The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-04-24

tifcates 6.
No. receiving limited third grade
certificates %.
No. not licensed 81.
NAMES OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS, THIRD
GRADE.
James L. Stitt, NJ FL. Cleary,
John Carey, III. f. Pouland,,
Hiram f. White, Ida M. Murphy
LIMITED CERTIFICATES.
Veroqua Sheldon James Kirwan
Annie Maggie Emily Richter
John e. CAREY Patrick Donahoe
Josie Howarth VIM. FL. Earles
Thomas Coleman Mary Sexton
p. j. White Eliza Pritchard
Ella B. Ross Fannie O'Connor
Dora Kelley Emma Hull
Thomas O'Neill Mary s. Hubbard
Aray j. French William Nelson
Nancy Darling John Judge
Louise Hockemeyer @. Bedelia Conner
Jere. Falvey Margaret Stoker
Aurelia Lawrence Annette AmUnds.
Agnes L. Classon
The average standing required for GER
tificates of the third grade is 6, which is
the usual standard in this and other coun-
ties. Limited certificates are issued this
spring on an average ranging between
and 6. This is fraction higher than
that required at former periods for the
same grade; but the good work which
has been done by the several teachers
associations in this county during the
winter months, seems to me to warrant
the demand for slight advance in the
scholarship of applicants, in view of the
opportunities afforded them by these
meetings, and by the interval which has
elapsed, to become better informed.
About ffty-two female teachers, will
be required for the summer term, to fill
the various positions in the graded and
mixed schools of the county. This
number is slightly in excess Of the quota
which we shall be able to furnish, and
will necessitate the employment of male
teachers in a few districts where teachers
Of the other sex are desired. Forty-three
ladies now hold certificates of qualifca-
ton in this county. School officers must
take this statement into consideration,
and, in their selection OF teachers, con-
form, in some degree, to the existing
circumstances.
We have had for several years, and
still have a certain class af applicants who
have no recognized place in the profess
sion who are licensed at some examina-
tons and rejected at others who do not
possess qualifications which would ena-
BILE them to command certificates. and
whose employment is wholly dependent
on the exigencies of the times and the en-
dorsement of district boards. When the
winter term approaches and it does not
seem possible to secure competent teach
ers for all our schools, these applicants
take advantage of the situation to obtain
places which they are incompetent to fill.
In the summer when fewer schools are
in session, the demand for teachers is
not so imperative, and they are frequent
" dropped from the list. Even at the
latter season, there are always few dis
tricts whose clamor for cheap teachers
can be appeased only by granting tenn
porary licenses to individuals whose
strongest recommendation is their will
hngness to accept low salaries. In such
cases the superintendent must either
defer to the expressed wishes of the
school board, or refuse the application
and leave the school closed. 1t is diff
cult to decide which proceeding of the
two is the greater evil.
This state of affairs can not be imme-
diately remedied indeed, many of the
obnoxious features of the present school
system can never be wholly removed
until our State Legislature shall by en-
actment compel all districts to maintain
ten months school each year, instead OF
five months which is all that is now de-
manded, and which denies to the teacher
she guaranty of steady employment and
forces him to engage in other pursuits
but yet school officers may do much to-
ward Improvement IN the matter under
discussion by discriminating between
the several grades of certificates and
giving preference to the applicant whose
scholarship and ability to teach is con-
ceded. If merit We're made the prime
consideration IN the selection of teachers
by district boards, the applicants REFER
ed to in the preceding paragraph would
either retire from be field or take meas
ures to acquire the knowledge which
they lack.
A Normal Institute of four weeks dJl-
ration viii probably be held in this coun-
ty. commencing on or about the 21st Of
next July. Teachers who attend through
the whole session VIII be likely to re-
ceive more practical benefit from the in
stitute than four by months of solitary
study. MICHAEL hIRwAN,
CO. Supt. of Schools.
Manitowoe, Wis, April %. 1873,