The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-11
Teachers Examination.


AT the recent examination of teachers
held at Bangor, one hundred and three
applicants were enrolled. OF these,
only seven passed the ordeal. Six
others were granted certificates on
account of their well known good work
in the school room, although they fell a
little below the required standard.
The following is list of the success
Willard +. Dowd, Frank Fuller, Agnes
Moulthrop, Cora M. Ruggles, Theo: b.
Randall, Geo. l.. Rich, Electa Smith,
Watson and Lulu Wilkins.
The questions sent out by the state
superintendent were unusually difficult
for third grade questions, harder, in
deed, than are usually prepared for
first grade. Our worthy state superin-
tendent frequently exposes himself to
the well grounded suspicion that he is
trying To see how many teachers he
can "catch mapping by some abstruse
but unimportant question, rather than
TO find out their real qualifications by a
fair, honest examination. We do not
hesitate to say that questions were
asked that ought not To have been
could not be expected to know, and the
answers to some of which cannot be
found in the text books and to which
not even the state superintendent
himself can give correct answers. We,
in common with the examining board,
most emphatically protest against this
method of examining teachers, and in
sist that it is not treating them fairly,
toi I1ft, f.tC 10, hn
But ii is not altogether the fault of
the questions asked that SO many fail to
obtain certificates. Many of the appli-
cants should charge their failure to
their own ignorance; witness the fol-
lowing in the science of civil govern
ment: Name three powers that are
inforcing, shall not grant Elk Posto Facto
bill or Hebro Corpus"
Define elective franchise, and tell
who are not enfranchised in Michigan,
and why not." Answers: 1T is a per-
son that is prohibited from performing
certain duties because he has neglected
certain rules" "Those that are good
and substantial citizens" Because
good citizens" franchise means to
vote; state officers do not vote" "Su-
means not qualified, not capable"
Ladies are denied the right to vote
because people are afraid of too much
prohibition" "Women don't vote be-
cause the men are too selfish or too big
oted, don't know which" "Women are
not supposed to have the judgment to
enable them to vote intelligently"
"Wimmen are not enfranchised in this
rot nAn fnra
eraly to be incapable of voting under
standingly."
And the following in physiology:
Hair is the ends of the nerves" 1.-The
brain is divided into twelve pairs"
1.-THE diaphragm is the tube that leads
to the lungs Alcohol is distilled spir-
its of molasses." "The nervous system
consists of the organ of sense" 1.-The
heart is an organ of respiration" "The
hair is that part of man which grows
on the head" 1.-The nervous system is
heart, lungs, liver and muscles"
And photography as shown in answers
to historical questions: Bull-runn,
Thems for Thames), Veri-cruse, Vix-
burg, tockonderoga for Ticonderoga),
| etc
And in grammar: Sentence for anal
ysis, knowing his oddities as well as
you do, you ought not to be surprised
at what he does" Answer: knowing
is verb, oddities an adjective, as a
pronoun, well a pronoun, should a pro.
noun, be surprised is infinitive, as is a
proposition" Question: "Pluralize two
and meekness." Answer: ANY mum
Der greater than two, more meekness.
Question: "How is the passive voice
formedy" Answer: "By putting i'm
passed tense" and many other equally
ridiculous answers which we have
neither time, space nor inclination TO
quote.
As result of the pedantry of the
state superintendent and the lamenta-
bic lack of qualification of many appli-
cants, many are called but few are
chosen"