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Show 1 , j , ,R EPORT O F . S UPERIETEXDENT OF I N D I ~SC HOOLS.. 359 1 resnlts of his inouiries to the Civil Service Commission; On the basis I of these the appiicant is received or rejected for examination. The examinations themselves instead of being as heretofore; exclu-sively textual, presenting a number of set text-lbook questions'on the various subjects of examination, are to be made ma~nlyto pical, requir-ing the candidates to treat in fall aome one single toaic with reference to'e;tch sul!jrct of t l ~ ew aa~ination. I t iu evitl&nt tb'at tl1i8 method the r~ersonw ho has tbot l~htw uch and closely 111)on 1110 subjeer, \VII&SO mind has reached ma~u r i%a~nd, who, through personal observa6ion and experience, has learned to think independently; and with refetence to the practical needs of life, has an opportunity to show his superior fit-ness'for the work reauired in the 111dia11 schools. Hereafter. conse: p~ ~ ~ - ,quently, these person; will fitand at the top of the lists and will no loneer be outranked by voune eraduates fresh from school who base therr success in the exakhati&scldefiy upon recent text-book coaching. Applicauts for t l ~ epo sition of teacher are to be examined in this way in pe,d?gog_ias, arithmetic, geometry, natural history, ~eographyh, is-tory, clvil government, and drawing; and their skill m penmanship, spelling,punctuation, and grammar are to be tested incidentally in con-nection with their work on the subiects above mentibned. T ~ I:Hid va~~(p.r~i1d1 1nr.yt eacl1e1~&8 amiuiltio~i~uc ltldrti all of tlle above wit11 higller reqni~rulrntsi l l each s~~l!iec.kr,u batir~lring,I ~oweverf,o r the study of rlntur:il historv ~~hvaiolue:lvn d l~\.eiel~neu,d nddiup the sub- " A " -" "- , - i,e ct of American literature. ~ ~~~ - he princip~teacherise xamination la,ys special stress on school man-agement. on a knowledge of methods, and history of edacation. In aadition'to inereasine tbk reouirements ou a number of the subiects ~ ~ ~~ . . previously meotioned, the sul;erinteud~~re~xra'm~ inntiou test8 the &pli-car11 nlore partieul;~rlyn u a~~rritit,oofs sebool ecuuon~icno, n the keep 1 ine of accounts. 011 luikiue iurchases. on' matters of agriculture. cattie 1 1 & I i na~nd the like, proicGeucy in sc)~ooul ~a n a~eme u~npendda gogics aud the needed sclrol:~stieattui~~~nlennrg.tsr l.y ti.otu incldeutal evidences in his papers on these subjects. Simililrlg, the chief test of a candidate for the position of matron is found in her ability to keep household accounts, on her knowledge of school eoouomics and hygiene, and on methods toward the children in the nursery, the dormitory, the schoolroom, the dining room, etc. At the same time, iu order to induce deuirable persons to apply for examination for the India11 schnol service, there have beeu addressed to presidents of normal schools and other prolninent educat,ional insti-tutions letters describing the kind of teachers desired for the Indian service, aqd requesting the~utoinducesu itable persons to apply to the Civil Service Comlnissiou for examination. It will be imoossible to reap'the thll be~ielitso f this ~ ~ me owde of' ex:io~iuationb etijrf .J:tln~nl.y, la!%, yet tile tew new 1,:lpers that have alrendy cowe to IIIY iloti(.e vin. dieate clearlv the wisdum of the Civil Service Co~~ln~iwiino nt lonrine A - 1 this course. " In connection with this permit me to add that1 have inquired with ! .some care into the operation of the civil-service law in it^ inflnence 1 . upon the Indian school service. I am pleased to report that, in spite 1 . of the inco~~venier~croeesn t,ioned, and in spi teof the limitations it 1 imposes upon the appointing offieers, 1 have found that it cxerta, on the whole, the most salutary influence upon the character of the service. 1 As a matter of course incompetents are drawn not infrequently from the lists of eligibles, yht, i f an incompetent has been d r a ~ fnor a classi- , , fied position, it is easy to correct the misfortune by removing him. I |
