The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-11
NEWS OF THE
COUNTY SCHOOLS
An Interview With the
County Superintendent
ONE MORE TEACHERS EXANIIN-
ALTON SCHEDULED FOR
AUGUST 2S AT HOMES
DALE.
Dare a man teacher smoke?"
They are not supposed to-"
Dare the lady teachers chew


They are not supposed to-"
Dare the lady teachers chew
gum?"
Nothing is said about that
Such, in the opinion of County
superintendent ]. ]. Koehler, is the
effect the provisions of the new
school code, will have upon the per-
sonal habits of the $50 male and fe-
male pedagogues in Wayne county.
The women may chew gum, but the
men are not supposed to smoke. That
looks like woman's rights with a
vengeance.
None of the districts in Wayne
county have adopted the medical in
spection feature of the school code.
There isn't much need of it in the
small districts" said Prof. Koehler
to Citizen man. In congested dis
tricts, there is great demand for
it,
When asked whether there were
many cases of adenoids in the
county, Mr.. Koehler said:
Not so many. Parents usually,
in many of the districts, will see to
the eyes of their children. They will
have ther defective eyesight examin-
ed, and glasses will be bought for
IhClhs iS cdl z VI IiC LhlOd SeSluS
to be thing unknown. Catarrhal
conditions of the nose and throat are
prevalent, and they don't seem to re-
ceive much attention. That's some-
thing that we ought to be on the
lookout for. The throat and eyes
ought to receive more attention than
they are getting.
All of the applicants for schools,
without any hesitation, signed the
good health blanks. That's a good
feature. We can keep out the tuber-
cular teachers. Those don't come up
for examination now. People afflict-
ed with that disease are sort of SEN
sitive.
There will be another teachers
examination, the last teachers exam
ination for this season. 1t will be
held August 2S at a. m. in the
eighth grade room of the Honesdale
High school building.
All applicants must be eighteen
years of age, and no applicant who
has failed in more than two branches
in one of the previous examinations
will be admitted.
" Probably about fifteen or eigh-
teen of the lady teachers in the coun-
ty got married this last year.
Up to August /, l granted only
95 provisional certificates. This is
less than formerly, since we demand
better preparation. There are about
dozen college graduates teaching
in the county.
am outlining the school work
for the year, this month. l went to
Washington, d. c., two weeks in
June. That's the only vacation 1
took.
All but two or three of the school
districts have sent in their reports.
They don't get their state appropria-
tion until the report comes in. The
ones that get their reports in first
get their appropriations first.
There are many Normal and
High school graduates teaching in
the county We don't give many
provisional certificates without high
school training. l issued fourteen
professional certificates in May.
" All the seventeen-year-old ap-
plicants that passed will be grant
ed their provisional certificates on
the day they are eighteen"
The reporter was amazed to learn
that several schools in the northern
section of the county opened their
1911-1912 terms right after July A.
The reason assigned was, that the
schools are so far removed from
travelled roads, that it is of benefit
to the greatest number of pupils to
start early so as not to expose little
children to the perils of Winter.
But think of going to school in
August WheW!!