Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-01-13
CONSOLIDATION
RECOMMENDED
State Superintendent Urges
Country School Districts to :
Merge

superintendent 1dllanun urges cOuu-
try districts to get thogether and con-
solidate. In recent address he said !:
Great improvement can be seen in the
country school when we look back and
think of the ramshackle buildings
without facilities, but the small
schools simply cannot raise enough
money 20 pay the salaries which Il good
teacher demands or provide the neces-
sary accommodations" John J. Tigert,
L. s. Commissioner of Education, says
that the country child of today is not
getting square deal. While no child
is denied an education, the opportm-
nifty is by no means equal" City
schools are open 1872 days. country
| schools 142 days The average eXpen-
diture per city child is $4059; the ar-
erage per country child is $23.91. The
average city teacher is paid 1854 the
average country teacher receives $473.
The annual conference Of training
school principals has been called by
State Superintendent Callahan to meet
at Madison Friday, Jan. %.
The first semester of the school year
ends Friday. Jan. 20. The second
semester begins Monday, Jan. %. Sey-
eral have decided TO enter school at
| that time 1t is suggested that pros
| pective new students enroll Monday,
To n, 40 vii
| be out Of the city the latter part OF
| the last week of the first semester.
Enrolment can, of course, also be
made at the beginning Of the semester.
| The following students will finish
| their course at the end OF the first
semester: Olive Clough, Mabel Kan
| ska, Emma Beyeler Eta Hansen, Ed
ma Hunt. leila Churchill and Olive
| Wood who were to have finished at the
school instead, as they have been called
out TO fill vacancies in teaching for the
rest of the year.
Important Meeting
cipals of highschool and state graded
schools of this county takes place Sat
urday afternoon and evening, Jan. Ii.
| This is one Of the most important edu-
cational meetings in the county during
| the year. Superintendent Callahan has
| been invited to be present, If possible
If he cannot come some member OF
his department will be present. The
purpose of this conference is the dis
cussion of problems peculiar to the
class Of schools represented by the
principals and also general problems
of education in the country. This Is
practically the only county in the
state having such conference.
The people of the United States spent
during 1920 for cigarets S8OOOOO, 600
for candy $1,000,0O0: for education
100000, 000 does that mean that the
people consider the education of their
children worth as much as ci9aret,
or is it merely carelessness? If the
former, we need a revival; if the lat
ter. we need someone to wake us up
Largest Corporation
The public school business of the
United States is the largest corporation
in the world 1t has 105,6S3, 108 stock
holders (as many as there are inhab-
itants) and employs at least 65O0N
teachers to run the business. Dividends
never fail; they are boys and girls
trained to think, strained to act and
trained to bear their share in the
worlds work. Some Of the branches
of the business schools-produce bet
ter dividends than others Does the
board of directors ever meet to ask
.Why?" Sometimes it is n1ismanage-
ment ; sometimes not enough skilled
workers (teachers) can be obtained
sometimes wages are not high enough
to attract skilled workers; sometimes
the workers cannot obtain decent, Ii
any boarding facilities. Which OF
these causes operates in your district?