certified by a licensed teacher as having fully completed a Common School course of study, and are engaged in the study of subjects beyond Grand VIII. 93. A terminal examination by the Provincial Board of Examiners shall be held at the end of each school year on subjects of the first, second, third and fourth years of the High School Program, to be known also as Grades IX, X, XI, and XII respectively of the Public Schools. 94. The examinations shall be held during the last seven days of June, according to the time tables published for Grades XII, XI, X, and IX, and the "Minimum Professional Qualification" of public school teachers, at each of the following stations, viz:-1, Advocate; 2, Amherst; 3, Annapolis; 4, Antigonish; 5, Arichat; 6, Baddeck; 7, Barrington; 8, Bear River; 9, Berwick; 10, Bridgetown; 11, Bridgewater; 12, Caledonia; 13, Canning; 14, Canso; 15, Chester; 16, Cheticamp; 17, Church Point; 18, Digby; 19, East River, St. Mary's; 20, Glace Bay; 21, Great Village; 22, Guysboro; 23, Halifax; 24, Inverness; 25, Kentville; 26, Liverpool; 27, Lockeport; 28, Lunenburg, 29, Mahone; 30, Maitland; 31 Margaree Forks; 32, Middle Musquodoboit; 33, Middleton; 34, New Glasgow; 35, North Sydeny; 36, Oxford; 37, Parrsboro; 38, Pictou; 39, Port Hawkesbury; 40, Port Hood; 41, Pugwash; 42, River John; 43, Sheet Harbor; 44, Shelburne; 45, Sherbrooke; 46, Springhill; 47, Stellarton; 48, St. Peter's; 49, Sydney; 50 Sydney Mines; 51, Tatamagouche; 52, Truro; 53, Upper Stewiacke; 54, Westport; 55, Westville; 56, Windsor; 57, Wolfville; 58, Wood's Harbor; 59, Yarmouth. 95. (a) Application for admission to the Provincial High School examination must be made on the prescribed form to the Inspector within whose division the examination station to be attended is situated, not later than the 24th day of May. (b) Candidates applying for the Grade IX examination, or for the next grade above the one already successfully passed by them shall be admitted free. But a candidate who has not passed Grade IX must have his application for X accompanied by a fee of one dollar; if he has passed neither IX nor X the application for XI must be accompanied by two dollars; and if he has passed neither IX, X nor XI the application for XII must be accompanied by three dollars. The candidates who are entitled to free examination are only those who pass the different grade examinations in consecutive order. (c) For the Teachers' Minimum Professional Qualification Examination a fee of two dollars is required except from those writing only the first three papers qualifying for third rank, who shall be admitted free; but this fee should not be forwarded with the application for it has been found more convenient to have it paid to the DeputyExaminer on the Saturday when the candidate presents himself for examination. The Deputy-Examiner shall transmit the same to the Superintendent with his report. (d) The prescribed form of application, which can be obtained free from the Education Department thru the Inspectors, shall contain a certificate which must be signed by a licensed teacher having at least the grade of scholarship applied for by the candidate whose legal name must be fully and plainly written out on the application. (e) (f) When a candidate presents himself for examination and his name is not found on the official list as having made regular application in due time, the Deputy-Examiner may admit him to the examination provisionally on his written statement that application was regularly made in due time, which with a fee of one dollar is to be transmitted with the Deputy's report to the Superintendent. If such candidate's statement is verified the dollar shall be returned. Providing there is sufficient accommodation, the Deputy-Examiner may admit any candidate on the payment of one dollar for any Grade in addition to the regular fees required under Reg. 95, (b). The prescribed form of application is given in schedule B. 96. Each Inspector shall forward to the Superintendent of Education, not later than June 1st, a list of the applications received for each grade of examination at each station within his division, on the prescribed form supplied from the Education Office. The said forms properly filled in, together with all fees duly credited shall be promptly forwarded to the Education Office. 97. The Deputy-Examiner, when authorized by the Superintendent of Education, shall have power to employ an assistant or assistants, who shall each receive two dollars per day for the time so employed. 98. The Superintendent of Education shall cause to be prepared and printed suitable examination questions for each examination in accordance with the regulations of the Council, and shall forward to each Deputy Examiner a sufficient supply of the same, together with copies of such rules and instructions as may be necessary for the due conduct of the examination. 99. The maximum value of each paper shall by 100; the questions being made as nearly as possible equal in value. Should the values of questions be unequal, they shall be stated near the margin of each question. 100. Each examiner shall mark distinctly by colored pencil or ink at the left hand margin of each answer on the candidate's paper its value, placing the sum of the marks on the back of the folded sheet. From this sum the number of misspelled or obscurely written words is to be deducted to show the net value of the paper; provided, however, that from one to three may be added by the Examiner for specially good writing. 