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YHE SCHOOL TEACHERS.
The Ordeal thought which they Must
Pass Oh the First Thursday and
Friday in Jam ary. 1856.
SCHOOL Con- dIsslONEEs OFFICE.

ARBEvLLs, s. G., November 8 1855.
We would respectfully give notice to uii concerned
teachers, patrons and trustees, that We will adhere rs
strictly, rs practicable to the school law and the fol-
lowing resolutions passed by the State Board oil In
aininers:
j. "Ihe County Board of Examiners, shall examine
all candidates for the profession Of teaeher and give to
such persons found qua ifrd, 4 certificate, setting forth
the branches of learning he or she may be capnbk Uf
teaching such an examination to be renewed every
year. General Statutes section lOO5.)
The above has been amended by the following:
THE COunty Board of Examiners shall have authori.
ty to renew said certificates annually for q period OF
time not to exceed three years; Provided that the
holders of such certificates shall give to the County
Board of Examiners satisfactory evidence OF continu-
ed good character and OF efficiency uS tenchers."
(Adopt-d September 2, 1SI9.r
9. (a) All examinations before County Beard OF
Examiners must be in writing, except examinations In
reading.
U} 1t all examinations before the County Boards
at least two memb,s rs Of the Board must be present.
(c) All applicants hefnrc County Boards shall be en-
amined on OrthosraIrhy, Reading, Writing, Arithme.
tic, Geography, English Giamner' and History OF the
U. T., and this State"
('Standing Rules of the State Board Of Examiners.
8. "leesOlccd, That the examination Of teachers
before the County Board Of Examiners shall include q
teaching and that tho Methods OF TEACHING" by
John SWEET and art of School Management" by John
Baldwin, will be recommo nded as books Of reference
(Adopted May !. 1881
+. 1lCSOGCCQ, lu1I lNC CtAlS u W.
Education be requested to prepare in future, only one
set of questions for all three grades for use by the
County Board of Examiners and that applicants for
County certificates of Qualification, be required to
make q general average OF not less than cO per cent.
for II first grade certificate, 10 per cent. for a second
grade, and 10 per cent. for u third grade and not less
than 40 per cent. on any other branch"
(Circulnr No. 5, Series Of 1881
5. "lhat the examinations OF teachers by County,
Boards Of Examiners shall be held throughout the
State on the first Thursday and Friday in january
and july of each year, Or on such other days as Inc
State Superintendent Of Education, in his discretiaA,
may direct. No examination shall be held except on
such days without the permission of the State Supe-
rintcndent of Education first had and obtained"
(Adoptcd September, 1oS4)
Implicit Eobedience TO lawful authority Is n Dasal
principle in education, and no teacher who Is worthy
tie Fame will neglect to inculcate this truth both Oy
prcccpt and example. We therefore hope that M,
teacher or patron will ask as to disobey the plain ana
imperative requirements of the law and the State
Board, whose ministers we are, by DUNG pny ACT con-
trnry to the foregoing resolutions.
We realize our responsibility, and we shall rndeaVor
to meet it, us God shall give lis strength, without lear,
favor or affection. We earnestly request the trustees
of the several districts, the patrons OF the pubic
schools. and all teachers who are conscious 81 Their
own merit, to aid us in carrying out the foregoing re-
gulartiOns.
We would suggest to those who expect to apply Tor
certificates Of qualification, that they study, before
the examination, one or both OF the works recon
mendcd in Rule No.3; that they review sarcl"l,y ,he
branches required in ~" Of No. ?, especially hrllh'
metic and English Grammar. There arc Two advan-
tages in pursuing this course:
/, You get through with the physical labor sooner.
2. You may save yourself some humiliation.
The examination will DO held in tho court house on
the first Thursday an! Friday in January, 1885, Tor
white and for colnIrd teachers respectively, beginning
at 10 q. III. and closing ut 4 p. M.
Applicants must furnish pens and ink, and legal cap
paper. "
j. the applicants keep continually in view, DtJGrc
and after the examination, the language OF ohaSe-
speare: ..,
'"It il in ourselves that we are thus or thus"
GEO. G. HODGES,
i. G.. kLUGll,
JOHN A. ROBINSON,
County Lard Of Examiners