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HONOR DECORATION DAY, TUESDAY, MAY 30

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Decoration day this year falls on Tuesday, May 30. Every school in the state should honor it with appropriate exercises. Invite the Grand Army boys to join with you in this event. is a good time to have a flag-raising; and before the day arrives, if you have no flag, is the time. to urge your board to purchase one as the law provides. Teachers will find abundant material in the Memorial Day annuals of the present and past years distributed free of charge, through city and county superintendents, by the state department of education.

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Decoration Day Hymn.

(Tune: "Auld Lang Syne.") Should glorious mem'ries be forgot, An' never brought to min',

An' all for which we bravely fought In Auld Lang Syne?

Chorus

For Auld Lang Snye, so dear,

For Auld Lang Syne;

We'll breathe the flow'rs o' mem'ry yet,
For Auld Lang Syne.

We've tramped the long and weary march;
We've formed the battle line;

But many a comrade's mustered out,
Since Auld Lang Syne.

They died for our Columbia's weal;
The weal is mine and thine;

We owe the blessings of today
To Auld Lang Syne.

Immortal fame their valor won

Shall bright and brighter shine;
We'll keep in heart an' mind the days
Of Auld Lang Syne.

So here's a hand, my soldier friend,
And giv's a hand o' thine;
We'll join in flowers and tears today
For Auld Lang Syne.

(Air:

(This Exercise

Our Flag.

-Lu. B. Cake.

"There is a Happy Land.")

may be given by a group of children each carrying a flag.)

Flag of our country brave, red2, white and blue,
We love to watch thee wave, our love is true.

Oh, let us sweetly sing! loud let our3 praises ring,
Praise1 to this noble thing, red, white and blue.
Red is the blood that rolls, blue" is the sky,
White are the heroes" souls, for thee that die.
Oh, let us proudly sing! loud let our praises ring,
Praise1 that this holy thing still waves on high.
Broad is our native land, land of the free,
'Mong all the nation's grand, foremost1 it be.

Oh, lets us bow and sing thanks onto our God, our King,

Thanks for this holy thing, Father', to Thee.

1. Right hand pointed to flag.

2. Waves it in time to music.

3. Both hands clasped.

4. Look down and sing softly.

5. Right hand points upward.

6. Both hands crossed over breast.

7. Both arms outspread.

8. Hands clasped, head bowed.

9. Both hands clasped, singing softly with face downward. -School Song Knapsack.

DECK THEM WITH FLOWERS.

"Cover them over with beautiful flowers,
Deck them with garlands, these brothers of ours;
Give them the meed they have won in the past;
Give them the honors their merit forcasts;
Give them the chaplets they won in the strife;
Give them the laurels they lost with their life."

THE STAR PUPIL.

FLOWERS FOR THE SOLDIERS.

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Have you a star pupil? Almost every teacher has although she may not be conscious of it.

Have you a pupil who is always reciting, who is always called upon when visitors are in the room, who always makes a good showing when called upon? Is his influence in the class making the lazy more lazy, the bashful more bashful? Does his influence cause a "steady gravitation" on the part of the school as a whole towards "inert silence ?"

If you have, you have a problem the solution of which should begin at once.

BETWEEN US

1. Please tell me how to make a hektograph?

1/4 lb. best white glue.

1/4 lb. best glycerine.

Mix glue with water to about consistency of mush. Let stand about twelve hours. Set dish in kettle of hot water. When it is melted add the glycerine a little at a time. Be careful to avoid. lumps. Turn into pan the desired shape and size. If there are bubbles, remove every one with a straight edge of firm paper or light cardboard. If too soft or sticky when cold, heat it again and cook a little. This will make a fairly thick pad about six by nine inches.

2. How should a hektograph be used?

Just before printing, warm the surface with a cloth wrung from hot water. Dry thoroughly with a cloth. Then use a newspaper to remove any moisture which might linger. If the surface is the least bit damp the copy will be blurred.

