Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-11-01
COUNTY NORMAL NOTES

This week completes the first quar-
ter and tests are in order.
The Vecono Society gave program
on Thursday of last week. Elizabeth
Thompson, lone Olson. and Helen
Fortney on the affirmative, and Welma
Erickson, Verl DeGarmo and Natalie
Waldron on the negative, debated the
question Resolved that we have nine
months of school each year in the ru-
raj districts" The decision was in
favor fthe affirmative.
The cast preparing the play, MRS.
Briggs of the Poultry Yard" have been
doing some hard work. Miss Grace
NJ. Kelsey, dramatic coach, from Me
nomonie comes this week to take
charge of the work.
Prin. Hill assisted Mr.. Schallock at
the teachers group meeting at the
Lium school on Friday of last week
and spoke at the social center meeting
at North Springville school in The ev-
ening.
School will not be in session on
Thursday and Friday, November 9th
ana 10th as all the members of the IA
Guilty viii be attending the Wisconsin
Teachers Association at Milwaukee.
Some 0 fthe leading educators in the
United States appear on the program
at this meeting which is the big edu-
cational treat fthe year for Wiscon-
sin teachers.
The seniors are now observing in
the model department and practice
teaching will begin next week.
Superintendent Geo. E. Sanford and
Supervising Teachers, R. II. Pepper
and w. j. Schallock are conducting
series of teachers meetings, which
are considerable of departure from
what one has been accustomed to think
teachers meetings. In fact, it is only
after one has attended one of these
! unique meetings, that he is aware hiatt
these are materially different in plan,
form and execution than teachers
meetings as we are used to think of
them. Nor is that all for these meet
ings "get across" the real purpose in
such way that it is seen and under
stood by the teachers for whom they
I are planned. Furthermore, all of these
| teachers are interested, because they
do see and understand the practical
| ness of such procedure. Teachers APP
/ preciate these meetings, and having
i once attended one of them, need no
urging to attend in the future. The
/ plan, so Superintendent Sanford tells
US, has attracted attention outside Of
/ the county-other school men have in
quired about the plan in detail, some
have been interested enough to write
and ask if they may attend one. One
] of the instructors of the La Crosse
! Normal has already attended.
During the past and present week
ten of these rural teachers group
meetings are being held, covering the
entire county--141 one-room teachers
Reports are available for all but the
/ last ones.
Thursday, October 26ht at Partridge
school for the teachers of Wheatland
/ Genoa and Sterling-all were present
Friday October 9th, at Kickapoo Cen
/ ter school for the teachers of Kickapoc
| and Liberty, all were present. At Lee
UNI school for teachers of Christiana
and north half of Viroqua, all were
present. At Grandyiew school for
teachers of Bergen and Hamburg, all
were present. At Liberty Pole for
teachers of Franklin and the south
half of Viroqua, all were present. Al
some of the meetings visitors were
present, school board members anc
teachers who are now teaching. Tn,
County Normal faculty is cooperating
whit Superintendent Sanford in thi;
work, and some member fthe faculty
attends each day.