Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-10-17
COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS
BY County Supt. r. H. Burns

/ We are glad to note the fact that the
compensation for board members at
tending this convention has been
changed from two dollars to four dol
lars for the day.
Miss Mary Shorna and Miss Louise
Wegner, of the training school faculty.
are in attendance at the meeting of the
Northwestern Wisconsin Teachers
Association held at Eau Claire Friday
and Saturday of this week.
The Seniors of the training school
are each to spend next week in one of
the rural schools of the county During
the early part of next week they will
observe and help the teacher and
| toward the latter part of the week do
considerable teaching I der the direct
supervision of the regular teacher in
the school.
| This week of field work is required
of the Seniors by the state superin-
| tendent
Teachers institute will be held on
Friday and Saturday, November II
and Is in the Rusk County Training
school building at Ladysmith. A. d. S.
Gillett. history teacher in the Superior
normal and candidate for Member of
Congress from the eleventh district
last fall and O. w. Neale, who has
charge of the Rural Teachers Course
in the Stevens Point normal will be
with us to help make the meeting one
of great help and inspiration to our
teachers.
Mr. Burns has visited about forty
schools so far this fall. The number is
too great to give the full list. The fol-
lowing are some visited more recently
Dist. No Town of Atlanta. known
as the Benson school This school was
found not in session owing to sickness
in the family of the teacher, Miss Vio-
let e. Stewart.
Blue Hills school, Dist. No. 10 Allan
ia. Miss Dorothy Cooper has started
on her second years work in this
school The general character of the
work in the school showed intelligence
and good professional insight on the
part of the teacher. The work in pen
manship was especially cOmmendable.
Windfall school, Dist. No. Z, Atlanta.
Anna Ward is teaching her fourth year
in this school and is worthy of cOmpli-
ment for long and coWmendable ser
vice. A number Of material improve
ments are needed in the school in order
for it to become "First Glass Rural
school,
School in Dist. No. 6, 1T. Stubbs and
Rusk. known as the Mansky school.
The teacher here, Miss Cyrilla j. Mosh-
er, is also teaching her second year in
the same school, The schOOlhouse is
new and modern. The spirit and work
of the school is good and the district
should make application for state aid
for First Glass Rural School" Some
slight improvements may be required
but on the whole almost everything re-
quired is there.
Dist No. 5, Town of Rusk with Flor
ence Olson as teacher. The school
house is one of the old type that is
pretty hard to mOdernize. 1t shows
however, that it has been well cared for
and is fairly comfortable. We hope
public spirit will soon replace it with
a modern building.
Dist. No. 2, Town of Rusk, known as
the Rusk Farm school. This is two
room school in which Miss Mary TAFT
has charge of the four higher grades
and Miss Grace GregarsOn has the pri-
mary ROOM The building is new and
modern and if it had screens on the
windows it would be quite complete.
The school operates as second class
state graded school and employs two
transportation busses. Some of the
children i'm the district are not reached
by these wagons and are too far from
the school to walk. Additional proylS-
ion should be made by the district for
the eight or nine children in the north
end who are unable to attend school.
The community is fortunate to have so
good a school and it should be used to
the fullest extent.
Range Line school, Dist. No. 2 IT.
Dewey. True, Grow and Lawrence.
Mrs. Ethel Howell is spending her sec
ond year in this school This is one of
the old schoOlhouses. having been built
about twenty-five years ago. but is IN
good repair and well provided with
working tools. Owing to age and type
of building it is difficult to make this
a first class rural school, until a modern
building takes the place of the present
one. In this district there are some
families too far from school and trans
portation should be provided for them
This school has rendered good service
TO the public and has furnished early
opportunity for many Of the present
day men and women Of Rusk county.
Dist No. IT. True and Lawrence.
This schoolhouse is located two miles
south Of Glen Flora. 1t is one OF the
we have made about other old buildings
we have made about other old buildings
apply to this one. The teacher is Miss
Harriet Zuck. There are nineteen chill
dren on roll of which number sixteen
were present the day of the visit. In
this school there is large eighth grade