Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-13

lieve to the fact that the applicant
has been hurried through her studies
from her first entrance into school SO
rapidly that she has not had the oppor-
tunity of thoroughly digesting and
classifying in her mind the material
that has been presented to her and
| that she has attempted to absorb.
Chance to Perfect Herself.
''It is only after the teacher has en-
tered the school room and has tried
! for some time to teach the subject
matter to children that she is able to
properly digest and classify this mate
rial. The unfortunate part of this Is
that while she is porfecting herself in
her work and her studies the children
under her instruction are the suffer
ers. After she has taught for two or
three years she has her subjects thor.
oughly at command and is in position
to do work that is thoroughly credit
able to herself and highly valuable to
the school.
Lose Her Services.
Unfortunately about this time the
records shows that she leaves the
school room either to get married or to
go into some business where she can
make living wages. 1t is no matter
what she does when she leaves the
school the unfortunate and the vital
point is that just as she is reaching
her highest efficiency her services are
lost to the school.
Only Way to Prevent.
"In my judgment the only possible
way to overcome this vital defect in
our school system is to increase the
wages of the teachers so that after
they have learned their business and
have become what may truly be call
ed professional teachers and are Of
greatest value to the schools they
will not leave and go into some other
work When that end is attained we
may hope to have then, teaching
force that is thoroughly experienced,
strong and capable at all tines"
A Few Answers.
A few of the most striking an
swers to the questions supplied
through the Office of State Superin-
tendent Riggs were culled out for the
benefit of the readers of the Courier.
The questions and answers presented
are perhaps not the best and most se-
lect ones, but they will serve to give
to the uninitiated some idea of the
funny, even ridiculous things that
serve to enlighten the drudgery of the
work in the superintendent office.
These quotations are exact copies of
the full and complete answers as CIV
en- by, the candidates for teachers
certificates and each one may be veri-
fed by an examination of the original
papers at the Office of the superin-
tendent.
G.. Give an account of the Louisi-
ana purchase. Why was the territory
SO much wanted by the United States?
What states were made from it?
A. The Louisiana Purchase was
held at St. Louis. 1t was beautifully
shaded with large trees. 1t was the
grandest sight of Iowa.
@. What and where are the salivary
glands?
A. The salivary glands are located
somewhere between the lungs and the
abdomen. They are the tubercular and
the cutlcle. glands.
@. What is meant by concentration
Of the mind?
A. Concentration of the mind is a
thrilling motion.
@. Define biology.
A. Biology is the performing oper-
ations up different parts of the body
of any animal for the purpose of ex-
animation.
@. What is a civil township?
A. A civil township is a township
in which all the people are civilized.
@. How is coal formed?
A. Coal is said to heve been formed
by the falling of the earth once.
@. What is the occasion for holding
the worlds fair?
A. The worlds fair is being held
as an old recollection place.
@. OF what advantage would the an
nexation of Canada be to the United
States?
A. 1t would make the government
stronger and the people more alike.
Define ex-officio.
A. The eX-officios office of the SEN
ate is almost the highest office and he
may vote in the senate one every two
years.
@. Define post-mortem.
A. Post-mortem is an after graduate
course in medicine.
@. Locate the tropics and the polar
circles. Tell why they are placed
where they are.
A. The equator is located where it
is because the earth at first was
burning mass and as it cooled natural
ly the center of the earth would be
longest in cooling. Next nearest the
equator would not be so warm, being
the temperate zone. Farthest from the.
equator would be coolest, being the
frigid zone
@. Name five leading statesmen of
the last fifty years of the last century.
A. H. l.. Waterman, Theodore
Roosevelt. William Mckinley, John F.
Lacey and James G. Blaine.
G. What is draft?
A. A draft is a written prescription
sent to another town to draw money.
@. Define interest, percentage, base.
A Base is what one does for yOu