Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-12-15
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PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES
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We wish all readers of this column
A Merry Christmas and happy New
Year
Schools will close next Tuesday af
ternoon until Wednesday morning,
January 8. No school notes for sew
eral weeks.
"To teach a child how to read,
and not to teach It. what to read, is
to put a dangerous weapon into its
hands,
|. L. Lockney, a deputy of the
state industrial commission, made a
careful examination Of conditions in
the three buildings the latter part Of
last week. His detailed report was
given to the board of education
Prof. w. d. Frost of the agrlcul-
ture department of the state univer-
sity gave very interesting address
Wednesday afternoon. His subject
to the junior and senior high schools
was milk" His talk was illustrated
by several charts.
The county fair premiums awarded
to the grades and junior high school
total S42.25 this year. This is ad
ditional to the premiums won by
large number of pupils in the separate
contests. OF the above named sum,
1926 was won by the junior high
school people and $93 by the grades.
The expenses in preparing the ex-
hibits were thirtyeight cents.
The basketball team plays in Bloom
er tonight. The best wishes Of stu
dent body, faculty and Ladysmith fans
are with the boys in their efforts to
start the interscholastic season with
a victory Those representing the
school include Reuben Jessel, carl
Volkman, Roy Jacobs, Henry Kilgore,
Austin Lutter and William Schwartz
Mr.. Woodwork is with the team as
faculty representative.
The city superintendent and grade
teachers congratulate Supt Rice on
the fine meeting of the Rusk County
Institute last week. In point Of at
tendance, speakers, enthusiasm and
real benefits derived the convention
was a success. The one disapoint-
ment was the failure through lack of
time of Prof. F. S. Hyer to speak on
Efficiency Tests and Measurements
now regarded as the most live topic
in state educational circles
We are glad to state that the rail
road commission has consented to
have a flagman placed on the east
Sixth ST. crossing. Approximately 125
school children use this crossing four
times daily. We believe that this
consent means the removal of the
flagman from the Miner-av crossing.
There are only few school children
using this latter crossing daily, whose
attention will be called to the change
when the same is made
Every parent should plan to be pre-
sent at one of the several Christmas
programs next Tuesday. The teach
ers and the pupils have been work
| ing diligently for the past several
weeks and their efforts should be ap-
preciated by large and responsive au-
diences. In the west side building,
the first, second and third grades
will have their programs at 1:30
sharp. The fourth, fifth and sixth
grades will have. their programs at
2:45. This arrangement will enable
parents to attend two programs the
same afternoon. Miss Myhre's kin
dergarten will have two programs
during the day. The one at 10000
o'clock will be given by her morning
section, and the one at 1870 by her
afternoon section The several grades
in the south side building, together
with Miss Pettingill's grade in the