The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-10-15
A REPLY.
DEAR Miss STAHL:-


DEAR Miss STAHL:-
In reply to your open letter, will
say that these matters have been
explained to you thoroughly sever
al times, and you admitted that
you understood it and that I had
done my duty. However, since
you seem determined to see an ex-
PLANTATION in print, I shall be glad
to avail myself Of the opportunity.
You will remember, Miss Stahl.
that last spring, when you asked
me to endorse your certificate from
Iowa Or Pennsylvania, I explained
to you that, under the present law
[ could do nothing in the line Of
endorsing certificates from other
states, nor could [ issue amy certi-
ficates. These matters are wholly
in the hands Of the state superin-
tendent. I told you to send your
papers to Supt.Stockwell and that,
taking into consideration your
credentials and recommendations
and what [ had heard Of you from
your friends, [ would recommend
you to him Since according to your
Own insinnations, this wassuch an
egregious biun!es, / wish 10 apollo
gize to you Hnl 20 tIlc pa'lic.I told
you I did not bn"w whether Snpt.
Stockwell cou; Issue yon Il certii-
cate or not, oil your papers.
but [ advised you to
try, and [ would do what [ could
to help you get it. This see ned
to be satisfactory at that time.
issued you a permit to teach until
you could secure a certificate,
either on your credentials or by
examination.
The state superintendent would
not honor your certificates, and
you took the May examination,
but did not come in time to take
arithmetic.
Now, the law requires me to fol-
low the rules and regulations, and
the rules plainly state that under
no circumstances must an appli-
cant be allowed to take an exami-
nation in any branch after the time
for such branch is over. The rea-
son for this is obvious. Your
papers in the rest Of the branches
were sent to the state supeainten-
dent with the papers of all the
other applicants. No names we're
written on them. They were num-
bered.
When the returns came,
you we're among those who did
not get a certificate. You had
failed. I wrote you so, and told
you that [ would write Supt. Stock
we'll and ask him for a conditional
certificate for you, This l did and
one was sent you. To make mat
tiers easier for you, I wrote and ex-
planned these things to the school
board.
In August you took the exami-
nation in arithmetic and secured
your second grade. If you are.
not satisfied with your standings,
you should apply to the state SUI
perintenaent for a review, or go
down to Bismarck and look your
papers over Yourself,
It seems strange that a man like
Hon. w. L. Stockwell, who has
given such universal satisfaction,
and is known far and wide for his
fairness, should err so lamentably~
in your case. "
You say you will appeal to high
er authority, but remember the
state superintendent is the highest
authority on certificates in this
state.
Now, really, Miss Stahl, I am
very sorry that I could not send
the questions out to you, as you
will remember you asked me to-,
but it is against the rules to con-
duct examinations by mail, and l
had to ask you to come to Wash
burn to take the examination, the
same as the other applicants.
Since we have begun to take
the public in our confidence, I
shall be pleased to inform you on
auy other matter that you might
like to have jexplaihed in the news
papers.
Yours truly.