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voted until November. A manual of the schools has been prepared by Mr. Loomis and is now in print. It contains a comprehensive digest of the courses of study, rules and regulations, and other matters of special interest to the Waukesha schools.

Dr. Henry F. Mace of South Dakota is the new director of physical culture in the Racine public schools at a salary of $1200. He is to visit each school every two weeks, supervise the work and point out the necessities of physical upbuilding of the children, and take charge of all athletic meets.

The Dodgeville high school offers this year a fiveyear course of study for students preparing to teach. A commercial course will be added next year. This fall the enrollment is the largest in the history of the city-close to 200. Prin. H. W. Kircher is at the helm on the Dodgeville educational ship.

Judge Frank P. Sadler, a noted criminal jurist of Chicago, will give the evening address at the state association. His topic is "The Criminal in the Making," and he knows whereof he speaks from a long experience on the bench in dealing with this unfortunate class of America's so-called citizens.

The Washburn high school building has been completely remodeled this summer in order to provide more room for the increasing attendance. A few years ago there were only nine pupils in the high school and now the attendance is 140. Supt. Oscar is doing business in this growing northern city.

The annual meeting of the Wisconsin Library Association was held at Superior on Sept. 15-16 and the Minnesota Association met in. Duluth at the same time. A small attendance is reported at both meetings, though the papers read and he discussions which followed were very profitable and inspiring.

There are plenty of educational meetings this fall to keep teachers "inspired." October has three: The city superintendents at Madison, Oct. 1-2; the Northwestern at Eau Claire, Oct. 15-16; the Western at La Crosse, Oct. 22-23. The big state meeting is at Milwaukee, Nov. 4-5-6. That's sufficient for the present. Let's have a rest until the Department of Superintendence at Indianapolis in February.

The city of Oshkosh has taken the necessary steps to issue $50,000 in bonds for the purpose of meeting the terms of the Beach bequest, which will mean a fund of $200,000 to build, equip, and in part maintain a building for manual training and domestic science. Under the guidance of Supt. McIver this year there has been established in the city schools a department of physical training with Miss Signe Hagelthorn, a graduate of the Boston normal school of gymnastics, in charge. Oshkosh is a live city, McIver is a live man, and the combination means a system of schools second to none in the state.

Merrill has been the seat of quite an educational revival this last summer, inaugurated by Attorney Ryan of the school board who in a written communication to that body showed conclusively that larger salaries must be paid their teachers and more practical courses offered in the schools. As a result a more comprehensive commercial course has been added to the high school curriculum this year which eliminates many branches formerly intended only for college preparation. Undoubtedly salaries will be raised another year. It is needless to add that Supt. Roberts and Prin. Milne are heartily in sympathy with these reforms. Night schools are contemplated this year.

The state fair at Milwaukee last month had many strong educational features which reached the thousands of visitors and interested them. The model

rural school building seemed to be the most attractive though the various school and college exhibits were always surrounded by an interested group of spectators from morning until night. State Supt. C. P. Cary delivered the dedicatory address of the educational exhibit. Inspector Larson was in constant attendance. Senator J. A. Haselwood of Jefferson was in charge, and to him must be given the credit for these valuable features added to the annual gatherings where the people of the state assemble to do honor to the industries of Wisconsin.

The public schools of Milwaukee opened last month with a larger attendance than ever and many rooms and buildings overcrowded. To the regret of his many friends, Prin. Edward Rissman of the south division high is unable to resume his duties on account of ill health and will take a six-month's leave of absence. Prin. Chas. F. Perry of the trades school was offered $6,000 a year to go to Columbia university but has declined on being voted an increase by the Milwaukee board of $5,000 this year, $5,250 next year, and $5,500 the year following. Miss Helen Donovanof the state agricultural college at Ames, Iowa, is the new principal of the girls' trade school at a salary of $2,000. On Sept. 7, Prin. H. O. R. Siefert of the ninth district school nuumber one, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his connection with the Milwaukee schools.

School affairs are on the move in Superior under the progressive leadership of Supt. Maddock. The new high school building has reached the second story and is expected to be roofed before the snow flies that it may be ready for occupancy by the opening of schools in 1910. The Blaine high school, with Prin. A. C. Shong from the Nelson Dewey high in charge, opens with an enrollment too large to be accommodated. The subjects of shorthand and typewriting have been added to the commercial course of the Blaine this year. Prin. H. A. Schofield of Neillsville is the new head of the Nelson Dewey high. Miss Elizabeth McCormick, well known to Journal readers as a primary teacher and educational writer and who for many years has been a primary teacher in Superior, is this year supervisor of primary grades in the Madison city schools. Supt. Maddock is under contract for three years.

