Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-09-23
School Notes.

The Golden Belt Teachers associa-
ton will meet at Waldo, Osborne conn
ty next Thanksgiving week.
Eightv-one teachers took the August
examination in Russell county. Of this
number thirty-one failed to pass. The
per cent. of failures is the same as in
Trego county and the required standing
is about the same.
The following rules. adopted by the
board of examiners in Russell county,
explain themselves: At meeting of
the examining board of Russell county,
Kansas, held on Monday, September 4,
1898, the following resolutions were
adopted governing the issuing of third
grade certificates at the teachers exam
nation held August % and 20. 1898, for
the purpose of supplying the necessary
number of licensed teachers to fill the
September and October schools; be it
resolved by the board of examiners of
Russell county, Kansas, that the follow
ing regulations shall govern the grant
ing of third grade certificates in this ex-
animation:
|. The applicant will be expected to
make general average of 20 and not
fall below 80.
2. If the applicant falls below so and
is above 80 then he must make gen.
eral average of rs.
3. The rule heretofore adopted by
this board of examiners granting only
two third grade certificates in succession
to the same person is hereby suspended
4. That resolutions No and ap-
ply only to the examination held Au-
gust % and 26, 1898. '~.s
J. R. Bickerdyke, E. O. Humes and
John Groendyke, board of examiners.
CHIv1NGToN, Colo Sept. IA, 1898.
EDITOR WORLD: Allow me to state iD
your paper for the information of Su-
perintendent Peacock and others who
may have forgotten, that in 1886 when
the undersigned was conductor of the
Trego County Normal Institute, Prof
Dinsmore, of the State Normal school,
favored us with visit and gave most
interesting lecture on 1.-The Effects of
Alcoholic Stimulants and Narcotics on
the Human System" Hence Prof Olin
is not the first member of faculty of I,
Kansas state institution of learning who
paid the Trego County Normal Institute
a visit. Respectfully,
GEORGE w. COMBS.
Many of our older teachers will re-
member Prof G. w. Combs and gladly
read his communication in this issue.
Prof Dinsmore's visit to Trego county
was made about month previous to my
coming here, and it seems that all except
the conductor of that institute had for
gotten it. may say that I heard the
lecture of Prof. Dinsmore in Cherokee
county the same year. also remember
now that Prof. Combs spoke of it and
redeliyered parts of it Experiments etc.
throughout the county during the fol-
lowing winter while canvassing for
"Yaggy's Anatomical Chart" District
%, where | was then teaching, being
favored in that way. Thanks, Brother
Combs, your correction was "good an0
timely Let us hear from you again.
EDITOR WORLD: With all due defer
ence to Superintendent Peacock's gooC
intentions toward all his fellow teachers.
| wish to correct his statement regard
ing Ellis county schools. The average
required in Ellis county is 20 per cent.
and the minimum is 60 per cent this
being the same for second grade except
that the average in this case is 80 per
cent. Ellis county teachers have enough
sins of their own without having such
reputation thrust upon them gratis.
ANOTHER TEACHER.
The above anonymous communication,
by postal card, post marked Ellis. was
handed me by the WORLD. am sorry
that the writer sees fit to hide his Cor
her?) light under bushel in this way.
Trego county teachers have under
stood for number of years that the Ell
lis county board of examiners required
a general average of 60 per cent. and
allowed minimum of 40 for third grade
certificates. To be certain of it, l asked
King and Prof. Fry at
the joint session of Ellis and Trego
teachers at Ellis last spring. The an
swer of both gentlemen confirmed our
previous understanding. 1t was also
voted by the teachers then assembled |
that the standard for third grade certifi-
Gates should be raised. It would seem
from this that the letter of the resolu- |
ton has been carried out. A recent let
ter from perintendent King gives the |
'UollO1AS do ~ anu w. dill d1Wd |
glad to be informed of my mistakes, for |
only then am I able to correct them.
with all due Difference to the good |
Intentions" of my unknown benefactor |
tressO wish to say that our feelings !
Ind intentions toward all fellow teach
srs are the best and especially toward |
hose of Ellis county. We have profita-
bly, formed many pleasant acquaintance
among them and some of them have
been and are now doing good work in
he schools of Trego county. The same
an be said of Graham and Cove. We
Welcome them. We impute no sins to
hem-only hoping for forgiveness of
,ur own. We thrust no reputation upon
hem, except to their credit, neither
gratis" nor yet anonymously. We are
aught to let not the right hand know
What the left is doing, and yet we always
ike to know to whom we are indebted |
or favor. q
am informed upon the written and
spoken authority of number of teach
rs in surrounding counties that they
lre contending against low wages and
IN overplus of teachers. l have enquir-
I'd the cause of this and await solution.
Upon the same authority and upon
gathered from various
sources conclude that there is great
diversity in tho roouiro5 ctand;D0 for