Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-01-17
TAKE NOTICE:
TO THE TEACHERS AND SCHOOL
BOARD MEMBERS OF WOOD
COUNTY:

1I4C - OOQ OOUIIy oCuCOI DOaLu SOL-
ventions, as annonced in the Novem-
Der and December Bulletin, for the
current school year will be held as
follows: At the High School Build
ing, PittsvilIe on Wednesday, Jan. 16,
at the Wood County Normal, Grand
Rapids or Thursday, Jan. II, and at
the Mckinley High School, Marshfeld
on Friday, Jan. Is.
The sessions at each place will call
at 800 o'clock in the morning and will
close in plenty time in the afternoon
to give everybody a chance to make
their trains.
We have decided to hold one-day
conventions this year at the three a
bove named convenient places so that
every school board officer and every
teacher will have an opportunity to
attend one Of these conventions with
out any inconvenience. The custom
of having the teachers attend these
conventions with the school board mem
bers has proven very beneficial. I
wish at this time to ask all school
board members to attend one of these
conventions themselves and to allow
the teachers in their respective schools
to attend one Of these conventions
also This will be the only time this
year that school boards will be asked
to close their schools in order to allow
teachers to attend a teachers meeting
and I am sure that everyone of you
will show your hearty cooperation
and your interest in progressive edu-
cation by allowing your teacher to
attend one Of these conventions. Re
member that the permanent pass word
in Wood County is COOPERATION"
and ] am sure that you will all live up
to this motto in regard to the 1917
-18 School Board Conventions. Try
to be on hand for roll-call and I wish
to remind the teachers that it is their
duty to set a good example to the
school board members by not being
tardy. We will call the roll Of teach
ers by towns, villages and cities as we
always have done and I trust that ev-
cry town, village and city will be rep
resented by 100 per cent attendance.
The following program has been pre-
pared for Grand Rapids
9:OO-Music
9:30-EnroIImen
9:45-'You Know You're Welcome"
Address, Recent School Legis
lation" by State Rural School
Inspector w. E. Larson.
Address "Patriotism in the
Public Schools" by Prin. NJ. H.
Jackson Of the Wood County
Normal.
NOON-INTERMISSION
1:15-Music
1:30-Discussion Special State Aid
by Inspector w E. Larson.
Announcements by County Sup
erintendent Geo. A. Varney
Address Some Of the Things to
be Emphasized in Our Teaching
This Year by Inspector w. E.
Larson
Inspector w. E. Larson needs no in
PRODUCTION to Wood County and the
fact that he is to represent the State
Department this year will assure you
live and interesting program for our
School Board Conventions.
The other speakers on the program
give just as good assurance of an ex-
cellent program and of course you
know that the musical numbers prom
ised will be very entertaining indeed.
With a program that will be both edu-
cational and entertaining those of us
who have the educational interests Of
Wood County in charge, and this in
cludes both teachers and school board
members, can look forward to very
pleasant day spent together in the in
terests of the schools of our County
For this reason, let us all make a
strenuous effort to be present and then
indeed will the School Board Conven-
ions of 1917-18 be the banner Con-
ventions of Wood County.
"A STRONG PULL, A LONG PULL
AND A PULL ALTOGETHER"
With best wishes to all for a Happy
and Prosperous New Year, I am,
Yours very truly,
Geo. A. Varney,
County Superintendent.