Summary Information
Western Wisconsin Schoolmasters Club Records
1922-1957
- Western Wisconsin Schoolmasters Club
Wis Mss SZ
0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of the Western Wisconsin Schoolmasters Club, organized in 1922 as the Principals Club of Western Wisconsin to provide contact among schoolmen of the area, to promote a spirit of professionalism, and to aid in solving common educational problems. The collection includes correspondence, 1922-1957; special project reports on extracurricular activities and philosophies of education; directories, 1923-1957; and other studies on such topics as remedial reading and high-school failures.
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Biography/History
In 1922, Everett L. Walters, director of the division for preparing high school teachers at La Crosse State Normal School, felt that in view of the changing needs of teachers in the schools there should be some definite contact between the schools and school administrators in the area around La Crosse. On November 11, 1922, he sent a letter to the principals and superintendents in the area inviting them to meet the following month to discuss this idea. And so on December 8, 1922, the Principals Club of Western Wisconsin was formed. At a meeting on March 15, 1923, a constitution and by-laws were adopted and the group changed its name to the Western Wisconsin Schoolmasters Club.
The purpose of the club, as set forth in the constitution, is: “To further the cooperation of its members in solving their common educational problems and to promote the spirit of professionalism and fellowship among the school men of this district.” Membership is composed of high school principals, supervising principals, or superintendents throughout the district surrounding La Crosse which includes the counties of Buffalo, Trempealeau, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Juneau, Richland, and Crawford. The group devotes its time and energy to the study of practical problems and projects of particular interest to its members--for example, the study of remedial reading, high school failures and drop-outs, and extra-curricular activities.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Everett Walters, Wisconsin State College, La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Contents List
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Box
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Correspondence, 1922-1957
: Includes general correspondence, reports of meetings, the constitution adopted in 1923, and special project reports. (See list of these reports in Appendix I.)
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Miscellaneous Files, 1923-1957
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Box
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Directories, 1923-1957 (incomplete)
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Remedial Reading Programs, 1928-1929, 1936-1937, 1952-1953
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Box
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Reading Study Test Form 1, 1928-1929
: Includes a table showing group median and group IQR, individual diagnostic record sheets, summary by grade for all schools, the objectives of reading instruction, and a sample copy of public school achievement test in which Form 1 is used.
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Box
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Reading Study Test Form 2, 1928-1929
: Includes individual diagnostic record sheets and report of the nation-wide survey, 1928-1929.
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Box
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Miscellaneous Reading Study Papers, 1928-1933
: Includes a “Summary by grades for all schools,” 1928-1929; “Errors tabulated from Five Studies,” Minneapolis Public Schools Instructional Research Curriculum #16 (2-page mimeograph copy); “Bibliography - Supervision in English,” Minneapolis Public Schools Instructional Research Curriculum #15 (2-page mimeograph copy); “The Teaching of Language,” bibliography compiled by Training School Critics (2-page mimeograph copy); “Teaching of English” (2-page mimeograph copy); “Suggestions for Improvement of Teaching of Reading” (3-page mimeograph copy); “Remedial Procedures for Specific Reading Difficulties” (2-page mimeograph copy); “Remedial Work in Grammar - Fountain City Public Schools” (4-page typewritten copy); “Testing Program for 1931-1932, Tomah Public Schools, Tomah, Wis.” (2-page typewritten copy); Samples of Reading Form 1 and 2, grades 3 to 8; and “A Sampling Analysis of Errors in the Mechanics of English made by College Freshmen as Revealed by Freshmen English Placement Test” (1-page typewritten copy).
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Box
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Reading Study, 1936-1937
: Includes “Summary Results of Questionnaire on Reading Interests and Habits” (2-page mimeograph copy); “Summary Results - Iowa Silent Reading Test - Reading Improvement Program, 1936-1937; “Outline for Experimental Training in Reading, Spring Semester 1937,” by Rachel Salisbury, Platteville State Teachers College (9-page ditto copy); “Remedial Reading Program” from the James A. Mulligan School, Chicago, Illinois, as conducted by Hazel B. Lipke, Remedial Teacher and William E. Poore, Principal (14-page multilith copy); Class record sheets - Iowa Silent Reading Test; and sample copies of Iowa Silent Reading Tests - Advanced Tests: Form A and B (Revised).
