Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-05-24
4 TEACHERS, INSTITUTE.
County School Commissioner Bruce
Issues a Statement to Appli-
cants-Meeting an Lad
donia June Is.


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Correspondence Of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, May 23-The County
Teachers Institute convenes in Lad
donna on June IS. Teachers should
consider ID a duty and a privilege to
attend. AudrAin should maintain an
institute second to no other institute.
Teaching is a profession and 10 de-
mauding the very best talent. School
boards are looking for better and
more qualified teachers. The stand
ard is being raised and those who in
tend to aid in carrying the banner
onward and upward have q work to
do.
Applicants for third grade certih-
cate will be required to pass on Arith-
metic, Language Lessons, English
Grammar, Geography, Spelling, Read
ing, Writing, United States History
and Government, State History and
Government and Physiology.
For second grade certificate appli-
cants must pass examination on the
foregoing subjects and in addition,
Algebra and Literature. All appli-
cants for this certificate should sup
ply themselves with "Julius Caesar"
Reading will be taught In connec-
ton with Literature, hence teachers
are requested and urged to bring a
Fifth Reader. Julius Caesar will not
cover all the work upon which teachs
ers will be expected to pats. This is
about all which will be done in the
Institute. 1t Is supposed that an ap-
plicant for this certificate has a fair
knowledge Of both English and Amer
lean literature.
The first grade certificate appli-
cants are required to pass on one
branch Of science-either Physical
Geography, Elementary Physics or
Elementary Biology, relating to ag-
riculture and on division Of history,
ancient, modern and English.
Physical geography and physics will
be given In the Institute. Nature
and culture study will be given in
conjunction with other subjects. APP
plicants for each grade of certificate
will be required to pass on Pedagogy,
which will relate to the practical APP
plication OF psychology, methods and
management to teaching.
Teachers should supply themselves
with the official course of study for
teachers institutes and bring In ad-
dition the graded course of study for
rural schools which wal given out to
you by Superintendent Darlington.
/ have numerous inquiries about
accepting grades made at some sum.
mer school. | will accept grades
made at any reputable summer
school-such as the State University
the State Normal School and any
school within the State having /
membership with the College Union
On other subjects the applicant will
be required to take the examination
under limitations of the law, which
REQUIRES the applicant to pay the O.
county institute fee and $50 per ex.
amination-then receive only th,
special certificate.
Teachers who are engaged in teach,
ing during the first week of the In
stitute NAV enroll during the secont
week-take an examination ON frs
weeks Institute work and then b,
placed on equal grounds with othe
teachers, SO far as certihcation goes
Questions for examination VIII b
supplied by State superintendent
Darlington. Superintendent Car
rington has suggested q plan TO
county examinations SO that grade
made may count toward q State Ger.
tificate. superintendent Darlington
desires to assist ambitious, ~progressiy'
young teachers and to encourag
them to greater efforts in makinI
!. nranaration for the profeasiona
Sr.san An n,as.,or. nil he sar
uu'iss' All 4ues"'ns wHn 70 son
under seal 70 DC opened on Gay Q
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