Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-10-30
THE COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOL
News of Interest Concerning Rusk
Countys School for Teachers

The first quarter of the school
year ends Oct. 80, 1914 At this time
the Misses Lois Siglin and Lydia Le-
Blanc will have completed their
work as student members of the
school, and will increase the alumni
from 129 to 131. They will be ready
to accept positions, as teachers, any
time that opportunity offers.
A Halloween event in the form of
$50 dinner, prepared by the stu
dents under the direction of Miss
Parfrey and Miss Crew, followed by
few literary numbers and games
adapted to the occasion will mark the
close of the quarter, Oct. 80.
The question has been raised by
some observers, what were the stu
dents doing on the lawn about 1870
each day, recently? They were,
through measurement and computa-
ton, answering such questions as the
following: How many square feet,
square yards, square rods, and what
fractional part of an acre in the
school yard, in the alley in the
street? How many square feet in
definite portions of the sidewalk, and
how much it cost at 9 cents per
square foot? What fractional part of
an acre is covered by the school
house? The foregoing and many other
practical questions were being an
swered. This is one way to make
Arithmetic concrete and practical.
The faculty attended the North
western Teachers Association at
Eau Claire, on Oct. 16 and IT, Dur
ing Friday, Oct. 16, the students OBJ
served country schools. The Peda-
gogy class has had much interesting
information reported to it as result
of that days work of the students.
The problem of the training school is
to prepare teachers, primarily for
work in the country schools. The
students do large amount of work
in the Model Country School that is
maintained in the building, but OBJ
servation, occasionally, in schools
in the country districts, is deemed
valuable preparation for those who
are soon to teach therein. We wish
to thank the teachers, whose schools
were visited, for helpful information
and cordial welcome to those who
came for professional uplift.
Through cooperation with the Col
lege of Agriculture an effort is be-
ing made to hold a Farmers School
sometime during the winter. The Uni
versity will hold such schools this
winter in sixteen counties The far
mers of this county who would appre-
ciate a weeks instruction in Dairy
ing and in Farm Management should
make it known to Prin. r. H. Burns,
so that arrangements may be COM
pleted for holding the school. The
school can accommodate from fifty
to one hundred farmers and persons
interested in farming. 1t is planned
to manage this school so that the
only expense to the people who at
tend will be the time of attendance
and living expense while in attend
ance. Unless you are over one hun
dred, you are not too old to enroll.
At the beginning of the second
quarter, Nov 2, 1914, classes will be
organized in the following subjects:
Arithmetic, Geography, Grammar and
Composition, American History, in
Guiding Wisconsin History, Manual of
Wisconsin Common Schools, Peda-
gogy, Music, Physical Training, Pen
manship, Spelling and Rural Econ
omics. At this time new students
may enter, and find work adapted to
their needs ds-Contributed.