Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-02-09

discussed as occasions require.
The Teachers Association at
Bruce on Saturday last was well at
tended and the program, with one
exception, was carried out as pub
lished, the enrolment reaching sixty
six. A number OF visitors were in at
tendance
The Bruce High School chorus pro-
Tided some excellent music for the
association under the direction Of
Miss Ada L. Bien, High School Assist
ant.
A strong paper on the Teachers
attitude" was ready by Prin. A. w
Ball of Apollonia schools, also a very
interesting one on Primary Reading
ny Mrs Mildred Kelly Of Weyerhau-
ser primary school. She explained
dearly her methods Of making read
ing to young pupils interesting, and
the same time how the children
nay be led to read with good express
sion
Miss Lottie NJ Stoker of Apollonia
ave us some very good suggestions
or teaching Arithmetic to Primary
form pupils, as did also Miss Elora
Aebeis. Thoroughness and accuracy
hould be insisted upon from the be
inning. The drill work to lie spirit
I'd, cheerful, varied from day to day
% prevent the children losing inter
est in the work.
The discussion on Grammar and
Composition led by Principal Nolan
elicited considerable interest amonE
The members, as the speaker handled
he difficult subjects in a way that
threw some nedeed light upon the
work required by the Manual.
Mr. w N. Mackin of the Rusk
County Training School gave the
Association a very interesting talk
On the Manual of the Course of Study
md the Teacher He urged teachers
20 make themselves perfectly famil
lar with the manual, and then to
'Cllow the course Of study and the
Methods and suggestions therein con
tanned
Too few teachers know their Man
lal as they should in order to carry
out the general plan of the work.
Mr. w. B. Graham gave a brief &C.
count of old time methods Of teach
ing spelling He is a firm believer
n we'll conducted spelling schools tc
which parents are invited He would
make the rural school house a social
Fan come together for social and ed
lcational purposes, under proper SUI
pervision.
Mr.. Lloyd L. Brooks of Atlanta
SCHOOLS gave some good suggestions
concerning school agriculture. One
% the easiest and most interesting
subjects for teachers Little is there
,nat is of more vital Importance tC
the youth of today than getting
back to the farm
The cities are overcrowded already
abor there is difficult TO get but
there is an earnest call to go on the
arm, to cultivate the soil, to tend
The stock, raise fruit, learn the new
md scientific methods Of farming
that make the farm pay. Our schools
can help materially in this direction
The following is the enrolment,
which is good considering that Mer-
curry dropped to SO below at Bruce
md the vicinity that morning.
Enrolment at Bruce
Enrolment at the Bruce Teachers
February 3rd, 1912:
BRUCE-Prin. r. Fl. Nolan. Carrie
NJ. Dransfield, Myrtle Gillispie, Ada
l.. Bean, Mae Knickerbocker, Koba
Van Solen, Laura Hecox, Stella
O'Connell, Glen Nichols, Mrs. C. A.
3eebe, Mabel Hanson, Hazel Lane,
Hazel Joyner. Elsie 0. Dorm, Alfred
Meyer, Carrie Stenson, Charles Low.
~, Edna La ~vigne, mo Allen Edna
1wald, Grace Smith, Violet Steward,
Violet Bien, Jennie Johnson, Freda
Moller, Hazel Hendrickson, Ray Nc
Donald, Ernest L. Schneider, e. X.
3rainerd, Lloyd Hayden, Isabella O.
Stenson, Janetta Stewart, Mabel
lyons, Mabel Schmidt, Addie Berg,
rma Perrigo, Rhea lambert Grace
Graham, w. B. Graham, Charles Chol
,rinski.
APOLLONIA-Prin A. w. Ball
1lora F. Lebeis, Nettie Hogeboom,
4ottie M. Stoker, Ruby Kepner, Min
lie Otis.
ATLANTA--L. L. Brooks, Maude