Evening star., 1886-09-18
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Teache1s' Meetings TO.day-Prepar-
Ing for Mondays Work.

Today the school teachers met in the diff
1erent school divisions. The hours of meeting
were SO arranged that Superintendent Powell
could get around from one division to another
ana meet the teachers. He was companied
on his rounds by Mr.. Darlington, the president
OF the school board. In each division Mr..
Poweil made little address to the teachers,
giving them instructions as to the work of the
year, and especially with regard to the teach.
Ing OF hygiene and physiology, required by the
recentlaw. Mr. Darlington also spoke to the
teachers. 1t was sort of reunion for the
teachers, most of whom have just returned
to the city, wearing the flush and tan Of sea-
side and mountain.
The pressure for cards of admission to the
schools continues. 1t is estimated that over
4.Ooo such tickets had been issued to new
pupils to-day. Supervising Principal Grain, of
the first division, has arranged for the accom-.
modatfon OF the schools thrown out by the
surrender OF the leased building, corner of 22d
ana streets. All of the girls schools in that
building, first. second and third grades, will go
to lOo6 10Th street. The boys promoted from
lostan building: the bows I' from first to- second
grade to 2O37 + street, aud the first grade boys
also TO 2o37 street.
A change has been made at the Franklin
school building by which the large school room
on the second floor, at the south west corner ad-
Joining tue esuperintendents office. will be used
VIII be cut through the partition now Separat-
ing TINS room from Mr.. Powelrs office. The
large nan or room on the thir floor, heretofore
used as BOARD room, will be fitted up as q
school room.
Eleven Successful Candidates in the
Recent Teachers Examination.
A9a special meeting OF the school board last
hlSht the report of tie committee that exam.
lned hfty-iour candidates for teachers certif
cafes thls week was received. 1t was decided
before the papers were opened that the percent
age necessary to qualify one for first class GER
tificate should be 90, ior second class certifi
cate 65, and for a third class certificate 20
Ihere was some discussion to whether the
classes named in the certificates did not con-
hIct with the salary classes fixed by order oI
the Commissioners. but it was decided that
therc was no conflict, as the Commissioners
order regulated salaries, while the grades OF
ceftlhcates had reference only to the grades in
which the holders We're entitled to teach. Out
OF the Oh applicants it was found that only l !
haa attained percentages high enough to en-
title them to certificates and certificates were
awarded to them follows:
Flrst.clasS-Emna Doyle, James Storum
Helen B. Uttiey, Nellie A. Plummer, Emma l.
Hopkins.
second-class-W. j. H. Hogan, Alice G. Wood.
ward, Henry d. Malone, Wm. b. Carr
bouyh.
Mr. Ryder was at once assigned to a seventh
grade school, first division, Certificates were
also gwen to the following, wno passed their
examinations some time ago: Misses D. L.
Nourse, Annie Van Horn, Ida u. Myers, anu
Mr II. NJ. Bro wn Misses Betty CopennaveI
ana Helen Wise were assigned to the normal
schooi As practice teachers
~ resolution was adopted providing "that the
request OF Superintendent Cook Ior permission
10 mold special examination Tor admission to
tne coiofeu high school be granted, applicants
ing required 10 make an average OF 90 pei
cent, ana tnat the teachers committee De ;,u
thoriZed to hold similar examinations for ad
mission to the Washington nign school il found
uSCeSS:trV.'