Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-06-13
The schools of Butler County.
Extract from Superintendent Painter :
second annual report 10 State
Superiutendent ShGffer-)

The SCHOOLS Oh DuiCA
Extract from Superintendent Painter
second annual report 70 State
Superintendent ShGffer)
| here give a few Of the facts and tig-
ures taken from the annual report OF
our county schools for the year ending
June 1901.
The past year has been very success
full one in school work. Not all OF the
schools of this county have been as sue
cessful a. they might have-been but
vet as a whole we had but few real iaIl-
ues.
During the year l held II public ex-
aminations for provisional certlncates'
one for professional certificates, and IN
p different places l gave an exaiilh.-
fion 70 pupils desiring a diploma from
our public schools
In selecting the questions Tor these
examinations | tried 70 use only such as
referred TO up-to-date school Work, ana
cave no puzzles. or catch questions
| granted 2j1 provisional certificates,
n professionals. which number includes
all now IN the county, and 12O grades
For diplomas about 230 pupils enter
cd the examinations. $50 OF whom pass
ed the required marks and Will receive
diDlomas. Ii is certainly not pleas
ant duty to refuse either certificate or
a diploIna to all who take the examlna-
tiou. but for the welfare of our schools
and in iustice to the Office we must do
this-in some cases
All manuscripts handed me are on
file in nv Office and can be seen at any
time nv those who gave them 10 me,
but cannot be taken from my otnce.
We have in our county y school DIS
tricts 312 school directors, Pol scnO0i
houses. 2g7 school rooms and about H.
OeG school children
we had. last year. 2S6 teachers, not
including those OF the model school II
connection with the Slipperyrock state
Normal. in which magnificent building
eleven grades are now being taught Oy
the seniors from the Normal
OF our teachers, 123 We're males ana
163 females. 5S taught their first term
last year and 81 had taught for hVe OF
more wears 164 held PROVISIONAL certi-
cafes. 32 had professional and 80 were
Normal graduates.
Teachers are being better educated
year after year, and we think that the
dav has now come when no one snouid
ask for teachers certificate VINO mas
not already taken some advanced schooi
work The great cry for education. as
well as the growing need OF IT, eacn Dc
mads this from the young men and the
! Young women who desire to teach
| school
am glad TO report that III nearly
every district OF this county move was
made last year 10 place the beginning q
a school library. At the teachers meet
ing last fall l requested the teachers 70
d5 what they could 70 get into our
schools some good pure books for the
| bovs ard the girls, and 2s a result more
f,r,oks Of tins kind were placed IN OTT
I schools LIST wear than had been paI
there for the twenty years preceding
| here wish 10 thank the teachers, puEals
/ ard rrs1-uns for the effort yOu put form
1 IN This 1ruuurranr matter 10r believe
that 10 better thing can be given a Doy
OF eiri than a good pure- interesting
book We expect 10 keep TINS fElsileI
f,efore 1ne schools this year again ana
| hone by next rear 10 be able 70 reIori
srsDe kind of a l5b-zTy in every school, Il
Butlsr county
1 The directors IN several township.
kindly placed good cases for the books
N their schools. q thing which Ere flillA
T-as wise SCI
The fall meeting OF teachers hel1 ID
R--lar 1ss- year was an experiment tu1
ne think a z-srv successful one Mans
I rF -he things Sfsl there rhnr day HeTt
nr- forgotten for I saw them being u.s.
- Visited from school n school -
-Ils- rssee-f-l.- over 23o teachers EIndls
attended, number far 5eEund EFiis4'
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