The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-05-25
school Examiners Their Appointment
and Qualifications.

VI oil fuDIlc IHsCTuc-
ton to County Commissioners through
out the State. If its suggestions arc
needed the result can but be beneficial
to the school
OFFICE OF SUPERISIENDENT,
indianapolis, MAY II
To Boards Of County Commandments Of
Me Sercrut Counties n he .Stafe:
GENTLEMES--The 32d section of the
School Law provides that the Boards OF
County Commissioners of the several
counties shall, at their june session in
eighteen hundred and sixty one and
trlennlallv thereafter, appoint for their
res pectiye counties a School Examiner,
whose official term shall be three years.
and expire when a successor is ap2oin ted
and qualified. At the next June session
OF said Commissioners the first full term
Of Office under this provision will have
expired, and the second triennal appoint
ment sho uld be made Much has been
done within the current term of these
appointments to develop our system Of
Public Instruction, increase its efficacy.
and To indicate the wisdom Of the O. General
Assembly in enacting the provisions of
the law which relate to the Office of TX
aminer.
The relation which these officers sus-
tain to our Common Schools. makes it
important that the appointments should
be made promptly, and with great dis
elimination az 70 the ability and fitness
OF the persons appointed for the i'm
portant duties which are committed to
them by the law. They are required to
t, examine all applicants for license as
teachers, and to license such a. are found
TO possess a sufficient knowledge Of the
teachers profession. They must visit
the schools within their jurisdiction, for
the purpose of increasing their use
fulness, and elevating the poorer ones to
the standard Of the best, and to promote
uniformity in their organization and
management. They constitute cdium
of communication between the Super
intendent of Public instruction and the
subordinate school officers, and schools
Of their respective counties. They re
ceivc official reports from Trustees re
lative to the school matters of their re
spective townships, and make and rem
der official reports of such matters to the
Superintendent. They hear and decide
appeals from decisions of Trustees, of
questions which relate TO their school
business, in many Of which their de
cisions are final and many other duties
they have to perform which appertain to
the schools. IL is quite evident that a
faithful and intelligent performance of
duties will be bcncticialIy feltby the
schools.
The officer who has these duties TO
perform, should possess such an acquain
lance and familiarity with the teachers,
profession as will make him a ready and
competent judge of the ability of appli
c1nts for license, TO perform in q sue
cessful manner, the important duties Of
the school room. lie should be able,
when visiting his schools, to point out
for correction any defect, in whatever
relates to their organization and manage
ment, if any such defect exists and in
troduce into them improved methods of
of imparting instruction; and to so adj
minister his official duties as to elevate
the eductional standard of the schools
under his charge. He should also pos
sess such a practical knowledge of, and
familiarity with the forms and details of
business, that he can readily Disseminate
between official reports which are full
md accurate, and those which are not
whether they are made by the Trustee
or by himself.
The difficulty which will he realized
in some counties in finding men well
qualified for the appointment who are
willing to accept it, Is acknowledged; but
when several applicants for it offer,
suggest with Difference to YOU, and re
spect for them, that superior qualifi-
cations for these important duties should
govern the appointments.
Your ohcdieut servant,
SAMUEL l.. RICE,
Sup't Public Instruction.