Use hektograph ink, a stub pen and smooth paper. Write or draw very clearly with an even line. Let it dry at least ten minutes. Several hours is better.

Place copy face down on the hektograph. Be sure every part of paper comes in contact with the hektograph. Leave it on about five minutes, and then print your copies. If copies begin to grow faint, wipe the pad gently with damp sponge.

You can make an ink that will do by dissolving one dram of purple aniline in one ounce water.

COMMUNICATIONS

EAU CLAIRE ANSWERS.

Editor:-I am somewhat surprised by your article in the March issue of your paper under the heading "What Ails Eau Claire" To this I would reply-Eau Claire is all right!

Some monhts ago in a conversation on the streets with a newspaper man I was asked what I thought about hiring a trained nurse for the examination of our school children. To this I replied that I could not see where children or parents would derive any benefit from any such examination as at present all of our teachers have instructions to watch the children very carefully and, in case any sign of sickness is found children are sent home and parents notified, and I could not see what more a trained nurse would do in similar cases. I further stated that we had no appropriation to cover the salary of a trained

nurse.

Asked as to what I thought of examination for tuberculosis in schools I replied; that this examination taking place in schools would be very difficult to conduct in a satisfactory measure, as the only positive proof for tuberculosis, which is commonly known as consumption, is to find tubercular bacilli in the sputum and that, in all probability, several examinations would have to be made to detect the germ.

Regarding the examination of eye, ear, nose and throat; I replied that I was heartily in favor of this but that the Board had no appropriation at the present time, to incur expenses for this examination. I do believe, I mentioned, that in my opinion, it would be a very good thing if the state would take hold of this and make the examination in question compulsory.

I also said that this matter should be advocated through the press and, by public meeting, brought before the general public. If the representative in question has stated anything different from the above he has misinformed the public.

My only reason for replying to your article is that you are involving the Board of Education of the city of Eau Claire in the question. I want to state, emphatically, that this conversation took place between a newspaper man and myself and has nothing whatever to do with the Board of Education.

Respectfully, John Gaustad, President Board of Education, Eau Claire, Wis.

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There is an error in the list of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States as given on page 108 of the April Journal.

The name of Horace E. Lurton should be substituted for William H. Moody, Justice Lurton was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Peckham, and Justices Lamar and Vandeventer to fill vacancies caused by the resignation of Justice Moody, and the promotion of Justice White to Chief Justice. The court as now constituted is as follows:

Chief Justice, Edward D. White.

Associate Justices, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John M. Harlan, Joseph McKenna, William R. Day, Horace E. Lurton, Willis Van Devanter, Charles E. Hughes, Joseph R. Lamar.

The name of one justice has been variously spelled but I presume Vandeventer is correct.

MYRON E. KEATS, Supt.

Oconomowoc, Wis., April 18, 1911.

A DIFFERENT VIEW.

To the Editor:

In the March number of The Wisconsin Journal of Education, an article appeared on the subject of "College and Normal Atttendance in Wisconsin in 1908-1909." It contained a table showing the number of students in attendance at those schools and the population per student for each of the counties of the state. A like table showed the population and number of students from several of the leading cities of Wisconsin.

In commenting upon his tables, the writer refers to Dodge County as one of the richest in the state, but only thirty-seventh in the number of students seeking an education in the higher schools; and he gives it as his opinion that the character of the school men and women of the county enters more into this result than all other factors put together.

The learned gentleman has taken a very partial view of the situation, at least, so far as that portion of Dodge County represented by the Mayville school is concerned. He gives our neighbor, the City of Fond du Lac, special mention for having one student for each 194 of population, thus leading the larger towns of the state, those above twelve thousand inhabitants. There is one graduate of the Mayville high school attending a higher school for every 127 people in this city. And what is still better, the attendance of graduates of this school at the higher institutions is almost double the average for the larger towns, as shown by his table. Following his line of comment, Mayville seems to be five times as desirous of an education as La Crosse, over three times as desirous of an education as either Milwaukee or Sheboygan, and twice as desirous as the City of Wausau. Several of those cities are reputed to have millionaires among their residents. The graduates of the school here, are children of people who are poor or else in only fair circumstances. Nevertheless, there is at this time, one graduate of this school attending the University of Wisconsin, for every 208 of our population, while the larger towns selected by the gentleman, have in all of the higher schools of the state only one student for every 250 people.

