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school supekvision 357 elected annually to examine and license the teachers and visit and inspect the schools at the head of the state de partment of instruction a state superintendent was appointed by the governor the last provision was not enforced during our territorial existence the first school district in the state was organized under this michigan school law in milwaukee in the fall of 1836 this was about the same time that the territory of wisconsin held its first legislative session the first school of this dis trict and therefore the first public school in the state was kept by a mr west in the fall of 1886 in a framed school house still standing in the 2d ward of the city and now known as no 371 third street will it not be a privilege for the teachers of this association to make a pilgrimage to this humble temple the first erected in the state for the accommo dation of our noble common schools ? in 1839 this territorial school law was revised and the office of town commissioners was abolished and their duties were transferred to the inspectors who had bestowed upon them the additional power to listen to complaints against teachers and discharge incompetent ones to keep the school houses in repair and to make returns of the number of scholars in the town to the county commissioners it was the duty of the last named officers to levy a school tax on the whole county and to appoint inspectors in the towns which refused or neglected to choose them the name of district officers was changed to that of trustees who could perform for the dis trict the duties assigned to the inspectors in examining and and licensing teachers repairing the school houses and report ing the number of scholars within the two years following the office of commissioners was revived and that of inspectors dropped all their duties being enjoiied upon the former more complete directions for forming and managing school districts were adopted the commissioners were required to listen to appeals from any per son aggrieved at the action of a district and pass a decision thereon which should be final they made reports each year
Object Description
| Language | English |
| Pagination | viii, 438 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Page | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume V (1868) |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | XML |
| Source Creation Date | 1868 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvV0000 |
| Description | Report and collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, for the years 1867, 1868 and 1869, vol. 5, includes the following articles: Eulogies for John Warren Hunt and Louis Powell Harvey; Canadian documents; Early days at Prairie du Chien and the Winnebago Outbreak of 1827, by William J. Snelling; Indian honor, an incident of the Winnebago War; the Winnebago Outbreak, by Lewis Cass; Letter to Gen. Henry Atkinson, by Henry Dodge; A western reminiscence, by Abram Edwards; Eulogy on Henry Dodge; The Winnebago War, by Thomas L. McKenney; Reminiscences of Wisconsin, by John H. Fonda; Dodge's volunteers in the Black Hawk War; Reminiscences of the Black Hawk War, by Emilie; Battle of the Bad Ax, by Henry Smith; Capture of Black Hawk, by David McBride; Dells of Wisconsin, Black Hawk's Cave; Black Hawk's autobiography vindicated, by J.B. Patterson; Death of Black Hawk, by Willard Barrows; Winnebagoes and the Black Hawk War; Sioux and the Black Hawk War; Personal narratives of Black Hawk War, by Joseph Dixon and W. Davidson; Early history of education in Wisconsin, by W.C. Whitford; History of school supervision in Wisconsin, by W.C. Whitford; Life and services of J.D. Doty, by Albert G. Ellis; Reminiscences of Hole-in-the-Day; Death of Hole-in-the-Day; Murder of Hole-in-the-Day; Additional notes on the younger Hole-in-the-Day; Gen Cass at St. Marie, 1820. |
| Article Title | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume V (1868) |
| Volume | Vol. 05 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 5 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Description
| Language | English |
| Page | 357 |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | JP2 |
| Source Creation Date | 1868 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvV0371 |
| Author | Whitford, William Clarke, 1828-1902 |
| Page Type | article |
| Volume | Vol. 05 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 5 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| Full Text | school supekvision 357 elected annually to examine and license the teachers and visit and inspect the schools at the head of the state de partment of instruction a state superintendent was appointed by the governor the last provision was not enforced during our territorial existence the first school district in the state was organized under this michigan school law in milwaukee in the fall of 1836 this was about the same time that the territory of wisconsin held its first legislative session the first school of this dis trict and therefore the first public school in the state was kept by a mr west in the fall of 1886 in a framed school house still standing in the 2d ward of the city and now known as no 371 third street will it not be a privilege for the teachers of this association to make a pilgrimage to this humble temple the first erected in the state for the accommo dation of our noble common schools ? in 1839 this territorial school law was revised and the office of town commissioners was abolished and their duties were transferred to the inspectors who had bestowed upon them the additional power to listen to complaints against teachers and discharge incompetent ones to keep the school houses in repair and to make returns of the number of scholars in the town to the county commissioners it was the duty of the last named officers to levy a school tax on the whole county and to appoint inspectors in the towns which refused or neglected to choose them the name of district officers was changed to that of trustees who could perform for the dis trict the duties assigned to the inspectors in examining and and licensing teachers repairing the school houses and report ing the number of scholars within the two years following the office of commissioners was revived and that of inspectors dropped all their duties being enjoiied upon the former more complete directions for forming and managing school districts were adopted the commissioners were required to listen to appeals from any per son aggrieved at the action of a district and pass a decision thereon which should be final they made reports each year |