Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-04-08
TRAINING SCHOOL NOTES.

Miss HamacKer gave a brief account
Monday morning of the internormal
oratorical contest which she attended
in Stevens Point on March %. She
spoke especially of the school spirit
exhibited by the several schools and
of the leadership shown by some three
or four students in directing the class
songs. yells, ETC., wishing that we
might cultivate little more of that
spirit of leadership in our own school.
In her opinion Mr.. Daley of Superior
was entitled TO first honors partially
because of this same spirit evinced in
his delivery.
During her vacation Miss Bohrer
attended mass meeting consisting
of prominent citizens and teachers of
Minneapolis, who assembled in the
auditorium or Thursday evening,
April 3, to discuss the subject Of rails
ing the minimum salary of grade
teachers to ahrndred dollars month.
The building was filled to overflow
ing, and many noble speeches were
made by representatives and senators
from the state capitol. kilograms
came from many others who could
not be present. DR.. Vincent, presi-
dent of Minnesota university, gave a
glowing and eloquent address for cash
for the teacher rather than compli-
ment. Prof. Maria Sanford spoke on
the subject with all the vigor and
clearness of youth although she is
nearly seventy years of age. Senator
Gillett defended the teacher against
unjust criticism passed upon her for
not making completely practical adult
citizens out of the boys and girls who
could not possibly be developed to
that extent by the time they left
school. Ex-Governor VanSant, Rabbi
Deinerd, Or. Freeman of ST. Marks
Episcopal church and score of Others
gave five minute talks all on the ques-
ton of salaries for grade teachers.
The general opinion seemed to be
that they were underpaid, and in this
day of demands upon teachers for
dress, for training, both through
schools and travel such was the high
cost of living, that one hundred dol
lars should be the minimum rather
than the maximum for grade teach
ers. High and normal school teach
ers were not under consideration at
all in that particular meeting, only
the consideration of grade teachers
for the city Of Minneapolis.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. Rich
ard EsSwein, TO-, Miss Bohrer was
enabled to obtain interesting and ac-
curate information regarding the
equipment at the Agricultural school
and college connected with the uni
versity of Minnesota. All kinds of
cattle were seen, Jerseys, Guernseys,
Short Horns, Aberdeen Angus, Red
Polls and others, and adaptation of
each to the end in view The model
barns for stock were visited in which
some of the new features for trans
porting food, fastening and watering
cattle were noted. Special depart
ments for the testing of food mixture
through the records of weights of
calves who have gained a hundred
pounds in certain time, were Wis
tied. The museums in the college of
agriculture were visited, containing
mounted specimens of animals largely
from the central states, though many
western specimens were also on exhi-
bition. Interesting models of the
house fly, the honey bee, the chinch
bug, the locust and others were seen,
also specimens of our common reptiles.
The boys and girls dormitories COM
bined simplicity with real art in cor
ridors and parlors. The diaries were
visited, where many varieties of
cream separators and churns were in
use; each student must know how to
make butter before he graduates.
The season was early for visit to
the shrub gardens, but the evergreens,
of which there are a great variety on
the campus, were interesting. Time
did not permit visit to the chemical
laboratory, and the botanical con-
servatory, but enough was seen to
substantiate the truth Of the claim,
often repeated, that Minnesota has
an Agricultural school second 10 none
in the United States.