The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-28
TO EXAMINE TEACHERS
QUEsTIONs SENT OUT TO ALABAMA
 PEDAGOGUEs.
The Semi-Annual InterroEations Win , Begin in all Counties Next Mon- day and WiM Continue
 Three Days.


 The packages of questions have been sent to the various county superintend- ents of education and all now is in readiness for the semi-annual teachers examination, beginning January 1, The examination will end in each county January 3.
 The schedule as made up by the State Board of Examiners, and already sent out by Secretary W. F. Feasin. divides the examination into six periods The schedule is uniform for every county and rigid instructions have been given that it shah not be varied under any circumstances. To each Superintend- ent of Education there has been ex- pressed a package containing seven envelopes for the six periods and the Preliminary questions. Each of the six envelopes contains all the necessary questions for the period is designated on its face. They are all sealed.
 The schedule shows that the exam ination in every county will begin next Monday morning at 10 o'clock. To be a valid examination, the package must be opened by the examiner or Superin- tendent of Education at 10 o'clock Monday morning in the presence of the applicants. None of the envelopes is to be opened until the arrival of the period for which they have been marked.
 Applicants for life certificates begin and conclude their examination Mon- day. In order to earn a life certificate the applicant must hold a frst-grade certificate for ten years. He also must have engaged in teaching since Febru- ary 10. 1899, and must not have ac- cepted lower grade than first in the ten years unless followed by a first grade On Monday morning the appli- cants will receive the preliminary ques- uons. the questions of agriculture and reading. In the afternoon will be dis tributed orthography, physiology and geography questions.
 Tuesday morning the questions will pertain to arithmetic and English gram mar and the afternoon will be devoted to answers in United States history and Alabama history. The last periods, those of Wednesday, will bring prelim- mary questions Cfor those holding sec- ond-grade certificates) and questions in algebra and geoemtry for the morn ing, and for the afternoon questions in school laws, theory and practice and physics.
 Under the State law regulating the examination, applicants for life certi- fcates are compelled to pay 8 before taking the questions. For the other grades the application fees are: First grade, $2; second grade, $1.50, and third grade, s1.
 Teachers holding unexpired third grade certificates. or teachers whose dgrade certificates expire in Janu- ary, 1906, and who wish to make appli- cation for second-grade certificate may do so by taking the examination only on agriculture, second grade geog- raphy, second grade grammar, second grade arithmetic, Alabama history, and United States history and enclosing their third grade certificates with the papers on these branches. In all such cases it is absolutely necessary that the third grade certificate be enclosed with the applicants examination pa- pers. AS you see, this exempts third grade teachers from ,aking the exam ination on penmanship. reading, phy- siology and orthography, in making application for a second grade. If the third grade certificate was issued at the January, 1905, examination, or since that time, the applicant will also be exempt from the examination in agri- culture.
 Applicants holding unexpired second grade certificates may make applica- tion for first grade certificates by talk ing the examination on geometry, al- zebra, theory and practice of teaching, school laws, physics and agriculture. If the second grade certificate was is- sued at the January, 1905, examination, or since that time, the applicant will also be exemt from the examination in agriculture. Of course, it Is necessary in all such cases for the applicants to enclose their second grade certificates with the papers submitted by them. Should there be such applicants in your community, you will excuse them from the room after their have handed in their papers on agriculture, until We'd nesday morning.
 The records in the office of the State Board show that there are 621 teachers in Alabama holding life certificates. The number of teachers having first grade certificates is 1884; the second grade, 2.349, and the third grade, 2,940. making a total of 7.244 certificates now in force. The certificates are good. the first grade for six years, the second grade for four years and the third grade for two years
 The examinations in Montgomery County will in all probability be held in the hall of the House of Representa-. tives in the Capitol.
 
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