Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-02-07
Will All Vacancies Be Filled Mex
Year,

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Year,
The prospects of securing the re-
quired number of teachers for rural
schools in Wisconsin for the coming
/ year appear to be even more alarming
then they were this year. The condi-
tion as it is now may be summed up
in the following quotation from our
assistant state superintendent, Carter
Alexander of Madison, The total
! output of all rural teachers training
agencies will not be over 1900 rural
teachers. Indeed the demand for
teachers is so great at the present
time that many girls are tempted TO
go out to teach before they can CON-
plete the legal requirementsfor regu-
lar certificates. In any event this
humble of ruralteachers will not more
than half supply the $500 or more
rural vacancies that we must face
next year. The 1900 teachers men
toned above come from three training
agencies. The thirty county training
schools in the state may be expected
to furnish go teachers, the 26 high
schools having teachers training
courses willgraduate 365 for the teach
ing profession and the nine normal
schools will produce from their rural
training courses about 300 teachers,
thus making the total of about 1900 to
fill the 300 vacancies"
In response to the call for more
teachers, the normal school presidents
have issued circular from which we
quote the following lines" The
normal schools of Wisconsin have
heard the call for help from the
heads of schools throughout the
state. The call has been, "Send us
teachersl The shortage has been bad
in all lines but it has been the worst
in the supply of teachers for rural
schools and primary and grammar
grades of city schools. The normal
schools are doing all they can to in
duce young people to enter the courses
which fit them for work in rural and
city schools. For the benefit of any
one who may interested we publish
the list of normal schools together
with the name of the presidents. A
request for more information will re-
ceive prompt reply from any one OF
| the following presidents: platteville,
Asa NJ. Royce; Whitewater, Frank S.
| Hyer; Oshkosh, Henry A. Brown.
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kee, Carroll e. Pearse; Stevens Point,
John F. Sims; Lacrosse, Fassett A
Cotton; Superior, Virgil +. Meas.
kill; EauClaire, Harvey A. Scholield
The pupils of the Kimball school
received the following letter from
their French orphan:
Dear Benefactor;
| will not let the old year pass with.
out sending TO you this card to renew
the expression of gratitude for your
dear attention. Permit me to Offer
thisnew year, which will soon be here
my sincere wish for the happy realiza.
ton of that which you desire.
Receive the souvenir and the most
atfectionate regards from your little
| God child.
II. A.
Helen Newberry of the Kimbal
school had the distinction of being
the only pupil with perfect record
of attendance for January.
The kimball school has received q
set of new readers for each of the
! upper grades and are thoroughly
enjoying the new material for study
A very pleasing feature of the
/ Mothers Meeting which was held in
Powell last week Friday, was the
fact that every mother in the district
was present. as well as other ladies
1 interested in school problems. Anoth-
er unique feature was the use of dainty
individual programs painted by the
children In school. At the close OF
an interesting program, lunch was
/ served.
On Friday. February 9th, a Moth.
ers' Meeting will be held at the Man
/ itOwish school.
During the past week the standard
/ ization tests in arithmetic have been
given in the following schools: Sand
rock, Upon, Weber, Manitowish, kim
ball, Powell, Central at Oma, and
/ Saxon. AS soon rs the tests have
been given in all of the schools, the
results will he published.