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Wisconsin Educational News

Milwaukee, November 4-5-6!

The vacation days are over.

Going to Europe with Jackson?

A happy new school year to all!

Don't forget the great Milwaukee meeting in November!

Cassville has voted $18,000 for the erection of a high school building next year.

The Milwaukee normal school opens September 6 in its new building on the east side.

Walworth has abandoned its kindergarten department. Something unusual for any school to do.

Racine has established a physical department for the coming year to be in charge of a physical director. Milton College is to add a course in Domestic Science this year, being in charge of Prof. A. W. Kelley and Miss Wolf.

The city superintendents' convention will be called by State Superintendent Cary sometime next month and will be held in Madison.

The Nicollet school building of Kaukauna was struck by lightning on August 3, and about $1000 damage was done to the belfry.

Dr. J. E. Brown, the prison physician at Waupun, succeeds Mr. Harvey Clark as superintendent of the state school for the blind at Janesville.

L. W. Wood, formerly state rural school inspector, is now the Wisconsin representative of D. C. Heath and Company, publishers of school texts.

Among the high schools of the state to adopt Commercial courses and install them this year are Shawano, River Falls, Prairie du Sac, and Kenosha.

The training schools of Buffalo and Richland counties and the school of agriculture of Marathon county have their bulletins and announcements ready for this year.

The Kilbourn high school, which for so many years has been independent, will this year become a free high school under the supervision of the state superintendent.

We notice the tendency in some schools in this state to drop Latin and substitute a Commercial course. Prairie du Sac and Florence have this year taken such action.

The faculty of the La Crosse high school report the lunch counter experiment last year as a great success and it will be continued during the present school year.

The principals chosen for the new country training schools of the state are C. H. Dietz, Green county; D. A. Swartz, Price county; and Edgar L. Packard, Green Lake county.

Those teachers and school board members fortunate enough to attend the state fair at Milwaukee this month will be interested in a new model country school house to be on exhibition.

The Antigo high school this last year issued a most interesting annual under the name of The Graduate. It will certainly prove a most interesting memento for the graduates of that institution.

Three cities have taken advantage of the new law permitting contracts with superintendents of schools

for three years-Superior, Stoughton, and Appletonthe present incumbents being elected for the three years.

Prin. T. W. Davies, west side high school, Manitowoc, was obliged during the summer to undergo an operation for appendicitus. He has fully recovered and starts in with the opening of schools this year as usual.

A. A. Johnson, formerly at the head of the Marinette county agricultural school, heads the new La Crosse institution at Onalaska. D. C. Thompson succeeds Prin. K. L. Hatch of the Winnebago county agricultural school.

Supt. S. C. Cushman of Columbia county resigned his position last month to assume charge of the county buildings and farm at Wyocena. He is succeeded by Chester W. Smith, formerly principal of the Kilbourn high school.

On Thursday, June 24, Prof. W. C. Hewitt, Institute Conductor of the Oshkosh normal school, was united in marriage to Mrs. Adalene Hood of Buffalo, New York, who was supervisor of teaching in the public schools of Indianapolis.

On June 29 Miss Cornelia Campbell, who retired from the superintendency of Trempealeu county on July 1, was married to Mr. Ernest H. Remington. Mr. and Mrs. Remington are now at home on a farm near Osceola, Trempealeau county.

Miss Norma J. Relyea, formerly county superintendent of Jackson county, was united in marriage on July 20 to Mr. J. W. McNab of the same county. Their future will be spent on a farm in Jackson county, where both have been successful teachers.

The class of 1909 of the Stout Institute has brought from the printers a most interesting annual setting forth the features of that institution. It is well illustrated and shows the remarkable growth of Senator Stout's philanthropic work in Menomonie.

Next year is the time to go to Europe with the Journal party. The great Passion Play at Oberammergau is on for 1910. The members of the Journal party will board in the home of the character Christus, who represents the Saviour in this famous play.

The Dunn county agricultural school board has provided a dormitory for the housing of the students in attendance. A large amount of money will be invested in the equipment for this building and it will be ready for occupancy at the opening of the fall term.

H. A. Adrian, who has been superintendent of schools at Santa Baraba, California, is succeeded this year by a man who secured more votes than Adrian was able to command. The latter will be remembered as the erst-while moral lecturer from the River Falls normal school.

"True Blue" is the title of an interesting monthly published by the students of the Evansville high school. Another attractive school publication comes to us from Milton Junction under the name of The Currier. Both publications reflect credit upon their respective schools.

The villages of Glenbeulah and Nekoosa both voted at the annual meetings for female principals. Previous to this time the boards had elected male teachers. By an act of the last legislature the sex of the

teacher is now determined by the school board and not by the electors.

