The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-03-12


Columbus. q --(Spoc'aD Parents
and educators Who ave look. i ~ on
the school svst".' Of Chic MS = wohel
can hardly help hc. shocked at the
admis, ions 1f So. t'or WiHnm II
Neck, made hrrora the inv, supating
committee of the legislature
Many tpach'rs cut psled with the
training of the ho rirls of Ohio
have been gciet "c,t'7" t"s To
teach not because f crit. but he.
cause the state t,arn,rs. for rea-
sons known only {" rn. selves. have
seen ft 10 is4ue go atrs when the
applicants fen be w t.c rr ui.,d per
centages in eNaH atipns To1chers
who stood as 10 as %. 10 a1f even
zero i1 son. s'uli's h.v' been given
certificates - teach in those studies
II is condit n that appeals strongly
to every father and mother
S"n to Mec h' s,lf an expmincr
for ten years c"nf.s o. Z a. hal taken
part in these qross irregularities and
announced that the examinations
were worthless The investigators
will hold anOt er essior Monday In
to date the following facts have been
brought out by the testimony Of Sen.
ator NJ ok. ana they srov tho poole nf
Ohio. who are interested In the pdu.
cation Of thnir children the condition
as it actually oNiste:
lie told the committee tNai many
ttsh,
minimum had been Granted certin.
Gates In the 1900 animation CT
per cent Of the applicants fell below
the minimum and that was an average
examination.
How did thev get above II theo?"
asked Judge Miner attorney for the
investigation committee
Neck said tLat an applicant must
average so per cent or higher In all
the studies and must not fall below
60 in any one study.
What would he the sense in having
a 60 per cent rule. If the average IS
TO determine" asked Judge Dever. of
the committee.
Judge, 10 he honest with YOU. while |
we have written rules we never fol. !
low any rules az all II is always |
fixed up TO CORRESPOND to the rules"
And you Joined with the rest in |
fixing It up"
i could not help myself We al. |
ways raised them TO GO per cent or
more. II would mean a personal |
break between the examiner and my. |
self If | did not do IT,"
Senator Beatty inquired about
"pull," and Senator Meek answered:
THE state examination has been 90
conducted that we might Just as well
have gone over the list Of applicants
on the first evening before the exami.
nation and picked out what men were
considered good Indifferent and bad
and so on. The cloec -o pretty near.
ly corresponds with 'rst evenings
talk about the applicants. Many OF
those grades that I gave so in were
20 or 80"
In answer to a question OF Mr.. Lit.
tie, Of the committee, he said:
I'VE go over the list and mark
some o. X. and some NJ. o. X. means
not that they are going 10 get a Ger.
tificate, but that there is nothing
against them. NJ. means we do not
know anything about them and there
fore they must go upon merit"
Suppose an applicant is examined"
asked Judge Miner and you are
satisfied from the grades he makes
before you that he ought not to have
n certificate, isn't Il your sworn duty
to simply refuse to sign his certif
cate?"
We'll, I explained the other day"
"Just answer the qnestlon: Isn't II
your duty?"
81 suspect il is true"
What is the object OF the examlna.
tion If your examination does not cor.
respond with the work?" asked Judge
Miner.
I'VE might Just as we'll not go
through the examination"
You learned they were doing this
as early as 1900 and yet you have
continued 10 mark them so when they
were low, right up to the present
time?"
"Yes."
When you suspected others were
boosting grades, why did you not
leave them exactly where they were?"
asked Judge Deyer.
"The average was over 80"
There would not be the same liza.
bility OF the average being above 80,
II II were down in your branch. as
there would be If you marked them
so or So"
III you had been sitting on the ex-
amining board fer ten years you
would change your mind on that" re.
sponded Senator Meek
"But isn't that mathematical fact?
You say your speciality is mathemat.
acs?"
THAT is true. There is no way TO
stop the passing OF an applicant very
well, If thei are determined TO raise
the grades"
Judge Miner asked: did II ever
occur in the examination OF a man
I'm the last ten years that you did not