The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-03

Columbia, February IS, 1922.
To the County Superintendent of Ed
ucation.
Dear Sir:
: Results of the regular fall teachers
examination held at each county
courthouse October 7th and 9Th have
already been reported to the several
county superintendent of education.
Applicants taking this examination
were as follows: White men, l12;
white women, 994; white, both sexes,
1lOe; negro men, 161; negro women,
719; negro, both sexes, $50; total for
both races, 1886.
Applicants earning and receiving
certificates were as follows: White
men, first grade Z; second grade 3;
third grade IS; total for white men,
81: white women, first grade, 54; sec
ond grade, 124; third grade, 221; to-
tai white women, 500; total white,
both sexes, 430; negro men, first
grade 0; second grade 2; third grade
50; total negro men, 50; negro wom-
en-, first grade, 5; second grade 81;
third grade, 223; total negro women,
26O; total negro, both sexes, 314;
grand total of all certificates issued
for both races 744.
These figures show that 1922 ap-
plicants failed. Some of these appll-
cants began work in the fall before
the results of the examination could
be ascertained and announced. Wher-
ever such teacher failed the county
Superintendent as usual secured for
him or her a permit for the session
1922. This protection, of course,
could not reach and relieve that
group of teachers who had been given
permits during the scholastic year
1920-21. A few of these D1SQUAL-
IFIED PERMIT teachers are request
ing another chance in an extra special
examination.
In addition, there are some similar
scattering requests from other 1olk
under varying circumstances and con-
ditions. In order to meet this de-
mand, the state board of education,
upon request and recommendation
of the state superintendent Of educa-
ton, has authorized an extra special
teachers examination to be held in
Columbia Thursday, March 23rd and
Friday, March oath, by the state
bureau of examiners.
Please notify any teacher in your
county who may be interested be-
cause of his or her classroom service
for which payment may not be legally
made because the teacher is without
valid license. Kindly notify also any
prospective teacher who may wish to
come to the capital city for this ex-
ira examination.
Your cooperation in this endeavor
will greatly aid these unlicensed tea
chers and will help both the state
superintendent and the county super
intendent to handle satisfactorily ru-
raj graded school applications, high
school applications and equalizing ap-
plications from districts receiving
state aid. One single and central eX-
animation in the capital city will i'm
pose small cost on the taxpaying puo-
lie. Applicants coming to Columbia
for the examination, however, will be
compelled to NEE their own travelling
expenses for the trip. This private
expense feature of the examination
is unfortunate, but the holding OF
such an examination at the forty-slx
county courthouses would cost some
thing like S5O0.O0. The state board
of education, the state superintendent
of education and the state bureau OF
examiners hope that all teachers re-
questing this examination will under
stard and appreciate the necessity of
public economy.
shall be glad if you will write me
detailed list of the teachers in your
schools who may be interested in this
extra examination. ,!
Yours respectfully,
J. E. Swearingen,
State Supt. of Education.
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