Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-10-09
TRAINING SCHOOL
COUNTY NORMAL WILL SOON
OFFER INSTRUCTION BY
CORRESPONDENT
FARMERS SCHOOL THIS WINTER
This Innovation Will Have the AS
sistance of the University and
Will Last One Week

At a recent meeting of the Count.
Board of Education it was decided tt
hold a Farmers School of one week
at such time during the winter as
can be arranged for with the Uni
versity for it's cooperation and as
sistance The school will be for the
benefit of men and women, and OF
the older boys and girls. 1t will give
specific detailed instruction in about
two lines of farming. Two instructors
from the college of Agriculture will
be here and will do most of the
teaching. The training school students
will avail themselves of the Oppor-
tunity, and the classes of the train
ing school will be so transposed as to
permit the students to perform their
regular duties at a time that will
not conflict with the special instruc-
ton.
Persons who are interested in the
work to be offered in the Farmers
School should write to Prin. r. H.
Burns, for further information. The
course to be given will be of much
value to the young men, as well as
to the man who is actually Operat-
ing his farm.
To the young people of the coun-
tv who haUo n common cobnoI od,,
cation, and who desire to continue
their studies at home, the Training
School will soon offer some instruc-
ton and guidance through CORE
spondence, and occasional group con-
ferences. Subjects, to begin with, will
be in the line of Business Arithmetic
Farm Arithmetic, Bookkeeping and
Commercial Law Teachers who know
of one or more such persons are re-
quested to cite them to the oppor-
utnity offered, and have them CORE
spond with the School for details.
The Senior Reading Glass recent
ly had Declamatory Contest All
members took part both as contest
ants and as judges. AS contestant,
each person had prepared a selec-
ton, had been drilled some in rem
dering it, and at the time appointed
recited the selection the best he
could. AS judge, each person had pre-
pared a Judgment sheet containing
ten points, such as memory, enun-
citation, carrying power of voice. ami
nation, gesture, enjoyment etc. On
the Judgment sheet each student
marked all members of the class ex-
cept himself. Each of the ten points
We're marked on the scale of ten.
When these points were added the
student-judge had his own average
Judgment for each member of the
class. Then a committee was chosen
who took the individuals Judgments
gave a ranking for the first six
places as follows
Marion Ingraham, first.
Zelda Breed, second.
Lois Siglin, third.
Gladys Kaiser, fourth
Ora Deerwester, fifth.
Adeline l.. Gay, sixth
The first quarter of the present
year will close on Friday October
30, 1914. The second quarter will be-
gin on Monday Nov. 2, 1914 At that
time any persons who desire to pre-
pare to teach, and who are of prop
er age and educational attainments
may enter. A Junior class will be
organized at this time, so that those
of preparation which admits to the
two year course can be enrolled. 1t
should be remembered, that begin
ming with next July, no person may
begin the work of teaching in Wis
cOnsin who has not had a course of
professional instruction and training
of at least one year The training
school course meets the requirements
of the law. There is no other school
in RuSk county which offers such a