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Reading Study, 1952-1953
: Includes “The Problem of Remedial Reading” (2-page ditto copy); “Final Report - Schoolmasters Remedial Reading Project”; “List of Materials and References” for Teacher Help in Remedial Teaching of Reading (1-page ditto copy); “Report of Test results, December 1952 and April 1953”; “Report of Results of Pre-Test” (1-page ditto copy); and “Building Vocabularies” (2-page ditto).
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Box
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Study of High School Failures, 1922-1925
2 folders
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Box
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Miscellaneous Studies, 1923
: Includes Questionnaire: Steps taken to reduce failures, and Study of teachers' uniformity in meaning and method of marking.
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Appendix I: Special Project Reports filed chronologically within the Correspondence
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“Bookkeeping and Its Aims,” by Nicholas Gunderson, Sparta |
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“American History Inquiry” |
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“American History Survey Report” |
3-page mimeographed copy |
| 1926 |
“Some Phases of an Adequate Testing Program,” by Guy V. Newcomer, Whitehall, Wis. |
16-page ditto copy |
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“Character Education The Case Conference Method (A Device for School Use in Problems of Everyday Life)” |
2-page mimeograph copy |
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“Morale Campaign” |
8-page mimeo copy |
| 1932 |
“Extra-Curricular Activities, A Response to Real Needs” |
3-page typewritten copy |
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“Some Basic Principals for Administration of Extra-Curricular Activities” |
1-page mimeograph copy |
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“A Philosophy of Education for Wisconsin,” summarized from a complete statement presented by a committee of the Teacher Training Council of Wisconsin Teachers Association |
2-page mimeograph copy |
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“Philosophy of Education” |
2-page mimeograph copy |
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“Viroqua High School Extra-Curricular Activities” |
4-page typewritten report |
| 1933 |
“The English Usage Problem in the Junior and Senior High School” |
5-page mimeograph copy |
| 1934 |
“What the Community Expects of Its Schools,” Address by Mayor Wm. R. McCall, Tomah, Wis. |
4-page mimeograph copy |
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“Collected Illustrations of Creative Writing Produced by Classes of Several English Teachers in Area Schools” |
17-page ditto copy |
| 1937 |
“Outline for Experimental Training in Reading” by Rachel Salisbury |
9-page ditto copy |
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“Bibliography: Improvement in Reading” |
3-page ditto copy |
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Questionnaire: “What are the Attitudes of Major Concern for the Schools?” |
1-page mimeograph copy |
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“Summary Results - Iowa Silent Reading Test - Reading Improvement Program, 1936-1937” |
3-page mimeo report |
| 1938 |
“Digest - Four Projects in Utilization of Community Resources” |
1-page mimeograph copy |
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“Utilizing the Educational Resources in Galesville,” by Ruth Strozinski |
6-page typewritten copy |
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“Utilizing the Educational Resources of the Community. The Safety Patrol,” by Nona Deary, Prairie Du Chien |
5-page typewritten copy |
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“Our City Water System,” by H. C. Lunde, Trempealeau |
2-page typewritten copy |
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“How I Have Used the Services of Our Community in My Junior Business Practice Classes,” by Pearl Richardson, West Salem |
2-page typewritten copy |
| 1939 |
“Community Educational Resources,” Summary list of Community Educational Resources Available in Fields of Science and Social Science |
3-page ditto copy |
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“Issues of Curriculum Construction” |
2-page mimeograph copy |
| 1956 |
“Orientation of New Teachers” |
17-page ditto and 6-page mimeograph copy |
| 1957 |
“The Upper Quintile” |
15-page ditto copy |
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