The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-17
EDUCATIONAL
BY LILLIAN l.. CHLoUPEK

ington High School on August l4-l5-l6
In spite of the intense heat the attend.
ance was excellent reaching l43 on
Tuesday.
Mr.. W. f. Larson was the principal
conductor and his talks on Business
Arithmetic Language, Citizenship The
School Library and School Societies
were inspiring and timely. Mr.. Lar
son is without doubt the very best type
of institute conductor. This is partly
because of his understanding of rural
school conditions. Any teacher is able
to take Mr. Larson's teachings and APP
ply them at once in the school The in
spiration offered in his lectures is the
inspiration of overcoming all ordinary
difficulties and getting results from
ones efforts. One cannot listen to Mr.
Larson without realizing the great op-
portunities for achievement in the
country school, and the great majority
of Manitowoc County teachers demand
and appreciate the type of institute
work that was offered during these
three days.
Supt. c. r. Rounds, superintendent
of schools at Shorewood and former
head of the English Department at the
Milwaukee Normal School, assisted at
the Institute on Monday. Mr.. Rounds
is well known in Manitowoc County be-
cause of his work at Milwaukee and ex-
tensive work done in the county. He
presents excellent work and is always
heartily welcomed by the teachers. Mr..
Rounds spoke on literature and language
Mr., r. r. Smith, County Agricultural
Agent presented the farm account book
and urged the teaching of business-like
farming and arithmetic During the past
year Mr.. Smith has gained the conf
dence and respect of Manitowoc County
teachers because his teachings are the
result of knowledge and experience.
The Farm Account Book will be taken
up in the County this year and extra
credit will be offered at the diploma ex-
aminations next spring for that work
Miss Anna Pritchard spoke on silent
reading. Miss Pritchard made special
study of this subject at the Chicago
University under Dr. Ernest Horns
who is national authority on that sub
ject. The work will be carried on again
this year and the boys and girls of the
| county should get much good as a re-
suit of the study made along these lines
| by both Supervising Teachers, Miss
Elizabeth Marquardt gave talk on
geography emphasizing the teaching of
the subject from the standpoint of the
natural influence of the characteristic
activities and distribution of mankind
over the earth.
Outlines concerning this work will be
published in the Bulletin during the
year
On Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Larson led
discussion on Keeping the School
Close to the People" The discussion
brought out excellent plans which had
been carried out in the County. The
following teachers responded;
Olive Kiel, Claire Nancy, Sadie
Grady, Bernice Trossen, Helen Zych,
Esther Jonas, Marcela Grumm, Mary
Logan, Agnes Logan, Agnes Morrisey,
Vivian Kufer, Laura Welsh, Lena
Geigle, Emma Freemuth, Margaret
IO'Connell, Leon Strouf, Hilda Jindra,
Martha Napiainski, Lorena Lorfeld.
The Supervising Teachers gave good
points along this line and Prin Fred
Christensen closed the discussion. Mr..
Christensen spoke especially of the
good that may be accomplished through
excursions of various kinds and brought
out the point that the patrons them
selves have some responsibilities in the
matter of taking real interest in
} what their boys and girls are doing in
the schools The points covered in this
discussion were--Parents' visiting days,
Health Crusade work and general teach
ing of cleanliness and good health
habits, getting real information of
various kinds from business men of the
district, club work among mothers,
community club work and children 3
clubs, hot lunches, school papers, ex-
hibits Of various kinds, encouragement
of reading Of good books and buying
good books, milk sheets, good music in
the schools TO the exclusion Of all jazz
an appreciation Of good pictures en-
courages, Manual Training and cooking
taught school societies, writing pioneers
to tell of early days, compiling Of the
history of the community. chorus work
among young people, school fairs, and
agricultural clubs among the boys and
girls. Mr. Larson left the subject in
the minds Of the assembly with the
idea that the children in few years
will be the home makers of the nation
and will then follow and live along the
ideas and ideals taught them in their
early years.
The County Superintendent outlined
the work for the year emphasizing the
keeping out of school children under
five and half years Of age and teach
ing the first prade nnnils To read well