The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-30
IMPORTANT TO TEACHERS.
Last Circular Issued by Capt. McMahan,
the Retiring Superintendent Of
Education.

ing the action of the State Board of
Education at It's recent meeting Su.
perintendent Of Education McMahan
issued just before retiring from Office
an important circular of information
for school officers and teachers, set
ting forth explicitly the new require.
ments az to time Of examinations,
registration of certificates in the
county superintendent's office, and
the exclusion of Latin from the
schools unless the teacher has Ger
tificate of qualification to teach Latin
The circular is given below, and the
county papers are requested by Mr.
McMahan to copy for jhe benefit of
all persons concerned:
Office State Superintendent of Edu-
cation.
Columbia, s. G., Jan. 81, 1903.
To County Superintendents The
State Board of Education at it's
meeting on the 10th and 18th insts.
adopted two permanent regulations
which are of far reaching effect, and
should be known at once to every
teacher and trustee in your jurisdic-
ton:
First. That after February and
beginning May, 1908, there shall be
two county examinations for teach
ers' certificates each year, to be held
in May and September and that
hereafter no teacher shall be en-
ployed in the public schools of this
State who has not registered the Ger.
tificate in the Office of the county
superintendent Of education and sub
mitted proof to the board of trustees.
The February examination will be
held as usual this year, and will be
after that abolished, so that no teach
ers' certificates can be obtained, and
none can expire during the winter or
regular school term. The times for
examination will hereafter be in May,
at about the end of the usual school
session, and in September, Just be-
fore the opening of the new school
session.
You will note that no trustees con-
tract with teacher will be hereafter
valid, unless the teacher has first
registered his certificate in the office
of the county superintendent and
submitted to the board of trustees
employing him your statement to
this effect. Therefore no school can
lawfully open and certainly no pub
lie money can be paid to teacher
until you have on record in your
office the facts as to the teachers
valid, up.to date certificate of quail
fication. There will be, therefore,
no excuse hereafter for you to relax
in any degree the strict enforcement
Of the law requiring teachers to have
certificates.
Second. That after July 1, 1903,
the teaching of Latin in the public
schools shall be forbidden except by
teachers holding from the State
Board of Education a special certifi-
cate of qualification to teach Latin,
and that examination in this subject
shall be offered hereafter, beginning
before July 1,l0O3-college diplomas
| not to EXEMPT from this examination
Latin is not prescribed in the pub.
lie school course and is not usually
to be t,.ught, but where the trustees
and county authorities permit it to be
taught the State Board now directs
that there must be evidence Of fitness
Of the teacher to teach Latin properly
and, therefore, this special examina
ton is to be offered regularly here
after, and this certificate must be
held by teacher before he shall be
permitted to teach Latin in any pub
lie school. Let this new regulation
be generally known and see that 1t is
strictly enforced. There is a great
deal of humbnggery in the pretence
OF some teachers to teach Latin
Persons who know no better are be
ing imposed upon. A capable teachel
cannot Obj to an examination sn(
a certificate Of qualification. Th,
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