The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-06-29

dollars per capita from the board of
county commissioners; and this fund,
with the registration fee from the sum-
usr 4ormal school under the new law
and the examination fees from August
sxanination of teachers, with a posi-
bic surplus remaining over, and the
5000 appropriation referred to, should
constitute fund large enough to meet
all OF the expenses incident to maintain
ing the summer normal school for an
additional four weeks, beginning the
Monday following the 4th of August,
in each of the designated six districts of
the State, thus enabling us t. comply
with the two weeks required under the
old law, and to also meet the require
ments under the new law by holding
four weeks additional. thus making the
six weeks in all. This will enable all
applicants otherwise qualified to obtain
the six weeks normal training required
for third grade certificate; and, in
this connection, if it should occur that,
when the examination is being held on
the third Thursday of August. any ap-
plicant has only attended the normal
training school held this season, then
auch requirements can be met by con-
tinning the attendance for the balance
of the six weeks, and the teachers GER
ti6cata aap ha ;ocua1 oo ooo,, nc Tho , =
tendance can be certified.
The requirement that each applicant
must have completed four years high
school course or its equivalent, cannot,
Of course, be evaded, but this require
ment being met the applicant by attend
ing the six weeks normal school as above
provided for, and successfully passing
the required examination, will be entitl-
ed to third grade certificate, good for
one year; and, by attending the six weeks
normal school next year, and success
fully passing second grade examina-
tion, will be entitled to second grade
certificate; and by likewise attending
the six weeks normal training school
the following year, and passing 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, provid-
Cd the applicants are furnished the full
nix weeks of normal training,
With the provisions of this law rails
Ing the educational standard of the
teachers of the State, am in hearty
sympathy. but was opposed to the law
~ ssA on account of no adequate
provision having been made tn. rein for
those excellent teachers who have Sue
cessfully taught in Colorado for many
years, and because believed that chang
ing the present normal districts and So
lidifying them in few places would
work an unnecessary hardship upon
teachers who were required to go far
distant from their homes to attend
these institutes, for you must under
stand that this law, enacted by the last
legislature, changes the boundaries of
these institutes.
II a majority of the county superin-
tendents and teachers feel that the en-
forcement of the provisions of the
law at this time will work a great in
justice upon our teachers. they can at
least delay it's action for the present, and
remain under the provisions of the old
law, by preparing the necessary petit
ton for referring the same to the peo-
Pile; otherwise, there is no alternative
than to meet the requirements of the
new law as above outlined, and to this
end the county superintendents of the
State should Immediately take up the
question of the summer normal schools
for the additional four weeks with the
board or trustees of the Normal School
at Greeley, and make suitable provi-
sion for meeting and carrying out the
terms of the law on and after August
4th; and, in this connection, l would
suggest that conference be held be-
tween the county superintendent and
the trustees so as to provide that all
normal Institutes under the old law
should have full term of two weeks
before the 4th day of August, and ar
range, if possible to do so, that all
funds remaining unexpended be trans
ferred to the new Summer School Fund
to be used in defraying pro tanto the
expenses of the additional four weeks
normal school under the new law; and,
at the same time, employ instructors
and determine the place of holdidg the
new normal schools in each of the new
districts which are constituted and
named as follows:
"The Northern Colorado District
shall consist of the counties of Weld,
Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips, Yuma, Wash
ington, Morgan, Adams, Arapahoe.
Douglas. Ebert, Lincoln, Kit Carson,