The sentiment is growing throughout the state for the introduction of the subject of agriculture into the high schools and the state department is approving the substitution of agriculture for botany as the latter is now taught and where the teachers are competent to handle the former.

It looks as if Waupun was to have a new high school building. A committee has been appointed to report on the matter after consulting with an architect. Waupun's present school house has served over a generation of students and it is time that a modern structure replaced it.

The Wisconsin Commercial Educational Association met in Wausau on July 8 for its semi-annual session and held a very interesting and profitable meeting. The object of the association is the promotion of commercial education through the medium of the private business college.

The new training school for Green county has been temporarily located at Brodhead in the new high school building, pending a decision by the board of supervisors as to its permanent location. Green Lake county training school has been established at Berlin, and the Price county at Phillips.

This year sees many notable increases in the salaries of city superintendents of Wisconsin. Some of these were announced in the June issue; others, concerning which we have definite information, are R. E. Loveland, Mineral Poit, $1700; G. H. Landgraf, Marinette, $2500; H. C. Buell, Janesville, $2500.

Miss Katharine Williams, the popular secretary of the Wisconsin Teacher's Association, passed the state bar examination last July and is now a full fledged lawyer. It is not Miss Williams' intention to leave the teaching profession but she is prepared for the world if fate should overtake her in the schoolroom.

The state teachers' meeting this year will be held at Milwaukee in the new auditorium building Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, November 4, 5 and 6. The law authorizes school boards to dismiss school for this meeting and principals and superintendents should see to it at once that their boards take prompt action in the matter.

If your school building is an old rickety affair with no ventilation and generally in an unsanitary condition, make formal complaint to State Superintendent Cary and one of his inspectors will be on the spot, authorized by Chapter 550, Laws of 1909, to condemn the building for further use. This applies to cities and county districts alike.

On Friday, July 2, Pres. Charles R. Van Hise of the state university, delivered the dedicatory address at the laying of the corner stone of the new Superior normal school. This building is to outrank all other high schools in the state. It will cost about $262,000 and is planned along the most modern lines of construction and equipment.

We are in receipt of announcement and courses of study from the high schools at Evansville, Markesan. and Burlington for the school year 1909-10. These booklets are always valuable, show a live school interest, an up-to-date principal, and incidentally they bring tuition pupils to the school the same as any advertising matter does business.

A meeting of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education will be held in Milwaukee in December. A. C. Humphrey of New York City is the president of the society. Many of the greatest educators of the nation will be in attendance

Milwaukee is preparing to

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welcome its distinguished visitors.

The parochial schools of Racine are to be granted the use of the manual training department of the city public schools under the conditions that they submit their course of instruction to the city superintendent for approval. These course must be equal to those offered in the public schools and their equipment must be of the same standard.

Prin. C. H. Dietz of the new Green county normal training school, to be located in the high school building at Brodhead for the first year, has issued a very comprehensive announcement of the scope and purpose of the new institution. Green county is the first one in southern Wisconsin to adopt a county training school and the success of the institution is assured.

The teachers of the city of Fond du Lac have arranged for a handsome memorial in memory of Miss Mattie Wilkie, who, for twenty-five years was a teacher in the public schools of that city and whose death occurred on October 11, 1908. The memorial will be a bass relief of singing children to be placed in the room at the Union school, where Miss Wilkie taught for so long.

Last June a merry war broke out in the little village of Three Lakes, Vilas county, in which it is said eggs of an ancient origin played a large part. The incident is reported as the culmination of a school fight in which the teachers were included. scenes are certainly disgraceful and are no credit to the town where they occur, especially when insults are handed to the teachers.

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Secretary William Kittle of the normal board of regents reports the total enrollment for the summer schools as 1,711 and prophesies over 2,000 for next year. The normal summer school is becoming popular and will be found absolutely necessary after July 1, 1910, when the new law relating to certification of county teachers goes into effect. Professional training will then be required of all teachers.

The census takers last year report many surprises in the number of children of school age. Sparta re ports a loss of thirty-three, Marshfield twenty-three, Madison three, and Manitowoc one hundred and twelve, while Kenosha shows an increase of five hundred. Undoubtedly these decreases are due to defective work on the part of the census takers in not discovering all the children of school age.

There are two election contests on in the state over the choice of a county superintendent. In Oconto county, Mr. Pelkey claims the office, though Miss Ellen B. McDonald was issued the certificate of election. In Fond du Lac county, Miss Aker defeated Superintendent Crain by two votes and was given the certificate of election, but Mr. Crain has contested the election. Both of these matters are now in the courts.

