The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-05-27
School Examiners Report.


report of the proceedings of the
Board of School Examiners of Han.
cock county. We chall include the
entire time since the first OF January.
Within tlis period the Board have
met nine times. At these meetings
eighteen males, and ono hundred and
thirty -fonr females applied for ccrtili-
Gates, of whom one male and fifty one
females applied second time, max
ing the entire number OF applications
two hundred and four or these,
fourteen males and seventy eight ft-
males received certificates. The
others were rejected, having tailed IN
some of the branches.
Many of these are SO inferior that
il would be impossible for them TO
reader instruction in amy of the com
mon branches, They are anxious to-
fill the places of teachers. although
they are ready to admit that they are
poor scholars" They appear to
depend entirely upon "luck' in OBJ
tanning ccrtiicatcs-a rather poor
support upon which to lean in such
an enterprise. Luck has nothing to
do in this matter. All who are capa-
bic of teaching find no difficulty in
obtaining certificates. Indeed, some
of those who have been passing the
Board heretofore. are not competent
to render instruction in all the branch
cs as they should, yet the scarcity of
teachers makes it necessary to pass
them in order that all be supplied
Those who arc rejected may be assur'
ed that they have much room for i'm
provemcnt, and that they should by
no means, attempt TO teach until they
do improve themselves, for how shall
they teach that Of which they them
selves are ignorantl But we are very
frequently told by some fond parent
or friend, or some other solicitors in
behalf OF certain w0uld-be teachers
that the schools which they have en-
gagged to teach, are every backward
and every much behind" etc. Tho
we are doomed to hear these argu-
mcnts at almost every meeting, yet
we never hear them without feeling
of regret. These persons seem to
forget that these are just the schools
recurring the best teachers, in order
that they may bc brought up to that
standard which they otherwise can
never attain, and that the fact that
they have uniformly been in the hands
of interiors: will account for their in
fcriority. Friends investigate this
matter properly and we think You will
be with us. 1t should be remember
ed, too, that the law is somewhat rig
i'll in this respect, and that the exam
iners are not allowed to issue certiii-
Gates to such as, in their Judgment,
have not proper knowledge of all
the common school branches. Hence
the fact that they may not be rcquir-
ed to teach more than half those
branches in certain localities, cannot
he accepted rs an argument i'll their
favor.
If any are ready to charge lis with
too much severity, we only ask such
to meet with us, and we think, if they
are capable of judging, they will no
longer hold us responsible.
The examination, save i'll reading
and photography, is conducted with
written questions and answers, all
having reasonable time allowed them
for writing ont the answers. and all
being placed under the same circum-
stances in every respect. The follow
inc questions in arithmetic, which
were used ut late examination, will
serve as an example:
Thcoretical-l. What is the object
in pointing numbers of into periods
Of three figures each, and how many
orders constitute Il period?
>. Why do we commence multlpll-
cation on the right?
3. Define the least common multi
pie of seveal numbers.
I. Why must the denominator of n
common fraction always be express
ed.
;. Give the rule for finding the
present worth of n debt payable at a
future date.
Practical If 80 yards of goods
cost 81, what will % yd. cost?
=. Proportion.--lst four thous-
ahdths, I'd, five hunareths, 4th, six
tenths, find the Sd term.
,. A, b, and c together can do a
piece of work in 8 10 of y day; a cal.
do it in 3-j of day, b in SO of q
day; ia what time can c do it!
The following sentence was pre-
sented for parsing in grammar
Son. said the hermit, "let the er-
rors aud follics. the dangers and es.
capes of this day, sink deep into thy
heart"
Some ludicrous parsing might here
be given but sbaco fails.
l.. TussING, See.
May II, 1864.