The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-18

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 WANT TO pEAGH
 'g wish we had two hundred thou- sand people in Juneou, SO that Wo would have school large enough to employ Just one.haii of the teachefs living In Che States who seek teach. sfs slmauonA 10 Alaska" said " " shorthihs secretary to the Governor today in remark.ng upon the number of letters of inquiry that the office anawer's in yenre time.
 eve got acores Of letters from ap pncants. said Mr. shor.hill land for a time we wrote letters to each one, explaining thal we had no power lo alve them positions, and glvne them the information sought But tnally the letters came SO thick and fast that we had circular printed, which we now ugo as our reply.
 one Idaho girl accorlIng 10 Mr. shorlhnl, has written four different ietters, applying for Q position bacn time the same reply is sent lthe cir cular but this particular girl Is sol persistent that she writes tho next le1or as if she never had received 9 reply to her former letters
 School information.
 The circulars contain a great deal of Information, which is published herewith:
 "Tbe Governor is ex-oiicio superin lendent of public instruction for the white schools of the Territory and is the only officer who exercises a gem eral supervision over these schools. The white schools are divided into two classes: ]. Those in incorporated towns. 2. Those outside of Che in-| corporated towns Commonly called Nelson schools"-for white children and children Of mixed blood leading a civilized lne) The following are che Incorporated towns, in each of which school ie maintained under lho direction Of local board of three members. Chena, Cordova, Douglas Eagle. Fairbanks, Hainos, iditarod' Juneau, Ketchikan. Nome Petersburg Seward. Skagway, Panama, Valdez and Wrangell High school work IS ear ried on In the schools at: Douglas Fairbanks. Juneau, Ketchikan, Nome Seward. Slyagway Valdez and Wran- gel. Applications .o teach may be made to the clerk of tho school board at any of the places named.
 "The schools outside Of incorporat ed towns arc conducted under tho di- recuon of local school boards elected for the purpose Teachers are em. ployed In all cases by Che local boards and application should be made to Che clerks Of tho boards Licenses or per mits Co teach in these schools arc re- quued. and are issued by the Cover nor. upon tho presentation of state teachers certificates, or in exception al cases in the absence Of such cer- iccate upon strict proof that appii' canls have had the benefit of proper training and experience. Manual training is required Schools are now maintained in the following commm- ] ites outside of incorporated towns; Afognak, Blackburn (P. o. KennecotQ Candle, Chatanika. Chichagon Coun- lcil. Euamar. Fox, Garden Island CP. o. Graehl), Katalia, Knik, Kodiok La- touche Longwood. (P. o. Kodiak1 IMendenhall o. o. Juneaul Nililchic ] Nushagak, Otter 0uzindo, Ruby St. Michael, scow Bay (P (. Petersburg) sitya, Teller Unga Craig Hone san fnalS seldovla, Thane.
 "Salaries In the white schools are various, fixed by the local board In each case.
 oThe Native schools (for Indians i IEsdmos and Aleuts) are administer ed by the Bureau of Education, Wash i ington, D. c. through superintendents stationed at Juneau, Seward, Unola- 1 deet, Nome and Panama Applications to teach in these schools should be made to the bureau, or to one of the ] superintendents There are about 90 of these schools. situated in various parts Of the Territory Teachers are generally required Co posscss, besides other qualifications theoretical and practical knowledge oi Che sever al branches Of manual training
 "The usual length oi the school term In the Alaska schools IS nine misunderstanding in September and ending in June. There are no teach CTS organizations The Bureau o Education issues an annual report on I tho Native school work but no re I port IS made on the work of the whits schools other than the reference t' them which appears In the Governors
 annual report on conditions in Che l Territory There are no school pub ncatons other than occasional loca ones. The courses of study are mol standardized, but in general the work compares favorably with schools oi similar size in the States.
 No schools are maintained ID enc towns of Eagle and Cinema at present
 Preachers salaries range from sSg to s175 DOT month as rule inc aver age being about SlOO.
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