Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-06

literature and English composition; for the
first grade, in all the foregoing and also in
physics and plane geometry, and after July
first, 1902 in English literature and English
history. If found qualified, said applicant
shall receive lie certificate appropriate to
his grade. A third grade certificate snail
entitle holder to teach for such period,
not more than one year as specified therein,
in any town in the superintendent district in
which he is examined except that it may
be limited by the county superintendent TO
one town or school district therein. A sec
ond grade certificate shall entitle the mold
er to teach in any town in such Superln-
tendent district and be in force three years
from its date A first grade certificate shalt
entitle the holder to teach in any town IN
such superintendent district and be IN
force five years from its date; PROVIDED,
that no such certificate shall be issued TO
any person who has not taught successfully
for one school year in the public schools of
Wisconsin. Whenever a person has taught
successfully for one year on such limited
first grade certificate, the county Superln-
tcndent shall. upon the presentation OF SAT
SfactOry evidence of such successful teach
ing, issue to the holder of the limited GER
tiicate 4 first grade certificate good tor nVe
years from the date of issue OF the limited
Section 2. Chapter 27 of the statutes of
1898 is hereby amended by inserting sec
ton to be known as section 450a, as fol
lows: Section 450a. 1t shall not be lawful
for any county superintendent to endorse
a certificate issued by any other county SUI
perintendent, nor to extend the life OF any
certificate beyond the limits fixed by law.
The papers written In any examination
shall not be used as the basis for issuing
a second certificate. which shall nave the
effect of extending the life of the certlncate
first issued thereon. But in any eXamlna-
ton for second certificate, when the APP
plicant has taught successfully in the SUI
perintendent district for one school year on
a certificate previously issued by him, the
superintendent may, in his discretion. &C
cept standings on papers written by the APP
plicant in the preceding examination not TO
exceed five in number, in lieu OF re-eX-
animation in the subjects for which stand
ing are so accepted.
Section 8. Chapter q of the statutes of
1898 is hereby amended by inserting sec
ton to be known as section 450D as tOI-
lows: Section 450b 1t shall be the duty or
every county superintendent to preserve on
file in his office during the life Of every GER
tificate issued by him his predecessors,
the examination papers, both questions and
the answers thereto examined by him or
his predecessors, and upon which the GER
tifcate was issued; provided, that this sec
ton shall not prevent the transfer OF papers
to the state superintendent, as PROVIDED III
section six of this act.
Section T. Chapter q of the statutes Of
1898 is hereby amended by inserting sec
ton to be known as section 45Oc. as follows:
Section 450c. If any person holding GER
tificate desires to teach in any county or
superintendent district other than the one
for which his certificate was issued. the
district may request the county superin-
tendent who issued the certificate to trans
fer to him the papers in his possession upon
which the certificate was issued, whereupOn
it shall be the duty of the county supertn-
tendent requested to transfer the pa
pers. if any. If these papers and standings
are found satisfactory by the county super
intendent to whom they were transferred.
he may issue a certificate upon them Of the
same grade as the original certificate and
cOterminuS with 1t, or one of lower grade
-l,,, boil
preserve the papers on file in his office. If
the papers are found unsatisfactory, and
the certificate is denied. he shall return the
papers to the county superintendent from
whom he received them.
Section 5. Section 451 of chapter q of the
statutes of 1898 is hereby amended SO as to
read when so amended as follows: Section
45l. Each county superintendent shall eS-
tablISh for his county, subject to the APP
provaI of the state superintendent. the
standard of attainment III each branch of
study which must be reached by each APP
plcant before receiving a certificate. The
standard so established shall be uniform in
the county or superintendent district and
certificates shall be issued until the
standard is established. The standard in the
branches of study common to the thlfd
grade and the second grade certificates shall
be higher for the second than for the third
grade certificate, and the standard IN the
branches common to the second grade and
the first grade branches shall be higher for
the first grade than for the second grade
certificate. The county superintendent may
demand an examination in such additional
branches as the applicant may be required
to teach, and whenever he shall deem it
necessary he may require re-eXamination
of any teacher in his county or superin-
tendent district for the purpose of ascer-
tanning his qualifications to continue as
such teacher.
Section G. Section 452, chapter 27 of the
statutes of 1898, is hereby amended, so as
to read when so amended, as follows:
refused
tifCate as teacher by the county superin-
tendent, may apply to the state superin-
tendent for a re-eXaminatlon. The Superin-
tendent, upon demand, shall give any APP
pucant refused certificate written state
ment of the reasons Of such refusal, which
shall be presented to the state Superintend-
ent by the person desiring re-eXaminatiOn.
If upon such re-eXaminatlOn the state SUI
perintendent shall be satisfied that such ap-
pIcant is legally qualified, he shall issue q
certificate OF the proper grade, which shall
entitle him to the same privileges as if it
had been issued by the county Superintend-
ent. In the exercise Of his powers of gen
eral supervision of the schools the state
superintendent is hereby authorized to call
for the examination papers, both questions
and answers, of any person to whom GER
tiiicate has been granted, and it is made the
duty of all county SuperintendentS to fur
niSh such papers when so called for. II,
upon examination of the papers, the state
superintendent is satisfied that the person
to whom the certificate has been granted is
not qualified, he may annul the certificate.
Section Z. Section 452a of the statutes of
1898 is hereby amended so as to read when
so amended as follows: Section 452a. The
free high school board shall make out and
deliver to each graduate of the high school
at the time of graduation, a certificate OF
his standing in the branches pursued by
him in such school, and if such graduate Of
a high school, having four years course,
receive a first grade certificate from any
county superintendent, and furnish to him
or to any other county superintendent,
certificate from the free high school board
that includes a satisfactory standing in the
DRY and art of teaching, based on q study
of this subject in free high school for
at least twelve weeks, and furnish also sat
isfactory proof of having taught success
fully at least one school year, under such
first grade certificate, such county superin-
tendent may cOunterSgn his certificate of
graduation or diploma at any time before
the expiration of the first grade certificate,
and attix the date of such signature there
to. The diploma so cOunterSigned shall
have for the period of five years thereafter,
the force and effect of a first grade certifi-
cate 1t shall be lawful for more than one
county superintendent to countersign the
diploma, but no cOunter-signature shall
have the effect of extending the diploma as
a first grade certificate, beyond the eXpira-
ton of the five years Immediately following
the date of it's first countersignature.
Section g. Section 496a of the statutes of
1898 is hereby amended so as to read when
so amended as follows: Section AGA. The
state superintendent shall prepare a course
or courses of study suitable to be pursued
in free high schools publish the same and
furnish the same upon application. he
shall exercise such personal supervision and
make such personal inspection of the work
of all such schools as they seem to require
and the other duties of his office may war
rant; he shall examine or cause to be exam
ined All teachers of high schools, required
by law to pass special examinations to quail
teaching schools.