I do not care to continue, but I do desire, if possible, to correct erroneous impressions of the educational status of Dodge County, and of the ambition and the aspirations of her teachers and her people.

In setting forth those facts, I have selected the Mayville high school because I have not at hand statistics from other schools in the county.

To me it seems unfair to judge us here on the basis assumed in the above mentioned article. In the compilation of the tables presented, the Northwestern University at Watertown, the German-English Academy, and Marquette University of Milwaukee were not considered. I cannot say how many, but I know that there is a number of students from this county in attendance at some of those schools.

In conclusion, it should be known that we have supported a department of Manual Training and Domestic Science during the last past ten years. Very

few cities of Wisconsin the size of Mayville have done as much. This county has not a city of 8000 people entirely within her border. In three of her cities, Waupun, Beaver Dam, and Mayville, manual training, or domestic science, or both, are taught in the schools. What counties of Wisconsin are doing better than this? I know of none.

Mayville, Wis.

L. S. KEELEY, Principal.

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The following rules have recently been passed by the school board of Fort Atkinson:

Section 1.-The Superintendent, with the approval of the Board of Education, shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, suitable test cards, blanks, record books and other needful appliances to be used in testing the sight and hearing of pupils in public schools, and necessary instructions for their use.

Section 2.-The Superintendent, principal. or teacher in every school during the month of September each year, and at such special times as may be designated by the Superintendent, shall test the sight and hearing of all pupils under his charge, and shall keep a record of such examinations and send out such notifications as the instructions require.

THE ARBOR DAY ANNUAL.

Again the state department has done credit to itself in the 1911 arbor and bird day annual. This is more complete and original than ever before, and besides the usual subject matter has various cuts and colored illustrations of birds and plants which make it most attractive and worthy of preservation. The annual has been distributed to the schools of the state through the county and city superintendents.

The state superintendent has distributed the state maps to the various counties of the state through the county superintendents. They came too late this year to be used as campaign material.

NEWLY ELECTED COUNTY SUPERIN

TENDENTS.

To serve from July 1, 1911, for two years.

COUNTY Adams Burnett Chippewa Douglas

Clark

NAME

Maybelle Douglas Clara Jacobson

ADDRESS

Plainville, Wis. Grantsburg Chippewa Falls 2606 N. 22nd St., Superior Neillsville

Florence

Ladysmith

Bertha Trudelle Olga Larson

Julia Servaty

Florence

L. A. Jones

Rusk Juneau

O. E. Rice

Portage

Richland

J. B. Logue

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Myrta D. Cuenot Elroy

Frances K. Bannach Custer

Neva Adams

Geo. F. Carlin

Richland Center

Elkhart Lake

Spooner

SUMMER SCHOOLS FOR TEACHERS.

There will be abundant opportunity for teachers and prospective teachers teachers to improve their qualifications this summer. Each of the eight state normal schools of Wisconsin will hold a sixweeks' summer school. Summer schools have also been provided for by the Board of Regents of Normal schools at Oconto and Eau Claire. The county training schools which have thus far reported that they will conduct summer schools are: Green county, at Monroe; Richland county, at Richland Center; Rock county, at Janesville; Sauk county, at Reedsburg; Vernon county, at Viroqua; Waupaca county, at New London. The summer session of the State University will as usual offer many courses for teachers. The Stout Institute at Menomonie will hold a summer school during the month of August, which will be of special value to teachers of industrial subjects, including manual training and domestic science.

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