The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-08-02
of Applicants for Teach

Examination of Applicants for Teach
erS' Certif1cates.-CountyS School Examiner,
Mr.. Thomas G. Bruh, has completed marking the
papers of applicants who were examined at the
Normal School, July 18th and 18th. There were
forty-six applicants for teachers certificates. The
following succeeded in getting first grade, first
class certificates, and passed in the order named
d. O'Sullivan, John G. Donaldson, Arthur Hunt,
Maggie Simpson, Emory G. Chenoweth, James
Heisse, W. j. Butcher.
First grade, first class certificates j. f. Leib,
Ida j. Torrington, G.. 1. Shaffer
Second grade, first class certificates: John J..
Price, Annie Leib, Emma L. Smith, WILDER r..
G. Tilghman.
Second grade, second class certificates: G. b.
Billingsly, Robert Il. Benson, Ella E. Connolly,
VIM. H. Hendricks. Harry Hebden, Thos. Price,
Retta Jessop, Martha E. Lee, Samuel Peregoy,
Bette Price, Elizabeth Wise, Elias Walsh, E. p.
Winemiller.
There we're fourteen total failures. The high
est general average made by any applicant was
"a 2-I0, and the lowest was 30 81.
There were thirty three colored applicants for
certificates. Those successful for I'd grade, first
class are-Fannie L. Barbour, Cornelius Smith,
Roberta Sheridan, George W. Biddle.
Second grade, second class: VIM. H. Butler,
Mary J. Cromwell, Louis N. Harris, Richard
Riggs, E. E. Reed. .
Lie lOiOWlHS Wofo SIduIOu P0tuito w So"o-,
with the rank of second grade, third class e.
Alva Smith, Mamie B. Grooms, Emma j. Ander-
son, Annie johnson, Annie O. Waters, Susie E.
Dobson, R. T. Rruce III. H. Hughes, Fannie
Foote, Sarah J. Owings, Susan R. Mellon, M.
Josie Jones, I. D. Blair, Richard Fry, Carrie
Cotanch, Agnes Adams, Lille Kelley, Lottie
Blay.
There were six total faiIuers. The highest
general average was made by Fannie L. Barlow,
IS 81. This was one of the best papers made
by any of the applicants, white or colored, at the
examination. The lowest was 6-7 per cent.
There were thirty three applicants examined
for scholarships in the State Normal School. The
county is entitled to fourteen scholarships under
the law, and it is understood that any vacancy is
to be filled by competition from this list The
following are the applicants in order: BERTHE
Porter, Nellie Skipper, Howard Isaac, Amelia
Joesting VIM. II. Belt, Katie Wall, Fannie. l..
Jones, Minnie Owens, Gertie Shipley, Adele Epp-
ley, Neatly Crossmore, Tillie Shelley, Msttie
lilnio Dufton,
Alice Chick, Carrie Crossmore, Lotte Chapman,
Maggie Brennan, Sailie Cole, Arthur Mcmillan,
Rosa M. Herman, J. P. Kirschman, Goldie Waits,
Mary Schumacher, T. D. Ensor, Thos. III. McCrea,
Sadie Chandler, Alice Reed, Florence Waits, M.
Emma Cole, Nellie Chenoweth, Laura p. Brown.
Miss BERTHE Porter, of the Towsontown high
shool, is entitled to the gold medal given annually
by Mr.. John e. A. Cunningham, to any pupil of
the county who will make the best examination.
Her general average in all the studies required
for teachers first grade first class certificate was
SO per cent. Miss Skipper, of the Warren school,
who was second last year, stands second, with an
average of 81 per cent. Either of these young
ladies, if of age would be entitled to the highest
grade of certificate given to teachers, which
speaks well for their teachers and for the charac
ter CT the work now being done by the public
schools.
These results will be submitted to tho Board at
its meeting on Tuesday, August 5th, when the
teachers certificates will be ordered and the ap-
pointments made to the Normal School.