Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1888 — [?] Trers' Licenses [ARTICLE]

[?] Trers' Licenses

The State Board of Education at its May meeting, 1886, made the following order: After the first day of J anuary, 1887, every applicant for a teacher’s license shall present to the county superintendent, at the time of the ex amination, a review or composition upon one of the following books: Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Ivanhoe, Heart of Midlothian, Henry Esmond, The Spy, The Pilot, The Scarlet Letter, The Sketch Book, Knickerbocker’s New York, The Happy Boy, Poems of Longfellow, Bryant, Whittier, Lowell. Said composition shall contain not less than 600 nor more than 1,000 words, shall be in the applicant’s own handwriting, and shall be accompanied with a declaration that it is the applicant’s original work. The county superintendent shall consider the merits of such composition in determining the applicant’s fitness to teach.

The State Board of Education, at its January meeting, 1888, amended this order by the following resolution: Resolved , “That the following books be added to the list adopted M ay, 1886, for teachers’ reviews on examination, viz: Holmes’ ‘Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,’ McMaster’s ‘Life of Franklin,’ and Charles Read’s ‘Put Yourself in His Place.’ The same to go into effect March 1, 1888.” Manuscripts can not be examined unless the above order is complied with. Teachers will therefore govern themselves accordingly. J. F. Warren, Co. Supt.