The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-13
s. o. S.
8apz Our schools.

risfs confronts America, Arkan- Ind Polk county. At the very here will 5e a shortage of twenty lent the coming year, in the |I< o< <h{s and other sections of lea. That is, by the employment b.sfandard teachers. By this we
 fhose Nho carry the lowest
 If lleeHse that the law sanc-
 a=.==: $ sz s:z many cases only carrying
 by < IIferality in grading the natIon papers.
 |fhe na5t. the County Superin- hts office has endeavored by |nE to the line". by grading close E giving nothing which was not Earned. to raise the standard of [cafIons, well-knowing that when
 t4r{laf[fs of qualifications are
 that the Standards of the teach |4ze tries viii also go up. In the |fA lave felt that no teacher is |ab1e to one who is not qualified. time has now come when we teaehed the parting of the ways. lust decide which of these two lions, the vacant schoolhouse or Hhoo1house occupied by sub [rd teacher IS preferable. In the |of Missiour1 there are hundreds |cbers carrying third grade cer- |es when If they were graded k the grade would be fourth or Eif such grades were issued. |.jone are the same in every state Maine to I8Iifornia, from Canada 3 tIie Gulf Polk county with a lee today Of twenty-two teachers lave had Experience is only one
 of fI10usands in the United
 lending educators of the coun- | 6 met and talked over this con-
 and the majority are of the N in the crisis confronting |tr what is demanded of us is |rs enough to fill our schools |ofIcr the nresent circumstance |o:1d better have poor teach |an m teachers at all. For this VIC are c0rnpelled to come to lion to relax the rigidity of our hati3n to be lenient with our Ind girls who are coming up for |6af ions because in them lies klv hope. We cannot get older r.z55 <,r<,ryx,a11 ffz1 assume the burden |sf look to the younger people keherz for our schools this com
 have made this resolution that fd grade license will be renewed. |nly way in which these sub |cd teachers can hope to con- fn fhe profession is by studying +eparznf themselves to secure
 grade on the next examination.
 securing third grade licenses in |ean feach one school on this
 and win them be required to lie examination again. We must
 ( lcaz( tWenty-five and possibly new teachers this year if the ? of this county are all filled. At
 esent time there is a shortage |ilty-tuo who have left the pro- ! or Whd Ae-a gone to other
 where higher salaries are paid.
 fi1me the schools open in July kill probably be increased to
 Iseache{s Institute this year
 held n I1ne, beginning on the To or fn9 m0nfh and continuing |week County Supt. Quinn Her county will conduct the In. which VIII be put on this year home faIenf All teachers will |ufred to attend or their certifi- Ef1l be cancelled. No holders of Rs due for renewal and not hand ht that time Will be cited to re- hafion the following week. The
 very explicit in regard to re- ! and this year this law and the attendance at the In-
 will both be Figidly enforced. feature 01 the institute that e parffcuIafly stressed will be |3rk in Theory and Practice of
 n&. Those young teachers who hot made a particular study of |anch will find great help in the
 work aa Theory and Practice
 used ill e6ch and every branch
 K. This and the especial time |to E'ngelmzns Moral Education
 School and Home and LaRue's
 6 and Art of Education will be ra benefit as these two books
 the ba6is Of the examination h
 and Practice.
 se license holders who wish
 licenses renewed must turn in a |review on one or the other of books This is merely to show
 County Superintendent that
 ave not only read the book but |levosed enough time to it that |n6w something of it.