The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-31
School Notes

The County Board of Education ten
years ago adopted the rule of employ.
ing no teacher in the schools Of tn
county who has not had a four-yesl
high school course. This rule has beei
continuously in force in the count
ever since and is still in force. Th
past few months teachers have bee
scarcer than usual but the above meD
toned rule has not been rescinded b
the board aud those applying for pos
tions and who have not had the require
four-year high school course are neces
sarily meeting with no success in OBJ
tanning positions as teachers. The rule
was adopted while Prof. Donnell was
County Superintendent and was a very
wise action on his part at the time.
There has been some dissatisfaction in
the recent months because girls just
out of the seventh, eighth or ninth
grades could not be appointed to teach,
but the Superintendent nor members
Of the County Board have the autho
lty to make such appointments, with
the above rue Ia force. so far as
known at this writing every school In
the county has a teacher aud that with
out refracting the rule named, and the
schools are better off thereby.
The County Superintendent has just
been instructed by the State Superin-
tendent that the next Teachers Exam
nations will be held thruout the state
on March 18th, 14th, Thursday and Fri
day. His letter also says, please
have all who expect to teach next year
and do not nOld certificates, to take
this examination, as the July examin-
ation is too late for all who expect to
begin work before September l." This
last r, quest was made last year ard
vet We had numerous teachers who
waited till the summer examinations
and when the schools opened 10 the
summer they had not received reports
from their examination papers. Let
ali who expect TO teach in the county
schools next year, that is the school
year beginning in the coming summer,
take this examination and be ready
when the summer schools open for the
new session.
The colored teachers met last Satur.
day in their monthly institute with the
lark est attendance tnat has been seen
at their monthly meeting in more than
a year, The county superintendent was
present aud talked to the teachers
about being punctual in the performs
ance OF all their school duties, Word
has come to members of the County
Board and to the superintendent that
many colored teachers are irregular in
tneif hours of opening and closing
school each day, and people are COM
planning about II. The Board fixed $3.50
as the hour for opening in the morn
ing and 4 as the hour for closing, with
three recesses amounting TO one AND
one half hours. and they expect all
teachers, white and colored to follow
these hours. All colored teachers in the
county are required to attend these
Institutes, required by law, and we
hope that those who were not present
last Saturday will be present the fourth
Saturday in February, the 20 of the
month, when the NEXT institute will
be held.
County Superintendent W. 7. Loggins
has just received sdvlcefrom Prof. S. l..
Smith. Agent for the General Education
Board that ne has secured an appropria-
ton Of $3.50 from that board to be used in
holding a months institute next sum-
mer at the Training School here for the
colored teachers of Fsystte and sdjoin-
ing counties. This institute was held
last year with about half the colored
teachers of this county and as many
from adjoining counties in attendance.
The faculty then included some OF
the best colored educators of the state
and the work was credItsble and ben
eficisl. This year every colored teach
er in the county should arrange to at.
tend the foil month.
Mumps, measles and influenza are
interfering with school attendance
In numerous schools Of the county,
several schools have been forced e
suspend last week and the week before
The interferences with the schools
have seldom been known to be as msnl
in one session before.