The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-07-28

tAaS required gFaues ana IN some
instances where the applicant gave
the examination up, and the exam-
|inins committee didn't even grade
the papers. caused me to bring the
matter out in my report.
These items are shown IN detail
lon exhibit "A of my report. and
can easily be verified by any inter-
ested party. Blank licenses, al
ready signed, are still in the books,
If they have not since been remov-
led. and can be seen also. This
matter, whether done by the COM
mittee as a whole, or by any enc Of
them acting Independently, is
grossly irregular.
Section 45S6, Code Of 1906, refer
ring to the examining committee
or board Of examiners, is as fol-
lows: And for violations of any
section Of this law, which refers to
examinations, they shall be subject
to the same penalties as the county
superintendent. =
Section 4545, Code Of 1906, reads:
Immediately after each exam
Hination the examiners shall CAREFUL
AZ grade the papers and mark there
ion their estimate of the value of
each answer; and the papers shall
.be filed in the office Of the superin-
tendent, and be subject to the in
spection Of the applicant or his au-
sthorized agent.
II the superintendent or the
board Of examiners can, in their
discretion, grant licenses to appli-
cants who utterly fail to make the
required averages to applicants
who actually quit the examination
why hold any examination at all?
You would hardly expect party
who had failed on an examination
and yet had received license to-
teach, to appeal the case.
Section 1890, code Of 1906, reads:
10 defray the cost Of institutes,
the county superintendent shall,
before examining applicants to
each, collect fee Of fifty cents
from each, and. before issuing any.
license for more than one year, col
Iect fifty cents additional for each
years duration of the license.
Section 4591: The institute
fund On hand and all subsequent
collections shall be deposited with
the county treasurer on the receipt
warrant of the clerk Of the board
OF supervisors and separate ac-
count thereof kept, and it shall be
paid out only upon the requisition
of the county superintendent, ap-
proved by two examiners, on war
rants issued by the clerk of the
board Of supervisors. 4
Section 4549 In counties
where the number of licensed
teachers is insufficient to supply
the schools, the board of education
may grant a special examination:
but the examination fee in such
cases shall be two dollars, and the.
licenses issued shall be valid only
until the next regular examination
Special examinations shall be
granted teachers who are under
contract to teach in a public school.
in the county. if at the time of the
general examination they were un-
able to attend or were teaching or
attending school more than fifty
miles away. The superintendent
may require each teacher so exam
ined to pay him q fee of two dollars
and fifty cents. "
| wish to call particular attention
to the last section quoted (4549).
There are two kinds of special ex-
aminations provided for:
1st. A special examination for
applicants to teach.
End. For teachers already under
contract, but who for reasons spec
flied. could not attend the regular
examination.
The law for the first class Of
special examinations is that the
examination fee shall be two dol
lars.
For the second. that the superin-
tendent may require the teachers
so examined to pay him a fee of
two dollars and fifty cents.
Now, the examination fees pro-
vided for BY law are to be turned
into the county treasury. No ex-
aminations Of the second class, as
mentioned above. were held. Any
way, the shortage in accounting
for institute money collected did
not consist entirely Of fees collected
from special examinations. but.
also from regular examinations.
As to Mrs. Green's acting on the:
examining board, the law is (Sec-
tion 4536, code of 1906: Two
first grade teachers. to be appoint
ed annually. prior to the fall ex-
aminations BY the county superin-
tendent, shall, with the county
superintendent. constitute an ex-
amining board for each county
provided the members Of said
board shall not be related By affin-
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