Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-08-01

the idea originated that Ihave failed
to do my duty as president of the
Board of High School Trustees unless
my predecessor is laying her own sin
of the county superintendent as
president of the High School Board
is to sign all orders for money paid
out for High School purposes.
The first day l took my Office, my
predecessor still being present, the
Secretary of the High School Board
of Trustees brought me a bunch of
orders in blank to sign and when /
expressed my surprise that / was
asked TO sign blank orders i
was not to know to whom the money
was to be paid, or how much, or for
what purpose, my predecessor eX-
planned that that was alright that
she always signed a large number of
blank orders ahead since she was
away from the office SO much and
usually not present as often as the
orders were needed.
And thus the High School Board
was. compelled to do business in such
unbusinesslike way-if they were to
do any business at all! i assured the
secretary that this would no longer
be necessary for My Home was in
TTego county not in Salina, and l
could be present at every meeting
of the board and would always be
found in my office unless actually en-
ployed in school duties elsewhere.
The High School Trustees gladly
changed their way of conducting
their business, and since then did all
their work strictly according to law.
No. 7. Naturally all of the people
Of Trego cannot know that a new
Certificate Law came into effect
May 1914 (Which reads as follows:)
''That after May 1st, 1914, no person
shall be granted Second Grade
Certificate who has not at least one
years credit in high school or the
equivalent thereof as provided by the
State Board of Education and no per-
son after May 1st, 1914, shall be
granted a First Grade Certificate who
has not at least two years credit in a
high school or its equivalent there
Of"
AS only two third grade certificates
can be issued to any one person, a
number of our experienced teachers
who had not high school education
would have lost out entirely this
coming year and would have been
forced to give up teaching. In order
to give these teachers an opportunity
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equivalent, during the summer, and
also in order to enable the remaining
teachers to get needed advanced
college work (all of whom were
High School graduates and needed
not the Institute work having re-
ceiyed such instruction in the Nor
NAL Training Department of our
High SCHOOL, plan was originated to
hold the Institute in the State Nor
NAL in Ellis county.
The law provides that when two
counties hold joint session of Insti-
tute the county where the session is
held pays all the expenses and en-
ploys instructors. And so in addition
to-the benefits derived by. our teach
ers and our schools the tax payers of
Tfego county were saved between
$500. 90 and $500 90 which now is the
cost of conducting an Institute. I'm
der the new law of 1913 several more
branches must be taught than in the
years past. This makes it necessary
to have more instructors and hence
the increase in expense.
HOW HAS THIS HARMED TIRE
GO COUNTY,
No s. Yes, i spent 60 days in
visiting the 81 schools that were be-
ing taught last year, although the
law required but two hours of vista
ton for each school / also insisted.
and shall insist. that no pupil carry
more than the regular work in each
grade L will not permit pupils to
ramble in an aimless, unsystematic
manner over twelve subjects and
three grades in seven months of
school.