The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-06-28


and the children are teachers friends.
They no longer look upon the teacher
as an arbitrary boss set over them
by the school bosrd to lord it over
them and otherwise destroy their hap
piness.
1t can be truthfully said that 10
people believe stronger in the educa-
tion of the youth than does the peo-
pie of Carter county. AS an evidence
of this statement the excellent school
buildings Of the county are as good
as can be found anywhere, a stronger
evidence is the fact that nearly ali
OF these buildings are filled to over
flowing each year and in a number
of instances it has been necessary
TO enlarge the buildings, a stronger
evidence still is the fact that year
after year the very best teachers are
employed in these buildings at sal
aries far above the average as ordi-
narily paid to teachers in rural com
munities.
In fact it Is generally known
among the teachers that the rural
communities are beginning to pay
more for teachers than the larger
ones. The inevitable result is that
these rural communities are getting
the very best eachers-teachers Of
the best character, experience, and
above reproach AS ladies and gentle
men.
Another important consideration is
the fact that all school district war
rants legally drawn are cashed at
par. This is being done by the State
National Bank of Ardmore. This
bank, being the county depository did
this voluntarily after going thor
oughly into the financial condition Of
all the school districts, a summary
of their condition beng prepared by
the county superintendent office for
this purpose. The school boards are
making every effort to keep the dis
tricts in good shape financially,
They want their obligations respected
ard they are determined that they
shall be. Il is the nope Of the county
superintendent's Office that the tine
will speedily come when school ais
tr,ct warrants will ne reckoncd at
their lrue value by he financial N
terests of the county.
Examinations for county certlf:-
Gates are held quarrerly--the fourth
Thursday ar the Friday nri Satur'
day following of January, April, Octo-
ber, and at the end of the county
normal institute. Tle county normal
institute for Ills county WI be held
al the Contra. State Normal at I'D
mond, Okla, dut'ns The month Of
July.
1t has been the policy of the
county superintenCent's office to hold
eighth grade examinations in all those
districts that are centrally located
In other words, we have tried, where
the teachers and school boards would
cooperate with us, to put this eXami'
nation in reach Of every eighth grade
stcdent Of this county The result
is that very few eighth grade pupils,
if any, were ever four or five miles
from a place where this examination
was being held. Not all the students
o, the county have taken this exami'
nation that should have but so mar.y
more took il than heretofore that we
Cee Justified in the course we are
| now pursuing. About one hundred
and eighty students took the exami
nation this year. About seventy
passed, while others made some eX
collenc grades that we're recorded 10
their creoit. Some have suggested
! that this is not q good practice. Ii
must he remembered that about four
teen subjects are required for Z
diploma and 40 child should be eX
pected to finish the work on this
lumber of subjects in one year. My
plan is, as near as possible, to give
the examination rs soon as a subject
is finished in the common school
course. The best educators will back
me up in this. Some others have
suggested that where the examination
is held in so many places there would
necessarily be some fraud practiced
| would rather soma few would ge;
diplomas who are not entitled to then
than to deprive nearly all the students
of the county of an eighth grade di
ploma. We have just as much right
to question sny high school or col
lege diploma as you have to question
these. Those examinations are con
Quoted by people, so are ours. AS
has been intimated before, | have