Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-06-19
Examination Of sonool Teachers.

Examination of School Teachers.
At the April meeting Of the Board of School
Examiners for Carroll county, held on the 9th
day of that month, there were 80 candidates for
examination, 40 Males and 81 Females; Of
these G5 were licensed, ,27 males and 80 females;
rejected l8-males 7, females II Certificates
granted were as follows: For months
to 3, males 2, females l. for 6 months to 10,
males 4, females G; for monlhs to Is, males
6, females 12; for I9 months to %, males II
females II; for Is months to 4, all females;
for 10 months to 7, males 4, females 8.
Atthe June meeting Of the Board, held on
the 1 lth inst, there were 40 applicants, 26
males and % females; Of these 80 received
certificates, % males and 16 females; reject
ed 9, males 3, females g. Certificates granted
as follows: For months to 6, males 2, females
4; for 8 months TO 6, males 8, females 8; for
l2 months to Is, males 8, females 6; for Is
months to 8, males 6, females.3 for 10 months
3, all males.
Complaints have frequentJbeen made to the
Board because some applicants had been un
successful in obtaining license to teach.
1t is not our intention 10 enter an apology
for the Board for their action in this particular.
We are we'll aware that the decisions of the
Board have been quite As favorable as could
have been expected from the written answers
left by the candidates, upon which the Board
predicated their action.
The following answers were given by appli-
cants at the last meeting of the Board. A few
only were preserved, but they will serve to show
how poorly qualified some are who attempt to
teach, The answers are given as found upon
the papers.
In answer to the question, What is Arith-
metic? the following Was furnished.
"AriLhmetici is the art Of science"
In answer 10 the question. What is accent?
an answer given was "Is the distress laid up.
on one syllable!'
The answers in Geographic ,as a general thing,
were more incorrect than in the other branch
es. To the question, What is the capital of
the most populoUs state in the United States?
an answer given was, "Algiers' In answer
10 the Question, Where is the strait Of Gbr-
alter? an answer was, Connects the atlantic"
The following answers were given to the ques.
ton, Describe the river Nile? at is remarkable
for flowing 10000 miles" "In Africa" "Well
tits fine river in Africa and Rms North and
South" 'ls beautiful stream; flows into
the sea in Ireland where the orang men were
victorious"
Some of the foregoing answers were given
by applicants furnished with certificates from
the 'locle bord" Of Education Of their "Dees-
uict" that they wera well qualified to "teech."
DEcENcY. - 1t is surely very "orderly,h
decent, and Democratic, for young man to be
seen very drunk on "shoV day." and in the
ring disputing with the overSeer Of the show
about smoking a "toby cigar" to the great an.
noyance of the audience, and after "hiccuping"
al few grunts, compelled to disgorge his cud
and then "making mouths" al the overseer so
soon as he turned his back barring the "pukes"
out of an upstairs window, casting the contents
upon very nice shruhbery belonging to a neigh
bor!-just after which to be led and hauled
home by decent brother, to Keep the hogs
from eating him. This young man was one, of
very "vigilant committee, in these diggins,
and would be" important soul, in this vi
cinity and shouts and hurrahs for James Bu-
chanan for President.
Wouldn't he make good LocoGoco Editor?
Very