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Show Ciliotis c f the school iaw, or the nner-j pretit:oii theret, t hat lie or the! teacheis liii.k i f t piescnt text bCKks, j or j other text biw-S Hut Bow used, j ANo whi tl'.ti ..ny irconimeiidauoiis ie-1 Carditis the f im, e, or character of scliia.l r jjibtus l?o the opinii ti ut leichcis s u, c,irpui.il punishment. I sli u!d ) Ilk? to knew whether there iinv 1 tliei'lty in the cliitdren Ik. 114 Lii;p! rd -.vuii school boiks and; stjtiuii.it'v; .it. d litther theie be any plan f.ii iii..ici. iaptcveniei;ts in thi te.'ai'l; .d . to school f.icilnies and arciii.iixl.iikiii. at)d whether the stiis! in.ii.iSJ so s.tuaied as to be Siicii p ; it s lou'd show whether the peism.s i: tve attended the Normal !)cp.u inci.'. ..tdte 1'i.iversity ot Utsettt, have t. -m;l a I with ihe reiiJtrviuents of the law ly!i'tK themselves as teacheis, teach-eis, and ;; i.e: tlly give the cpintou of the S.ipcu. 1. 1. lei l is to the tereli's of tiie M.im..i eoatse to those who have peii-ad it ..la! mete.ifter followed ttarh-ing, ttarh-ing, uitliin ti e Superintendent's luns-piction luns-piction ot tinder his observation. A repoit t tne i liatactet sns.'K-':td for eacii StitM-tteialent, would be very gratnyins to tli Commissioiift, and not onlv l,e a j.M at aid in his niakinu his Annual An-nual and liientiial Kepotts, but also a means id fun her iinprovin the system and advai ci; g the cause of education jjeneiaHy llii.aijjluait the Teriitoty. 1 he Law re.piires that the Commisioiit er fmnih inl'.ainlioil regatd:ng othe-1 othe-1 listtict Si-lun Is. It is nece-saiy, theie-fore.tii.it theie-fore.tii.it the Saperintendelits do their lit-nii.bt lit-nii.bt lo hui.t uat every School other than I). strict Si ho-is within his Supeitiitand-ei Supeitiitand-ei cy, and lepmt the same to the Com-mis.ti.er, Com-mis.ti.er, n.vii g the name and the pest-olhce pest-olhce addles . t the principal, and also 1 whethei stn h Schools be deii' minational or not. 1 sent out blanks for this purpose pur-pose this spi.i and the County Super-iiiicndcnts Super-iiiicndcnts i.erally, and at once, supplied sup-plied tiie nciissaiy inloimatu n. litre and there, l.ov.ever, one would be found who d,d la t 'win to compielieud the impottatice ol die subject of education, ami made n.'y imperfect reports. 'I here ate Schools in various cities and towns and in the c-untiy, which aie not connected con-nected with any chinch. These should h-2 it-poitcd also. It is a very dilitcult ta-k tor the Commissioner to obtain the . neces-aty ml" umatioti ftotn cluin h i iiic-kiU iiic-kiU or nii:i.s:e!s, some of tin tit ate very willing, I 1 1 1 others seeut caieless and u.dui i e'..t, The last I'.ie nn al Ke-pit Ke-pit i t the C- niui.ssiDiier will show how mi; ciii ( t eiv the data as lo denomination denomi-nation d S !i As, and it showed Ihe gieat i.ei d ot llie Conimiss.oiier not de-ptitdu. de-ptitdu. ho n.fotination eut rely upon ciitiicli oi!ic.i!s or miuisteis. I hope, Ih.oiefoK-, ttiai tveiy Super ml endent w ill make: it his business dtitirj theyear to leaintho i.i o-ssaiy facts in "leatd j evety ptiva;e .Sc hool, whedar tl.c same be deiioiuu.aiioual or m t. h is iji suable that each of you acknowledge ack-nowledge llie receipt ol all blanks and i iliel d ciiineuls that you may icceive i'k.iii tiie CouiiiinssHiner. Oilretwise lie he is in the daik as to whether yott re-ctive re-ctive llie. in or not. lu some instances, wlieie the number is veiy lai;j;e, tiie allotment all-otment is d.viueel Into two or uioie packages. pack-ages. It tlia iiuiiiber,ai-.d kind of blanks received be .