Show THE WORK OF THE SCHOOLS september fifteenth set at the last board session to lo begin THE examinations OF TEACHERS I 1 1 ions were provided far for from froin the birra the questions Ques tiona wei acio 0 A not cot NO I 1 polities roli ties in tho the dorala the lio artl at the lost last meeting ot of the hoard board ot of education Thurn thursday day evening ot of list last week 4 motion was nado and u unanimously onri curl led that the schools of 0 this city begin on tho 1511 of september this was printed by both morning papers tho the morning after in their re the proceedings of tho the board and yet tho the Falke yesterday morning gravely announced that chat the hoard board land not footed tin on this matter the fresh reporter who vilio save gave out that cold bit ot of news evidently r read cad hie clio papers nut not even the ono ho be puts ln la by u writing tor for it there are other in rog regard ard to tho schools lit in tile tho same saine piper tit eliat a t aro are not lain much ell hotter and a reporter ll let indebted to tt a rouin her who orion knows ahat ho he Is talking about tor for some corrections with regard to tile the that chat the supplementary v P ahon of teachers ad ve se sed for t 2nd and it was us made necessary by lite nul liber of if failures tat at tho the first examination he said tito tho supplementary examination was de clecil on at the same time that tile first exan 0 was thola sural tile tho fuet fact that ii a largo large number of the local teachers were away ally on their annual outing all aud d also that many applicants from abroad could biot be bore in cinico for yet us as there were about sixty applicants ready und and that number bring being about as many as could be readily full through at ono one done by the board of examiners tho the birst examination cassot wast ot the distinct understanding being all the chun I 1 flat there would have to be tito tho article I 1 see lu ili the hamd assumes that this ihla supplementary examination was as tunde by so many failures failure at the forsi which Is if altogether got beroff OIT asthma as the mccond examination was wa as much apart odthe of iho program roe a as 3 1 ile ho liral fira und and would have laivo been held just t the he same II if every applicant had bad passed the fieast then As aa to tile grade of questions certainly there were viero no or catch questions question not fact ono one lit in alie whole list tho the cloak del k of the iho board has bas them and any teacher or other person oan can satisfy himself it of 0 that tact fact by looking at the list they are rather easier questions ions lit in tact than pupils are arc gene generally generelly rully culled called upon to answer in their examination to pit pass from tho the river aver ago grammar befool to tile tho high school chiq complaint must necessarily have bee been n luada by some one vt lio lie has not been the questions or else Is 19 tint not familiar with school work in ili tiny any systematic form I the ithe suggestion in the article in regard to the politics of 0 tile tho heard driving school te teachers achens out ot of the profusion sion Is ill III advised and unfriendly to the school work it Is impossible that it can have tho the least foundation in fact las not been the leat division in the boa tilon any ally party lines nor kliu all been harmonious and c especially ithe ally in this mutter matter of examination ot of toach ori there has been tw no act done sa an a 0 by unanimous voice every possible pains pain have been taken to avoid the very division suggested lu in the lit mill article artl clo and it luvi lias been avoided absolutely to now come in I 1 and I 1 nal plead a political dinue lit in this ibis business Is tile tho act of a mischief making busybody it has no warrant whatever in any act or stop step taken find and tho only possible effect such talk can havo is in homo degree 1 I trust it may bi be small tile the public confidence lit in tho the impartiality of 0 the work of tho the board vw for tile tho proof of that impartiality I 1 appeal to the rf cords and to the fair mindedness of tile alio mormon men members ibers I 1 ant am sure they will lie not t ba bak ic lit tiny any of favoritism to ono one class or oppre oppression sIlon on the other all our work has haa been on general lines arid and no one front from no one Is required requIre either delther ino moro remor or loss less than from all others the Them only and the absolute test 1 Is proficiency in tho the mi nation tho the themselves I 1 am informed did not know evon even the names of those these where written anaw cri I 1 hey were at work on they carried t the he pella separate rate papers irb by numbers and only after the final outcome did they refer to the ilia names to aco cc who III it t was I 1 flat wits was represented by the llie respective numbers nur aera lit ill this way oven even un nn conscious cons clous blas bias was avold avoided pd it Is true that the examiners recommended a few to teachers tubers for om employment that did not pass pans tile the examination tDa tion but this was because of their e pe derence rence and aid proved y to the work and also on the that hitherto tho the examinations hall had been practically nothing ri needing ceding no preparation I 1 and corm consequently the iho teachers were rusty lit in studies the further andor ali aio al i attached that such sach certificate fur employ men was isas only temporary and that tile teacher must pass pasq thenilda the midyear mid year examination for teachers which was also provided fo for at the tame same time as abo others tito the idera Is to keep the teachers constantly in drill find and to bring them thein up to a high state ot fp proficiency r in their c alling this applies to fall all alike gentile mornion mormon jew or of greek and no will object to it since itis it is plainly in the Juto robt of the public sea service vice As to the point that iliac teachers bave bare quit that profession and gone into other work I 1 presume it 1 Is true trite but tho clio reason given is not for the iho change I 1 pres presume urno too that the preferring of other work to Is not coli confined fined to any ono one class professor Bl artlia of tile seventh district tor for instance quit because the iho labor was too confining fluid and I 1 believe he be ll lit a gentile probes professor or colllns collins of 0 the eleventh district idso also had ball strong notions notices of quitting for clio same reason and because bc cAuso he thought 1 ho I could make more money but has agreed I 1 believe to in continue professor moreton con of tw twelfth elath district abw hod had annul announced need his Is wi determination der to lu quit teaching bafo before r Is lie was elected clerk cleric of the board so it is by no lie means auns cuns on party lines line that teachers determine to quit teaching and no go lit at something else hut it if any teacher has hais quit on party lines lilies that Is a inist maslako take of his own but it may lie ile questioned villet whether ber in lcarl kosluk any ono who ubo pets gets frightened even before a shadow crosses his bis path tile the public schools have I 1 ave suffered rl a loss that Is irreparable TONIGHT TO NIGHT KIGHT the board u will ill have nit an adjourned session at the city hall to raight |