Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-12-03

Miss Alice Josephson Of the Kimball
schools reports the following Of the
pupils as having perfect attendance
for the month Of November: Elmo
Saari, Voitto Koleman. Helen Kole-
man, Helen Newberry, Reed Clark
Uno Kronholm, Elmo Aiala.
Leo Lipske of the Moore school has
earned a large diploma for Home
Credit Work.
The following pupils from Miss
Ellen OIson's school at VanBuskirk
have earned reading circle seals or
diplomas during the month Of Nov
ember: Lena and Helmi Rekala,
Leonard, Lille and All Korpela, John,
Helen and William SUM, Leo and Paul
Laitinen, Walter and Helen Ruha,
Eleanore Silvola, Gertrude Anderson,
and Ingrid Laitenin.
Wake Up This Week to School Needs
December 4th to the 10th ; America
Education week. Stop to think what
your school means to your boys and
girls and what rour boys and girls
mean to the community. The purpose
Of this as stated by the state super
intenient, is to inform the public OF
the accomplishments and needs of the
public schools and to secure the CO.
operation and support Of the public
IN meeting these needs. At no time
in American history has it been essen
tial for the people to be informed not
only as to what the schools are &C
complishing for American education
but also what the school system nov
needs to make its work most effective
As stated before teachers are asked
to cooperate in this matter and Il
send a report of what was accomplish
ed, TO the office.
How Many Mistakes Have You Made:
A teacher famous throughout thu
country says there are thirteen mos
common mistakes Of life:
/ / To attempt TO set up your owl
standards Of right and wrong.
/ , To try and measure the enjoy
ments Of others by your own.
g. To expect uniformity Of opinion
in this world
/ 4. To fail to make allowances 70
inexperience.
5. TO endeavor to mold all dis
positions alike.
8. Not to yield to unimportan
trifies.
7. To look for perfection in on
own actions.
s. To worry ourselves and other
about what cannot be remedied.
9. To consider a thing impossibl
that we ourselves cannot perform.
10 Failing to help everybody
wherever, however, and whenever W
can
H. To believe only what our il
finite minds can grasp.
y. To make allowances for tn
I weakness of others.
10. To estimate by some outsid
quality when it is that within hin
which makes the man.
Limited ornaments in the intere:
Of world peace, is the demand Of tn
+ Wisconsin Teachers Association at il
annual meeting at Milwaukee.
Reading Circle Work should be we
started We find that it is so in
number of schools already visite.
School societies also. Push vigorou!
" this work that helps you, you
school and your community 50 mucl
We have sent to each teacher pre-
ject outlines in geography, civics, hi.
tory and language We hope to Sc
some Of this work exhibited on OF
: next WISH TO your schools.
Make Your Tests Short
Don't require children to write Ion
examinations. Ten to twenty minute
will be long enough. Aim 10 qualit
rather than quantity, Train pupil
i'm speed in writing these tests. Ca
FOR big things Have the pupils writ
little often so that they viii trai
themselves to this. Have the pupil
. write their papers over again, if net
essary, when they are shown the
mistakes. Show pupils how to writ
paragraphs. Blackboard work undo
the teachers supervision is ofte
helpful