New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-01-23
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NEW ULM, MINI.
Wednesday, Jan. %, 1889.

Representative Heideman introduced
two bills last week which affect the in
terests Of citizens of Brown County
House file No. 20, appropriating money
for the purpose of giving relief to per
sons who lost their crops by hail in the
county of Brown seems to meet will
general approval by the voters Of this
county. The other, House file No. Is
authorizing the county commissioner
to issue bonds for the purpose of com.
pleting the court house seems to dis.
please some of cur friends living in and
tributary to Sleepy Eye and they are
wearing out shoe leather trying to Gre
ate opposition to this measure. The
bonding bill passed the house under
suspension of the rules. but when it
came to the Senate, Mr.. Bowen asked
to have il referred to him, which was
done. Senator Bowen took the bill to
his room and read it over several times.
Then he wrote Chairman Koch, of the
County board, a letter in which he
stated that he had received numer-
ously signed petition protesting against
the passage of any bill to bond the
county unless it be first submitted to
the people for approval, He also stated
that, unless the County Board offered
further suggestions he would SO amend
the bill. If lengthy petitions would
influence our representatives it would
be an easy matter to secure the signing
of petition, praying for the passage
OF House file Is, as introduced, by
majority Of the voters Of Brown County,
A majority Of the voters Of this county
realize the necessity of better accomo-
aations for our county officials and Of
safe reeeptaoles for the county records.
They also prefer to contribute small
sum yearly for twenty or thirty years
towards defraYing the expense of Sc
curing such accommodation, rather than
pay pay the total cost Of the Court House
in five Or six years. If our Senator
wishes to serve the best interests of the
County he will see that the bill passes
the Senate without amendment and at
once, SO as to enable the commissions
ers to issue the bonds and proceed with
the work of building the Court House
at once, It however he prefers to put
the county to an Unnecessary expense
he will do the bidding of a few, who
seem to think that they can prevent
the building Of the Court House, amend
the bill and secure its passage.
State Senator Daniels introduced
bill creating state examining board
with power 10 issue teachers certif-
Gates valid throughout the state. The
board is to consist of five members,
one of whom shall be the superintend-
sent Of public instruction. The other
four members shall be appointed by the
state high school and normal boards,
two by each. The certificates are to
rank in two classes, to be known as
collegiate and academic respectively;
and each of these two classes is to be
snbdivided into two other classes liter.
airy and professional. The literary GER
tlhcate is permanent but does not con. !
Ter authority to teach; the professional
certificate may be permanent or limit
ed, and authorizes the holder to teach,
An academic professional certificate en-
titles the holder to teach in the common
schools, except the high.school; collie
giate professional certificate authorizes
him to teach in any of tie schools of
the state. 1t appears to us that a
teachers certificate that does not au-
thorize the holder to teach, would be
just as valuable as a physician license
without authority to practice medicine.
The entire system is too complicated to
be OF any practical value. The pro-
posed method Of appointing the board
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clearly indicates desire to please eY-
erybody. What in the world has our
state high school board done to entitle
it to appoint two members of a state
examining boardP It has sent out
questions and school inspectors; in the
selection of both, the board has, as a
body, betrayed its ignorance of the pro-
gress the science and art of education
has made since the beginning of the
present century. Mr.. Heideman has
introduced bill in the House creating
a state board of examiners that is com
posed OF men competent to judge of
teachers qualifications. Mr.. Heide-
mans board of examiners would con-
sist OF the superintendent Of public in
struction and the presidents of the four