Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-26
A Look Into The Near Future.

A Look Into The Near Future.
The idea of vocational and trade
schools, schools of agriculture, man
ual training and domestic sciense
schools is becoming more and more
popular; the old time schools cur
sricula are being steadily revised, re-
modelled and improved; various time
honored and cherished subjects of
study are being eliminated from our
school courses, and in their stead
are being substituted something that
the needs of this generation are de
manding. Educators have awakened
to this demand, and are vieing with
one another as to what studies shall
be given a place in the modern
schools.
Already several states are proyid
ing literally for the new education
and are establishing schools of agri
culture, trade schools, and what are
styled as continuation schools fol
adults, locating these in rural com
munitles so as to be easily access
ible for the farmers as we'll as fol
the village and city patrons.
The consolidated graded and high
OSuCOi0 diC CIlC luCdl SCl1OOlS W u1CSt
this demand These established al
convenient centers, the state is theI
to establish and maintain Agricul
tural Colleges for advanced and re
search work Scientific agriculture
is the only kind of farming that now
pays good dividend, and as years &c
by this is to become a more evident
fact.
Our statutes require that agricul
ture be taught i'll every public schoo-
of the state. 1t must be we'll ant
properly taught. That means better
prepared instructors for our schools
The agricultural college then become
a necessity.
Wisconsin, ever in the lead il
every commendable effort to advance
the welfare of it's citizens, will, ana
is already moving in this matter OF
providing for the new schools. Rusk
County must step into line. Within
the next few years her people will
insist upon our providing for Ou
boys and girls these additional adj
vantages. Situated as we are in the
best portion of northern Wisconsin,
to bring this condition about will be
an easy step for us to take. Let
us prepare to do this.
Very respectfully submitted,
OLIVER E. RICE,
County Superintendent of Schools
Ladysmith, Wis, Nov. %, 1911.
Ladysmith, Wis, Noy. q, 1911
Supt o. e. Rice,
Sec'y. of Training School Board
Ladysmith, Wis.
Dear Sir
| herewith present to you a report
showing the condition of the school
at the present time.
The enrolment of young men in
the school Is three, and of young
women, forty, making total of
forty three in the Training school de-
partment Twelve of these are now
doing practice teaching in the Model
school. There are thirty children in
this department, which is organized
on the plan of the country school
under the state course of study. MISS
Viola Wightman, a graduate of the
State Normal School at Whitewater,
is the model teacher, and she has
supervision of the practice work and
of music in the school. All of her
work is of high order. She holds
weekly conferences with all the
practice teachers in teachers meet
ings besides private conferences with
each.
The practice teachers make out
daily lesson plans and then teach
the lessons to the children. 1t is
of great value to the practice teacher
to teach the lessons where she can
have the daily inspection of COM
petent person to correct her mis-
takes and give advice as to the best
methods, and then to have the OPP
portunity to practice the methods
learned.
The fact that our practice school
is organized on the plan of the