Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-02-04

written statement filed herein, and hav-
ing argument OF counsel and taken un-
der consideration being fully advised,
the State Board of Education finds as
follows:
That the said petitioner duly present
ed herself before the County Board of
Examiners sof Benton County, August
15-l6, 1901, as an applicant for primary
certificate; that said petitioner PASSED in
all the branches required by law for
primary certificate; that said County
Board OF Examiners did not issue a pri-
mary certificate owing to the failure of
the petitioner to obtain the minimum
standing in arithmetic required by law.
The State Board of Education fnrther
finds that a question arose dnring the
progress of said examination as to
whether or not said petitioner should be
examined in written or mental arithme-
tic and that, in consequence of such
question it was mutually agreed between
the petitioner and objector to submit
such question TO the State Superintend-
ent for bis opinion aAd that in the mean
time said petitioner was to take the ex-
I arithmetic; and, in case the State Super
| intendent gave it as his opinion that the
| examination should,~be on the subject
of mental arithmetic, the petitioner was to
| take the examination on mental arith-
metie on the date set for mental arith-
metic; that the state Superintendent
rendered an opinion ito the effect that
the examination should be on the sub
| ject of written arithmetic and not men-
tai; that, in accordance with the agree
ment between the petition and the OBJ
jector, petitioner was not entitled to an
examination in mental arithmetic but
that the examination already taken in
written arithmetic should be the legal
examination for primary certificate and
that the petitioner did not at that time
nor at any time during the examination
object to such examination in written
arithmetic being taken as the examina-
tion in arithmetic for a primary certii-
cate and, the County iBoarl of Examin-
ers of Benton County, was justified,
under the circumstances, in refusing a
primary certificate to the said petitioner
therefore in view of the foregoing, the
prayer of the petitioner, that she be
granted an examination in mental arith-
metic to complete her examination for a
primary certificate, is not granted.
1t, however, appearing to the State
Board of Education from the evidence
submitted that the program sent out by
the Board and published by tho county
superintendent of Benton County was
somewhat uncertain as to whether ap-
piicants should be Examined on the sub.
ject of mental or written arithmetic, for
which uncertainty the State Board OF
Education assumes all blame. it is.
therefore, hereby ordered that the said
Jennie S. Pratt be allowed to appear be-
fore the County Board of Examiners of
Benton County during the next regular
examinatian for primary certificate to be
held in February, 1902, and at such
time write On the subject OF arithmetic
on ouch questions as shall be prepared
on such isubjeet by the State Board of
Education for applicants for primary
certificates and that her standing in all
the other branches. secured during the
examination in August, 1902, be allowed
to stand as the regular examination in
such branches; and that the County
Board of Examiners for Benton Comfy
is hereby authorized to issue to her a
primary certificate dating from Febru-
ary, 1902; provided, that in the Febru-
ary examination, 1902, her standing in
arithmetic, together with the standings
secured in August, 1891, in the other
branches shall legally entitle her to such
primary certificate.
Dated at Salem, Oregon, this 18th day
of January, 1902.
T. T. GEER State Board
J.H. AcKERMAs Education.
This is to certify that the foregoing is
a full, true and correct copy of the origi
nal record and conclusions Of the State
Board Of Education according to the rec
ords of this office
Dated at Salem, Oregon, this 18th day
Of January, 1902.
J. II. ACKERNAN,
Sup't Public Instruction.
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