Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-16
Refusal Of Black Hawk County
to Recognize Normal Certiti-
Gates May Cause Lawsuits
PASSED THE EXAMINATION
a. outsrowth Of state supsrintsnd.
.nts Ruling Miss crsaasr Paid Fees
10 Homo County, Controversy Out
!. growth OF Row Prscipitated BY Sup
erintsndent Elliott Of Black Hawk.
spec,al to rlmes-Republican.

Cedar Falls, Jan. 16-The controver-
Nv over teachers examination fees
started some time ago by Superintend-
emit Elliott, of the county schools. ana
State Superintendent Riggs promises
To finally land in the courts. Elliott
claimed all the fees FOR examinations
within the county, bat q second eN-
aiming board was authorised at the
state normal school and the state SUI
perintendent held that the fees shoulo
20 to the county from which the
teacher came. Recently Mr.. Elliott re-
fused to register certificates issued oS
the normal board, and suits for dam
ages are threatened. The Cedar Fails
Record says:
Miss Mary Creager, Of Franklin Rul
county, was student at the STAKE
Normal school. She was in no man
nsr subject, to the wffims Or cranki-
ness Of County superintendent Elliott
when she, along with hundred o'h-
ers. took the state examination ZOE
certificates. She passed successfully
and RENTED her dollar to the county
SUPERINTENDENT OF Franklin county az
provided Ter in the instructions from
me snperin ,ndent of public instrue-
ton, backed 81 the authority " ..o
attorney general of Iowa. she pu,,
sued exactly the same course as ulu
the teachers from the other ninety,
eight counties Of the state. Last Iai'
she secured school in Spring Greer
township, Black Hawk county, neg
father, Mr.. Albert Creager, and lam
sily. having moved to Waterloo 1rou'
Franklin county. Miss Creager pre-
scented her certificate t. County SUI
narintendent Elliott, at Waterloo, TOT
registration, and with rendered pis
silver dollars That Of ci refused 10
register the certificate bec;ls the iaoy
nassed the examination at the Normal
J school. under the direction OF Fresi-
denf Seerley, who Is q member OF lhe
state board OF examiners. Acting upon
the advice of the state superintendent
and of President Seerley the lady took
witness with her and made secono
tender Of a dollar. T;sis was again re-
fused, County superintendent Eillott
then s.rote to the president OF ene
school board in Spring Creek townsnlp
and warned him not to employ MISS
Creager as 1t would be unlaWfui. up-
on the receipt Of this official informa-
zion the school board of Spring Creek
refused the lady the school ana as
& result she has been deprived OF the
emoluments Of position because o.
the unlawful action of the county OF
1 ficjal. It Is understood that an attor-
new has been consulted who has care
fnily zone over the case and he gives
Il II as his unbiased opinion that the
county superintendent and his bonds
men are responsible for the salary thai
i would have accrued had not the young
lady been deprived of her position pc
cause Of the pedantic ruling.
..Another young lady was refused one
proper official courtesy. She had q
4 position in the schools Of East Water
& loo She, too, took q witness and
went into the presence Of the super
intendent. rendered again tlsssoin o.
the realm, but was again told to gel
& ~ the earth. The school board IN
waterloo. simply smiled when the
case was presented for consideration
4: and told the young lady to proceed
with her work according to CONTRACT
TN to date she has drawn her salary
regularly but the superintendent mas
stated that he will put an end to rne
matter and bring suit to recover IRON
the school board the money illegals
raid out. These are but q sample q
numerous cases"