Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-21
COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS
BY r. III. Burns, Co. Supt


various highschOOls and state graded
schools Of the county will be held at
the training school building. i'll the
afternoon and evening on Saturday.
Jan %. This will be the second an
nual meeting held by Rusk county
principals. The program will be i'll the
nature of Round ~Table." But little
formality will be observed and freedom
and fullness of discussion will be
prompted. Principal Herbert TOZer,
of the Ingram union highschool, is pres
ident of the association and he Will
preside at the meeting. 1t is expected
that the State School Inspector w. T..
Anderson. Of Madison. will be present
and participate in the program.
Just before the holidays. attention
of teachers was called through the
educational column TO the White
Card report that ii was due at the
end of the first. third. fifth and seventh
months of the year. At that time II
lUmEer of the teachers had not made
the report for the third month and Il
few have not sent in the first months
report We are pleased at this time
to note that very many of the White
Card" reports have been received at
the office and ! wish to thank YOU"
for your prompt response.
We wish to call your attention at
this time to the reports required by
law of delinquent pupils. The report
of delinquentS is due on or before the
sixth day of each calendar month.
Pupils between the ages of Z and IA.
must attend school regularly unless
there is some sufficient legal reason
for their n0n-attendance. Pupils who
are between the ages of II and Ii. who
have not finished the eighth grade are
also required TO attend school. Pu-
pills become delinquent by being irreg-
ular in attendance or by staying ont
considerable periods of time. Teach
ers should exercise diligence in report
ing delinquents to give the cause Of
non-attendance if the cause can be as
ccrtaincd. The law makes it the duty
of the county superintendent. after eff
forts on his part to secure regular at
tendance of the child. to report the per
sistent nOn-attendants to the sheriff
to be dealt with as provided by law.
The office acknowledged receipt Of
u book report from Miss Jessie Boyer
teacher in District No. }. Town Of
Stubbs. Kief school. Her report is on
one of the professional books required
by the Teachers Reading Circle Law.
The title Of the book is Rural Educa-
ton. The writer is A. f. Packard.
Miss Beyer's reporr is SO complete that
she is being requested to revise and
present it at the teachers meeting
which will be held at Weyerhaeuser.
early in February.
\ most excellent report from Miss
Brownie Cameron, primary teacher at
Conrath,s is also acknowledged. Miss
Cameron's report is on the book en-
titled Every Day Problems in Teach
ing" The author of the wOOk is DR..
O'Shea of the Wisconsin University.
Several striking statements in this re-
port which Miss Cameron has quoted
from DR.. O'Shea are: \ teachers
voice should be heard in praise and in
structiOn more frequently than III
fault -finding and complaining. In
arithmetic. problems can be given re-
lating the child'S personal experience:
many valuable farm problems can be
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silOs. construction of barns. houses.
etc We recommend DR.. OShea'S book
to any OF our teachers who are looking
for something worth While for profess
SiOnal reading.
Miss Madeline MOrriSOn who taught
at Galley Lake school in the town OF
Thornapple. resigned from her posi-
ton at the Christmas vacation. Mrs.
Violet Remington was secured by the
Board to continue the school TO the end
of the year Mrs. Remington was for
merly Miss Violet Bean. of Bruce. She
taught for Il number of years III
schools in Rusk county before her mar
riage. She is temporarily living in the
Galley Lake neighborhood and the
school board considered themselves for
tunate to be able to secure her to take
charge Of the school for the remainder
of the year.
The School Board in Joint District
No , Town of Grow. secured the ser
vices of Miss Idel DePew to continue
the work in the Oak Grove school TO
| the end of the year. The vacancy that
Miss DcPew is filling was caused by
the resignation of Miss Grace Wood
bury. who is now Mrs Earl Cardinal,
of LadySmith. We extend congratu-
IationS 10 both bride and groom.
\ new school district was recently
created in the town of Strickland. 1t
is known as Joint District No. q. and
c. 4. Olson is district clerk. and A
| Moore is treasurer. The first district
meeting wass held ON January 3, at the
home of Mrs. &. \. Wisely. There are
twelve children of school age i'll this
district that are ready to start school
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