Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-15
MID-WINTER INSTITUTE

On Friday and Saturday of the past
week large number of rural school
teachers of Marathon county gathered
| in Wausau to attend the first of the
series of mid-winter Institutes to be
conducted. The meetings were held
at the Marathon County Training
school building.
| The sessions opened on Friday
morning with a large attendance and
an address by NJ H. Jackson of the
Grand Rapids Training school, He
| took as his subject History in the
Light of Present Day Developments. -
Randall Johnson, principal of the Mar
| athon County Training school, gave a
talk on Arithmetic" County Supt.
j. D. Giessel addressed those pres
ent on Heating and Ventilation"
During the noon hour warm lunch
was served for ten cents, and an ad-
ditional charge was made for more
than the regular menu served.
At the afternoon session on Friday
Mr.. Jackson gave a continuation of
his morning address. A. G. Burg,
principal of the Marathon County
Agricultural school, appeared on the
afternoon program and gave a talk
on Agriculture" Warm Noon
Lunches" was discussed by Miss vi
letta l. Hawley. Mr.. Giessel also
talked to the teachers again on Fri
day, taking Thrift Stamps and Saw
ings Stamps" as his subject
The institute goers listened to a
talk by c. B. Bird Saturday morning
on 'Why America Had to Enter the
War"
Mr.. Jackson gave the last of his series
of institute addresses Friday after
noon. He also appeared on the morn
ing program.
Merritt E. Sibol, who is with the
extension poultry branch of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture, gave a
talk on the need of more poultry.
The gathering was entertained with
musical selections by Mrs. P. L. Sis
| son.
Harold S. Dyer gave a talk on
Music" and Randall Johnson COM
| pleted his address on Arithmetic
Mr.. Giessel closed the two days
program with a continuation address
on Thrift Stamps and Savings
Stamps"
Another warm noon lunch was
| served Saturday during the noon hour
at the small price of ten cents, with
an additional charge for more than
| the menu called for.
Miss Hawley appeared on the af-
ternoon program and talked on Boys
| and Girls Work
The institute was a complete sue
| cess in every way. The program
| planned was very entertaining and in
structive, and the two-day meet proved
of much benefit to the rural teachers.
There will be three other meetings
in the county similar to the institute
held here. On January 10 an insti-
| tute will be conducted at the Athens
High school, on January 26 at the
Spencer High school, and on February
? at the Stratford High school
The institute at Athens will be in
charge of c. B. Bird and Supt j. E.
Giessel of Wausau, John F. Simms of
the Stevens Point normal and C. "
IL Duke, principal of the Athens High
school.
c. B. Bird and Supt Giessel of this
city, NJ. NJ. Ames of the Stevens Point
normal and Randall Scholfield. prin-
| cipal of the Spencer High school, will
conduct the institute at Spencer
Stratford will entertain the last
of the series of mid-winter institutes
at which time c. B. Bird, Supt Giessel
and Prin. Randall Johnson from here
and NJ. NJ. Mortenson and Miss Achten-
berg of the Stratford High school, will
appear on the program.