-tateel, the Commissioner will know whether what was tent was leceived or u ,t. Inundate! upon thi j scoveiy ot l. cii of blanks, il will be a !,.voi to me if you iimn di.ile'v n,,fly nit, .ior.ii.iiii ;j tie rimiiLvr and k nil l 1 ia U:t iiLidvd. This s'lou',1 uevei b -ih-l.ive.l. as I am somelaues si, oil ol V'.o.'k;, and a is M-cc-saiv lo g( t f. me oioo; P' iote.l, and tii s reinme-. mm- 1 a at i ji al pi.'sei.t well supplied wit': H mks I' f County Supetui'iiahm Ann-'J.,'a Ann-'J.,'a f .'i'J .'.rTAltHtlJii ;;,'lfr; j.o m., i be 5. ,'.!(:.. ha: il.(i.:reut, it is not a hisablj t.- to I'.yj expense ol print-a-- at y ni..ie i.i these :vo kinds unless it lie aUi.,!u:ety ni tessaiy. If, theiefore, eith.-iilv-u need either Couuiv Sup-eiiii.enileii'.s' Sup-eiiii.enileii'.s' Atnaial l'ii.anciid or Annual Annu-al Stansncd Re( oit blanks, let me know tM:n:.;iiiMj. Otiiejwisc it will be too late to itave them printed. And il any of the County Supiiiitendents have mote of ci-. her of these than he needs, he w.ll confer a favor by forwarding the same lo me. I would be pleased if each of yon would notify me at the earliest opportunity about the number of school teachers' Teifh Report blanks you will need for use to the tst ol January next; and, as near us possible, how many such reports you will need Irani the ist of January next to the rst ol July, iSgr. II there be any change in the number of schools of your county, let me know, and give me about the date that the schools of your county begin their fall team. I enclose herewith a circular issued by Commissioner Willaims, in 1887, showing the text books that were then adopted lor a peiiod ol five years, and also those lec mimeiuled. I desiie to call your especial attention to section 3, of an act of Congress, lound on )ae ii ol the Biennial Report of the Commissioner of Schools 18S8 9, copies of which repoit have been sent you No certificates should be issued to any person per-son to leach, until he or she has passed the examination therein required. All recommendations of the County Examiners Examin-ers to the Commissioner, for fust grade certificates, must show that the party recommended has passed a satisfactory exam, nation in I'hysiology and Hyejjne, with specal reference to alcoholic drinks and oilier norcotics upon the human system. 1 desire also to call your attention to section a Some Trustees does not seem to notice it. This section Contains in force and validity all levies of taxes or assessments therefor made under the old law, piior to the enactment ol the new law, and all aid taxes can be collected col-lected just as it the new law had not been passed. Vi.ttrs Sc., Jacob S. Borema.v, Commissioner of Schools. Gommissioner's j Report to the Superinten;lcnt3 cfEhtiict Schools. ! 1 The Ifew School Lav and-Jjistracticuo. and-Jjistracticuo. j fruperinteiideut'J To Visit! Church choci3- j ily n-oucrt of Snpt iVIer d reave , ' wc I'u'.io'! tho fooouii-; for the con- 1 ver.KUK j of 1 rtistcc.i and al! interes- j U-.1 in tiie I'.strct Schools. I tJioeo of Comiaissloncr of Schools: ! Oile-n, I tah lane 14, tSno. ; r . . . ., r . ' . 1 I ...1 1..11..1 :l . i-oe 01 twoj Cop i s ,, the re S.h ml Law bound in j with the ia.-iim.d Kep.ut .f the Coin-j nnssioi.i r, tn ttie to lue la-t I-i;,vlilure. i I have als seal yi 11 en; u.