Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-09-29

county superintendent. When asked
by Director Lee by what authority be
secured the position, he failed to state
The examining board consists only in
districts Of the first class, such as Port
land and Salem, and il is the duty Of
the Salem board to sign a permit for
all teachers to teach in the schools Of
this city. In Portland the board of
directors has made certain rules by
which the examining board must be
governed The examining board is
thus made subservient to the board Of
! directors. Directors Lee and Epley hold
| that this same relation exists BETWEEN
the two boards in Salem. but when Lee
made a motion 10 instruct the exam
ining board TO issue permits to these
! teachers, without the examination, the
chairman ruled il out Of order. Lee
and Epley insisted. however, that the
! qualifications Of these teachers had
been fully passed upon when they were
| elected They showed how the state
law had been complied with, in that
they all hold diplomas from institu-
tions Of collegiate or university stand
ing. BY the aid Of Director Byrd, the
motion instructing the examining board
TO issue the permits was finally put and
passed, although the chairman an
nounced that the motion would have
no effect on the board.
The matter was then dropped, but
trouble has been brewing in the air
ever since. 1t reached a climax yester-
day. when the teachers in question re-
ceived a notice that they would be re-
quired to appear before the board this
morning TO pass an examination on the
branches which they are expected TO
teach. City superintendent Powers
being the only member Of the examiu-
ing board 10 maintain that the quail.
hcations Of the teachers had been sufii-
cientlv passed upon.
II then settled down TO a question
as TO which of the boards was the su.
perior. An examination Of the bien-
nial report Of the attorney.general dis
closed the fact that he had rendered
an opinion February 25th, Of last year.
bearing upon this very question, and
upholding the position Of the majority
Of the board Of directors, and the city
superintendent: The report in full
follows:
Relative to matters submitted TO
mo this day concerning the high school
law Of this state, permit me to say that
said law providing for the establish
ment Of high schools was enacted in
1901. and is complete in itself. and is
found in school laws Of 1908, on pages
6s and 70, inclusive.
Section 105, at page 75, provides
who may be teachers, and nothing in
the section or in the act prohibits grad
uates from institutions Of collegiate
or university grade Of other states
from being employed, and / am, there
fore, Of the opinion that they can be |
employed as teachers in the high !
school, / see no reason why a gradu. !
ate Of Yale, or Harvard, or any other |
college or university cannot be en-
ployed. II they hold certificates or di. |
plomas required by said section they |
can be employed, In my opinion, with
out further examination. Section s, on |
page 81 Of school laws for 1908 an
plies TO public or common schools only, |
and not TO teachers in high schools.
"As 10 special grade teachers. such |
rs teach drawing, or music. / see no
reason why they should not be ex.
lmined by the regular examining
board Of districts Of the first class and
receive a special certificate from such
board TO teach their speciality in said
district. Every teacher must qualify
inder some law,
Respectfully,
GA. NJ. CRAWFORD, !
"Attorney-General. "
Not fully satisfied with this opinion,
Dr.. Epley secured a second from the