Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-27
FOR EXAMINING BOARD
Educational Council Favors a
County Board to Conduct
Teachers Examinations.
Report Of Committee Adopted
After Hours of Heated
Discussion.
Opposition Secures Modification
Relative TO the Appointment
of Examiners.
,ecial to Times Republican.

SpeClal TO ItmeS-R epuDllC1n.
Dee Moinea, Dec. 27.-The educational
council met today and discussed the
question Of teachers examinations. The
committee recommended the establish
ing of county board of three, of which
the county superintendent is chairman,
to examine teachers "as to scholarship.
general knowledge and culture, profess
sional learning and the physical, as well
ss mental and moral fitness of the app
plicant."
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 27.-The educational
council Of the State Teachers Associa-
ton adopted compromise on the cues
tions of county boards Of examination.
Boards of examiners were endorsed. but
the opposition secured q modification OF
the original proposition by securing a
recommendation that the two examiners
aside from the county superintendent
should be selected by him.
O. H. Harris, OF Glenwood, was chair
man Of the committee on teachers ex-
aminations. After a discussion lasting
three hours the following report was
finally agreed upon:
"To the Members Of the Educational
Councils:
GENERAL.
..Section 1. A teachers examination
shall consist of an inquiry into the
scholarship, general knowledge and Gull
ture, professional training and the
physical as well as the mental and NOR
al fitness Of the applicant. 4
Sec. 2. All questions 70 examina tons
shall be prepared by the state board OF
examiners, and be differentiated into
such classes as the board may deem
necessary.
"sec. 8. All examinations shall be in
charge Of and conducted by the state
or the county board.
THE COUNTY BOARD.
"sec l. There shall be q county board
of examiners composed OF three mem
bers, Of which the county superintend-
ent shall be chairman by virtue OF his
Office, and he shall appoint two mem
bers to be confirmed by the board OF gu
pervlsors.
Sec. 2. The members OF said board
shall receive compensation at the rate
gagged from the general fund.
Sec. 3. This board shall be authorized
to hold examinations once every three
months, and the county superintendent
shall be empowered to issue. indorse or
renew temporary certificates, valid until
the next meeting Of the board.
Sec. 4. The grading OF manuscripts
shall be done by the county board Of
examiners, and in the case OF each ap-
piicant the board shall take due recog-
milton Of professional training and inter-
est, aptness to each and ability to gov
ern.
Sec. 5. County certificates shall not
be issued for period exceeding one
and two years. the period depending on
known success and grades, and for such
subjects as the applicant is expected to
teach. The grades OF certificates shall
be designated as primary, grammar and
high school, the latter Of which shall
be so subdivided as to give the nppli-
cant the right to be examined In only
such subjects as he desires to teach.
Sec. 6. The board shall have the pow
er to grant the renewal of certificates to
teachers who have been continuous in
their work. and manifested growth by
attendance upon institutes. teachers as
sociations, training schools. and by pro-
fessional reading.
THE ETATE BOARD.
Sec. !. Tic state board Of examiners
shall ren>>in as 1t is at present consti-
tuted. with the exception that each
county superintendent shall be a local
member of the board for his county.
Sec. 2. In addition to the certificates
which the board is already authorized to
issue, 1t shall be empowered to grant a
certificate valid in any county in the
state for a period of three years, upon
each applicant passing a satisfactory
examination and upon certif1cation by
the county superintendent of known
success in teaching, professional train
ing and interest.
Sec. 3. The examination for said GER
tificate shall be conducted by the coun-
ty superintendent as the local member
,f the board and the manuscripts
shereupon forwarded to the state board
for review. The fee for such certificate
shall be 81 and become a part OF the To-
cal institute fund.
Sec. 4. Teachers who have taught
successfully for five or six years under
the supervision of the state board of
examiners shall be granted certificates
FOR a period of ten years without any
further examination upon proof Of con-
tinuous successful work
Sec. 5-The state board of examiners
shall have discretionary powers to grant
such concessions. as in its Judgment
would seem fit, to applicants who hol..
state certificates or diplomas from 9TH
err states"
The discussion. which centered about
the first section. was animated Wheth-
er more stress should be laid upon the
worGs general knowledge" or the word
culture" was the mooted point Mr.
sDeater said that culture was not nearly
so essential as general knowledge and
tha. a teacher who could walk a
straight line across Brussels carpet
was not in demand. Other members con-
tended that some teachers were pos
sessed OF abundant knowledge but
would hardly be tolerated in polite soci-
city. Another advocate of culture de-
fined the term as 1.-The silent feeding of
he soul on nollrishing ideas" He found
IN able colleague in one who said 1t was
rather late in the day TO stand up and
inquire into the culture of those who are
10 teach our children" Finally an
agreement was reached which provided
eor. the retention Of the words, general
knowledge" with the addition of the
words. land culture" And then Pro-
lessor Jeanatte Carpenter moved to
substitute the words. the physical. as
we'll is the mental and moral fitness :"