Middletown transcript., 1896-12-26
The Teachers
Round T able

liz lCdCllCIS
Round I able
Conducted by A. R. SpA1D, Highlands, Del.
All teachers and friends Of Education
In New Castle County and the
teachers of Kent and Sus-
sex are invited to take
seats.
fan persons whe take an interest in this
column should send their names and address
for enrollment.l
We welcome the following knights:
Is. W. OWEN sYPHERD,
Port Penn, Delaware.
Is. ELLA ACLEAvER.
Delaware City, Delaware.
II. ELIZABETH NJ. CLARK,
Hockessin, Delaware
18. MABEL BEECHER.
2ls West 9th st., Wilmington, Del.
10. Prof. ISAAC 7. JOHNSON,
Friends School, Wilmington, Del.
Supt. Smith authorizes me to say that
the next teachers examination will be held
in Wilmington and Middletown, on Satur-
day, January End. 1897.
The January examination is the best of
the year. 1t oceuis at time when you
have week for review. You are also bet
ter prepared mentally for it than you will
be next July. Ny advice to every teacher
whose certificate expires with the school
year is, that you take the next examina-
ton. If You wait until July, you will find
your mental powers weakened by reason of
the warm weather, and part of your va
cation will be spent with an anxiety that is
not pleasing; for teacher is not always
certain that she has passed. She may be
refused position for the coming year, ii
she should fail. The teacher who tries in
January and fails. has an other opporlun-
ity at the close of the school year.
May advise you in regard 10 your e1-
animation papers? know that you desire
a good certificate; and feel sure that your
grades will be better, if you follow my di-
rections.
In the first place, I would say that the
superintendent or examiner should have
paper for the teachers to buy. Then the
examination papes would be uniform in
size. The paper should be OF the best quail
lily. would recommend what is called
sermon paper" 1t has holes in one side,
and with two fasteners youIcan bind all your
papers together, if The superintendent so
desires, or each subject may be kept sep
aTate.
Write carefully Never hand in blot.
ted paper. Ten per cent. ought to be taken
off your grade for such relessness.
Number your questions to correspond
with the list. Leave line between each
question. Let your answers be sentences.
If the question is. What is the capital
of Delaware" you should not write
"Dover," but 'Dover is the capital of Della
ware" In this way your paper is made in
telligible.
In solving problems, let your solution
stand on the left side Of your paper, with
every step of the work to the right. Do not
crowd your work.
In mental arithmetic, see that your analy-
sis is perfect. Some teachers seem to think
that mental arithemetic is the same as writ
ten, but unless the distinction is made cred
it should not be allowed.
In grammar care should be taken OF
only to name the parts of speech, but also
to show what they modify. 1t is supposed
that the way teacher parses, or analyses
is the way she teachers her pupils. Con-
sequently arithmetic and grammar become
important branches, for they require
M ethod and principle In my opinion a
teacher does not lower her history grade by
being unable to give particular date to
the same extent that she lowers her grade
in grammar if she names a part of speech
and then fails to dispose of il properly.
There is another thing of importance to
you in successful examination-it is your
luncheon. No teacher will gain anything
BY not taking time to eat. A light meal
and short brisk walk at noon will add 10
the afternoon grades.
wish all worthy can didates success.
Here is bit Of information for your his
tory class when you come to the study of
The Mormons
According to the last census there were
!, l,O5S Mormon communicates in Nebraska;
|, ,1Oe in Kansas; 1885 in Wyoming; 1896
IN California; 1,540 in Michigan; 1892 in
Colorado; 5,S03 in Iowa; $500 Arizona;
l4,972 in Idaho; and 12s, ,115 in Utah. Of
all other denominations in the last named
,tate there are less than 10000. TT Ia tho