Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-18
PUBLIC SCHOOL MATTERS.

PUBLIC SCHOOL MATTERS.
Summer Normal Schools for white
teachers will be held at Farmville, Mt.
Jackson and Charlottesvi le.
FARMvILLE. Will commence July
and close July 30th. conducted by
rbos. J. Stubbs, Ph. D., College of Will =
lam al d Mary; B. NJ. Cox, local mana
ger. Board in private families Sl2 for
t four weeks.
Mt JACKsoN.-July 10Th to Aug. 6
conducted by Chas. h. Winston, Ii
D., Richmond College. Local mana
ger-Geo. w. Glenn. Board in private
families so for four weeks.
CHARLoTTEsvILLE.-June 9th to
July 22od conducted by E G. Glass.
Jsmes w. Lane, local manager. Tai
ton fee So Board $3.50 per month,
81 per week.
Teachers expected to attend these
schools should register at the office Of
he local manager.
HAMPToN.-July 5th to July 30th,
conducted by Miss Dora Freeman. Lo-
.;"l manager Allen Washington. Board
SO for four weeks.
Pe'ersburg. June 18th to July Sth
&C nducted by President Jas. II. John
son. Board - per week. For par
iculars address J b. Johnson, Peters
,urg, Va.
Teachers must present to ticket agent
at starting point certificate of ident-
tication issued by the del artment OF
public instruction, and countersgued
by the local manager. Tickets will b.
sold at four cents per mile one way for
the round trip.
Teachers Examinations.-Uniform
xamications for county and city Ger
lifcates will be held by county and
citv superintendents as follows:
For white teachers, Tuesday, August
oh. and Wednesday, August 10th.
For colored teachers, Thursday, Au
gust 11th, and Friday, August y b.
State Certi6cates.-In conformity
with the requirements of the regula-
lions, an examination of applicants
(whie) for professional certificates and
life diplomas will be held at Charloltes-
Vile, Farmvile, aud Mt. Jackson, and
of colored applicants at Hampton,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July
DIST, 22i and 23d.
Applicants for professional certificates
sill be examined in orthography, read
ing, writing, arithmetic, grammar,
geography, history of the United States,
general history, algebra, physiology,
civil government, Virginia school laws,
theory and practice of teaching.
Applicants for life diplomas, in ad-
iition to the above named branches,
viii be examined in geometry, natural
history, botany, English literature,
composition and rhetoric, psychology.
d plomas and certificates will be
.ssu,d to applicants who show stand
ing Of seventy-live per cent. in reading,
writing, spelling, arithmetic, grammar,
g grlphy, history, algebra and physi-
ology and an average of seventy-hve
per cent. in the other branches required,
aud who do not fall below fifty per cent.
on any one subject.
If applicants so elect, they will be
piven two consecutive years in which
to complete the examination, and will
oe credited the first year with those
subjects in which they shall have made
he required percentage.
The holder of professional certiti-
cate NAV obtain life diploma by pass
ing examination in all the additional
branches, as stated above, and furnish,
log satisfactory evidence of continued
succ s5 in teaching. ;.
Before the examination begins appll-
cants must present TO the examiners
satisfactory testimonials of good char
acter, and proof of at least two years OF
successful experience. When possible,
testimonials should be presented from
the superintendent in the county IN
which the applicant last taught and the
superintendent who gave the last Ger
tficate under which he taught. The
absence of such reference is always to
be regretted.
1t should be needless to say that no
special exemptions will be granted to
any applicant.
Applicants for State certificates must
notify the Superintendent OF Public In
struclion on or before July 1st OF their
purpose to take the examination.