The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-03-17
AN IMPORTANT
LETTER ISSUED
State School Commission.
er Merritt Addresses
Commissioners
ON SOME LIVE SUBJtCIS
He Wants to Know What Progress
Has Been Made in County Schools
During the Year--An Inter
esting Letter.

esting Letter.
State school commissioner Merritt
has sent to the county school com
missioners of the state an important
letter concerning the examinations Of
the pupils in the schools and the ex
animation of the teachers. 1t con
tains important information, and will
be widely read throughout the state
The following is a copy Of the letter
which is self-explanatory
To the County School Commissioner:
In many counties Of the state the
present session OF the common schools
Will close the latter part OF this
month. The progress of school work
in your county should be known to
you in detail as fully as possible. The
patrons and other citizens would like
TO have some report of the results of
The teaching in each Of our county
schools, and o comparative statement
showing which counue3 are making
the most creditable progress in edu
cational work.
For the purpose of indicating. this
progress and results of your teachers
work will send examination ques
tions to you next week for every pu
pil who has been qAolled during the
term in the fourt fifth, sixth and
seventh grades. Please urge teaeAersl
10 conduct tlae examinations On the
oath instant in accordance with the
instructions, and send report Of the
examinations TO YOU promptly. Spe
cinJens OF the examination papers
might accompany the reports. All
the papers written by the seventh
grade should be sent to the office OIL
the county school commissioner, that
ne may approve the grading.
To all pupils OF the seventh grade
whose average standing in the exami
nation is 80 per cent or higher. and
whose standing in all studies is not
below SO per cent will be entitled tt
certificate indicating that they have
satisfactorily completed the common
school course.
The usual summer examination o.
applicants for licenses to teach will
be held on the 18th and 1S OF June
suggest that teachers study as basis
for this examination the following
Pages Theory and Practice OF Teach
ing, Roark's Methods in Education
some history of education, the com
mon school books adopted by the state
school book commission, and some
special topics to be announced few
days later for study in the annual III
stitutes, Those special topics will bt
largely based on the common school
books A few authors whose select
ions appear in the Lee reader will be
studied each year. In the annual i'll
stitute of this year | VIII suggest spec
ial study Of the writings of Longfel
low, Irving, Scott, Macauley and
Grady.
In nearly every county 1t has beer
necessary TO hold one or several spec
iaI examinations. Many Of the schools
whose teachers do moi have oppor
tunlty to take the June examinations
begin in January. For the conye
.nience Of these teachers and for The
county school commissioners, | will
give another general examination De
cember 18th and l7th.
More topics have been added to the
examination in recent years, and it
is too hard on The teachers to write
creditable papers on all topics in one
Day. All other states ia this section
give two or three days for the exam
nation Of teachers.
In packages Of supplies sent you this
year illustrated charts of theUniver-
sity System Of Georgia have been in
cluded. This chart, which was pre-
pared by Prof. j. s. Stewart, contains
information which viii be interesting
and inspiring to the pupils Of youI
school Please let me Know if you
need more OF these to place in yom
schools.
The next annual meeting Of the
county school commissioners will be
held at Dublin on May 3, and 5. The
program Of this meeting viii be mail
ed to You at an carly date.
The state treasurer will be able to
issue check for the claims in yom
second itemized statement The latter
part Of April.
shall be pleased to include in my
annual report to the legislature briei