The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-27
STAND EXAMINATIONS
Grant No Special Privilege to
Any Schools,
Bill 10 Put Graduates Of All Schools on Level
Discussion Of Bills For Compulsory
Education.
Education.

The House Educational Committee made
almost a clean sweep of referred bills
yesterday afternoon. Shortly after four
o'clock the committee began work in the
Superintendent of Public Instructions
office, with Representative Whitaker, of
Forsyth, presiding. An informal discus
sion of the merits of bill to be entitled
AN Act to Repeal all Laws Granting to
any Persons Immunity From Examination
fer License to Teach in the Public
Schools was INDUCED in quite vigorously.
Judge Connor. the chairman of the COM
mittee, entering while the rapid fire guns
were 1T work.
The purpose of the bill is to grant no
sTecial privilege to the students or gradu-
ates of am school, public or private, in
tie way of keeping from standing an
examination to teach before a county
superintendent. If the bill passes it will
take this special privilege away from
the State Normal. the Ashcville Normal.
Cullowhee High School, and the Pea
body Normal at Nashville.
The measure was discussed warmly.
Messrs. Wilson, Russell, Ross and others
opposing it. while Messrs. Bedding1eld,
White of Jones' Rothrock, Carrawad, Nc
lntcsh and others favored it, as 1t put
all parties desiring to teach on the
same -lane. Mr.. White Of Jones elabo-
rately argued for the BILL declaring that
law granting special privileges to any
school or college was unjust and unfair.
Judge Conner said he was informed that
the Senate Committee on Education had
before it petition from the North Caro-
lira Conference of the Methodist church
asking that the privilege either be ex-
tended or abolished. The friends of the
bill insisted that if the norfnals sent out
better prepared teachers these ought not
to object to county examinationssand cited
as examples the laws requiring graduates
Of medical ard law schools to- satand ex-
animation before Draeticing.
The matter was deemed SO sdmportant
that by request Mr.. White withdrew his
motion for favorable reportsin order
that further discussion might behad at
a future meeting
A bill of Mr.. Calloway's S, fora special
school district in Watauga, RECEIVED an
unravcrable report, as the general school
Law covered the case. 9sfag
Mr. Cartoons bill to ifcorBUrate the
James Srrunt High School atsaKenans
Vile. under control of the Wilmington
Presbytery, and to forbid tthesretailing.
selling or manufacturing of whiskey
within two miles of the school. reported
favorably. as was the bill for "a graded
school at Sanford.
Mr. Smiths bill to provide -four
months school in every district was
taken up and by agreement referred to
the joint Committee on Education to be
considered on Thursday night.
4 favorable report was made on
changing the name Of the Kittrell In
drstrial Normal to the Kittrell Industrial
College
a resolution asking that the Kinston
graded school be exempted from the pro-
visions of the Aycock text book law was
promptly turned down.
The bill Of Representative Craig, Of
Brncombe. providing for the issuing of
$4,000 in bonds for school buildings in
Aehevillc, was favorably reported.
On unfavorable report was made OH
the bill of Representative Wright, OF
Rowan. providing for compulsory educa-
TIN.
Quite a discussion was brought out by
Representative Whitaker's bill providing
compulsory education for children from
Il to IS years of age, who could not read
Tic Constitution of the State The bill
is to be effective only when majority
Of the voters of school district so vote
in that district In order that it might
be put in better shape the bill was re-
forred to Messrs. Connor and Whitaker,
as the committee deemed it bill worthy
of serious consideration.
After examining various bills of minor
Importance the committee adjourned.