Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-02-04
Mr.. m'MAHAN's FINAL CIRCULAR
TO Superlntendents- Regulations ExpIalne
Teachers Examinations, Certificates, Etc.

Below Is given the last circular of in
formation and instruction issued by
Superintendent of Education MoMahan:
To County Superintendents: The State
Board of Education at its meeting
on the 10th and 18th instants, adopted
two permanent regulations which are Of
far-reaching effect, and should be made
known at once to every teacher and trus-
tee in your jurisdiction.
First THAT after February and be-.
ginning May, 1908, there shall be two
county examinations for teaohers' Ger. e
tificates each year, to be held in May and
September, and that hereafter no teacher
shall be employed in the public schools
of this State who has not registered the
certificate in the Office of the County
Superintendent of Education and sub.
mitted proof thereof to the board Of
trustees"
held as usual this year, and will be after
that abolished, 80 that no teachers Ger.
| tificate can be obtained, and none can
| expire during the winter or regular
school term. The times for examination
| will GREATER be in May, at about tho
end r. usual school session, and in
Move 4, just before the opening Of
Iue now ScnOOl SESSION..
You will note that no trustees con.
tract with q teacher will be hereafter
valid unless the teacher has first regis.
tered 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 Ger.
tainly no public money can be paid to q
teacher, until you have on record in your
/ I0Hl En- 80. L. IL L IL
up-to-date certificate of qualification.
| There will be, therefore, no excuse here
| after for you to relax in any degree the
strict enforcement of the law requiring
teachers to have certificates.
Second. "That after July lat, 1908, the
teaching of Latin in the public schools
shall be forbidden except by teachers
holding from the State Board of Educa-
tion certain certificate of qualification
this subject shall be offered hereafter
beginning before July /, 1903-college
diplomas not to be exempt from this OK.
| animation"
Latin 10 not prescribed in the public
school course and is not usually to be
taught; 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
" eo"oh 1Locih PAopoliy, thu, ohoi iolO1o u
this special examination ia to be offered
regularly hereafter, and this certificate
must be held by teacher before he shall
be permitted to teach Latin in any public
school. Let this new regulation bs
generally known, and see that it is
strictly enforced. There is a great deal
of humbuggery in the pretense of some
| teachers to teach Latin. Persons who
know no better are being imposed upon.
A capable teacher cannot object to an
| examination and certificate of qualifi.
cation. The teaching of Latin, however,
should always DO exceptional In public
school and should not be permitted
where it would interfere with the
teachers giving full time to the regular
prescribed course.