Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-07-07
BIG PERCENTAGE
GET CERTIFICATES
History and Arithmetic Prove Stumb-
ling Blocks for Many Who Would
Become School Teachers.

stumbling blocks for the teachers
who attended the last examination
for certificates, as is shown by Stats
tics just compiled by the office of H.
! B. Dewey, state superintendent of
public instruction, as 65.6 per cent
of the applicants were successful,
which is a falling off of "a per cent
compared with the successful num-
Der in December. 1t might be men
! toned, however, that the December
percentage was the highest in the
| history of the state.
In May this year, 1858 wrote upon
the examination questions, which
was the largest number in the his
tory of the state as only 1861 wrote
in 1910. Out of the total number
only 16S wrote to secure grades of
| 80 per cent. OF the 1888 who sought
certificates 1899 were successful, or
70 per cent of the total mum Der APP
plying.
The report of the department fol-
lows:
The teachers examination held in
May of this year was by far the larg-
est in the history of the state, there
being 1853 applicants. The CORES
ponding numbers in some of the re-
| cent years are as follows: 1906.
1896; 1908, 1885; 1910, 1851. OF
| the 1853 persons taking all or part
Of the examination, t6S were not ap-
plicants for certificates at this exam
nation but were taking part of the
examination for the purpose of secur-
ing grades of 90 per cent, this being
permitted to persons holding valid
certificates in this state. OF the re-
naming 1888 applicants 1899 secur-
ed certificates at this examination
or 70 per cent of the total number
applying.
| The number of certificates issued
| solely upon examination was 1853 as
| follows: Third grade, 435; second
grade. 261; first grade, %; life, /
| Two hundred and sixty-eight certi-
| ticates were issued upon accredited
papers. as follows: Third grade, s;
second grade, 10; first grade, ia;
protest. onal, %; life, AZ. In COM
pliance with the peculiar provision
allowing teachers who have had ten
years of successful experience in
other states a certificate upon pass
| ing the examination in state manual,
so second grade certificates were is
sued; 1853 certificates were renewed,
| 140 being second grades. and 8 be-
ing first grades; SO permanent first
| grade certificates were issued.
Of the certificates issued upon ex-
aminatiQn 38S of the applicants OBJ
tanned certificates as the result Of
two or more examinations. In most
cases third grade certificate was
raised to second, and in a few cases
a second grade certificate was raised
to a first OF the total mum Der of
|
had no experience whatever.
From the above statistics it will
be seen that CSC per cent of the ap-
| plicants applying for certificates
solely upon examination were sue
cessful In December last the cor
| responding percentage was IS, the
| To- To- IL, z
the state.
The subjects which proved most
| difficult for the teachers were his
tory and arithmetic. Many of the
applicants found the questions in
music difficult, but the average per-
centage secured by those taking the
examination in this subject was much
higher than the average run of sub
| jects
The questions in history submit
ted to the applicants by the state
board of education were as follows:
United States History
l. How came this country to be
called America?
2. Name four missionaries among
the Indians.
3. BY what military action was
the French and Indian war terminal
ed? By whom conducted?
4. What connection had the fol-
lowing persons with American his
tory; De Soto, Leonard Calvert,
| Roger Williams, James Oglethrop,
Peter Stuyvesant.
3. (a) By whom was the Dec.
laration of Independence drawn up?
| (b) When adopted by congress, and
by what majority? (c) By how
many members signed? (d) What
was its effect?
G. When was the present Ameri
can flag adopted?
Z. (a) Name the circumstan
ces which induced France to aid the