The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-04-11
COUNTY EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.
BY SUPERINTENDENT MORTON.

loCn ms.
The new school laws do not gointo
| effect until after July LIST.
The following teachers report terms
| of six months: Homer Resler i'll Hull
bert district; Leta Moore, Florence;
z. Z. Mckinney, Mondamin; Minnie
Hurshman, Fairview; Clarence Ellis,
| Wheaton; Mabel Dean, Glendale;
Rosa NJ. Stapp, Carleton; Belle
Hanks, Cedar; James Manning,
Pearl; Eta Barber, Spring Hills;
Harlan Woodruff, Midland: Bridget
A. Dunn, York: Lou Trythall, Carrie
ton: James Clifford, Logan; Louis
| Hemmingson, Ohio; Albert Churchill,
Logan: W. II. Dawson, Plato; Mamie
KOlda, Fairview; Florence CrOll,
Holden; Harry Fross, Glendale and
Henry A. Morrow, Ohio.
Jessie B. Kintigh taught six and
one half months in Hiland. She has
taken charge of her fathers term
| while he attends to the active duties
of the farm.
Andrew eleven completed five
months in Como and departed for
Canton where with his uncle, he will
| attend school for an indefinite time.
A four months term was taught
by Ed T. Bates i'll Plato and the
| same number Of months by {. +.
B%rundidge in Gilbert.
Allie G. Sempel has begun a term
of three months in Ontario district.
Z. Z. Mckinney went to Brookings
to make arrangements to enter the
mechanical department of that
school.
J. w. Heltibridle of Burdette &C
cOmpanied his report with the papers
of W. r. Hague, a frank in class
pupil; Prof. Justice handed in the
papers of his daughter, Leila and OF
Clara Dorcas; Miss Hanks, papers of
Guy Kelly.
Mr.. Failing will do institute work
in Faux and Beadle counties.
Anna Trythall after teaching six
months in Rose Hill, began Il three
months term in Beadle county. Her
patrons speak very highly of her sue
cess.
Eya Purkey is home from six
months energetic work in Hubert.
Two OF her pupils, Roger G. Wearne
ana Arbie b. Crossman, will take the
final examination, which will be held
in May.
The members of the institute facul-
ty held a meeting last Saturday. Ar
engagements were made for q busy
months work next June. We expect
to make the session a profitable one.
Our common school pupils OF the
sixth seventh and eighth grades, all
teachers and those who expect to
teach need have no hesitancy in en-.
tering into the work. You will re,
ceive outlines before May1st. Decide
at onc to come ii it is possible for
you TO do so.
Second grade licenses will be good
for two years; but you must also un-
derstand that the standard is grad
ually moving upward. At present
you can not fall below sixty in any
branch: Didactics is added to the
third grade work, and, read the fol.
lowing instructions from the state
Supt:
To County superintendent:
This office desires to emphasize
what you have already noticed in
regard to the manner prescribed by
law for the issuing of teachers cert.
ticates. We earnestly desire that
every provision of law shall be com,
piled with before n certificate shall
! issue, and certificate issued will be
recognized by this office unless every
requirement of law has been fulfilled
Papers OF applicants for first grade
certificate who have failed to pass
will be returned to the county super,
intendent who may then treat them