The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-04-24
NAMES CT SUCCESSFUL APrL,cASrs.
Third CIR ABE.
LIMITED CERTIFICATES.

Annette Amunds
Tho aycra,, adm, require fpr GER
tiicates of the third grade is 6. which is
the usual STANDARD in this aud other
counties. Limited certificates are issue
tins spring On an average ranging between
/ AMI 6 This a fraction higher than
that required at former periods for the
sam, grade bst the good work which has
hccn done by the several teach rs' asso-
CATIONS in this county during tho winter
months, seems to ne to warrant the de-
mand for /. slight advance in the scholar
ship Of applicants, in view OF the oEportu-
mites afforded them Ly these mectinss.ani
by the interval whicL has claosel, to b.
como better informed
Aboat fftY-tws female teachers will be
required for the summer term, to fill the va
rious positions in the grade An the mixcl
schools ST the county. This number ia
slightly iR excess of .io quota which we
shall be able to Furnish, and will ucees.i-
tate rho employment of mnlc teachers in n
few districts where teachers of the other
sex are desired. FJrty-three Indies now
hold certificate, of qualification in this
county. School officers must take this
statement into consideration, ana, in their
selection of teachers, conform, in some de-
gree, 70 tn, existin. circumstances.
We have hal for several years, and still
have certain class Of applicants who
haYe no recognized place in the profess
sion who are licensed at some examina-
tons and rejected at others who do not
POSSESS the qualifications which woulI
enable them to command ccr.ific atcs and
whose employment is wholly dependent on
the exisencics Of tn, times anil the in
dorscmcnt of district boards. When the
winter term approaches and it do.s not
seem possible to sccare compsteat teacl-
or. for all our schools, these applicants
take advantage of the situation to obtain
places which they are incompetent to f!l.
In the summer when fewer schools are in
session, the demand FOL teachers is not SO
imperative, and they are frequently drop
pei from the list. Even at the latter sea-
son, there are always a few districts whose
c,amor for cheap teachers can be appeas ii
only By granting temporary licenses to in
divideais whose strongest recon- n end ,tion
is their willingness to accept low s,la-ics.
In such cases the surerin.enie lent must
either defer to tt expressed wishes of the
school b,ari, or refuse the application and
leave the school closed. 1t is difficult to
decide whi:,. procce ling of the two is the
creator cTil.
This state of affairs cac not be imnie-
iiately re,rsiied indeed, many of the OBJ
noxieus features of the present school SIS
TEN can never be wholly remoyed until
our State Legislature shall by enactment
compel all districts to mr;ntain tea months
school each year, instead o! Eve manthe
which is all that is now demanded, and
which denies 20 the teacher the guaranty
Of steady employment and forces him to
engage in other pursuits Lat yet school
officers may do much toverd Improvement
in the matter under discussion BY discriml-
rating between the several grades of GER
tificatss and giving preference to the ap-
piicant whose scholarship and ability to
teach is conceded HI 1eris we're made