Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-11-30
SPLENDID IDEAS
AT SCHOOL MEET

On Saturday about three hundred
school board members participated i'm
the largest and most successful meet
ing of its kind ever held in Sank coun-
ty This large body met in the assem-
! bly, room of the teachers training
J school at Reedsburg. The program
was carried out in full, much singing
being given. w. E. Larson said that
there should be considerable singing
by most all gatherings-in the homes
as well as at community meetings
and other places.
Miss Lille Andrews had for her sub
ject, Community Singing" and also
presided at the piano. w. E. Larson
had for his subject in the morning,
Powers, Duties and Opportunities of
School officers and Teachers" The
subject was full of thought and very
interesting. He said: school boards
and teachers should work together,
and men are wanted for the board
who are interested in schools. Every
business keeps books and they should
be kept right It is ofvinterest to ev-
eryone to have good schools in every
district. The things for school boards
to look after are morals and good
health. The board is in full authority
of child, the teacher has full author
ity in the school room, and the par
ent and teacher have concurrent au-
thority over the child between the
schoolhouse and home.
Principal w. e. Smith spoke of the
training school, One hundred seventy
six have graduated from the school,
of which number sixty-six are now
teaching. The lawmakers first passed
law to pay the teachers, then pro-
vided that the teachers prepare them
selves for the profession. The state
pays to the training school $4,444.44,
the county $4,000.
Perhaps half the school board mem.
bers and teachers secured their din
ner at the training school, the cook
ing being done mostly with the fire.
less cooker, which Mr. Smith explain
ed and recommended. The dinner pro-
vided was ample, consisting Of vege-
table soup and crackers for the first
course, baked beans, sandwiches and
doughnuts for the second, and coffee
and prune sauce for the third-all for
fifteen cents Thus the cheap cost Of
living was solved. All but the bread
was prepared by the domestic science
department of the school.
Superintendent Davies spoke of the
new law providing for the supervising
teacher. He wished to express his APP
probation of the way the teachers
have been received in the county. One
supervising teacher, Elsie Brooks.
spoke of practical School Hygiene"
which subject was thoroughly discuss
ed by her.
what to Teach and How to Teach
1t" was w. E. Larsons afternoon sub
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things in school that people need to
learn. School boards and parents
should know something about what
teachers should know. A child, when
he completes school, should know fifty
songs that are worth teaching.
Superintendent Davies then took up
for his closing subject, "This Year i'm
Our Schools" Build the outhouses
large and keep them sanitary. He also
spoke Of securing supplementary read
ers. He said to put this test to re-
ports:
Is it true?
Is it kind?
Is it necessary?
He spoke with considerable earn
estness on loyalty to the flag and was
applauded during his talk.
Thus was brought to close the
fourteenth annual convention of
school boards in Sank county.
About fifty from Baraboo and vi
entity attended.