The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-01-18
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS.

The Spring series of examinations will be held
l. Manitowoc, Friday and Saturday, May %
2S and 30 -''
90. Reedsville, Wednesday and Thursday. Ma,
4. Two Rivers, Friday and Saturday, June /
-. Manitowoc, First ward school Friday and
Saturday, June and 9.
This examination is intended solely for tbo.a
seeking the higher grade certificates.
q; ManItowoc, First ward school.) Thursday
and Friday, July 10 and %
This Is supplementary third grade examina
tlon ana only such persons able to furnish
UatId excuse for not attending one of the regular
series Will be permitted to write
third grade requires an average of 60 per cent
ana minimum of 30 per cent. in Written Arith.
met1c, Grammar, L. s, History, Geography and
Theory OF Teaching, and 81 per cent in the other
branches.
Second grade requires an average of 70 ner
cent. ana minimum of % per cent in Written
Arithmetic, Grammar, History Geopranhv and
branches. - ga ''A'0i
First grade requires an average of Is per cant.
ana minimum of 10 per cent in Written Arith-
metIc, Grammar, History. Geography and Theory
OF Teaching and 60 per cent. in all other branches
Teachers holding Third grade certificates may
during the validity of their certificate present
themselves twice for examination in sacond
grade branches, but the first snch examination
must be within o months of the issuance of the
Teachers holding Second grade certificates may
present themselves twice for examination in the
hrst grade branches during the validity of the
animation must be taken within one wear of the
issuance of the second grade.
Applicants may raise their standings in third
grade branches at any examination excpnt tho
July supplementary.
Hereafter but one regular series of examina-
tons Will be held each year and that late in the
spring, and all persons intending to teach in
haDltOWOc county who hold prtif
thorlZlng them to teach for an entire school wear
are ADVISED to attend at that time. The fall ser
les VIII De supplementary III character and will
be held some time in October Certificates will
issued the latter part of June.
The following program Will be followed at the
examinations:
II A. NJ. Pm.
Reading. History.
"ramlnar. Constitutions.
Physiology,
Mental Arithmetic Theorvo Of Tao.b,-,,
Written Arithmetic. (ieorr,nh1
photography and Pronun-
citation.
SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION.
FRIDAY:
fh!slcsl Geography. Algebra.
SATURDAY.
AM
fhyslcal topography Natural Philosophy,
Algebra Gaomotrr
lhe examination In reading will De both oral
and written. The written examination will be
based upon Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice
and Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard.
Scott lvanhoe will be used in testing mechani-
cal proficiency in reading. A critical acouain
lance with the novel Is not demanded, ppI1.
cants are expected to bring their copies of Ivan
hoe to the examination.
All persons who hold or have held third grade
certlhcate are expected to make close study of
The Slavery Question" treated of in Wilson's
DIVISION and Reunion. page 117-193 and John
ston Y: ). history. The examination for teach
ers viii be limited to the above subject.
Chapters 2, and of Fiske's Civil Government
Will be used as the basis for the oral eXamipa-
ton IN Civil Government. Only teachers are ex-
pected to take part in this discussion but others
will not be excluded.
In Theory of Teaching questions will be based
on the Course of Study. close study of the
Manual Is strongly recommended to all who in
tend to write at the examination, Questions re-
latlng to methods of teaching will also he
asked IN connection with many of the other SUP
jects.
Pronunciation will be tested IN connection
with oral Reading. photography will be tested
by means of list of words and close examira
ton OF all answer-papers.
With the exception of stocks the examina
ton IN Arithmetic will not go beyond what is
outlined In the Manual.
Persons under the age of sixteen will be denied
the privileges of the examination and cert1fcates
will not be signed unless applicants are AT Ieast
seventeen years old.
Manltowoc, Jan. j. 1894.
c L. PAIZER, Supt. of Schools