Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-12-26
TESTS TO BE HELD IN ALL
COUNTY SEATS.
Applicants For Special Certificates
Will Write Papers From June
81 to 80, Inclusive.

held in each county seat of Orego
June q to 30 inclusive, 1917, a
cording to announcement made Thur
day by State Superintendent Of Pul
lie instruction ]. A. Churchill.
Applicants for any of the follow
ing nine kinds of special certificate
will be examined in five subjects q
follows:
Bookkeeping: Arithmetic, compc
sition, penmanship, theory and prat
tice and bookkeeping.
Domestic Art: American Literature
course of study, geography, theor
and practice and domestic art.
Domestic Science: Chemistry, com
position, geography, theory and prac
tice and domestic science.
Drawing: American literature, com
position, course Of study for draw
ing, theory and practice and drawing
Manual Training: Arithmetic, com
position, theory and practice, me
chanical drawing and manual train
ing.
Music: American literature, geog
raphy, history, theory and practice
and music.
Penmanship: Composition geog
raphy, history, theory and practic,
and penmanship.
Physical Culture American litera
ture, English composition, physiology
theory and practice and physical cul
ture.
Stenography and Typewriting
American literature, composition
spelling, theory and practice, stem
ography and typewriting.
The examination questions will be
taken from the following sources:
American Literature: Two-thirds
from American literature by Aber-
nethy and one-third from the follow
ing American classics: (a) Haw-
thorne: The House of Seven Gables
(b) Holmes: The Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table.
Arithmetic: One-sixth from the
course of study and fve-sixths from
Watson and White.
Bookkeeping: Lyons Bookkeeping.
Chemistry: An Elementary Study
Of Chemistry, by Mcpherson and Hen
lerson.
Composition: English Composition,
books I and II, by Brooks.
Course of Study: Course Of Study
for Elementary Schools.
Domestic Art: Textiles, by Wool
man and MCGOWAN.
Domestic Science: Practical Die
tetics, by Thompson.
Drawing: Applied Arts drawing
books.
Geography: One-sixth from the
course of study and five-sixths from
rarr and McMurray.
History: One-sixth from the course
If study and fve-sixths from Mace
md current events.
Manual Training: Correlated Cours-
IS in Woodwork and Mechanical
Drawing, by Griffith.
Music: New Educational Music
Tourse, and School Music Teaching,
~ Giddings.
Penmanship: The Palmer Method
# Business Writing.
Physical Culture: The Theory and
'ractice of Educational Gymnastics.
" William A. Stecher.
Physiology: 0ne-sixth from the
curse of study and five-sixths from
,onn and Buddington.
Spelling: 0ne-sixth from the
curse of study and five-sixths from
Iicks' Champion Spelling Book.
Stenography: Gregg shorthand.
Theory and Practice: The Normal
hid and Primary Education, by &C.
ell.
Typewriting: Universal Touch
ypewriting. Applicants for special
ertifcates for stenography or type
yriting will be examined in both of
hese subjects, in addition to Ameri-
an literature, composition, spelling,
nd theory Of teaching.
An applicant who passes the exam
nation with an average grade OF 50
er cent and who does not fall below
per cent in any subject will be
ranted a three-year non-renewable
Deeial certificate. This will entitle
le holder, TO teach only the special
1bject named in the certificate, IN
nv school Of the state.
Persons who have been graduated
ON standard vocational schools
ay, upon making proper application
ID furnishing proof Of their qualif-
ltions and fitness. be granted special
,rtifeates without examination to
aeh the subject in which they have