Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-01-27

I've near.
The consolidation of districts and
be transportation of children Is the
lnly means yet devised of solving
he problem of how to make the
ural schools meet the required eff
;iency, and at the present time, is
he most important matter to be
onsidered by school officers of the
Ounty.
Respectfully submitted,
w. N. MACKIN.
County Superintendent
adysmith, Wis, Nov. 80, 1910.
Ladysmith, Wis, Nov. 80, 1910.
upt. w. N Mackin,
Secretary of the Rusk County
Training School Board.
Dear Sir:-Permit me to present
" the consideration Of the Training
chool Board, the County Board of
supervisors, and the State Superin-
,ndent of Public Instruction, a re-
ort of the condition of the Training
chool as it is at present, and an &C.
cunt of it's work during the last year.
My report of one year ago conveyed
he information that the schools
greatest need was a good building as
permanent home for itself The
'easons were then submitted why this
vas the most pressing need. 1t is
with much appreciation that | may at
this time report that tt near future
bids fair to find the school situated
under very favorable material cOndi-
tions. The new building which the
County Board is having erected will
not only be good and sufficient home
for the school, for many years to
come, but will be the wisdom and the
spirit of progress of those who have
caused it to be built. Standing as
it does, in very conspicuous place,
It will be perpetually a source Of
pride and satisfaction to the people
If the county, and an object of beau
ty to attract the admiration of the
stranger as he passes thur our cOun-
ty seat 1t will be a silent invitation
to the prospective home seeker, to
make his abode with us, and a guar
antee that those of today think the
best is none too good for the people
Of Rusk County.
For the year ending June 80, 1910,
the school enrolled IA students. OF
this number about eight discovered
that for various reasons they were
not adapted to the work of becoming
teachers, and as this light dawned on
them they withdrew from the school.
It Is our policy to advise persons who
we are sure will not make good teach
0rs to drop out. Character, learning
and ability to teach, are the founda-
ton stones on which we seek to build
the teacher The school never loses
sight of those three fundamental ele-
ments Of a teacher. The student who
does not respond to instruction and
training in all of these essentials of
a teacher is in the wrong place. The
sooner he finds another line of pre-
Daration the better.
Of the students enrolled last year
eighteen were graduated in June. All
members of the class are now teach
ing Of those who were in school
last year about twelve will probably
be graduated this year. The average
daily attendance for the entire year
was approximately SO. The average
age of all the students enrolled for
the year was little over II years.
The average age of those graduated
at the time of graduation was 10
years.
Last April, a school of children,
from beginners to the eighth grade,
was opened, as practice school for
the graduating classes. This school is
in charge of a good teacher, and it
furnishes excellent opportunities for
student-teachers to acquire actual
teaching ability by actual teaching,
under conditions very similar to those
UuuGI N ulCII CuCJ VIII w pA@'SSu' 'AAONN
they take charge of schools of their
own. 1t might be inferred that the
children in the practice school would
suffer because of being taught in part
by apprentices Experience has shown
that with careful preparation by the
practice teachers, and by close super
vision of the work done by them, the
children get along as we'll as other
children do in the average school. The
practice teachers usually take with
them an atmosphere of patience, en-
thusiasm, buoyancy of spirit, and good
cheer, which are always in place, and
many times at premium, in dealing
with young children.
The session of this year opened Au-
gust 20, and we are now we'll into the
second quarter. The enrolment this
year is "a. OF this number, Miss
Iona Calkins, has gone to Sawyer