The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-20
A GOOD LAW. If

IL the purpose of the act of last session which
transferred to the state superintendent of instrc
oH TIE issue OF all certificates for teachers except
those of the third grade executed in harmony with
us am there will be several marked results There
VIII be an immediate shortage in the .sunn1v Of
qualified teachers there will be a lively demand 70
Sultng In an increase Of wages paid; there will he
wedding out of large number of incomnetnnts
VINO have managed to force their passapa +brouob
county superintendent examinations: there will no
resultant elevation Of the standing of teachers aa
cdSS anu what Is Of greatest value there will he
SIeaC Improvement in the teaching in rural schools
This all can be deduced from the results of tho Nv
dnnauon or the papers sent in by the county sunar
1n'ehuents and tested by the corps of examiners
whose work closed this week. Barely two-thir1s or
the teachers hitherto listed took the county av
alnauons' and rather less than tWo-thir1s Of tbesa
passed. 0
How essential it was that ncomnatanoo st,,
De eliminated from the teaching force of the state l.,
demonstrated by the papers submitted thew hn,nc
"0"e'S u the questions prepared and sent to the
'S euperihtenoents from the state superintend-
0ni.e' 1heSe were designed to test the general
Information OF the applicants as well 40 +hnr +oobn,
Cal Nno"ledge. Answers given revealed SURPRISING
ignorance Of those common affairs with which INV.
one one would suppose, who had the ambition ana
lntellSehce to teach district school would no fo
certlncate made answer to the reouos+ - 49,
VI me states two United States senators. .erf
'nieI oneIL one OF the senators from Mobiles co,,n
~ Another gave Bill Nyes History of ENGLAND"
NJ 49, INC i''oi3es bearing upon Revolution
: 9''ion now teacher would ascertain if q
Pupn were short-sighted, one answer was. ..Dro,
d line on the blackboard and ask the child - 4r
us length If its estimate was short # would sho-
that the child was short-sigbtad "
Inc law is excellent ono T. ee
10 country schools to secure good +ooob
4n"Hcldl ala given 1t will, if well enforced nro,7
~ Ninu OF teachers in time. 1t obvia+as r7h4
'een tne fatally weak point in our svstem o,,o
TIC ieslSlature repealed the act MAKING +b
eoo i .po1.0nuelt appolntiye and made the or
NO other county Office is SO susceptih,o
p0l'i'''l pressure as is this To deny a certifcsto
~ - oneho not only the rejected but b,s
u nef "hoe circle of relatives and to ask or o
an officer whose tenure denends not 80 - Npoc'
eiection but upon that more difficuIt bod =
convention, to thus incur these anmositioS e ~ E
~ LUIGI VI human nature. as it's AVERAGE r,u
anu 'neH' mere and there may be found COW
peill'ehuent who does his duty with
od 80 .0'ui''' sometimes sustained sometimes turn
49, IL convention or at the polls; but ordinarily
- en' VIII run no such risk He ,or
rather than himself Suner
Inc only weak spot in the law 20 H.
leaving TO the county superintendent Tho "
iSSue thlrd grade certificates It leaves bi a,I "
" pieeSufe from this army of the reiactod go,
81" ior nrSt and second grade certificates. NO.
sure sure TO be applied by those who arc +ooa,,s-
lor revenue only and will pocket their nrdo o,s
11Ne third grade rather than forego their o,ar.
upon the school fund In time the third prad o1tIe
~dte VIII De obliterated 1t is a concession - ~.
u no'ioh that the smaller the pupils or the nooro
INC uiS1ct the less qualified may be the instr1to.
q notion trat was exploded long ago, and WHOSE
otoa+te - neiu IN localities where the needs Of
euucatIon are known and met If the n,,rno -
the law Is defeated in it's practice we nradio+ - ~
Oe because of It's concession to this antquated notion