Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-10-28

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quate daily lesson plans, ar. thei
J adequate execution" Mr. Painte
} then gave several suggestions on dali,
} lessons and in closing he spoke o
some teachers merely using up time
} but he said it was the definite, ade
quate aim that lifts the teacher from
the plane of blind time-serying u
that of intelligent efficiency.
G. ID. Jones then spoke on the sub
ject, "Is the High School Makinf
| Good ?" Mr.. Jones talk was one O
the best that one could desire on tht
subject and we regret not being ablt
to print it entire. Mr.. Jones spoke
of great change in times, saying thai
now we are not marking time, retro
grading or drifting. He spoke Of
school attendance. of school expendi
lures and many other interesting
features finally closing with the fol
lowing:
SIN conclusion, it seems to me nc
thinking man can question that the
high school is making good The
men of our generation VINO have
struggled in its behalf have not done
SO in vain. History will record that
it is in our generation the great val.
lie of this training and its need in a
democracy has been most appreciated,
and that it is the good citizenship OF
our city and age that has made its
success possible The future is big
with opportunity. L do not question
we can safely trust the ability, the
devotion and the patriotism of the
next generation to recognize its duty
and to wisely and brayely perform it,
| Those interested in training school
work met on the first floor of
the high school the same afternoon.
There were several speakers, among
them, M. H. Jackson of Grand Rapids;
w. E. Switzer of Amigo, Miss Matte
Mcmillan also of Amigo, and w. K.
Larson of Madison, O. <. Wells of
| the local training school spoke on the
subject, "What Should the Training
School Do for Its Graduates Out
Teaching?" He told what the train
ing school can do. He spoke of what
the pupils were taught, saying that in
housekeeping the pupils learn through
the school to have responsibility and
to anticipate emergencies, and meet
them calmly and successfully. He
spoke of the discipline and class work
in the school, of the literary society
and many other ways in which effici-
ency is instigated, of the necessity
that the training school instructors
visit their graduates schools in order
to keep the proper adjustment be-
tween the two. Mr.. Wells said that
he thought the best way to reach
and help graduates in the country
was to issue jointly in with the coun-
try school bulletin, about pages to
be devoted to training school work.
In clio sing, Mr.. Wells said that he
knew of no better agency of reaching
and helping graduates out teaching
than the way just mentioned.
The graded school section of the
convention convened Friday after
noon also, in the assembly hall.
Supt. Milne of Merrill, presided over
this gathering.
The first number on the program
was singing by the grade school chill
dren under the direction of Miss
/ Crane, musical director in the Wau-
sau schools. The first address was
by Supt. H. f. Schell of Tomahawk,
on Mathematics or Addition"
Following this Miss Marilla Zell-
hoefer, instructor in the local high
school and girls physical director,
gave an excellent address on "Phy-
sical Culture-Its Value and Appli-
cations" Miss Zellhoefer said that
whatever the system of physical cul-
ture is, it has for it's ultimate end
the one important purpose-the
development of the human organism
by means of properly directed exer-
cises to increase the efficiency of the
human race. She continued, SAYING
that it is not-a fad soon to die, but
of sufficient Importance to give it a
place in the daily course of training,
not a fancy subject intended for uni.
yersities and normal schools that
train teachers for this work. 1t is
more important than any other
branch, she said, for the body, the
mind and the soul depend upon it,.
Exercise is an inherent necessity, it
reaches every phase of human life.
| 1t should be general and not for a
special few: it should be within the
reach of every child she continued,
for to the children we must look foI
| future protection and the perpetual
| tion of the race. 1.-THE growing i'm.
portance of physical training is man
ifest in the playground movement
in the demand for social centers and
in the medical Inspection of oul
schools" Miss Zellhoefer went on tC
say that We cannot afford TO let the
child degenerate because condition:
are not ideal at present for trainins
in physical education. Miss Zell
hoefer outlined the possibilities o
| effective work in this line and sDok,
of the Importance of interesting th'
parents, the school board and tn,
community; Of the Importance o
graded exercises and defnate dali,
time for this work; of the importanc'
/ OF having teachers teach this VIII
are enthusiastic in this In CLOSING
Miss Zellhoefer said: Since physi
cal training is not only worth Will
but necessity, we who are intereste
in tAp work wa "a Ap ara i'm On larxra