Under the provision of the new law, High School Inspector Terry has condemned the high school building in Waupaca and it is now up to that city to erect a new building immediately. Mr. Terry's missionary work in this line is needed in three or four other Wisconsin towns. The Waupaca building has been a disgrace to that city for many years. It sometimes takes an outsider to do business and this new law is certainly going to show good results.

Stout Institute this year begins on September 13. Several new members have been added to the faculty, including Miss Emma Conley of the Marathon coun ty agricultural school, Miss Grace Fisher of the Throop Polytechnic Institute of Pasedena, California,

and Miss Daisy Kugel of Teachers' College, New York. George W. Clarke of Muskegon, Michigan, takes charge of the mechanical drawing. A new director of physical training will also be selected.

Prin, E. S. Martin of Racine is a member of the committee on "A Normal Course in Play," appointed by Dr. H. Gulick of New York, and is much interested in the subject of children's plays and playgrounds for them. He was an active factor in the recent educational and athletic meet held at Union Grove, Racine county, on June 5. This meeting proved one of the greatest events ever held in the county and drew interested spectators from every township.

On May 28, Miss Lillian Ayne of Barron won the state declamatory contest held at Neenah. Miss Laura B. Strong of Ashland was second, and third place went to Miss Ventura Matts of Verona. In the state oratorical contest held at Eau Claire on June 4, Eimon Weinir of Superior carried off first honors, Conrad Althen of Wausau second, and Rodney Baxter of Brodhead third. Both contests were well attended and much interest shown in them throughout the state.

Prin. E. S. Martin of the McMynn ward school, Racine, has a peculiar problem to meet in the matter of recesses. There is no playground in connection with the building except the business street, so the recess is dispensed with and gymnastic exercises are given during the rest periods. Near the close of the last school year a public exhibition illustrative of these exercises was given by the pupils of the school and earned the plaudits of the large audience assembled.

The banking business has made its ravages upon the teaching profession in Wisconsin during the summer. Prin. O. E. Gray, who, for ten years, has served as the efficient principal of the high school there, becomes cashier of the First National Bank of that place. Hal Murley of Shullsburg accepts the position as cashier in the Belmont state bank. Sam Pierson, formerly of Two Rivers and Viroqua, becomes cashier of the new bank at Bloomington. Again the teaching profession looses and the banking business gains.

Not a very large delegation from Wisconsin was in attendance at the meeting of the National Educational Association this year, but at the same time Wisconsin was well represented in proportion to the other states. The wide open rate in effect for conventions means that the N. E. A. must be continued on a smaller scale than heretofore. This accounts for the attendance of about 5,000 at the Denver meeting. President Harvey presided with his usual dignity and business-like manner. The program was a strong one in every respect and those who attended report a most profitable meeting.

All Wisconsin teachers will be interested in the personnel of the special educational committee which has before it at the present time for investigation the famous Wehrwein bill published on another page of this issue. This committee consists of E. W. LeRoy, Marinette, chairman;; S. F. Wehrwein, the author of the bill, Manitowoc; E. E. Haight, Poynette; and J. C. Chapple, Ashland, representing the assembly. The senate members are J. H. Stout, Menomonie; C. L. Pierson, Baraboo; W. R. Gaylord, Milwaukee. It is expected that this committee will begin its work some time during the present month. It will report its findings to the legislature in special session next winter.

THE SUMMER IN MILWAUKEE EDUCATIONAL CIRCLES.

The increased salary schedule for the city teachers has gone into effect and appears to be satisfactory to all concerned.

A big center is to be established in the block now occupied by the old normal building and the sixteenth district school No. 1. Property not now in possession of the city will be condemned. Superintendent Pearse will move his office to the old normal building as soon as it is ready for occupancy, and other parts of the building and grounds will be used for storing barracks and tools and material belonging to the city schools.

It has been decided to keep vertical writing in the schools, in spite of a request for a change by bankers and business men.

The school board has appropriated $5000 for the new girls' trade school. This will open in September.

The school board has classified the studies in the Milwaukee high schools into departments with teachers as department heads.

It is now proposed to have a dentist for the purpose of inspecting the teeth of the children in all of the public schools, though no action has yet been taken to name the inspector.

Assistant Superintendent Albert E. Kagel has the sympathy of his fellow teachers in the sudden death of his son Percy, which occured at Wind Lake on July 24th, where he was spending his vacation.

The school board has permitted the parochial schools of the city to participate in the benefits of the Manual Training and Domestic Science courses in the grammar grades and high school.

The school census taken on the first of July shows 112,066 children of school age, which is an increase of 2,210 over 1908.

So successful have the summer schools been this last vacation that Superintendent Pearse is arranging for not less than four next year.

Ungraded classes have been established in three of the district schools for the purpose of taking care of pupils not familiar with the English language and who need special individual guidance.

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