101. The "High School Pass" on all grades shall be as defined under the "High School Program" from year to year. 102. The "Teachers' Pass" shall be as defined under the "High School Program" from year to year. 103. (a) Candidates failing to make a High School pass in the grade applied for shall be ranked as making a High School pass in the next grade below, provided an average of 40 per cent. with no subject below 25 (in the case of two papers an average of 25) be made; and as making a pass on the grade. second below, provided an average of 30 per cent. be made. (b) Candidates failing to make a Teachers' Pass in the grade applied for shall be ranked as making a Teachers' Pass in the next grade below, provided an average of 50 per cent. be made with no subject below 30 (in the case of two papers an average of 30); and as making a teachers' pass on the grade second below, provided an average of 40 per cent. be made. (c) No appeal from the examination of a candidate's answer paper at the Provincial High School examination shall be entertained by the Superintendent unless it is accompanied by a fee of fifty cents for each paper, to cover the minimum expense, and not even then unless a responsible person vouches for the good standing of the appellant. 104. Each candidate, provided no irregularity has been reported, shall receive from the Superintendent of Education a certificate containing the examination record in each subject. If the candidate has made a"High School Pass," the certificate will bear the title "High School Certificate," and show the grade passed under the arms of the Education Department, but candidates failing to pass shall receive an equally detailed statement of their examination record on the various subjects if there is no irregularity. 105. Candidates passing the various grades in consecutive order shall be admitted free to the regular Provincial High School Examinations, provided their application and procedure have been regular. For all other cases a scale of fees as given in 95 (b) and (e) has been fixed to cover the cost of examination and extra labor likely to be incurred. 106. The subjects, number and values of the papers for the different examinations and the general scope of the examination questions are indicated generally by the texts named in the prescribed High School Program. Examination may demand description by drawing as well as by writing in all grades of High School and M. P. Q. answers. Provincial Examination Rules. 107. No envelopes shall be used to enclose papers. Two hours is the time allowed for writing each paper, except in the case of the M. P. Q. examinations, where the time allowed for each paper shall be one hour. The following rules must be exactly observed:— (1) Candidates shall present themselves at the examination room punctually half an hour before the time set for the first paper of the grade for which they are to write, at which time the deputy examiner shall give each candidate a seat. The candidate's name shall be represented by a number which must therefore be neither forgotten nor changed. Candidates who present themselves shall be numbered from 1 onwards in consecutive order (without hiatus for absent applicants, who cannot be admitted after the numbering), beginning with grade XII, then coming to XI, X and IX in order. Candidates for "Supplementary" examinations need not present themselves until the hour fixed for their papers in the regular time table, provided they have sent in their applications and the titles of the papers on which they intend to write. (2) Candidates shall be seated before the instant at which the examination is fixed to begin. No candidate late by the fraction of a minute has a right to claim admission to the ex IX amination room, and any candidate leaving the room during the progress of any examination must first hand in his or her paper to the deputy examiner, and not return until the beginning of the next paper. (3) Candidates shall provide themselves with pens, pencils, mathematical instruments, rulers, ink, blotting paper, and a supply of good, heavy foolscap paper of the size thirteen inches by eight. (4) Candidates may write upon both sides of their paper. When more sheets than one are used they must be fastened together. Each sheet should bear the Candidate's grade and number. In order to secure high values from examiners neat writing and clear concise answers are much more important than extent of space covered or the number of words used. (5) Each such paper must be exactly folded: First by doubling bottom to top of page, pressing the fold (paper now 61-12 by 8 inches); next, by doubling again in the same direction pressing the fold flat so as to give the size of 3 1-4 by 8 inches. (6) Finally, the paper must be exactly indorsed as follows: A neat line should be drawn across the end of the folded paper one-half inch from its upper margin. Within this space, 3 1-4 inches by 1-2 inch, there must be written in very distinct characters, 1st, the Roman letters indicating the grade; 2nd, a vacant parenthesis of at least one inch within which the deputy examiner shall afterwards place the private symbol indicating the station; 3rd, the candidate's number. Immediately underneath this space and close to it should be neatly written the title or subject of the paper. For example, candidate No. 18 writing for Grade XI on Algebra should endorse his paper as shown below: |