
pleased all who heard him. r~-
State Factory Inspector North
told of the working of the truancy
law III Wisconsin. Up to 1907 the
factory inspectors were truant Of
ficers, that work being closely con-
nected with their enforcement of
the child labor law. The passage
of the truancy law il 1902 transfer
red the factory inspectors powers
as truant officer to the county offic-
ials but in 1909. the formers du-
ties in this line were again restored.
The factory Inspector, however,
is called upon as the last resort in
the enforcement Of the law. Mr..
North told of the conditions that
were found in an investigation
made in 1909 in the rural schools of
ten counties. In many cases the
teacher knew no reason for cOntin-
ued absence of certain pupils. 9th
ers had not been provided with the
annual census reports, as required
by law and had no basis upon
which to work in reporting cases of
truancy to the county superintend-
emit. This of course was the fault
of the clerk OF the district. In 9th
or cases the uperintendent never
visited certain schools. Parents
were found who could not realize
that the new law was for the bene-
fit of their children. The speaker
said that the conditions were unus-
ually good in Grant County and
that there was no need to call for
the services of a factory inspector
to enforce the law. Supt. Brockert
has been spoken of throughout the
state as being live wire
Other entertaining features of the
session yesterday morning we're dis
cusslons in which the various mem
bers took part; Miss Todd's class
in reading and an address by Supt.
BrOckert.
Nearly every section of the county
was represented at the convention,
and nothing was lacking to make
the meeting an unqualified success.
Reform Yourselves.