-;l copies of! Ihe S 1 ' I bi.v to enable Voir to lurnisl ne c, py to each School I);s;rct. 'ihts Co. y sinaild ; e pieseived by t:-,a clerk' and in on..; lit w uii las inui'ates ta tveiy ni etu e, ! liie 01 aid. I! was my desire : tobiii-sii eveiy '1 ill itte with a Copy, ' hill the iiiuniier aliowi- i to printed ' will not jastily tins, liie iie'.V S :houl i Law iJ s .me what ii.il.iiuite anal con-1 lu-a-1 in iis leipnienteiits and prov'sions. ' and it v. ,11 be very uecessaiy that ach of, you, and e i- h iiiistee, study it with care, ; s .is t" coiiiprihciid its ceuetal scope; an I its vaiious ittpiiu nirnts. In en- ilea votai;; lo reach c niei't inletpreta- l o:,, ol us dilleient sectioiij and pio- v. !,.;. s, and t f vec-ncile and Iviini ,n.r.e t'.e w bole, it is i.cce-oaiy that theiele kept ci n-tai.tly in new the f id that the : law was intended to given:. d lo establish j 10 e sciio-ils tliioU,;ii'.'jt the Teititoiy. bins h the li:st solid lock 11,101! w'.iicii to build any iuierpictarioii of the various iar:s ol the law, and we must conclude ! tlieielne at the ouir,e-t that under no j ciicumsiaiiies can tuition be required for liie a amission of any child of school i u;:e iu the distiict or city wiiele he or siie li.es, and no childien can be leiutcd j uiiiiissi 'ti to, or iliicriiiiiu ited ,i;;a:us!, i ,a any d,..;i 1 t school ot ihe T, itilosy. i l1.-.: f;ie,.t.r pait of liie .. u .. 1 year I ol it h.i-i heen tmdt-r the old lav i ..i- .l ( onsi'iiiei 1 i v the staiiSti'id and oMi-r tot u'liaii .11 has been yti'h, i-d : tin be r it. 1 tiave ibi refote lietnietl it 1 pr.'p-er i i im. the old I mm of statistical and financial I'-p its f.r this year, and; lue blanks theieloic have hen-tcfbie ! been loi watjjtl to cacti of yotl. Section i 1 j ol lo - new law let lives t.i il the tiny 11- i i.il u-o 1 snail be sw mu by llie lius-i tees. I'i.H ' i:h c ti' l I e end .iv.-.l on bie ;;,l. !: . I Ihe top: It. The- f am . t the i it p.-i t a s t- liie school " p. 1 la: ion, (1. 1 .in- j 11 oil',' r i'le I se 1 j A Sv'ii is, i-port) is in. ale f . uieii hat d h'. i tnt from ibe o'd nam. 1 ins is done iu order lo comply H ilh lie: re pi'ienienls of tile new school law, v. h-. h piov.des tiiat tiie rep 01 1 Mm! I suo.v tie- color of eveiy child of school ae;e, and w heiller the clnlj can read and wiiie. in die column n eliding me litter, in the S.iiool li lard's report, I have s i,;.:fs.ed mat the woidi "yes'' 01 "no," v cull . 1 be used 111 ;.ns,vc!i:; j; tbe e i..Soon,as t,ic word "a iol" c miiects toe '.Voids "lead" and "wri'e" 111 lite iiucsii .11. In your rio-oil t 1 the Com m SM-u.er, y-ai may g.v.-.- only 1 lie ni.n bei w iio c.oi read a,,.', write. Ail 1. I so i-,iiii t d w il Le ili-v-mcd it.iable to j lead and wi iie. As to c , 1 . , r . yo'l i.ii.j follow su.;;. siious f ti:. J at tu-t ru oi ' Scil led 1. , ai d's ti p ,11 ( '1 SCilool p.M.a.I i ; 1 'ii' in u.o.,..: ,d :" ee-iiis. tedious i ad;, bu it H a retjiiiii tuen: ol me S.e-i-il ituie, and Should ne peifoitac I : with Coo"C,cii!:oi!s c ae, ai.il t U . .1 lot b - j niadu bill, cotn.iic f and aceui 11c. ; li will be ne.