Nickerson, Addie Anderson, D. L. Eddy. Grammar Grade Certificates -Theresa M. Otto, Emma Langford, Olive Bonstell, W. H. Browning, Emma Young, Georgia A. Knapp, Susie Inskeep. Grammar School Course Certificates-Ida M. Smith, E. A. Spencer, C. S. Kendall, Lilian McCann, George Underwood.

The following Grammar Grade certificates were granted by the Board of Education in addition to those obtained on examination as follows: To Frances R. Hanley on diploma from Normal class of Girls' High School of San Francisco; Susia Maria Davis on Normal School diploma of San Jose; Etta E. Nichols on Normal School diploma of San Jose; George H. McFetridge on Normal School diploma of Michigan; Lewis Goble on Normal School diploma of San Jose. L. K. Grimm was granted G. S. C. C. on certificate of like grade from Solano County, Cal., and a Life diploma. Diplomas of Graduation were granted to pupils as follows: To pupils of Eureka Advance Grammar Grade: Edna Butterfield, Etta Allen, Belle Potter, Maggie Fitzgerald, Alice Dodge, Frank Belcher, Frank Sweasey, Fred Barnum. To pupils of Bridgeville School: Misses A. E. Robinson and A. F. Barnum.-Humboldt Times.

MARIN COUNTY.

The County Board of Education made a review of the educational work done in the county since January 1st of the present year. A canvass of the returns from the recent annual school examinations showed that the educational work of the county was in a satisfactory condition. Reports from thirty districts were on file for inspection by the Board. These, in the aggregate, gave the highest number of promotions and the longest list of graduates of any examination ever held in Marin. Forty-six diplomas of graduation from the Grammar Grade were awarded. The entire class in the first division of San Rafael, Richardson and Tomales Grammar Grade successfully passed the required standard. In the matter of teachers' certificates the Board granted as follows on credentials: To R. B. Warren, a Grammar Grade certificate on California life diploma; to A. G. Burnett, Mrs. Ella McPhail, Ephriam E. Eulow, Miss Elle Phelan and Mrs. L. E. Reynolds each a Grammar Grade certificate on California State Educational diploma; same to Miss Bessie McAllister and Miss M. B. Palmerlee on California State Normal School diplomas; a primary certificate was issued to Miss Edwina J. Dufficy on a California State Normal School diploma. The Grammar Grade certificate of Miss Mary F. Farrell and the Primary certificate of Miss Lizzie Pennypacker and Miss Nellie Kirk were renewed. A recommendation for a life diploma

for Miss Mary F. Farrell was made to the State Board of Education. Miss Louise Culver and Mr. J. B. Davidson were similarly recommended for State Educational diplomas. In the examination of applicants for certificates to teach only three qualified--Mr. H. W. Miller and Miss Jennie S. Griess of Petaluma and Miss Maggie Keating of Novato. These were issued Primary certificates. Class in examination was unusually small, only six presenting themselves and none of the class were teachers.

A formal presentation of diplomas was made to the graduates of San Rafael and Richardson schools on Monday afternoon at the High School, San Rafael. Only the Board of Education and graduating pupils were present. Superintendent Furlong addressed the class, complimenting the scholars upon their having completed their course of study and winning the distinction of graduation. Each was then presented with a diploma. Prof. C. S. Symth, the President of the Board, also congratulated the pupils on their success.-Marin County Tocsin.

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY.

The County Board of Education met at the office of the County Superintendent on Monday, June 16th. Present, Miss C. B. Churchill, D. M. Meredith and Wm. M. Armstrong.

The following certificates were renewed: Grammar Grade, Miss E. L. Angier, Mrs. M. A. King. Primary Grade, Mrs. Carrie Gibbons, Mrs. N. A. Cormack, Mrs. K. M. Russell, Hattie N. Hawes, Annie L. Carpenter, Anna Williams, Sophia F. Jones, Susie M. Jewett, Lida Lennon, M. J. Kavanaugh and Annie Chase.

The granting of permanent County certificates upon other credentials without examination was deferred, a full Board being desirable.

The Board of Examiners met on Tuesday, June 17th, at 9 A. M., there being in attendance thirty applicants. On Tuesday, the 24th inst., the labors of the Board were concluded, the following having attained the required standing, were granted County certificates :

GRAMMAR SCHOOL COURSE.-Ada P. Wilson, Miss Lucy Richards and S. B. Wilson; Grammar Grade, James Stringfield; Primary Grade, Dora Fitz Maurice, Grace Pate, May M. Miller, Lillie K. Burke, Minnie Wear, Lillie F. Peterson, Mary F. Lehman, Florence E. Young, Belle F. Johnson, Greenville Terrill, Margaret C. Keane, Annie McNeeley, Emma Pennington and H. J. L. Petty.

On Monday, the 23d inst, the Board of Education met; present full Board. The following Permanent certificates were issued: On Cali

fornia State Normal diplomas, Grammar Grade certificates were issued to Edith Kinsey, Victoria Guilbert, Sadie Eastwood, Marian Ruth Benson, Lizzie A. West, Hilda Soderstrom, Margaret Bowles, Bernard C. Healey; Grammar Grades were also issued upon Missouri State Normal diplomas to Miss Minnie E. Norris and Miss Cora Martin, and on a California Educational diploma to Miss Jessie L. Bainbridge. Applications for Grammar School course certificates upon California Life diplomas were laid over until the next meeting of the Board.

