The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-03-16
NEWS CULLED
in THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS-OTHER HAPPENINGS
Special Columbus Correspondent.

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con has prepared and which will be
issued soon. Ability to teach is a
tact to be determined in granting any
certificate" says Supt. Pearson. In
0he case Of a renewal this ability is
not to be determined by an examina.
hon, but by the success of the teacher
IN the work and by evidence Of growth
and improvement. The success of the
teacher is to be earned from her stand
ing in the community, by the reputa-
ton she has among her fellow teach
ers, by the opinion of the school su-
perintendent and by her general work.
Applications for renewals should be
Aled with the board of examiners a
month before action is taken so that
there will be ample time for the board
20 get the necessary information about
the applicant. In determining growth"
and Improvement" the examiners
must take into account attendance at
summer normal schools and extension
courses, membership in the Ohio
Teachers Reading circle, attendance
at teachers meetings and institutes,
and whether the applicant regularly
reads educational magazines and books
and publications of cultural value.
Three Members Are Sick.
The Ohio state board of administra-
tion is in bad way. Three of it's
four members are i'll and unable to
report for duty. G.. c. Phillbrick of
Columbus is the only member who is
we'll and able to direct the boards af-
fairs. D. S. Creamer, the Belmont
county member, is at Battle Greek,
Mich, taking treatment for lumbago.
He has been ill for several weeks.
Thomas H. Davey, the Youngstown
member, has been confined to his
home for some time from a nervous
disorder. This week his troubles
were increased when he developed a
case of shingles" Dr. f. H. Rorick,
who was appointed recently, has just
been compelled to return to his home
In Waueson, Fulton county, by illness.
The illness of these members is hold
ing up several important appoint
ments which the board has to
make.
Canvass Voting Question.
The League of Ohio Women Op-
posed to Suffrage has completed plans
for a statewide canvass to find out
the sentiment of Ohio women on the |
question of voting. A test survey has |
been made in Hamilton county, which |
resulted in securing the views of 40,- |
600 women. The plan is to canvass
the state by house-to-house canvass. |
The women are to be asked to sign a
stating whether or not they are wage
earners and whether they are for or
against suffrage for women.
Save the State Money.
Many state departments will hardly
recognize their annual reports when
they receive the composite annual re-
port embracing the salient parts of
these reports, which will be issued
hereafter in order to do away with
multiplicity of reports. H. A. McKen-
zie of the secretary Of states Office,
who is getting out the composite re-
port, has finished boiling down" the
department reports for inclusion in
the consolidated report, and he has
made such free use of the pruning
knife that very little is left of some
of the reports. The new plan will
save the state a large sum of money
annually. There are several tons of
old reports rotting in the state house
basement, which waste will be OBJ
waited in the future.
Approve Safety Code.
Approval has been given the safety
codes prepared for Ohio industries by
a committee Of experts composed of
representatives Of capital and labor by
the state industrial commission. The
codes are to go into effect June l.
Copies of these codes were distributed
among managers of the large indus
trial plants and labor leaders, and no
objection was made to them. Believ-
ing them to be generally satisfactory,
the commission gave them its official
o. X. A code for industrial santa
tion, glass and pottery plants, and for
railroad yards and shops is now being
prepared by committee of experts.
Changes Places Of Incarceration.
The department of justice at Wash !
ington has ordered that male prison /
ers who hereafter receive prison SEN
tences in federal court here shall be !
sent to the federal prison in Atlanta, !
Ga, instead Of being sent to the |
Moundsville penitentiary, West Vir- |
ginia. Female prisoners will be sent !
to the Missouri state penitentiary at
Jefferson City. The federal govern
ment began sending prisoners from .
the federal court here to Moundsville |
three years ago.
Governors Speaking Engagements.
Gov. Willis has made these speaking
engagements: March 8, public schools
and old soldiers day, Canal Winches-
ter; March 8, Mems club, Franklin;
March 10, Republican banquet, Ken
ton; March IL, Grand Army services,
Columbus; March A. Ohio Retail Dry
Goods association, Columbus; March
16, Republican meeting, Jackson;
March II, Young Mems Business club,
Cleveland; March 21, chamber of
commerce Inauguration, East Liver
pool: March %, Methodist Mems club,
Pain ssville: March "a, Piqua Baptist
church dedication celebration week.
A Chance for Teachers.
A civil service examination will be
held soon to select a successor to H.
C. Maurer, who has resigned as SUI
perintendent of the state school for
the blind. He will take a position
with company. located in southern
Ohio. For the present the name of
the company will not be disclosed
Maurer .slcceeded E. M. Van Cleve as
who resigned two