Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1890-05-09
Letter from Mrs. t.c.,cr.
HAMPTON Nd NAV 4 ,lc

HAMPTON N. D., May 4, 1880
To the Editor of the RECORD.
You ask me to inform YOU as to TIT
grade of certificate L holds 1 wish 10
make my reply public.
! had intended TO try and obtain the
office of superintendent Of schools of this
county. when l behold IN item in your
paper stating that no person coud legally
hold that office unless his qualifications
We're such as to cntitlc him to frs.
grade certificate.
Now. Mr.. Editor. why should you asH
me if hold first-grndc unless some very
interested party had. informed you other
wise2
There IS just suclha, party who'ls circl
latlng the news in different parts ot tie.
county that Mrs. G. Lester does not hoi
first grade, and is not capable Of Oh.
tain'ng one /; therefore, cannot hold.tln,
Office of superintendent OF schools.
To the person who. takes, upon himself
this trouble, and to all others, l wUuN
| make known tho following facts
l do not hold firsl-gradc certificate
not because lam not competent but be-.
| cause our superintendent, Mr. Andrus,
would not grant nae an examnationfnr
that grade He told me he dit, not lav"
the qucstlons there, aud that would
have TO- wait TIL ehe June examination.
i Tue fuct has sluce become known 10 NJ.
that tue questions were there, aud his rc,l.
sons for not giving them to me, as re-
qtested, can only bc ascribed TO, one mo
tivc. and that very transparent one
! MI AnGrus has also stated in tho hear
ing of certain persons. that the certificate
l Row hold would not entltle nc to lirs,
grado. Well, fwif simply say that the
certificate can speak for itself
Fn consideration of these facts, pre-.
sumo my appointment vii. not be pull
Ifshel.
! will only suy, in conclusion, that !
hope our new superintendent, whoever
he may be- will not deprive others of III"
chance of obtaining the office, which h.
thinks worth striving to win by with
holding t1rst-eraae questions
Very respectfully Mrs. G. LESTER.
t*Ths editor Of the RECORD is sorry
that Mrs. Lester misunderstood his letter
of inquiry rs to whether she had a first
grade certificate. He had obtained one of
tho frst copies of the new laws tha,
came into the county, and, knowing thai
the provision requiring superintrndents to
have first. grade certificates was not gen.
eraiIy known, he thought it right to in
form those who contemplating running
that tirstgradc certificate was necessary
This he did In several other cases besides
that at the lady who writes the above let
ter, two being those of gentlemen. When
it is remembered that each announcement
would have brought three dollars to the
RECORDS cmaciated and consumptiye
pocket. book. it would certainly seem that
inquiries by the editor that might keep out
an announcement were not Of Very sell
Dish nature. The only aim was to prevent
tue making of announcements which
wsuld have~te be withdrawn when the
first grade provision of the law became
known. This course was certainly much
better than to have pocketed the SO and
| said nothing. In his letter to Mrs. Lester
the editor wrote: "If you have q first. grade
certificate, please inform me, and your
announcement will at once be published
| or words 10 that effect. He had said not
. word to nor received an intimatiou from
MIR. Andrus regarding her present grade
| ne q teacher And in this connection we
will say that the editor believes tina,
the county superintendent should bc
chosen without political wrangling, and
that the RECORD will take no part in the
CANVASS. In common with other citizens
the editor hopes that's Competent man or
woman will be elected 10 the Office That
Is A.-ED. REcoRD.