Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-05-23
SHOWING NOT CRtDiTABlE.

The report Of h examinations OF
applicants for eighth grade diplomas
conducted by the county .uperin-
tcudent, and which appears in an.
other column, Is certainly not graft
Tying To the people of the Lewistowu
district, and some effort should be
made 10 Ascertain why - iow pupils
are at all prepared to undergo eX-
animation for graduation and why
those who attempted madcsuchpoor
showings compared with Other chill
drcn ni the county.
The result shows only six children
of the eighth grade al the Lcwistown
school applied for examination and
uf these hut thrcepaSsel. The aver
ages secured were among the lowest
made.
OF nine applicants from Utica, seven
passed. OF five from the Mcdonald
creek district, four passed. OF the
three from Gilt Edge all passed and
with high averages. Two also pass
ed from Garnei!l.
This showing il not crcditable To
The principal nor the eighth grade
teachers OF this district. Ii IL means
anything, it Is that the instruction
In this district il not equal TO that
given in the other districts OF the
county, where lower salaries are paid
and no such attempt Ii made to
sccure thoroughly competent teach
ers ~ is pretended here.
1t may he said that the advertise
mcnt Of this fact IL an injury to Lew
istOwn and doubtless ii Is, but bet
ter that the supporters Of the school
he acquainted with the facts than
that they be left In ignorance Of the
condition and the school board not
be made to feel the necessity of secur-
ing some more competent head for
the schools here.
btNlShDN tu'uiu HdNN Hui ilhI
or five times as many applicants for
promotion rs any other district and
its candidates should have obtnincd
the highest averages instead OF the
lowest.
Since the establishment ofthecoun-
~ high school il has met with moth
ing but encouragement from the
grade sc5oul principal, who was II
disappointed applicant for the prin-
cipalship Of The high school-and
possibly this may account for thcfcw
applications for graduating diplo-
The people Of Iewistown have
been more than generous in school
matters. They have voted tax after
tax for the building of new schools.
the proper furnishing and the cm-
ployment Of the best teachers. Yet
mt the first examination they are
compelled To see other districts make
the better showing.
The matter of the employment OF a
principal for the ensuing term has
been under consideration by the
board for weeks. IL was understood
"A majority favored the retention Of
Prof. Nancil, but the decision oi the
state superintendent That he had no
right TO tench, seemed to have given
his cast II set back. At that time he
called personally upon the editor Of
the ARGUS and said that under no
circumstances would he be an appli-
cant for another term, yet IL Is freely
reported that he has said that II re-
qucstrd To do so he would remain
AMI the delay In engaging his suc-
cessor has given color to the report
that the bonrd will eventually retain
him.
For Prof. Nancil we have none but
the kindllest feeling, but we believe
he has served his term Of usefulness
in this district and that the papers
submitted by his pupils, now on file
with the county superintendent and
which anyone may see-prnye that
his course Of teaching has not been
fruitful Of the results rightiully to be
demanded.