Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-11-23
TRAINING SCHOOL NOTES

Last week being Good School week
Throughout the United States, mem
bers of the Senior class and faculty
of the County Training school pre-
sented on last Thursday a program of
talks on "The Influence of the Teach
er for Better Schools" 800
| Mr.. Schwartz made a few general
remarks on the purpose of the move
ment. He pointed out that probably
the most serious drawback to good
school, at the present time, is the in
difference on both the part of the
parent and child regarding regular at
tendance. He referred to the recent
report of County Superintendent
Giessel that in Marathon county alone
one-third of the pupils of rural
schools are absent every day. He
urged the students to do everything
they could in their homes now, and in
the future as teachers to help COM
bat this eveil.
He was followed by an enthusiastic
| talk from Miss Esther Elsa Mueller
on 'The Successful Management of
| the School, as a factor in regular at
| tendance and interest in the work.
She gave illustrations of how an at
tractive, neat and orderly room
means happier and more diligent
workers.
Miss Hamacher had for her topic
"The Creating of a Desire in the
School and Community for Higher Ed
ucation." She spoke of the weakness
| of the present law requiring the
rural child to attend school until only
fourteen years of age, and allowing
him to be absent 100 days out of the
$50 of the school year; also of the
fact that the rural child has no OPP
portunity for high school education
unless he goes to city. She said it
is always difficult to enforce laws
and while further legislation would
help it would not solve the problem.
The greatest hope for higher educa-
ton for the country child is to create
a desire for it, This can only be
done by the teachers selling all the
opportunities and becoming DESTROYS
|of more education for themselves as
well as for their children. When the
teacher becomes full of this ideas she
will then talk it in the school and in
the homes.
When the community feels the need
OF more schooling to satisfy the child
and keep him on the farm, they will
then see that the children attend reg
ularly and they will be willing to
build schools for advanced work.
Miss Monsen had a spirited talk on
the health of the child. She showed
the contrast between the work of the
well nourished and healthy child and
the underfed, weak one. She talked
of
the hot lunch is the practice, and also
urged that simple tests for the eyes,
ears, etc., be given by the teacher.
Miss Waldron closed the program
with an account of personal expert
ence in community club work She
told how society had been organ
lied and conducted in certain To-
cality, of the fine results obtained not
only in feeling OF good fellowship
among its members, but in the rails
ing of money for some needed build
ings in the place. She advocated
club in which everybody-men, wom-
en- and children could have a part. the
idea being betterment of conditions
for the common good
Edward Swanson, a student of last
year, has entered school again to con-
tinue his work
Miss Villa Nietzke, who met with an
accident to her knee on the night of
Halloween, returned last week to re-
sumo her studies.
School will close at noon Wednes-
day for the Thanksgiving recess. and
open again the following Monday
noon. This arrangement has been
made, so that it will not be necessary
for any student to be absent from
classes on account of trains. An ex-
ira class will be taught each day. un-
til the lost time has been made up.
Principal A. d. Schwartz addressed
two community meetings last Friday
in the interest of Good School week.
In the Afternoon he spoke at a gath
ering at District No. 8, Cassel, and
in the evening at a meeting held in
thesschool house in Joint District No.
4, Brighton. Miss Susan Cerenski ST
the teacher in charge of No. 8, and
Miss Margaret Holzem in it. District
No. 4, Brighton. Both are graduates
OF the Marathon County Training
school, and both are conducting very
successful schools.
On Tuesday evening of this week
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