Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-03-01
THE SCHOOLS
THE TEACHERS
AND THE LAWS
SOME IMPORTATION CONCERN.
ING EXAMINATIONS THAT is
WORTHY OF CAREFUL PERUSAL
BY ALL WHO TAKE EXAMINA-
TI0NS.

County Superintendent Smith is in
receipt of a communication from
State Superintendent of Public In
structiOn Alderman dealing with the
laws passed at the last session Of the
legislature in relation to education.
The two laws discussed in the let
ter are the certification law and the
supervision law. Under the latter
law the county superintendent of a
county having more than go school
districts, shall appoint on or before
June l, four members of the county
educational board, of which the coun-
ty superintendent shall be chairman.
On the first Monday in June this
board will hold meeting and divide
the school districts of the county,
save those of the first class, into su-
pervisory districts, none of which
shall contain less than 20 nor more
than so school districts. The super
visors shall receive a salary of not
less than $1O0 per month.
Certificate Law.
The next teachers examination
will be held on June 21, %, % and
"a and as there is no August exami-
nations those whose papers expire
then should take the June examina-
ton. Under the present law the ap-
plicants must complete the subjects
for a state certificate within three
successive examinations.
The regulations relative to the
average to be made in the different
subjects are as follows:
Applicants for a One-year state
certificate must make a general aver
age of not less than rs per cent and
shall not fall below 60 per cent in any
one of the following subjects: Arith-
metic, civil government, geography
grammar, history, photography, phys
ical geography, reading, school law
theory and practice of teaching, and
writing.
Applicants for a five-year state
certificate must make a general aver
age of not less than So per cent and
shall not fall below 70 per cent in any
one of the following subjects: Writ
ing, photography, arithmetic, physiol-
ogy, grammar, geography, theory ant
practice of teaching, reading, U. s
history, civil government, school law
psychology, American literature, al
zebra, physical geography, and com
position. Twelve months teaching
experience is required for this paper
Applicants for a life state certifl
cate must make general average O
not less than S5 per cent and shal
not fall below 70 per cent in any on,
of the following subjects: Arithme
tic, writing, photography, reading
physiology, school law, civil govern
ment grammar, geography, theor,
and practice of teaching, U. s. his
tory, psychology, American literature
English literature, algebra, physica
: geography, plane geometry, botany
physics, bookkeeping, composition
general history, geology, and histor
of education. Six months teachin
experience is required for this papel
Applicants for primary five-yea
y state certificate must make a genera
average of not less than S5 per cen
y and shall not fall below 70 per cen
in any one of the following subjects
Methods in reading, methods
y arithmetic, methods in languag,
methods in geography, theory an
practice of teaching, writing, orthC
graphy, physiology, psychology, an
y in addition thereto shall write a the
sis on an educational subject select
Z ed from list prepared by the super
y intendent of public instruction
z Twelve months teaching experienC
0 is required for this paper which give
U the applicant authority to teach onl
U in the first, second and third grade
y mo examination in English cla
sizes will be required in the June e,
. animation on account of the lack
time for announcements and prepart
% ton, All examinations will be bas,
u upon the textbooks adopted by II
% State Textbook Commission.