The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-06-28
REPORT OF COUNTY SUPERIN-
TENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

FIRST GRADE,-Valid throughout the
county and for a period Of four gears.
Mary Noonan, Henry Deters, Clara
Filholm.
SECOND GRADE,-Vdlid throughout the
county and for q period Of t,ro gears.
Minnie Richardson, Annie Maggie, W.
NJ Brennan, Herman Schlundt, e. S.
Grove, Martha K. Olson, lisa O'Connor.
THIRD GRADE,-Taiid throughout the
county and for a period Of one gear.
Arerdge Is per cent. or orer.
Mary t. Hayes, W. NJ. Brennan, NJ. J.
McKeough, Anna E. Kellner, A. Z. Elme-
green, Kate Kirwan.
Acerage 70 per cent. and less than Is.
Alice g. Garnett, Blanche Stupecky, P.
L. Hewitt, T. B. Morrissey, J. F. Magee,
Alice Kennedy, p. H. Guhin, Maggie
Pinter, L. J. Walsh, Fannie Boughton,
Willie Koch, Verona O'Grady, Katie
Hayes, Julia Hayes, Mamie X. Brennan.
Arerdge Is per cent. or Orer and less than
20 per cent.
Joseph Seidl, Hattie Symes, Joseph
Guidinger, Hattie Mcintosh, Arthur
lander, f. j. Kirwan, Charles G. Stangel,
Thomas J. Morris, Julia A. McKeough,
Frank Vraney, Erwin Chloupek, Katie
A. Taugher, Otto Guidinger, Katie Egan,
Julia Dumke, Mary Short, Alice Cary,
Bridget ODea, Edmond G. Burt, Julia
Dubetzky, Mary A. Davis, Sarah Walsh,
Michael Hewitt, L. McKeough, Julia Q.
Marker.
Average 80 per cent or orer and less than
GJ per cent.
Hermina Falge, Joseph Morrissey, NJ.
A. Guidinger, Minnie Goedien, Ida f.
Symes, Nellie Hussey, Threna Johnston,
Laura Gelbke, Clara L. Noble, James
Kennedy, Josie Thompson, Adele Law
renee, Cora Ii. DeGarmo, Phebe Rickaby,
Maggie V. Kelley, Lizzie Meany, John
Rock, NJ. J. Stephenson, Lizzie O'Connor,
Katie Fitzgerald, Liz. Fl. w. Jahnke, Clara
Bressler, Lucy Fechter, Ella Scott, G.
Plockelman.
LHMITED,-to q particular torn and
for q period less than one gear.
Arerdge - per cent. or Deer and less
than 50 per cent.
Daniel O'Brien, Minnie Meany, Emma
Paulus, Willie O'Hara, Selma Hoeh, Lena
Miller, Joseph Miller, Ida Luebke, Nellie
Pinter, Victoria Pelishek, Fred OeXly
Coretta I thompson, Robert Goldie, Clara
Zentner, DolphieMagee, MarthaSchlundt,
George Goldie, Mary Fulton.
Acreage 80 per cent. or orer and less
than IS per cent.
Matte Sechrist, Anna Falge, Daniel
Loughlin, James 2. Gallagher, Ella Pc
terson, Katie J. Sechrist, Bridget Pep
pard, John Ruechhoeft, Alice p. New
comb, G. J. Groth.
Many whose names appear above have
not had their certificates signed because
of their youth; others whose average en-
titles them to classification in the list of
persons receiving full third grade certi-
1cdGeS, udNt ItCtiNSIl Gel llllCCilSS Ntll1tA III
less than one year because Of unsatisfac-
tory standing in one branch or more
The unusually large number of applicants
for certificates, and the large increase in
the number Of pupils taking the exami-
nation for country school diplomas have
delayed the publication Of this report.
E.. Il,
icates of the higher grades are valid has
resulted in increasing the number of ap-
plicants for these certificates. 1t should
be borne in mind however, that some
thing more than superficial knowledge
of the extra subjects gained by hasty
preparation is requisite for success in an
examination for these grades of certifi-
Gates They vouch for scholarship and
they lose their recommendatory value
when granted to the undeserving. 1t is
a healthful sign of progress to have
teachers strive for these higher grades;
but the effort should be earnest and di-
rected to gaining that discipline Of mind
and knowledge of the branches which
make the certificate truthful index of
the possessor's requirements. It is pos
sible to obtain smattering of some sub
jects which will do service as a substi-
tute for actual knowledge at an exami-
nation. But this false method of study
will fail in algebra and geometry which
refuse to concede anything to that which
is not genuine.
IL asked what the greatest obstacle is
to the educational progress of the teacher
and the efficiency of the common
school so far as it is affected by the teach
er, my observation would lead me to an
swer with confidence, ''shallowness, -
the disposition to be satisfied with a par
tial knowledge of what comes up for in.
vestigatiOn and to dismiss the matter
before the mind has sufficiently grasped
its salient points or has become master
of its truths. To one who has ordinary
mental powers and who has formed cor
rect habits of thought and pur.
sued his studies agreeably with these
habits, the need of special preparation foI
examination is by no means pressing
| The knowledge which a person can use
and has used, is abiding. There should
be no occasion for resorting to text boob
on grammar to refresh the mind on facts
| mastered with the intent that they be
made living part of the language USED
| daily. The necessity for such proceed
ure is proof that grammar was studied
improperly. The mind does not readily
! lose its hold on what it FULLY cOmpre
bends, particularly when it works with
purpose to retain. Ii teachers, generally
would study with minds ever on the alert
to ask the question ''why?" and with the
conviction that a vital point omitted OF
misconstrued is fatal not only to sym
metry but to completeness and correc'
results, their work would be fruitful Of
more substantial benefit to themselve:
| personally and to the pupils committed
| to their charge.
The purpose of the common school i:
to give the rising generation a knowledge
| of those subjects essential to properly