Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-16
TO PAY LIVERY HIRE.
COUNTY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MAY
BE REQUIRED TO VISIT EVERY
SCHOOL EACH YEAR.
MISS Emma Nye Heartily in Favor of
New Measures Soon to be Presented
10 state Legislature Looking Toward
the Benefit OF the Public Schools.

If one should pay livery hire and
WISH every school in the county there
wouldn't be very much of ones salary
lelt, SAID Miss Emma Nye, county SUI
perlntendent of Wapello county, when
asked In regard to the new laws soon
70 De presented to the Iowa state leg
lslature requiring county superintend-
ents 70 visit every school in their coun-
" at least once each year and making
a minimum allowance of $500 for trav-
ellng expenses for these visits.
Wapello county makes an allow
ance at the present time of s42O for
traVellng expenses but for a county
the size of this and with as many
schools as we have that amount does
not go very far. The larger counties
OF the state all make much larger
| allowance.
Astonished the People.
astonished some people last week
by going out and walking to several
OF the schools in Competine township
took the train to Farson. I visited
the schools there, then walked to the
Competlne school, then to the Cotton
wood. Then l returned to Farson the
next day and rode into Ottumwa.
enjoyed the walk but the people
couldn't understand how it was possi-
bic for woman to get around from
one school to another by walking.
They almost insisted on my allowing
them to hitch up their horses and take
me from place to place. l certainly
am in favor of everything that will
tend to better our schools and l think
that every school should be visited
once II not oftener every year.
Holding State Certificate.
u am also heartily in favor of every
county superintendent holding a state
teachers certificate. 1t will tend to
raise the standard of scholarship
throughout the state and believe that
only those possessing the highest
scholarship combined, of course, with
the other necessary qualifications
should be allowed to hold the office of
superintendent
Provide for Deputy.
"The new law also will provide for
a deputy to occupy the office while the
superintendent is making the visits
to the schools. G. R. Lowe, county
of Benton county, Is
chairman Of the committee of county
superintendent which is arranging to
have the new laws presented to the
legislature. 1t is expected that the
measures will be placed before the
legislature during this present week.
In addition to theFabove measures
which are to- be presented another
measure relative to the examination
of applicants for teachers certificates
and the duties Of county superintend-
ents in that connection has been pre-
pared the measure is as follows:
g6. "A Bill
''For an Act to Provide For the Ex-
animation and Certification of SUI
perintendent Principals Supervisors
: and Teachers of the Public Schools
of Iowa.
BE 1t enacted by the general as
sembly of the state of Iowa that sec
ton 27S7 Of the code be and the same
Is hereby repealed and the following
enacted in lieu thereof.
Section 1. Scholarship-That as
soon as the examination is completed
as provided in section 1885, the county
superintendent shall forward the
manuscript of each applicant to the
department Of public instruction, Des
Moines, Iowa. Under the supervision
Of the state board Of educational ex-
aminers the papers shall be graded
and the scholastic qualifications deter
mined. The report of such examina-
ton shall be entered upon a blank
certificate provided by said board, and
shall be forwarded to the county SUI
periintendent Of the county in which
said examination manuscript was
written. Such certificates shall be sat
isfactory proof, to the superintendent,
of the scholastic proficiency for the
grade school work to be underta-
ken.
Section 2. Other Qualifications
The county superintendent must be
satisfied that the person. holding such
certificate from the state board, is of
the superintendent shall require proof
unless he has personal knowledge
thereof and is in all other respects
possessed of the necessary qualifica-
tons for superintendent. principal,
supervisor. or teacher, before affixing
his signature to the certificate of said
person.
Section 8. Valid License-such
certificate from the state board is
made valid license in any county in
the state, only when signed by the
in which said person is to act as SUI
perintendent, principal, supervisor, or
teacher. The length Of time for which
said certificate shall be granted is de-
termined by the board of examiners;
the time for which the certificate shall
be made a valid license is determined
by the county superintendent of the
said county. The board of examiners
should determine the conditions for
renewal of all limited certificates.
Section 4.-The state board Of edu-
cational examiners only, shall have
power to pass on the education qualifi-
cations of the applicant. Only certif-
Gates granted by said board, and reg
istered or endorsed by the county SUI
perintendent are valid licenses in the
public schools Of this state.
Section 5. Revocation. The coun-
ty superintendent shall revoke any
certificate which requires his sigma
ture to make the same valid license
whenever for any reason which If
known at the time would have pre-
vented him from affixing his signature
thereto.
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