The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-27
STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS.
Appointed Yesterday by The State
Board of Education.

The State Board of Education met yes
terday in the Governors office and ap-
pointed the following Board OF Examin-
ers. for term Of two years.H in accord
ancr with in net passed by the last
Legislature TO revise and improve the
pulse school system of North Carolina
W. l.. POTEAT, Professor of Biology
W"ke Forest College and President OF
Teachers Assembly.
/. l.. HOBBS, President Of Guilforl
College
NJ. G.. S. NOBLE, Superintendent of
Wilmington City Schools.
G. II. MEBANE, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, is ex-offieio chair
man Of this Board.
1t is the duty Of this Board, as set forth
in the act creating it, to prepare and re-
commend to the public school teachers
Of the State through the several county
supervisors, a course of reading and pro-
fessional study for teachers, and suth out
lines Of methods Of teaching and school
government as may in it's Judgment b.
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 sew
eral county supervisors, at least one
month before the regular annual county
examination Of teachers, full infOrma ton
as to the nature and character of the re-
quirements for such grade life certifi-
Gates; 1t, shall annually prepare and
furnish to the several county supervisors
n set Of examination questions coverin@
subjects required by law to be taught in
the public schools of the State. which
shall he submitted Mt the regular alinua
examine ton of teachers in July to all az
pGcants for a first grade life certifca e
under snch rules and regulations rs t.,
State Board Of School Examiners M,
prescribe. The State BOARD Of Scbo9,
Examiners shall determine and grade tire
papers Of al! applicants for a first ga p
life certificate, and shall issue said o."
tifcate to such applicants as are propcrjv
qualified and justly entitled thereto an
all examination papers of applicants f.
whom first grade life certificates sha,'
have been granted under this act, ehar
be kept on file in the olice of the STATE
Superin tendent Of Public instruction..
Provided that each applicant for f..
grade life certificate shall pay in aI-
vance to the county supervisor the san
Of FIVE dollars, which shall be rcpor,
to the county board Of education ard PSI!
into the general school fund Of TIE
county; Provided, further. that cyos g
first grade life certificate 10 confirm.
valid ard operative shall he renewed }H
the State Board Of School Examiner.
every FIVE years, ana before ea:i Peer
shall rcnew said certificate II shan r
accompanied with an affidavit CT the
teacher holding said certificate, tha5 -,
or she has been actually engaged in t"ap',
ing school since receiving said cerT;Gcato
or since lis last renewal, md no cl!nr.,
shall he made for such renewal
The MEETINGS II the Board shall n,
held at the call OF the State Su0e"iutr1,".
ent of Public instruction, and the mem
bers shall receive no compensation cfHtr
than their IIiye,iac expenses and loar3
while attending tie menring. m itemizv.i
stHtencGt - z'tlL skali he kent ~ g..
hooks Q" '"e ,>fs +" Superintendent az
Public INSTRUCTION.