The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-07-11
ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING.
Addition to the Child High School
Provided For.

The annual school meeting of Joint
District No. 3, of the city of Edgerton
and town of Fulton, convened at the
Child nigh school building Monday even
ing. July 7th. The attendance was the
smallest in years, SO being present, of
which two were women. The meeting
was organized by electing G.. w. Blrk-
enmeyer chairman, District Clerk Get
tie acting as secretary. The minutes
of the last annual meeting were read
and approved. The report of the school
board was then read and adopted as
follows:
EDGERTON, Wis, July z, 1913.
The school board of Joint District
No. 8 of the city of Edgerton and town
of Fulton have to report as follows:
The schools have enjoyed unusual
prosperity during the past year. No
serious epidemic or other unavoidable
condition has interfered with the steady
activities of the high school and grades.
The discipline and school spirit have
been marked and commendable.
The routine work of both the high
school and grades has been brot under
constantly more systematic arrange
ment with gratifying results. The
newer courses originally contemplated
as experiments have fully JUSTIFIED the
expectations of those who urged their
installation. The commercial training
course is attracting large number OF
students and fitting them for the very
practical duties of life and business.
The manual training department has
served to arouse widespread and en-
thusiastic interest in craftsmanship and
RI
shop has in no wise apparently dlmln-
ished progress in the more academic
courses. The evident success of these
movements seems to have created
strong demand for courses In domestic
science Responding to this sentiment
the school board has planned for the
equipment of department for domes-
tic art and science the following year.
Since a considerable number Of the
graduates of the high school engage in
teaching, it has been deemed advisable
and lust to install teachers training
course so that graduates will not be
necessarily compelled to further attend
training schools after graduating be-
fore certificates to teach can be grant
ed them. This will involve practically
no additional expense because all but
the present high school course.
The course of study has been so ar
ranged that no additional teachers will
be needed to carry on Domestic Science
and the teachers training courses. The
district will therefore gain the animal
state contribution of $3.50.
The school board has considered it to
be no longer of any advantage to have
our schools under the supervision of the
county superintendent. Our teachers
mostly hold qualifications for teaching
from authorities other than the county
superintendent.
The principal of the high school can
quite as we'll be city superintendent
and the district be relieved from pay
ing several hundred dollars toward the
support of the county SUPPLEMENTARY.
Action has already been taken pursuant
to law to make this change.
Attention should perhaps be called to
the fact that the expense for free text
books has been exceptionally large.
This was because of the change in text
books necessary to put the revised
course of study in efficient effect.
Last year an ungraded department
was established to enable more individ-
ual work with unusually forward or
unusually backward children. This ar
rangement has been exceptionally ben
efcial not only to the pupils in the un-
graded work but has also furnished
needed relief in the regular grades.
The succeeding year the board has
provided for departmental teaching in
6-7-8th grades. The children will re-
ceive the benefit of the personal
strength of three teachers and the
teachers will handle those subjects re-
spectively for the teaching of which
each teacher has shown special apti-
tude.
We think it may be truthfully said
that no place in Wisconsin enjoys more
broad and efficient school facilities than
Edgerton.
G.. w. BIRKENMEYER,
l.. E. GETTLE,