Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-08-03
TRAINING SCHOOL
ISSUES BOOKLET
INSTITUTION IN TWENTY
FOURTH YEAR-GIVES
GOOD COURSES

The Marathon County Training
School for Teachers, which during the
past year became better known as
the Marathon County Normal, has is
sued an attractive general catalog, de-
scribing the institution and giving
a general idea Of the courses offered.
The school is the oldest and largest
of its kind in the state of Wisconsin.
It's principal is ID. A. Swartz, O teacher
OF unusual qualities, and the training
school board Is composed of A. L.
Kreutzer, M. P. Mccullough and J. e.
Giessel, county superintendent of
schools.
Reopens Soon
The Training school reopens ON
Monday, August 2Sth, and the first
quarter continues through Friday, No
vember Bird. In the catalogue an in
teresting group Of reasons are pre-
sented to future students. Gradua-
tion from the school promises stud
ent a good position. "The county
and state unite in making this insti-
tition as free to students as it is
possible to make it." is another rea-
son presented for enrolment Every
effort is made to maintain happy
social environment" continues the
catalog. "We play as we'll as work
We are extremely democratic. There
are no class distinctions drawn of
any sort We work and play together
in happy family spirit" AS final
point the Importance of the teaching
profession is stressed, worthy of the
best TALENT.
.sWausau, the home of the Training
school, is the county seat of Mara
thon county and is beautiful, thriv-
ing and thoroughly up to date city
of about nineteen thousand inhabi-
tants," says the booklet ''The school
occupies a height of hand on the west
ern edge of the city, commanding a
view OF both city and surrounding
countryside which Is one of dignity
and real beauty.
The Training school is vocational
In the truest sense. The training
which the students receive here not
only fits them in general ways for life,
but it specifically qualities them for a
particular vocation-that of teaching.
1t emphasizes the rural phase of
teaching. 1t is the conviction of the
management Of the school that teach
ing offers opportunities for real SER
vice second to no other vocal 'on and
that the rural school and the rural
community present opportunities for
devoted, clear seeing young men and
women such as is offered by no other
phase OF our education today.
Well Equipped
The school possesses a fully equip
ped domestic science kitchen and sew
ing room; "a manual. training room,
science laboratory, fitted with gas,
running water, laboratory tables, COM
pound and simple microscopes and
scientific apparatus OF vsirious kinds
necessary for the teaching Of agricul-
ture, physics, botany and chemistry,
the latter three branches being COM
bined under the head of general sci
ence. :
Our teachers are all mature peo-
pie specially qualified by character,
experience and training for their DO
sitions. They love the country, re-
spect the country people, and are full
ly alive to the problems of rural ed
ucation and leadership. The close
contact of students and teachers in
schools Of the size and type of this
cannot but be of lasting mutual bene-
fit"
Eighth and ninth grade graduates
are admitted to the three year Train
ing school course; tenth and eleventh
grade graduates are admitted to the
two year course; high school gradu.
ates are admitted to the one year
course. After this year, eighth grade
graduates will not be admitted to the
school. Next year. 1923, the three
year course will be open only to those
who have completed one year of aca-
demic work beyond the eighth grade.