Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-06-21
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN
Devoted to the Best interests Of Rusk
County Schools
O. E. RICE, Editor

| Inc county SuperlntendentS aSSO-
citation, and state convention was held
il Marinette June 5, 6 and in the
training school building. This an
nual convention is called by the
state superintendent and all county
superintendent are expected to at
tend
| The meeting was considered one of
the most helpful gatherings of the
kind held in recent years
Mr.. G. H. Crownhart of the state
| Industrial commission addressed the
convention.
| Mr.. W. E. Hicks recently appointed
assistant for Industrial Education,
and member of the State Education
al department was present and adj
| dressed the meeting.
The subject of Industrial educa-
| ton was a leading feature of the con-
vention and elements Of Agriculture
in rural schools strongly emphasized.
| An extension Of this study and act
| ual work is contemplated the coming
year.
| The Hawkins Reporter states in it's
last issue that by vote of l12 to 5
Union High School will be opened
| in Hawkins the coming year. The
! people of Weyerhauser are preparing
| 10Th, tn
mence next September. Tony and
| the town of Dewey contemplate
similar school, This will give Rusk
county five high schools.
TIE citizens of Apollonia will de-
| eide at the annual school meeting the
ranking of their graded school.
Two, perhaps three, new schools
will be opened in Thornapple next
fall; one in Hubbard.
The Agriculture Department of our
state university is making special
| inducements for young men. A cir
cular from that department states:
The opportunities in agriculture are
unparalleled The demand for trained
and skilled men, for farm Superin-
| tendents. managers, foreman, dairy
men. Investigators in experiment sta
tons, teachers in agricultural col
leges and high schools is greater than
ever before. Last year there were
calls for $50 agriculturally trained
men. Young men having liking for
rural things should investigate the
excellent opportunities.
Address Prof. D. H. Otis, Madison,
College of Agriculture.
Concerning reports of school officers:
In towns under township govern
ment all reports for the year now
closing must be made by the present
officers. that is, each subdistrict clerk
will report to the Secretary of the
town Board of school directors for
his subdistrict as it. continued up to
July 1st and the Secretary will com
plete these reports from statistics in
his office and send his report to the
county superintendent. 1t is quite
probable that one or more members
o. the town board of directors will be
elected on the new school board. If
so elected, they must, nevertheless,
make out the reports as stated above.
From the above it is evident that
the subdistrict clerks and the secre-
taries of the towns concerned are re-
uuired to take the annual school cen
sus as heretofore.
If independent districts are created
out of territory having no school
. building, it will be necessary to Sc
lect schoolhouse site, and perhaps
to borrow money to build and main
tain school eight months, etc, and
in all cases where the business can
not be easily transacted at the first
meeting in July the electors should