Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-26
elected to fiji the vacancy. This Board is in
service now.

elected to hi the vacancy. Ihls board is IN
service now.
Francis B. Fogg. Esq, has been Presi-
dent, and John A. McEwen, Esq, has been
Secretary of the Board of Education from
the beginning. And just here we take. &C.
casion to say, as simple act of justice,
that better men than those who have com
posed the Boards of Education could not
have been found Their constant vigilance,
untiring zeal, and unhagging devotion to
the trust placed in their hands is worthy
Of all praise. Their names and their men,
CRY will ever find warm place in the
hearts of thousands of the recipients of the
great blessings conferred by a judicious
education. They will have their reward
The Board of Education in November.
1854, appointed Joshua F. Pearl, A NJ,
Superintendent of the Free Schools of
Nashville. This was fortunate selection.
Mr.. p had successfully organized and put
in motion the free schools of Natchez and
Memphis, and was, therefore, prOUed in the
work he was called upon to perform
The doors of the High School were
thrown open for instruction on Monday
the Goth of February, 1855, only year
since. Previous to this date, 1923 tickets
of admission had been iSSued to children
UbO JaciraJ 70 apfar tho coboole
Before the school commenced, the most
liberal allowance for attendance of scholars,
at the beginning, had not been estimated
at over 700 or 500 The Hume building
would accommodate 720, and hence it was
supposed that it was sufficiently capacious
for all the children that would attend.
But, to the establishment of every one, The
system struck the popular vein with such
force that the capaciouS edifce was filed
to everfowing at the very outset And to
meet the unexpected demand, the old cor
poratiou school house on High street and
the Edgar school house on Spruce, had to
be brought into requsition. After open
ing the schools, applications for admissions
still continued, and the number of tickets
issued increased TO LIP. Of this mum.
Der, A were excluded because they resided
without the limits of the corporation, and
1872 were excluded for want of room, and
afterwards joined private schools. The
lumber admitted was 976, sos boys and
All girls.
Strict rules and regulations for the gov
eminent of the schools were adopted by
! the Board of Education, and confirmed by
the City Council The rules pertain to the
! Superintendent and teachers as we'll as tC
| the pupils. The time of teaching is five
hours per day, viz: From November tC
March, inclusive, the school hours are from
8, A. NJ, to 2, p. NJ, and from April tC
October, inclusive, from o'clock in the fore
noon to l in the afternoon; without any
intermiSSon exceeding fifteen minutes at 4
time. Saturdays, Sundays aud the usua
holidays, of course, excepted The frs
term begins on the first Monday in Sep
TENDER, and closes with an examination OF
the last Friday in January. The secOnC
term commences the first Monday in Feb
ruary, and closes on the last Wednesday
in June, with a thorough examination anC
a public exhibition. Visitors, whether
residents or non-residents, are invited t.
attend during school hours at will