Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-05-12
Ex,l InImn tIon or teachers.


Applicants:
ARITHMETIc.-1. What is an abstract,
and what IS a concrete number? 2. What
is the simplest class Of compound num-
bers, and whyF 8. How many seconds in
the year 1857? A. How many bushels,
pecks, &C., will bin hold which is feet
long, feet wide, and 81 feet deep? s.
What is the difference between a vulgar
and decimal fraction? 6. Add together
3 of 81, and z, and divide their sum by II
less I, and express the quotient decimally.
7. What is the difference between the in
terest and the true discount of $3.50. so for
2 years and 7 months, at 6 per cent? g..
By analysis, (process to be written out. }
If 3 men earn $1,000 in days, how many
dollars will men earn in days?
GRAMMAR. What is letter, and
what is a syllable? 2. Name the four parts
into which grammar is divided, and define
each. 3. What is a defective verb, and
which are they? A. How is the passive
voice of every verb formed? s. "That
man was struck, by whom / know MOI" !"
Parse all the words. 6. Write a sentence
containing so1ich in the third person, plu-
raj number, and possessive case. 7. "Mo-
ses was the meekests Man who we read of
in the old testament. Correct. 8."Such
is the advantage we receive from the chane
being composed of so meny links, the spine
of 80 meny bones" Correct and parse
advantage, ch0ne, and being composed.
GEoeRAPHY.-1 What is the difference
between an island and peninsula? g.
What is cape, and what is gulf? 3.
Name the zones, and tell where each is
situated. 4. What is the capital of Russia,
and on what waters is it situated? S.
Bound Tennessee. 6. What is the capital
of country, and what is the metropolis ?
2. Where does the Tennessee river rise,
which way does it flow, and where does it
empty? 8. What courses would you take
and on what waters would you sail in going
from Augusta to Austin
ORTHoGRAPHY.-Utterance Emphatic,
Contagion, Doubtful, Obedience, Chivalry,
Physician, Sumac.
Of the 20 applicants, II received GER
tificates; one for 81 months, for 18
months, for 12 months, for months,
and b Tor months.
The Board desire to call the attention of
Teachers and of all others, who are inter-
ested in the subject of education, to the
following remarks of the State Commits
sioner, in his last Report. on the subject of
Examinations and School Examiners. Let
those who think we keep the standard too
high in this county, ponder well these re-
marks. H. +. MILLER, Clerk.
|. '"In travelling over the State, during the
past year, and watching the practical work.
ings of our school system in all it's depart
ments, one fact struck me with great force,
and demonstrated the necessity of appoint
ing, as school examiners, those only who
possess the requisite qualifications 10 dis
charge their duties understandingly, and
the nerve to execute faithfully what they
understand. The fact alluded to is this:
The examiners, in certain county, had
been lax, careless, and often negligent in
regard to the moral character, learning and
ability of the candidates, granting certifi
Gates to nearly all who applied, and making
the examination mere matter of form.--
Whereas, in the circumjacent counties, the
examiners had been circumspect, critical
and searching in their examinations, GER
tificating only those to whom they would
be willing to send their own children for
instruction. These facts having become
known, the poorly qualified candidates
seemed to resort in body to the one coun-
ty, making it the Botany Bay of the other
counties, and hence the latter retained the
well qualified teachers, and got rid of the
indifferent ones, while the former lost a
large number of its best teachers, and sup
piled their place with those who could not
procure certificates in the counties in which
they resided. Such are the legitimate re-
suits of the two modes of conducting these
examinations. The one drives from the
county those who are indiferently quail
fed to teach. and the other attracts them
1t would be far preferable to be rigid and
searching in these examinations, although
the immediate effect might be to deprive
for the time being, some of the schools of
teachers. A firm and steady demand for
we'll qualified teachers will not long fail to
create the needed supply.
''Let us have, then, school examiners
who can appreciate the delicate and respon-
sible duty committed to their hands, and
who will discharge it in good faith and
then let their compensation be such as will
remunerate them. in part at least for the
important services which they render
''It affords me great pleasure to bear
testimony to the thorough and appropriate
manner in which the school examiners in
most of the counties visited, have executed
the duties of their Office. Great care and
thoroughness in the examination of teach
ers, and knowledge of the fact that GER
tificate will be granted to no one who, in
the sound judgment of the examiners, is
not fully competent to organize, discipline
and instruct a school in proper manner,
have wonderful influence in exciting
teachers to post themselves up not only in
regard to critical knowledge Of the brahch-
es which they may be required to teach,
but also in regard to the best standard
methods of impartino instruction