The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-27
STICKERS PUT
IN THE QUIZ
State Board Of Education Puts Cues.
ton That Famous Expert on Sub.
ject Is Unable to Answer Salts.
factOrily When Query Is Put tc
Him.

And there will be weeping and wall
ing and gnashing of teeth" Out Of
seventy-five applicants for teachers
licenses only forty three passed. 1t
was an awful slaughter and on next
Saturday there will be a sorry cara
van of teachers who will be compelled
to wend their weary way from Ham
mond to the county seat and take
that 'bloomin" examination again.
'Bioomin'' is not exactly the word
the school teachers use In expressing
their opinion about the matter. BUT it
may be taken as a fact that it is an
expletive of no less force.
All Of the teachers who are not pro-
vided with life licenses or licenses to
teach for a period of more than one
year were required to take the ex-
animation.
9Exams.v Are stickers.
It is not one Of the easiest exams
IN the world either There were some
questions which could have been
answered in a hundred different ways
and apparently a teachers luck in
answering according to the ideas of
the person who examined the papers
was her only salvation.
This was not the fault OF the
county superintendent for he only held
the examination under the direction
of the state board of education and the
questions to be answered were fur
nished by the state board.
For instance. one of the ques tions
was: What is the most important
commercial waterway in the United
States?' Name three of the chief
products which are transported over
this waterway"
If there is a person in the United
States who is capable Of answering
this question, 1t is S. A THOMPSON
who is the representative of the Ma
tional Deep Waterways Association in
the middle west
Thompson Couldn't Answer,
Mr.. Thompson was asked the other
day how he would answer that ques-
ton. He frankly said that the ques-
tion was not fair one. He said thai
If the New York harbor could be con.
sidered a waterway, doubtless It would
have the greatest tonnage, but If only
waterways strictly speaking were con.
sidered, the Detroit river is undoubt.
edly the greatest commercial water.
way and the 500 canal in Michigan i.
the next. AS to the second part of tn,
question, that would have to be de
cided according to the point of view
that was taken in the first part of tn,
ques ton.
That is a fair sample Of the question:
which were asked and the teacher
claim that it is the best proof Of tn,
unfairness of the examination. I
there are not more of the teacher
who pass the examination next Sat
urday the school authorities of TIN
county will be up a stump" to Sc
cure enough teachers for the ensuin,
year.
List of Names.
The following is the official list O
those who passed the examination las
Saturday.
Teachers license will be issued t.
the following for last month
Maggie Rex, Matilda Borck, Grac
Brooks, Linnie Atkins, Anne FIeck
e. H. Munden, Georgia Allen, Blanch
Nixon. Hattie Dahl, Phoebe Burnett
Captolia McClair. Gertrude Sheen
Eta Henderson. Blanche Hampton. Alb
bic E. Hathaway. EstelIIa Bauer. Flor
ence M. Briggs, Mertie E. Behon. Am
MacGregor. Annie Cullinine. Rutl
Brownell Marie johnson Harrte
Hathaway. Carrie Seberger. Cor,
Pinter, Ethel Hathaway Edna Stems
Mae Belle Carstens, Margaret Blake
Mary NJ Stein Martha Sahaaf