River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-14
*Re-elected.


For the sixtieth time in it's his
tory, the Wisconsin State Teachers
association met in Milwaukee for the
yearly conference on matters pertain
ing to educational topics of especial
interest to the state and the personal
benefit of the individual pedagogue.
The opening general session was call
ed to order in the main hall of the
Auditorium by President Bradford, and
after a half hour of chorus music as
a prelude, Mayor G. A. Bading made
an address of welcome. The music
preceding the mayors remarks was
one of the most interesting features of
the day, the combined choirs of the
seventh and eighth grade schools OF
Milwaukee singing several folk songs.
President Charles r. Van H1se OF
the University of Wisconsin respond
ed to the mayors address.
"The new ideal Of education, IL
conceive it Alright, is to develop sys-
tenn under which the child, whatever
the condition of birth, may find the
way to an education adapted to his
needs was a significant statement By
President Van Hise. "The boy who is
to remain upon the farm must have
education adapted to that life; the boy
who is looking toward the shops must
have education adapted to that voca-
tion
"a system of education such as that
proposed will require the teachers to
study each child closely in order to
guide him in the right direction. Fur
Their, the system of education must be
so worked out that without too great
loss of time, the child who late in his
educational career develops uneXpect-
ed aptitudes may change his direction.
This is possible, since virile education
of any kind SO develops the intellect
that a transition from one line of work
to another, under proper administra-
ton, may be made without too great
loss of time"
Appointments of committees were
made as follows:
Enrollment-J A. Hagemann, chair
man; Supt. T. J. Berto, Watertown;
Miss Margaret Brunstad, Lake Gen
eva; Principal Thomas w. Boyce, Mil
waukee; Merl M Ames, Stevens Point;
Principal G.. w. Goldman, Cedarburg;
Miss Bessie Atkinson; Miss Mary Har-
grave, Platteville; Principal L. F. Mill
man, North Fond du Lac; Principal D.
P. Hughes, Waldo; Principal Hugh B..
Murphy, Kenosha; Supt. Charles A.
Jahr, Brodhead; Supt. Myron A. Keats.
Oconomowoc; Principal P. G. w. Kel-
Ter, Appleton; Alfred Herrick, Stevens
Point; Miss Lillian McDermid, Grand
Rapids: Principal J. H. Mills, East
Troy; Supt. A. B. Olsen, Reedsburg;
Supt. H. A. Pauley, Milwaukee;
Supt. HI. A. Pauley, Milwaukee; Miss
Elizabeth Perkins. Burlington; Prin-
cipal E. F. Randall, Kenosha; Princi-
pal e. A. Reynolds, Deerfield; Princi-
pal Peter Sievers. Milwaukee; Princi-
pal Charles e. Slothower, Platteville;
Principal William Urban, Sheboygan;
Principal ]. F. Waddell Evansville;
Principal julius Windon, Randolph,
and Supt. G. J. Zimmerman, Union
Grove.
The college and high school sec
ton, DR.. N. S. Naylor, Appleton, chair
man, met in Plankinton hall Ad-
dresses on school literary societies
were given by Prof. Rollo Lyman,
University of Wisconsin; on "Tradi-
ton and Reform in the Higher
Schools" by Dr. Henry Suzzalo of
New York. and on Personality and
the Teacher" by President Edward
Dwight Ea-on of Beloit college. Mu-
steal selections were given by sex
tette, Miss Esther V. Jern, Miss Ger
trude L. Reinke, first sopranos; Mrs.
Lucille B, Weber, Miss Minnie L.
Suckow, second sopranos; Miss Anne
liza Jacobson, Miss Cecilia A. Colbert.
altos; Miss Hannah Marks, accom-
PIANIST, and Miss Helen Poole, director.
IF you can keep the boy in school.
you not only give him a greater
chance in the fight for existence, but
you also benefit the race said Prof.
John E. Gillin. Wisconsin university,
in his speech before the Wisconsin
School Arts and Home Economics as
ISOLATION section Of the Wisconsin
Teachers association, at Kilbourn
hall, Auditorium, Thursday afternoon.
Professor Gillin's topic was THE
Sociological Side of Industrial Work .