The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-05-01

Hougen, Felix Walsh, Alice Kennedy,
Julia A. Hayes, Nellie O'Connor, Threna
Johnston, Louis Jerman, E. S. Grove,
Flora Waldo, Nora Morris, T. J. Walsh.
| Thomas Morris, Sarah Council, Belle
Chisholm, Peter Burns, Julia Sullivan,
Nora Lantry, Daniel O'Connell, Mary
Short, Sarah Walsh, Frank Stangel Con-
stance Roeffs, Verona O'Grady, James
Taugher, Jennie A. Koelzer, Mary E.
Hewitt, Joseph Rick, III. Wernecke.
LIMITED THIRD GRADE.-LiDa;ted to q
particular toa0n and for q period less
than one gear:
Mary Berhan, Emma G. Canr1ght,
Griffith Pritchard, Clara Huelster, Lizzie
Jahnke, Lizzie Baetz, Isabel O'Connor,
Bridget Patnode, Ella Scott, Maggie
Kelly, Annie Heinneman, Mary L. Pat
node, Hattie Symes, Nellie Carey, Fran
els Gray, Julia Densmore, Dele Law
renee, Elizabeth O'Connor, Maggie Pin
ter, Katie EgaD.
! LIMITED THIRD GRADE. Limited to
q particular torn and not extending be-
yo'ad the present school gear:
Rose A. Burke, Nellie Fenlon, SADIE
Abrams, Edmond G. Burt, Nellie Doyle,
Annie Rohan.
Nlnety-six applicants attended the
examinations. OF that number one
worked for first grade certificate, 8 for
certificates of the second grade and sc
for those of the third grade. The num-
| Der vino succeeded in each class are as
| follows: First grade, l; Second grade,
2; Third grade, so; Limited Third grade,
20. Of the number who failed, six
were allowed to complete school terms
which they had already begun. Except
In two cases, their standing approximate
ed the minimum fixed for limited certifi-
Gates. Six. of the persons whose names
appear in the above list, did rot receive
certificates on account of their youth.
| In order to render private examinations
unnecessary, the custom of holding
supplementary examination a short while
after the close of the regular series, was
established years ago. While this ex-
animation has not been diverted from
| its original purpose, it has fostered
spirit of procrastination among o few
| teachers and encouraged them to RELY on
| the possibility of success through O series
! of ventures. With them IL is largely
game OF chance, their prospects being
improved by the number of trials allowed.
! Semi annually they adopt the same means
wish surprising Il ielity: Failure at one
/ OF the regular series followed by cram
ming on few Subjects by way Of pre-
paration for tbe supplementary examiua
/ tons In justice to these teachers whose
4 scholarship is nnqaastioped, the practice
Of allowing teachers to bolster poor work
by supplemental labor at a subsequent
examination, should be discontinued.
Many certificates have been secured by
thls cumulative process which has been
employed as a substitute for thorough
preparation,
Hereafter, this privilege of dividing
the labor of examination will not be ex-
tended to teachers. The supplementary
examination will be limited to those who
apply FOR the higher grades of certif-
Gates and those who for good cause could
not attend any one of the regular series.
A practice prevailing to some extent
among school boards. is to engage teach
ers without certificates, conditionally.
This he's been productive of great an
noyance IN ceasless importuning for GER
tiicates. When the possession Of a Ger
titic.ste is the only obstacle encountered
ia securing a school, it is lificult TO con-
vince the unsuccessful applicant that a
certificate should be guaranty Of qia}i
fication. A school board is never safe
| in making contract with a teacher for a
time longer than that for which the GER
tihcate Is issued, when the grade of the
certificate does not warrant confidence in
the teachers ability to secure certificate
at any time
One gratifying feature of the late ex-
aminations, is the number of applicants
for certificates of the higher grades. -
Although comparatively few certificates
of this character were issued, the stand
ing OF the unsuccessful ones indicate a
degree of Improvement, which, if con
tinued will lead to the most satisfactory
results. The number of teachers from
this county who have secured state GER
tificates sufficiently attests their progress
i've tendency. 1t remains for school
boards to properly recognize those who
strive for something higher and better.
There is great difference between work
which is perfunctorv and that which has
the heart, animation and spirit which
earnestness gives. No teacher can
induce activity in his pupils unless he
has the element of growth within him
self.
Manitowoc, Wis, April 80, 1884.
JOHN NAGLE,
Co. Supt. of Schools,