Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-16
SCHOOL CONVENTIONS

Conventions for the Marathon Coun-
ty school boards and rural school
teachers were conducted in Athens on
Thursday and in Wausau on Satur-
day. The meetings were practically
alike in the two places. The MEM
bers of the school boards and the
teachers had the privilege of attending
the meeting at the place most con
viently located for them. The first
meeting, which was on Thursday, was
counted as day taught by the teach
ers who attended. An endeavor is be-
ing made to make these conventions
more joint meetings of the board mem
bers and the teachers, that they may
work together in unison in discuss
ing the various school problems that
come up from time to time.
The convention program in this city
opened with singing in charge of
w. e. Larson, state rural school in
spector, of Madison. S. B. Tobey, SUI
perintendent of our city schools. gave
the address of welcome. This was
followed by an address on New
School Legislation" by w. E. Lar
son. c. P. Cary, state superintendent,
addressed the gathering on 1.-THE Value
of an Education"
In the afternoon the program open
ed again with a few minutes devoted
to singing with Mr.. Larson conducting
the same. A special treat was the
rendering of three songs by students
of the Marathon county Training
school as follows: America For
Me-" "Our Flag" and wisconsin, the
Land of Beauty" Miss Anna Rey-
nolds, supervisor of city grades, of
Madison, appeared on thea afternoon
program, and talked on What We
Owe the Children" j. E. Giessel.
Marathon county superintendent of
schools, spoke on Requirements for
the $50 Aid" C. P. Cary appeared
next and gave an informal talk on
school matters. The next number was
an address by Mr. Larson on what
to Emphasize in Subject Matter Dur
ing the Present Year" c. B. Bird
chairman of the Marathon County
Council of Defense, spoke on that i'm
portant subject and urged co-opera-
ton in this great and especially i'm
portant work at this particular time
The conventions were largely at
tended at both Athens and Wausau
and proved very successful and bene-
fetal Valuable addresses were lis
tened to. About $50 school board
members and rural school teachers at
tended the meeting in Wausau.
The following is Of much import
ance at this time and may be added
to this article: c. P. Cary, state SUI
perintendent, has sent out letters to
the county superintendent on the
matter of war libraries to be estab-
lished for our soldiers and sailors
and in part says:
Would you, as county superintend-
ent, be willing to make the arrange
ments necessary so that the people of
your county living in communities
without public library will have
this matter presented to them and be
given an opportunity to contribute?
By all means the schools should be
the center, and the principals and
teachers the leaders in such cam
paign.
1t is suggested that each school
take upon itself the raising of a sum
equal to five cents per person of
school age in the district. A larger
sum will, of course, be welcome.
Schools may raise their respective
quotas of the war library fund in any
reasonable way they may see fit to
employ. Among these may be men
toned school entertainments, contri-
button voluntary of five cents each
by the pupils, and contributions by
other residents of the community.
The campaign is to be completed
during the month of October. After
October 81 no more contributions are
to be accepted in the schools.
The funds are to be sent to the
county superintendent as soon as the
collection is completed; in any case
not later than November 5.
The county superintendent is to |
send the funds collected in his county |
to Mr.. John II. Puelicher, cashier of |
the Marshall & Isley bank, Milwaukee. |
Wis, Mr. Puelicher is treasurer of |
The fund tor Wisconsin. The funds |
collected in any county are to be sent
20 Mr.. Puelicher not later than No
gember 10.
A receipt is to be supplied to each
school contributing"
The first amount toward this fund
vas received by the county superin-
endent on Monday, when Miss
ialeigh, teacher in Joint District No. 6.
own of Cleveland, sent in a check for
'l4.20. Miss Raleigh planned a box
social IN her school and the above
AMOUNT was raised for the purpose
If contributing to the war libraries
und. The above is an excellent show
ng, and it is hoped many more will
'espond IN the very near future.
ANNOUNCEMENT
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