BOOKS RECEIVED.

How to Become a Law Stenographer. A Compendium of Legal Forms containing a complete set of Legal Documents accompanied with full explainations and directions for arranging on the typewriter for stenographers and typewriter operators. An indispensable companion for every stenographer intending to take a position in a law office. Compiled by W. L. Mason, a law and convention reporter of thirty years' experience; late teacher of tenography and typewriting in the Mechanics' Institute and the De Witt Clinton High School; and for twelve years Principal of the Metropolitan Shorthand School, New York. Price, 75c. 31 Union Square, New York; Isaac Pitman and Sons.

A B C of Philosophy. By Grace F. Landsberg. New
York; R. F. Fenno & Company.

The American High School. By John Franklin
Brown, Ph. D., formerly Professor in Education
and Inspector of High Schools for the State Uni-
versity of Iowa. Price, $1.40 net. New York;
The Macmillan Company.
Recitations for Assembly and Class-Room. With
Suggested Programs. Compiled and Arranged by
Anna T. Lee O'Neill, M. A. Price, $1.10 net.
New York; The Macmillan Company.

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The Syntax of High School Latin. Statistics and selected examples arranged under grammatical headings and in order of occurrence by fifty collaborators. Edited by Lee Byrne, Central High School, St. Louis. Price 83c postpaid. cago; The University of Chicago Press. School History of the United States of America. By Charles Morris, Author of "History of the United States" (Advanced, Elementary, and Primary), "History of the World," "Historical Tales of the Nations," Etc. Illustrated. Philadelphia; J. B. Lippincott Company.

English Literature. Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World. A text-book for schools. By William J. Long, Ph. D. (Heidelberg). Boston, New York, Chicago; Ginn and Company.

When America Won Liberty. Patriots and Royalists. By Tudor Jenks, Author of "When America Was New." With illustrations from drawings and rare prints. 12 mo. Price, $1.25. New York; Thomas Y. Crowell & Company. Finger Play Reader. By John W. Davis, District Superintendent of Schools, New York City, and Fanny Julien, First-Year Teacher, Public School 8, The Bronx, New York City. Part I and II for first-year classes. Price, 35c. Illustrated. The Davis-Julien Series of Readers. Boston; D. C. Heath & Co.

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Home Life In All Lands. By Charles Morris. thor of "Historical Tales," "History of the World," "History of the United States," Etc. Book II. Manners and Customs of Uncivilized Peoples. Illustrated. 12 mo. Popular edition, cloth, gilt top, $1.00 net. School edition, cloth, 60c net. Philadelphia; J. B. Lippincott Company.

Coordinate Geometry. By Henry Burchard Fine and Henry Dallas Thompson. Price, $1.60 net. New York; The Macmillan Company.

A Source History of the United States. By Howard Walter Caldwell, Professor of American History, University of Nebraska, and Clark Edmund Persinger, Associate Professor of American History, University of Nebraska. For use in high schools, normal schools, and colleges. Full cloth. 500 pages. Price, $1.25. Chicago; Ainsworth and Company.

"BEULAH LAND."

THE CHOICEST FRUIT LAND ON THE PACIFIC COAST.

These lands are in the famous Yakima Valley. W. F. F. Selleck, a former educator in Minnesota, is selling these lands to teachers of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois and will soon be in Wisconsin to offer small tracts to teachers of this state.

Mr. Selleck's three year old peach trees yielded him $1122.00 per acre; nearly twice paying for the price of the land from one crop.

Some of his neighbors made as high as $1536.00 per acre from same age trees. The land soon pays for itself.

A teacher's investment in these lands will enable him to look forward to the time when five acres will keep him in luxury and provide against future want.

THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE, MILWAUKEE.

Wisconsin teachers planning to attend the State Associations, November 4-6, should make their reservations with the Republican House immediately. This popular hotel, conducted on the American plan, is within a few minutes' walk of the Auditorium Building where all the meetings of the Association are to be held this year.

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JOURNAL OF EDUCATION

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