The Springfield herald., 1911-07-21
NOTICE j,.l',g'!0'I' 70 TEACHERS ''- =
t And SQPER!INgENDENTS
FROM DEPARTMENT OF
I PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
DENVER, COLO.
CONTINUED from last week..

CONTINUED from last week..
Denver, Colo, June 10, 1911
l believe that the expenses in
cident to- conducting the Normal
SCHOOLS now being held, or about
to be held, Under the present law
can be met by the funds now on
ciand, without using the So per
capita from the board of county
commissioners; and this fund,
with the registration fee from
the summer normal school under
the new law and the examina-
tion fees from the Aug. exami-
nation of teachers, with possi-
BILE surplus remaining over, and
the S., 900 appropriation referred
to, should constitute a fund large
enough to meet ali Of the expen-
'ses incident to maintaining the
summer normal school for an ad-
Jlitional four weeks, beginning
The Monday following the 4th of
Aug, III SachHot' the designated
six districts of the State, thus
enabling us to comply with the
two weeks required under the
old law, and to'also meet the re-
quirements under the new law
by holding four weeks additional
thus making ..he six weeks in all.
This will enable all applicants
otherwise qualified to obtain the
six weeks normal training re-
{quired for a third grade certifi-
cate; and, in this connection if it
should occur that, when the ex-
animation is Being held on the
third Thursday Of August, any
applicant has only attended the
the normal training school held
this season, the" such require
ments can be met BY continuing
the attendance for the balance
pf the six weeks, and the teach
srs' certificate can be issued M as
soon as such ch attendance .s da can be
certified.
The requirement that EACH ap-
plicant must have completed a
four years. high school course or
its equivalent cannot be eyaaed
but this requirement 'ssiii being met
the applicant BY attending the 6
weeks normal rm4,asl school as abeye
provided for, and successfully
passing the required examina-
tion, will be entitled to a third
grade certificate, good for one
year; and BY attending the s
Weeks normal next year, and
successfully passing q second
grade examination, will be en-
titled to a second grade certifi-
cate, and by likewise attending
the 6 weeks normal training
school the following year, and
tassing first grade examination
will be entitled to a first grade
certificate, SO that in this class
of cases, the sooner the law goes
into effect the better it will be,
provided the applicants are furn-
ished the full 6 weeks normal
training.
With the provisions of this law
raising the educational standard
of the teachers Of the State, !
am in hearty sympathy, but was
opposed to the law as passed on
account of no adequate provis-
ions having been made therein
for those excellent teachers who
nave successfully taught IN COLO.
for many years, and because l
believe that changing the pres
ent normal districts and solidify-
ing them in a few places would
work an unnecessary hardship
upon teachers who were requir-
ed to go far distant from their
homes to attend these Institutes,
for you must understand that
this law, enacted by the last
legislature, changes the bound.
aries of these institutes.
If a majority Of the county
superintendents and teachers
feel that the enforcement of the
provisions of the law at this
time will work a great injustice
upon our teachers, they can al
least delay its action for the
present and remain under the