The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-06-05
STOLEN QUESTIONS.
Commissioner Kaialec Recefyes an I'm.

portaHt Letter from State Schoo
Commissioner Hook determination o
TealbsrS.
Last Thursday and Friday wa,
the time appointed for the exam
nation of applicants for places a.
teachers in the public schools OF
Terrell county.
There are a series of printed ex.
animation questions furnished each
county school commissioner by
State School Commissioner Hook,
and the applicants are required to
be examined on these questions,
There were several applicants,
both white and colored, and the
examination papers viii be sent by
Commissioner Kaigler to Commits
sioner Hook for his inspection and
grading.
Commissioner Hook was inform
ed on Tuesday by Prof, Francis of
the Atlanta University, that
through meof the students of his
school he had learned that copies OF
the list of questions prepared by
Commissioner Hook for the exams
ination of colored applicants tor
places in the public schools of the
State, were being hawked about at
one dollar each.
Witnesses we've produced who
had bought copies of the lists of the
questions. Both stated in Writing
to the State school commissioners
chat they had procured them from
certain negro man for one dollar
each. This negro said that he got
the lists from a white man who
claimed to have Paid fifteen dollars
for list OF the questions and had
made n number OF copies which he
retailcd at one dollar to persons de-
sirlng to stand the examination.
The negro also stated thas the
white man who was specializing in
the examination questions lived in
Augusta.
The questions, however, were
printed il Atlanta, and were sent
to the various county school COM
missioners of the State for use in
the examination OF colored appli,
cants for places in the public
schools of Georgia which took
place Oh the 2Sth ult,
HOOKS CIRCULAR.
Before the examination, Com
missioner Kaigler received the fol-
lowing circular:
To the county school commission
ers Of Geor i'll Greeting:
! received information yesterday
afternoon that satisfied my mind
beyond a doubt that the questio rs
prepared for the present May ex>
aminations have been obtained by
a certain person or persons and
have been sold to various parties
who wish to stand the examination
that they might be ready tor it.
If bad received the information
sooner | would have revoked the
order and have held the examina,
ton a month later, furnishing en-
tirely new questions. As it is ex-
amlnatlols must proceed, but |
want each OF you to note every
fact or suspicious circumstance
that may come to your attention
during the progress Of the examin,
alton indicating probable knows
edge on the part Of the applicant
for examination aud teachers Ii
cense, of the contents of papers
before examination and write me
fully about il. Such gross fraud
as this must be ferreted ont and the
guilty parties properly dealt with.
The July session OF the General AS
sembly will be asked for legisl tive
action in the premises amendatory
OF the present law; which will
properly define the crime aud
fully punish it. Meantime no
stone will be lett unturned by me
to find the guilty parties, and | in
woke your earnest, cordial aid in
the matter. If this theft of our
papers IS to go on-our examina,
tons will be free, and perhaps
mainly tenefit those who are un>
worthy to bear the honorable Ii,
cense Of the honest, worthy and
truly competent teachers.
JAMES S. HOOK,
State School Com'r.
Commissioner Kaigler says he
noticed nothing suspicious in the
examinations here that would lead
him to believe that any of the ap.
plicants had gotten access to print
ed lists Of questions. The exami,
nation was very thorough AMI rigid
and be observed closely.
Personal
Miss Alice Lowrey is III the city
tromMo, tGomery to spend the sum