Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-02-18
TRY TESTS OF
INTELLIGENCE
Training School Thereby Finds
Best Methods of Drawing
Out Capabilities
LOCAL NORMAL SCHOOL
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK
1t Sends Visiting Teachers to Rural
Schools and Loans Them Books
Wisconsin i'm Lead


The students Of the school were
given the Otis Intelligence Test il few
days ago. This test revealed some
very interesting facts. One of the stu
dents was found to have Il mental age
two years greater than her physical
age On the other hand one student
WAS found to have Il mental age
nearly two years less than her physical
age The value of the test lies in the
fact that it reveals the best methods
to lie used for getting the best out of a
student which she is capable of Civ
ing 1t will prove of distinct help III
the training of the students for their
work as rural teachers.
An article which appeared in one of
| the city papers last week set the
writer of these notes TO wondering
whether the people of the county real
izc fully the value of the training
| school. The work done during the
week when school is in session is only
small part of the work the school is
| doing. The building has been open on
| Saturdays and on many Sundays ever
| since the school was opened some thlr-
teen years ago The number of teach
crS who take advantage OF this varies
| from two or three to fourteen and
more. At one time this school year
134 boks. both text and reference. be-
| longing to this school were in use in
| the rural schools of this county. In
| addition to the loan of books, many
other teaching materials are loaned
freely and without cost to the borrow
| ing schools The teachers of this
school have visited about twenty
| schools this year so far. OF course.
there is no possibility and no desire for
| this school to do the work OF the
supervising teacher. as has been sug-
geStpd. There are two reasons for this ::
the law does not permit and the
teachers of the school cannot be in
two places at the same time-they can
not supervise rural schools and do the
| teaching i'll the training school at the
same time. 70 do all this work the
county expendS $1,000 The valuation
of the county is S20.062, GA. This
makes the cost of the school 14.4 cents
per $1,000 Of valuation. hfe price OF
about three eggs.
The expenditures of the United
States are divided as follows: Past
wars IS per cent future wars % per
cent farmers, laborers. the general
public per cent education l per cent.
And still we wonder at the increase of
crime
There are 100000 people in the
United States who can neither read
nor write and 100000 more who do
not know the English language. This
is total Of the population of Is
states. Teachers who are at work in
our schools are the only existing rem
edy for this condition of affairs. Can
unframed teachers do this tremendous
work successfully?
/ Every legislative body in America
and in Europe in session at this time
is struggling with the question of
training enough teachers to do the re-
I quired work of teaching (nOt school
keeping). Wisconsin is taking the
lead III the organiza ion of teacher
training institutions.
10 hold teachers who are real teach
ers in the service. these things are re-
/ CURED good salaries: good living
conditions: long tenure of office. Is
the practice of annual elections i'll the
interests of either educational effi-
cheney or the professional growth of
teachers? Does it pay? Cities have
q - L -
Iy Improbable in the rural school.
Good teachers should be kept by being
hired for a longer term than one year ::
poor teachers should be discharged at
the earliest opportunity.