The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-02-05

be examined in cataloguing and use OF
school libraries.
Chapter 15S. Relates to the use Of
the common drinking cup including
public, parochial and private schools,
and provides penalty of not less than
ten nor more than fifty dollars for fail
ure to comply with the provisions of
said chapter.
Chapter 21S. Provides that it shall
be the duty of each teacher in any
public school in the state of Wiscon-
sin to devote not less than thirty min
utes in each month during which such
school is in session to instructing pu-
pills as to ways and means Of prevents
ing accidents. 1t also requires the
State Superintendent to publish book
suitable for enabling teachers to give
instruction upon this subject.
Chapter '274. Makes it unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to sweep
or permit sweeping except when
vacuum cleaners or properly filed res
ervoir dustless brushes are used in pas
senger cars or in any state or public
building, public, parochial or private
school or other educational institutions
or in hotels or in department stores
where the public are invited unless the
| floor is first sprinkled with water, moist
sawdust or other substance to prevent
raising dust.
Chapter 302. Removes the limita-
tions heretofore found in subdivisions
5 and 6 Of Section 430 Of the statutes
whereby the amount of money to be
voted for certain purposes was limited
by population of the district or average
daily attendance upon the school.
Chapter 325. Raises the amount
which the school district of free high
school may charge as tuition fee for
nonresident pupils, said tuition fee to
be paid by the town. village or
city not in any free high school
district in which the pupils re-
side. Formally this amount was fifty
cents per week Chapter 325. Makes
| it One Dollar.
Chapter Alt, Section 1. There is
added to the statutes a new section to
read: Section 450d-1. On and after
July l, 1915, no person who shall not
have taught in a public school for at
least one year shall be granted coun-
ty or city teachers certificate to teach
in the public schools Of the state Of
Wisconsin unless in addition to passing
an examination in all of the subjects
required by law for a county or city
teacher s certificate, he shall have COM
pleted the course of study provided for
| the common schools of the state Of
Wisconsin or one equivalent thereto, or
the course of study provided for grad
ed system of public schools containing
at least eight grades or one equivalent
thereto, and shall have had at least two
additional years of instruction in train
ing one year of which or its equivalent
shall have been devoted to professional
studies preparatory to the work of
! teaching, provided that graduates Of
four year high schools not maintaining
training courses provided in subsection
| 3 shall be required to have had in adj
dition to the regular work of the high
school, only one additional year Of
training in the professional studies
provided in subsection 2.
| Chapter 434. Establishes minimum
wage of $40 per month for all teachers
in Wisconsin.
Chapter 448. This measure changes
the date of the annual school meeting
to the first Monday in June. It also
provides for the making of reports by
the district clerks to the county super
intendent and by the superintendent to
the state department.
Chapter 5o6 provides that in all
public schools in the state it shall be
the duty of each and every teacher to
teach morality and humane education,
for the purpose of elevating and rein
ing the character of school children up
to the highest plane.
Chapter 513 provides for an extra
special aid of 500 for graded schools,
provided that the course of study in
agriculture and other industrial sub
jects prescribed by the state superin-
tendent shall have been followed.
Chapter ISL creates a County Board
of Education which board is elected by
the people. This board may provide
clerk and deputy hire in the Office of
County Superintendent, fix salaries,
change district boundaries. Counties
complying with the above requirements
may receive state aid in the sum of
$500 per annum.
Chapter 72S provides for continu-
ance of the work of the Board of Pub
lie Affairs to investigate normal schools,
training schools, high schools and the
university. One hundred twenty thou
sand dollars are appropriated for this
purpose.
The Union Free High School at Will
mot began the year with an addition
of twenty-seven new pupils or fresh
men. In addition to the regular high
school subjects, this school offers q
strong course in agriculture which is
very popular with the students and
which is greatly needed by the present