The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-02-02
Educational News.
(By EARL A. ROCK. GO. s,.pr.)

/, state superintendent VIM. =. Ev-
ans and committee have arranged for
a state spelling contest to be held at
the meeting Of county superintend-
ents next July. Each county Is cnti.
tied TO one >peller In order to give
every boy and girl. up Ia and includ-
Ing the eighth grade. IN the county a
chance. the following plan will he
followed: Each school N the county
shall have a match. aud tlietlIrec best
spoilers selected and sent toa town.
ship match. That L., tie schools of
eaclI township will have match.
The three best spoilers in each of
these ownship matches will he sent
TO the county match and the hest
spelIer will be the one 10 represent
Holt county IN the state match.
TIE prizes IN the state match are
LIST, tiW: md. so: and .ird. s2j.
The sole objects of these matches
are not the honor and the winning a
prize. but to create an interest In
spelling. and a desire To become bet.
ter spoilers. Teachers please take
hold Of this work and make good
show ing Tor Holt county.
Each teacher II requested to have
her match IN the school. Friday, Feb.
ruary ~, The township matches will
be held March ~, and the county
match. March y. The places of the
tow nsbip matches viii bc announced
later.
Teachers examinat ioiis " III he held
the Hrs, Friday and saturday IN
MARCH, instea Of the last Friday and
Sat urday.
Fellow l. u letter sen, out 10y super
intcndent VIM. =. Evans.
The March cxaminat ions for teach.
ers' certificates viii le held Friday
and saturday, March ! and =. 1917.
TIL. order OF subjects viii bc the
same as heretofore.
Paper viii bc furnished applicant.
Each applicant viii bcgi,cn mum.
Er 10y which his papers will b.
marked and graded
Tie law requires that all papers al
first grade applicants bc sent Ia the
state superintendent. APPREHENSION
second and third grade may have
their papers graded 10y the County
Superintendent or b, the State Su.
pcrinirndrni. TIE applicant must
take his choice al the time of cyami.
mai ions. lie must send all his papers
1T unc examination TO the State 81.
pcrintcndrni or none. thai IL. part of
the same applicants papers written
In March cannot be graded 10y the
state Superintendent and part 10y the
County Superintendent.
The papers cannot hr graded 10y the
County superintendent and then sent
Ia the state Superintendent: but if
sent al all to the State Supcrini end.
ent. they must liz SEM ~ once.
Since grades on third grade Ger.
tiiicatc are valid for one year only, II
II IN most eases Of no advantage for
applicants for third grade certificates
TO send their papers to the State Su.
perin,endenl.
In the case of second grade appli.
cants, u the papers are read by, the
State Superintendent, the grades may
liz transferred later toa first grade
cert iiicatc. and are alsl valid IN AN,
county IN the State. Since loN grades
ON Tile IN the State Department are oi
little value Ia any one. and since each
applicant has three chances AZ grades
! venture to suggrs, the following ~
one good plan for second grade appli-
canis: Have all March papers graded
IN the county. and IN lame write only
those subjects on which good grades
are expected and send all papers To
the State superintendent. and finish
IN August having papers graded IN
the county. This j. only one Of the
many possibilities under the new law
Give the applicant the freedom Of
choice,
The one fee of - gives the appli
cant the privilege of writing at any or
III lllfcc EXAMINATIONS III one year,
Tie may write on the same suh!ec, In
March, June and August and must be
given the highest grade on each sub
iect made IN these examinations. u
Is unwise tor any applicant to try to
write all the subjects AT any one eX-
animal ion. Hence, II Is best for ap.
plicants TO begin In March: write "A
few good papers. and then complete
the work ON other subjects AT later
examinations. While applicants have
the privilege OF writing u subject
three times. II Is usually best not to
do 50. tine good carefully written
paper is better Than two or three
poor ones.
Issue Il statement of grades TO APP