Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1910 — MANUSCRIPT MONEY. [ARTICLE]

MANUSCRIPT MONEY.

Surplus in Fund for Work on Teachers’ Examination Papers. Figures compiled ’in the office of Robert J. Aley, state superintendent of public instruction, show that a balance of $2,000 in the state manuscript fund is in the hands of tftiie superintendent after paying all expenses incident to the grading of manuscripts from persons seeking state licenses during the first half of this year. The total receipts for the period, amounting to $5,170, are. distributed by months as follows: January. $870; February, $760; Mardh, $766; April, $1.075; Ma>, SBIO ; June, $879. The expense of grading the manuscripts amounted to $3,170. 1 During the six months 6,709 manuscripts were received and of this number 3,807 graded sufficiently high for the applicants to receive state This percentage of successes, approximately 58, is found to correspond to tlh.ie percentage of successes among applicants where the manuscripts are graded by the county superintendents. •

There will be two more examinations this year and Mr. Alev estimates that-the fees received at tlhlat time will be sufficient to pay all expenses of the manuscript department for the remainder of the year, leaving the net income fdr the department for the twelve months at approximtaely $2,000.