Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-28
SPRING SERIES OF
TEACHERS EXAMS
SCHEDULE OF GATHERINGS
IN DODGE COUNTY.
Supt. Kelley Issues q Circular of
InfOrmdtiOn-Meet at ReeSeVille,
NeOShd, Fox Lake and Mdyville
Also Hold Examinations For
Common School Diploma.

JohnKelley, the Dodge county super
intendent of schools, has just issued
circular calling attention TO tn.
spring series Of teachers examinations
which will be held as follows: Reese
vile, Monday and Tuesday, March 16
and II; Neosho, Thursday and Friday,
March 10 and 20; Fox Lake, Monday
and Tuesday March % and "a; May
vile, Thursday and Friday, March &c
and II.
A supplementary examination will
be held IN Juneau April 20, II and 22,
tor the accommodation of High School
seniors, who expect to teach next
year. Others who desire to write at
this time may do so.
Applicants at ali examinations will
be furnished with examination manu-
scripts, by the Superintendent. Other
needed stationery must be supplied.
Examination for the common school
diploma will be held under the super
vision of board of examiners,
selected by the county superintendent
These examination will be held on
two successive Saturdays, May 9 and
10 in the public school buildings at
Juneau, Mayville, Hustisford, Reese
vile and Fox Lake
On May 9, applicants will write on
orthoepy, photography, reading, arith-
metic and grammar. On May 16
applicants will write on geography,
U. S. history, physiology, civil
government and agriculture.
Work will begin at 9 a. m. each
day. at which hour all applicants
must be on hand. supplied with pens,
ink, pencils, blotters, tablets and
legal cap paper.
In order to secure diploma the
applicant must earn a standing not
less than GO per cent in each and every
branch. No credits will be carried
over from year to year.
The holder of common school
diploma is entitled to admi ssIon into
high school, without examination.
Teachers should not encourage
pupils TO take the common school
diploma examination unless reason
ably certain that they are prepared
to do High School work.
The new certificate law, section
450a, laws of 1907, is as follows
l. 1t shall not be lawful for any
county superintendent to endorse
certificate issued by any other county
superintendent, nor to extend the life
of any certificate beyond the limits
fix ed by law. The papers written in
any examination shall not be used as
the basis for issuing a second ceI-
tihcate. which shall have the effect
of extending the Ii te of the certificate
first issued thereon, except as here
matter provided. But in any exam
ination for second certificate. when
the applicant has taught successfully
in the superintendent district for one
schoul year on a certificate previously
issued by him the superintendent may,
in his discretion, accept standings on
papers written by the applicant in the
preceding examination not to exceed
five in number, in lieu of re-exam-
ination in the subjects for which
standings are so accepted.
z. The superintendent may allow
any person while holding an unexpired
certificate of the third grade, ur
county training school certificate to
write on any two or mure of the
additional branches demanded for
certificate of the second grade. If
the applicant is then successful in
securing the required standing in any
two of said second grade branches,
the superintendent shall issue to said
applicant new third grade certificate
based upon the previous examination
or upon the county training school
certificate, good for one year, and if
on or before the expiration of such
new third grade certificate, the appIi-
cant completes the second grade
examination. the superintendent may
grant him a certificate of the second
grade without limitation. If at any
time during the life of the second
grade certificate any applicant shall
successfully write in the additional
branches demanded for first grade
certificate. the superintendent may
issue such first grade certificate with
out limitation.
The minimum standing for second
grade certificate in each and every
branch is 70 per cent and for first
grade so per cent.