It was unanimously resolved that from and after this date no certificates from other counties below the Grammar Grade will be recognized in any way whatever. Resolved, also, that this Board will grant grammar school course certificates upon post graduate's diplomas from California State Normal schools.

Graduating diplomas were granted out of the Grammar School Course department of the San Luis Obispo public schools as follows: Lottie Cerf, Hattie Russell, Joie Gregg, Annie Holland, Sara Wartenberg, Bertha Loewenstein, E. E. Carpenter, Arthur Vollmer, Charley Kaetzel and Maier Kaiser.

Miss Edna Cole was granted a graduating diploma out of the Grammar department of the San Miguel public schools.

TRINITY COUNTY.

The Board of Education of Trinity County met at the Superintendent's office. The following members of the Board were present: Miss Emily Neiman, Miss Kittie O'Neil, Miss Lizzie Fox and H. R. Given. The minutes of the last regular meeting were read and approved. The Board proceeded to examine the papers of the applicants for teachers' certificates at the examination beginning June 25th, 1890.

On motion Grammar Grade certificates were issued to Celia Weinheimer and D. J. Hall, and a Primary Grade certificate to Lucy U. Phillips.

On motion a recommendation to the State Board for an Educational diploma and a recommendation for a Life diploma were ordered issued to Mertie Jordan and H. R. Given respectively.

On motion Grammar Grade certificates were ordered issued to Miss Mary O'Neil and Geo. C. Sarvis on Life diplomas, and to Miss Lizzie Fox and to Miss Ida Parry on First Grade County certificates.

On motion the Superintendent was authorized to renew all County certificates expiring previous to July 1st, 1890, such certificates embracing the studies as required by law for a Primary certificate.

On motion the State Language lessons were adopted to supercede

the Reed & Kellogg ungraded lessons now in use in the schools, said adoption to take effect immediately.

On motion physiological, historical and geographical charts were ordered added to the list of apparatus to be used in the schools.—Trinity Journal.

A County Superintendent reports as follows: Some halt a dozen or more of the teachers of the county have sent in reports of their school terms that are alarmingly and inexcusably inaccurate and incomplete. One teacher, the holder of a Life diploma, reports an enrollment of 417 pupils, and this in a district having less than 100 census children. Another reports an average of something over 700. A teacher who doesn't know how to fill out a blank report, or, who knowing how, fails to do so, ought to quietly retire from the profession."

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THE "PRACTICAL" IN EDUCATION.

My dear "practical" friend: Do you deplore the lack of thoroughness in the common branches? So do I.

A few weeks since I chanced to be in the mercantile house of Mr. A., whose son has just graduated from the high school of which I was principal. We were talking of educational matters. He had just paid his taxes, found a mistake in his son's figures of the previous day, turned off an exasperating workman, and I soon found I had struck him at the wrong time, though we were staunch friends. “It is a shame," said he, "that a boy who can make so good a speech should be so poor in mathematics." Why, he has an excellent mathematical head," said I, and knows how to apply what he has, too." "I presume so," said he, "to the squaring of the circle and other enigmas that have no existence in the heaven above or the earth beneath. Here I gave him a note with partial payments and he has figured it two dollars and more out of the way."

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"It has been three years since he spent two weeks, more or less, in solving partial payment problems, and I don't wonder he is not ready at a moment's notice with them."

He ought to have spent the three years on partial payments,

If necessary to understand them," was the irritated reply.

'You are accustomed to computing interest are you not?" asked I. Certainly."

"How long will it take to teach your son ?'

"I suppose he'll get the hang of it soon enough, but I thought that was what I was sending him to school for."

The boy at this moment came into the merchant's office and greeted his father and myself cordially. The latter, after requesting the son to entertain me and excusing himself because of the urgency of his business, soon seemed absorbed.

"How do you like leaving your school work, Frank ?'' I asked. "I'm glad," said he, "to begin to bear responsibilities, and though the work seems new to me, it is like a new lesson which I think I can master."

"You don't find much opportunity to apply what you learned at school, I suppose?" said I inquiringly.

"I certainly think I am helped in every way by my training. I do find I have forgotten many things with which I used to be better acquainted, but I can pick them up; and as for the new things, they are easy to see through, but it will take a great while to get the run of the business as father has it."

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At that moment Frank was called from the office to fix a pair of scales that refused to do duty. His father remarked upon his ingenuity and proceeded to tell me how he had made an electro motor which was at the time running the coffee-mills and bill press which had before required the almost constant attention of an extra hand. He enumerated other points in which Frank had proved himself invaluable by reason of his ingenuity and quick comprehension of situations. could see the cloud was passing from his brow. The boy returned, having remedied the defect which would have otherwise required outside help. The morning paper had just appeared, containing an account of some new move of the liberal party in England, and the father and son proceeded to discuss the situation with a clearness that indicated an old head on young shoulders. As the boy passed out to his work I left the office.

A few weeks later I was again speaking with the father concerning the son, whom he was now thinking of sending to a technical school. "Your son has developed ingenuity and clear ideas, Mr. A.," said I.

"Indeed he has," was the reply. "He is a constant source of surprise and enjoyment to us in every line."

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Excepting partial payments," suggested I. "Oh, well! I didn't mean anything by that," said he. beat me at them now. And I want to express to you," continued he, "my satisfaction with the tendency in our schools to substitute ideas