-ess.iiy t" ,r the tiiuineia- ; tor to visit eveiy it mst: and li.:!, 01: :cn t in hi s d.s, lict, and by peis niai imjiii vj and obsei vatioii, ( btaiu neces.,iy u,l..i- j niati n. Tne census ;s by the ilea- law to be i.ik-ii ininiedialtiy niter the 15th ! day 1 ( July, nud be out, deled b-ljiel the last ol li.e m rnl'.i. It saonl I lei placed iu your ha. ids at tiie laiiiesl iii'.'tnmit, lo enable you to comply stiict-ly stiict-ly with the iei!i.ierilents 1 I die new law, which pioVides that y air lepoit be made to the Cotuat i ,i mer on tiie 1st cf Au;us. I lease iiottce tuts date. ihe. value ol any repoit depends entirely en-tirely upon lis liiilctss and aciau.icv. Il" cituer ii these elements be wanting, tiie repoit ti.-sei its worlll. 1 iuld a-k theietore that each of you uij;e np-ii the Trustees of each district, the nil.) irt-mice irt-mice and ne'iessi y of their havaij; these reports 111 nle full, cunplete and liccit-iait; liccit-iait; and lli.u they be made promptly and forwarded to you. I'romplnei's is necessary to enable you to make up your repoils to tiie C omuii--sioi.tr. j l'.ie l'riistees census repoit should be : ma le hi dupl c a'.e one copy to be ie- lamed by tiie i! urd, and by t pieseived ' loi ftrute rel.-ie.tce. .iivii tivj oilier c--py ! sh add be I u u aided to you. Your ie-i ports i f the van ,113 kind, sh uiU a'.ta be j 1 made in daplic ite, one copy to be i,y j you lelau ed. mid tils other to be el-wald-.-d to the Comm. ssioner. I des. u: tint y,ai siiall iuiuied.iilely, if you have not aheudy dune s call the attention i f the Trustees of eicii tt.s 1 Itict to sections 32, 3;-, 34, 33, 3,'), and 37. j of ihe new school law. Then actiuti will be reipi red. It will be stetuhat by section 33, i f the new U A', notice of all meetings "for the election of Trustees, etc, "siiall be j pasted up in at least linee public and j conspicuous places within hie ihsttict, ! and that "all business tiaiisacted at such I meeting, other than that specified iu j said norce, s.uil bs void." It is pes-i Sible that the courts may interpret the 1 wolds "all business" lo mean only all; business upon ihe t'uiee subjects spec;-; : tied in tiie litst part ot ihe section, but ! in the absence of ja Jl -i il i'n;ci-I i'n;ci-I pietaiion, it would be advisable, in every I instance, to ib-si- nate in tne notice i eveiy subject upon winch il is contcin- plated that action be taken l..y tile meettn,:. I have heieto a.vicuded a foim ol notice suitable tor the jnly ineet-iiij. ineet-iiij. If any other biati s.ic.i as is named in the Knin, is lo be submitted t,, llt. meeiuu, it should be im hub din the notice. The question as t j voii'if upon I the late per cent, ol taxes lo beiose-seil, and of the issuing of ponds, u: -;u m r,! properly cot 11 e 111 use in the f ill.'and, ot Coutse, wbeiiCVci it is ths toiii ,. 'cou. iSideiin.; eaher, it is aiisoiux iy nusssuy to speedy it in liie notice, or i::e action ol liie meeting w .ll be utili an 1 , , .J ' It w.ll be ohsentj th it t'n.. i i-.-.;ion ol the compensation of I'i , t, vm. j braced iu me f um if th,.t. K Li;,;,1 ,i-d ; for ihe July meeting, lacia.i ,s"s:icnti 1 as to men c. 11, lensuiion, and Ll ... ss ! Iv thetcloie devolves iipu ;,;0 v'i ieis 10 j fix it. j I desire each County Supetin-eiideiit and e.ici Luy Supetimeudei.t to m ke an annua! rep nt to tiie Coim-oss omu at or near ihe tust of Sep.e:!it.n, KiV ' a Seneiai sjuimity of tuc coi.d.i:,.,:) 01 ihe ;Scb.ocd under his t,( :ei:inel d, cv to-iTCStior to-iTCStior with such inletmation as h-" 'wy satl.cr f:..iii leaciiets.i cho, 1 4 ih,.,s 1H, others te-aiduii; ihe fiul; el' the i,,,A. ?' j win-. em Clauses toe .: .i,J, aiui e. jU.udim: scnool w,;rk t;ei.i tally. Such j ulof "I hl embody :i;eui toe,,,. 1 mend.iiioiis he or any tra.-hcr m ,v have i to n;,i.;e as t) am.ad nvn;s or m odm- |