Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-03-17
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
AT LAONA


4th and spent very profitable day in
trying to make the best in each school
contagious to all The teacher in the
Symes school, town of Wabeno, was
the only absentee.
In the forenoon class exercises and
drills were conducted by Laona teach
ers as follows:
A Drill-The Sailors Dance, Miss
Catherine Moran.
A Talk and Class Exercise on
Language Games, Miss Hazel Russell.
Talk and Glass Exercise on Kinder
garten Training, Miss Anabel Brooks
Telling and DEMONSTRATION of Two
Classic Stories in First Grade, Miss
Ruby Jennings.
Class Exercise in Palmer Penman-
ship, Miss Edith Rathke
All OF the above numbers were ex-
cellent and demonstrated a fact that
the inspectors were cognizant of-that
very efficient work was being done in
Tie LdOnd SCuOOIS uHu0I blC dOlC
supervision of Prin. W E. Nichols.
Mrs. Hilda Martin gave an excellent
talk on "Devices for Teaching Langu-
age and Literature, " The following
are excerpts from her talk:
|. We choose our audience by the
language that we use.
2. Connect our language work with
the child's activities.
3. Teach children to be exact in eX-
preston by having them give or write
directions for doing certain things,
writing descriptions of persons, farms,
buildings, accounts of basket ball
games, etc.
A.. That it would be we'll for teach
ers to do occasionally what they are re-
quiring of the pupils
s. That all should add one new word
a day to their vocabularies. TRY it)
6. That magazine and newspaper
articles, though good, should not sake
the place of classics.
Z. Have pupils express their thoughts
on scenes in classic literature by
means of drawings.
Several devices were shown by the
use of which Mrs. Martin is making
classic literature real and interesting
to her pupils in the high school. The
poem on the WabenO-M Mountain basket
ball game, written by Wabeno stu
dent, was much appreciated by the
teachers.
The afternoon session opened with
the singing of the county song, led by
the author, Rev. Collier, followed by
instrumental music and two solos by
Miss Ellen Thorsell and two solos by
Miss Anabel Brooks.
The first regular number in the af-
ternoon was good practical talk on
THE Teaches and Child's Health" by
DR. Elliott in which he emphasized
the following facts:
l. That the common cold, to which
little attention is being given, is really
our worst form of disease, inasmuch
as it underrhines our general health
and lowers our vitality, thereby laying
the foundation for other dreaded
diseases.
2 That colds were contagious and
the time would come when this danger
would be recognized and the afflicted
persons segregated or quarantined.
3. That nearly all decay of the teeth
can be prevented by proper care,
especially during childhood.
4 That many children have ade-
noids, which cause mouth breathing
and slow brain activity, thereby caus-
ing pupils to do inferior school work.
5. That the children that are kept
in the school room during intermission
in accordance with parents orders are
the ones that always have colds.
g. That all people have tubercular
germs in their systems which are held
in subsection so long as our vitality is
above par but when it is lowered by
continued colds or breathing of foul
air. the oonsumptive germs gain the
upper hand and put US beneath the
500.
z. That rs per cent of the tubercu-
lar cases are cured by fresh air. sun
shine, plenty of exercise and plenty of
good food and tnat practically all con-
sumption might be prevented by the
same agencies,
s. de strongly emphasized the fact
that practically all disease is caused by
other conditions which lower our
natural vital resistance to external
forces.
Rev. Collier gave a very helpful
talk on ''Art as An Aid TO Education. I"
He recently made a trip over the state
delivering lectures at seventeen places
among which were Baraboo High
School, Grand Rapids Training School
and the Stevens Point Normal. He told
of several ways of interesting the
children in the beauties of nature and
art and illustrated the use of pictures