Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-06-08

the following subjects:
Orthography,
reading,
Writing,
Mental Arithmetic,
Written Arithmetic,
English Grammar,
History Of Tennessee,
History Of the United States,
Physiology and Hygiene,
Theory and Practice Of Teaching and
School Law,
TIMES OF EXAMINATIONS.
County uperintendents are request
ed to hold public examinations at the
following times, and to give no private
examinations:
Annual Examination First Friday
and Saturday in July.
Second Examination-First Friday
and Saturday in August
Quarterly Examination--Fir Friday
and Saturday in October.
Quarterly EXamination-Firs Friday
and Saturday in January.
Quarterly Examination-First Friday
and Saturday in March.
All certificates expire at the close of
the scholastic year. June 3Oth.
Instructions are hereby given to issue
no Certificate to any applicant, graduate
of any State Normal College, State or
Peabody Institute, only on the dates
above specified. If the two days named
are not sufficient to conclude the exam
ination of applicants, continue from
day to day until the work is finished.
Have your examinations on these
dates and no other. Let them be uni
form. Under no circumstances, hold
individual or private examinations.
One whole day, at least is necessary
for the primary and it will require two
whole days for a satisfactory examina-
tion for the Secondary Course. Treat
all teachers with absolute justice, fair
ness and impartiality. This can be
done by fixing the time for examina-
tion, the place, the number of hours to
be consumed, and make no exception
for or against any person or teacher. /
recommend a strict, thorough, practical
and uniform examination on all the
branches as prescribed by law. You
have no right to license any person to
teach school who is not worthy and
we'll qualified and of the highest moral
character and personal worth, License
no others, it matters not what their ex-
aminations may be.
A teachers Institute should be held
in each county, and every teacher in
the county, whether exempt from ex-
animation or not, should be encouraged
10 attend. 1t is recommended that
these Institutes be held so as to close
the first Friday and Saturday in July,
the date of the annual examination.
The best teachers usually attend the
County Institutes. l therefore recon-
mend that those teachers in your Coun-
ty who attend regularly your County
Institutes and Teachers Meetings be
given due credit for the same by you in
your annual examinations for Teachers
Certificates.
TEACHERS EXEMPT FEoM EXAMINATION
/. Graduates of the Peabody Normal
College,
. Graduates eff the Teachers Train
ing School at Hiwassee College.
3. Graduates of the State and Pea
body Institutes.
You should examine all applicants
for Certificates except those expressly
enumerated herein. The fact that a
teacher is a graduate of some school or
college does not free him from examin'
alton, Examinations are no hardships
upon thoroughly qualified teachers
and you have no other way under the
law to test the Teachers fitness and a.
bility except by an examination.
Examine applicants for First and Sec
ond Grade Certificates, not exempt from
such examination, on Theory ana Prac
tice of Teaching, and School Law, ant
duplicates for Third Grade Certificates
in Theory and Practice of Teaching.
Public School Certificate is not Ii
cense to teach school, neither is a Pub
lie School Diploma. Do not issue
}, Certificate to an incompetent person
no matter what pressure may be broug b
to bear. Use every means possible t
improve the teachers Of your respectiv
counties. Urge upon them the valu
of attending Institutes, reading schoC
journals, and professional literature
d Start Teachers Library, If one hs
not been already been established, an
- encourage Reading Circles.
r. MORGAN c. FITZPATRICK,
IA State Supt Public Instruction
II Nashville, Tenn, May 10, 1899.