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MAKES CHANGE
IN EXAMINATIONS

c. D. Thompson, county superin-
tendent Of education, has recently re-
ceived from State uperintendent l..
K. Alderman a communication an
nouncing changes in the time of teach
ers examinations.
The next examination will be held on
June q, %, %, and "a. There will be
no examinations in August, hence all
| persons whose certificates expire in
August, or who wish to take teachers
| examinations in order to teach next
year should write at the June exami-
nation. The new law does away with
the county certificates, but you will
have authority to issue county certiti-
Gates on State grades until May 2.
Under the present law applicants
must complete the subjects for State
certificate within three successive ex-
limitations. The new law provides that
such persons may complete their exam
nations under the law now in force.
All persons, therefore, who are writ
ing for State certificates should appear
at the June examination.
Applicants for one-year State
certificate must make a general average
of no less than rs per cent and shall
not fall below GO per cent in any one
of the following subjects: Arithmetic,
civil government, geography, gram
mar, history, photography, physical
geography, reading, school law, theory
and practice of teaching, and writing.
Applicants for five-year State GER
titicate must make a general average
of not less than IS per cent and shall
not fall below 70 per cent in any one of
the following subjects: Writing,
photography, arithmetic, physiology,
grammar, geography, theory and
practice of teaching, reading, U. 5.
history, civil government. school law,
psychology, American literature,
algebra, physical geography, and com
po ;ition. Twelve months teaching
experience is required for this paper.
A Applicants for life State certificate
must make general average of not
less than IS per cent and shall not fall
below 70 per cent in any one of the fol-
lowing subjects: Arithmetic, writing,
orthography, reading, physiology,
school law, civil government, gram
mar, geography, theory and practice
of teaching, u. S. history, psychology,
American literature, English litera-
ture, algebra, physical geography,
plane geometry, botany, physics, book
keeping, composition, general history,
geology, and history of education.
Six months teaching experience is re-
quired for this paper.
Applicants for primary tive-year
State certificate must make general
average of not less than IS per cent
and shall not fall below 70 per cent in
any one of the following subjects:
Methods in reading, methods in arith-
metic, methods in language, methods
in geography, theory and practice of
teaching, writing, orthography, physi-
ology, psychology, and in addition
thereto shall write thesis on an educa-
tional subject selected from list pre-
pared by the Superintendent of Public
instruction. Twelve months teaching
experience is required for this paper
which gives the applicant authority to
teach only in the first, second and third
grades.
No examination in English classics
will be required in the June examina-
tion on account of the lack of time for
announcements and preparation. All
examinations will be based upon the
text books adopted by the State Text
Book Commission.