The herald., 1895-07-10
Examinations Before the County
Board Concluded
$UCCESSFUL CANDIDATES
HlSh School, Grammar and Primary
Grade Certificates
Ihs Studies Taken and Rules of Examination.
How the Students Averaged-Smali
Number in the High School

For q week large number OF ladies
and gentlemen have been assem- bling dai'
y at the Office of County Superintendent
Of Schools Spurgeon Riley. to undergo the
annual examinations for high school
grammar and primary grade teachers
certificates. Yesterday the examinations
were concluded and the successful candi'
dates were informed of their standing.
The candidates for primary certificates
wore examined in arithmetic. grammar
and CONF mposition, orthography. geogra-
ply. United States history, word analyst
and defining. physiology, penmanship
and elementsIof bookkeeping. industrial
drawing, vocal music, methods of teach
ing. civil governmen ent, school law and
reading.
Candidates for grammar grade certlf-
Gates were examined in the above SUBJ
jects and in elementary geometry, litera-
ture and rhetoric botany and zoology,
general history. psychology and princi-
pies of education, bookkeeping (single
and double entry). algebra to quadratics
and natural philosophy.
The examinations for high school GER
tificates included both the above groups
and the additional subjects of algebra,
University OF California;, chemistry,
plane trigonometry, geology and astron-
omy.
sArithmetic grammar and composition.
and .orthography were the tests. Any APP
plicant falling to obtain an average of %
per cent in any OF these studies was ,e ex-
c)uded from further examination. The
three articles OF the regulations covering
the late examinations are: "a primary
certificate may be granted to any appli-
cant receiving an average of not less than
so per cent upon the primary subjects;
provided the applicant is is years of age
and is person of good moral character.
"a grammar grade certificate may be
granted to any applicant holding or en-
titled to receive primary certificate OF
this county, who shall obtain an average
of so per cent in an examination upon
the grammar grade subjects provided the
applicant is IS years of age, is person Of
good moral character, and has taught
successfully for at least one year.
ia high school certificate may be
granted to any applicant holding or en-
titled to receive grammar grade certif
cate of this county. who shall obtain an
average of so per cent in an examination
upon the high school subjects; provided
the applicant is 1S years of age, is per-
son of goou moral character. and has
taught successfully for at least two
years"
Those who were successful are named
as follows in their grade, some of the
high school and grammar grade teachers
having taken the primary examinations:
Primary grade - Leila Tuttle, Ina
Reeves, Angie Griswoid, Helen E. Ulapp,
Ada f. Webb. Helen Aimoch, Corinne
Mcfarland, Eleanor J. Rogers. John G.
Condit, Alex Murray, Frank Geedenow.
Mrs. M. d. Pettigrew. Minnie Reed, Eliz-
abeth Williams, Ethel Hale. Norma r.
Totten, William A. Corey. Ella D. Mosher,
Cecil B. stearns, Cora N. Brooks, Louise
II. Gilmour Anna M. Whitman, Mildred
EN- body. Estella Darcy. Lucy W. Morley.
q. W. Nickel. Jennie Schaffer. Ida n.
Macleod, ]. J. Penepacker. Eva J. Pullin.
Ella V. Dobbs Winfield W. Waite, Mary
E. Thompson, Mary Belle Stockton, Ly-
dia Simpso Israel Thurston, Amy A.
Armstrong. Frank Tanning, Rae Van
Cleve Albert ?. Lennon, Julia A. Can
nell. John A. Coverly, Annie M. Els
worth; forty-four out of sixty-nine
passed.
Grammar grade-Ada F. Webb, Helen
e. Clapp. Ina Reeves, Angie Griswold,
Clara Young, Amy I. Brookman, Charles
4. Putnam. Elva l.. Smith, Ella A. Kin
der, Louisa Burns. w. H. Holland; eleven
out of twenty-nine.
Highsschool-Stell Endicott, Blanche
Leveile. J. M. McPherron, Walter A. Ed
wards and ino A. Goodrich five out OF
twelve candidates.
The board of education is now engaged
in cleaning up the debris of the battle.
and soothing the pangs of the killed and