The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-05-05
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Simmons Escss Regulator,
State Board of Examiners Appointed.

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of Education in Raleigh last week
the following were appointed the
State Board of Examiners, to
serve for term of two years, in
accordance with an act passed by
the last Legislature to revise and
improve the public school system
Of North Carolina:
w. L. Poteat, Professor of Biol
gy, Wake Forest College, and
President of Teachers Assembly.
L. L. Hobbs, President of Gull
ford College.
NJ. c. S. Noble, Superintendent |
of Wilmington City Schools.
G. II. Mebane, State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, is
ex-oficio chairman of this Board.
It is the.duty of this Board, as
set forth in the act creating it, to
prepare and recommend to the
| bubble school teachers of the State
through the several county super
visors, a course of reading and pro-
fes5ional study for teachers, and
such outlines of methods of teach
ing and school government as may
in its Judgement be helpful in
school room work.
The Board shall have power to
grant first grade life certificates,
which may be used in any county
in the State, and shall furnish the
public through the several county
supervisors, at least one month
| before the regular annual county
examination of teachers, full infor-
nation as to the nature and char
acter of the requirement for such
grade life certificates; it shall an
nually prepare and furnish to the
several county supervisors set OF
examination questions covering
subjects required by law to be
2 taught in the public schools of the
) State, which shall be submitted
at the regular annual examina-
ton of teachers in July to all ap
plican is for first grade life GER
! tifcate under such rules and regu
: lations as the State Board O
S School Examiners may prescribe
e The State Board of School Exam
S iners shall determine and grad
e the papers Of all applicants for
e first grade life certificate, an'
i shall issue said certificate to sucl
IS applicants as are properly quail
). fed and justly entitled thereto
o and all examination papers of aI
d plicants to whom first grade llf
ir certificates shall have been grant
J. ed under this act, shall be kept o
y lfle in the office of the State ST
E perintendent of Public Instrut
J. ton. Provided, that each appl
h cant for first grade life certif
So cate shall pay in advance to th
ct county supervisor the sum of fly
N dollars, which shall be reporte
n to the county board of educatio
r and paid into the general scho
Nv fund of the county: Provided
~ further, that every first grade Ii
certificate to continue valid ar
operative, shall be renewed by tt
ell State Board of School Examine
ed every five years, and before sa
* Board shall renew said certificat
ut it shall be accompanied with {
ng affidavit of teacher holding sa
nd certificate, that he or she has be
OF actually engaged in teachl
Len school since receiving said certi
'od cate or since its last renewal, a.
nd no charge shall be made for su
ex- renewal.
In The meeting Of the Board sh
led be held at the call of the Sta
his Superintendent of Public INSTR
sly ton, and members shall receive
compensation other than tn
nge travelling expenses and bot
% while attending the meeting,
:, n itemized statement of which sh
ne be kept in the books of the ST
So Superintendent of Public Instr
ton.