Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-02-26
NOTES BY co. SUPT.

on the Reading Circle books May Is.
This will be the only one held and
teachers wishing to get their reading
circle certificates must attend at that
date. Examinations will be held in
this office.
Max and Margaret Orleske, Dakem
District, have earned and received
Nine Month Perfect Attendance Ger
tifcates.
Three Month Perfect Attendance
Certificates were issued to the follow
ng pupils this week: Alma and Jacob
Huber, Sand Greek; Wendelin Kramer
and Helena Bitz, Winchester; Emma
Schnaible Emmonsburg; Margaret and
Eva Jacob, Anton and Eugene Zach
er, Lipp; Margaret and Max Orleske,
Frank Fsttig, Clemens and Peter
Bosch, Bessie and Chester Lowell, Da-
KEN ;Arne Dahl, Irene Jordan, Earl
Steiner (2), Esther and Phil Glines,
Clayton McMullen, Anna Parzych,
Cecilia Sheperd, Ruth Morlan (2),
Glen Wood, Sam Smolowitz, Jake
Wacher, Martin Zirbes and Elvira
Wohlman, Williamsport.
j. M. Mcconnell, Commissioner of
Education of Minnesota, says, cat the
present time the supply of qualified
teachers is far short of the demand.
This situation has placed before the
Department of Education the alterna-
tives of issuing permits to numbers
of persons not fully qualified or of
closing the schools. The situation is
much to be regretted and must be
remedied in ONE way at the earliest
possible. time. This is condition
which the public controls and must
deal with. When the patrons Of our
schools fully grasp the situation and
boards of education are led to offer
salaries comparable with the times,
the difficulty will disappear. Present
conditions are abnormal and in large
measure doubtless temporary. Still
former salary levels will not and ought
not to be restored"
In order to ease the minds of q few
who are opposing our attitude and
stand in regard to teahers' salaries
we have sent out QUESTIONABLE to ev-
cry county superintendent in the state
and to a number of teachers agencies
to find out what salaries will be in
this state. To date we have reeived
more than twenty answers and every
one bears out our stand. Only two
counties say they think that they will
be able to get enough teachers. All
others say they will not. All are of
the opinion that salaries will be high
er and say that teahers with second
grade elementary Fourth grade) GER
tifiicates will reeve $50 to $95 and
those with first grade elementary
third grade) ertifcates will receive
$50 to $1OO. Not one mentions SIS.
We will give a full summary of our
findings as soon as we receive replies
from all letters sent out. We realize
that there are some who will oppose
strenuously raising teachers salaries
but we are firmly of the belief that
it is not those who are anxious to have
their children educated or those who
are desirous of being fair. Those an
xious to have good schools do not look
at the salary. Then again there are
those who will continually find fault
with the schools regardless Of salary.
We intnd to put this salary question
up to the school patrons to do as they
like with, and then if you do not get
enough teachers it is not the fault of
this office.
If you have good teaher and wish
to keep her, see your school board
NOW and ask them to contract with
her for next year. It has taken a
great deal Of effort on the part of
this office to get this years corps of
teachers and we hope that we can
retain all the good ones.
1t is a deplorable fact that teachers
contract Is one-sided affalr.1t holds
the schoolboard but not the teacher.
A good teacher will not brak her
contract to take up another scchool
unless it is for the good of the school
and then no one would care.
The special session Of the Legislature
amended Section 1190 relating ia
consolidation and transportation, Sc
that if patron is dissatisfied with the
arrangement made by the board fol
the transportation of his children, he
may apply to the school board for q
board of arbitration. The decision Of
said board shall be final and binding
on the board.
. There were 100000 pupils in pubic
schools in the Philippines during 1870
an increase Of 100000 over 1918. A
+ f,,rfha,. incroasa nf a hundred th0f1a