New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-01-17

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q Civil govt %; y s. history, so; eener.
lal history, SO sizes, wanted
him to- take at least one writ examin.
alton, to be able to mark
him il spelling and com post ton. AS he
q considered himself strong il arithmetic
4 that branch was chosen. The questions
were written il aais presence this IS .
Irule of our Board to which we adhere
whenever possible they were principal
Ily problems selected from the text book
used IN our grammar depart ment. II
an examination Of pupils. the time would
Ihave been linlited probably to Q or "a i
hours; Z. S. Koch was promised all the
time he wanted. We did not expect
4 of course, that it would take him. hrs.
45 min. 80 Is 3. N. and 4 go
1880 P. N. to fail in arithmetic as per
lcent. Althoug b Clerk Rem of the
Board Of Education had been constantly
present and admitted that the oral and
written examinations had been conduct
led fairly and that 3 B. a. should not
repeatedly write nsulttplica,st, deminish,
fS.sfs sg.5 s 9 =
devide, devision, etc, 8 rumor was spread
before evening that we were inflicting up-
on Mr.. Koch an examination in arith-
metic of severity heretofore unheard Of.
Our oral examinations are generally con-
Quoted in the presence of at least two.
Examiners. Our schools opened Monday
lsept. 4; nearly 500 pupils had to be pros
noted by Supt. Nix. Examiner Hagberg
could not attend; further oral examine
tons were, therefore, out of the question.
Mr. Koch's classes had to be dismissed
while he was taking further written ex-
aminations in Mr.. Eckstein's office. He
failed in algebra q per cent. In chem
istryy, one Of the branches 10 be taught
by him, he was given a set OF the 81. s..
B. questions. After II hours writing.
he delivered q single page, which was
graded 0. At 1870 p. m. Sept. 4, Dr.
lStrickler, through CLERK REIN, request
1 ed the Examiners to discontinue the ex-.
animation; we replied that we would
not deny the applicant an examination
lin any branchln which he desired to be
examined. After thanking us for the.
courtesy shown him, Mr. Koch left the
city on the night Of Sept. 4. Strickler's.
organ, the News, then stated that we had
refused to certificate j. S. Koch this
|falsehood was repeated, over strickler's
signature, in q letter to Pres't Northrop.
Without calling q meeting Of the
Board Of Education, Dr.. Stricken wired.
to w. a. Milne, fellow Canadian, to
come to this city, bringing all his certi-
fcates with him. W. "a. Milne arrived
Wednesday, Sept 6.
w. "A. Milne was one of the 40 who
had applied in August. The application
he sent was as follows: q.
St. Paul, Mimi, Aug. II, 1913
20, g. Stricken, Pres. School Board, New
Ulm, MINI.
Dear Sir: Learning that there is a
vacancy in your high school in the de-
partments of science, geography and his
tory, res ectfully make application for
the position.
I am a graduate Of the Clinton Colleg-
late Institute and the Ottawa Normal
School, taking the full course in each. /
lam also an under graduate Of Toronto
University. Ihold a First Glass Pro
fessional Certificate, and have been grant
ed a State Certii for Minnesota with.
out examination.
81 have had seven years experience in
teaching. was for three years Principal
4 of the Norwich Public Schools, and for
two years Principal in Calgary, Alberta,
where I had eight assistants. I have
4 been engaged in teaching comm ercial
work IN st. Paul for the last year. z
At my final sex limitations my average
in natural science was SO per cent, in
geography 100 per cent. and in history
100 per cent. have had charge Of adj
yanced classes in these subjects for five
years.
AS an evidence Of my success ii the
school room submit for our consider
alton the enclosed copies Of estimonials1
shall be pleased 70 furnish 1p others # re- re.
1quested.
al. twenty seven years old and am
married rs mother is q German, and