Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-05-20

The per cent OF average attendance up /
on the extreme attendance has been 81 for !
the year, leaving SO per cent Ter ab-eotees. /
This great irregulariry Of attendance is 4
one OF the most serious evils with which 4
We have to contend. Net Only is the pro- |
gress Of the pupils who are thus irregular, /
seriously retarded, bot she whole school |
suffers in its classification and in it, gen
eral progress II mag he safely estimated
that this irregularity detract4 cue half
from the efficiency Of the schools.
Another great evil belonging 70 the same
class aud producing like result. is hardness
Daring the past year hardness has been of
daily occurrence in all IF the departments
Of the school nor have the untir ing exer-
tions of ell the teachers directed 10 this
special end accomplished more than mere
mitigation Of the evil. Written excuses
have been demanded, and in default Of
them pupils have been detained after'scho1l
hours. Bat these remedies have not been
sufficient 10 effect a radical cure. By i'm,
2ortuuities children obtain excuses from
indulgent parents on frivolous pretexts,
aud are thus embroidered to repeat the de-
liuquency. From its frequent occurrence,
detention after school soon eeases 10 exert
a wholesome Influence, and so cgses Of tar
diness continue to multiply. | would re-
specially ask the Board of Inspectors TO
take such action upon this matter a. will
strengthen the hanis of the teachers aud
give them power to check the evil.
With this report is submitted com
plete Curse Of Study for the schools ot the
city. This Course was elaborated by the
Principals of the two schools and occupied
all their leisure time for several months -
1t was subsequently submitted 10 tho whole
Board Of Teachers, critically examined.
modified and finally adopted by them
This Course Of Study has been arranged
so a. to afford specifc duties FOR every year
and every term OF the entire school age
PUPILS admitted at the age Of five years.
viii have "A course Of three years iustrue-
ton in the Primary Department, three
years IN the intermediate, three years IN
the Serinr, and four years in the High
School, graduating at the age of eighteen
From the fi,st elements "f knowledge pu-
pills advance gradually through the differ
ent brauches uftil they CONF le;e "a ih.r.
I ough Academic English Cuur-e.
U?on examination it will be seen that
this Csursc Of Study recognizes the great
fundamental ideas. that instruction SiaoWld
be $ystemGtf'; graded SO rs 10 be adapted to
the deceiorcmem Of The pupils: exceedingly
Morongh ,R al IT'S parts; and .toUHded, ia
the PiimGy Department.. uloa lessons de-,
rired from O}ject2. When uuce fairly IL
troduced this Course VII become \ perfect
guide to all teachers cmIl.yed in the
schools AID change Of teachers need not
necessarily imply 4 CONT lite change in tie
1 Course # instruction. The arrangements
are 20 sTefc in diets /. that tie scho i will
almost ran themselves AID the teachers
iator VIII be greatly simplifed For the
purpose OF rendering the Curse a. efFec-
tive a. rossi!l', / NrulJ recommend that
regulation be made by which new classes
IL the Primary pejartnI. Il. lie organized
Only once IN yea.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
The Primary Department has three
years course Of Instruction extending fran
the ace Of five Years to eight i include.
the aiphatet, reading - the i sc If the
Second Reader. OrsI Biography, and \
most thorough drill uy,n ihe sounds If the
language, AMI the elements 4 nnrnhe-s.-
D.GviEE upon states and the blackboard
bas also been made q daily exercise, and
great rains taken g. have sanIetltin- en-
siau:'y before the ch!!jiap In which they
are interested. SitNipg j. Taught IN r.Ti
by having ali .bc sneliIrS and reading les
sens Iriuted upon the s!a.-s, thus cOryeIt-
ing dry lesson into an Interesting cccu
patton. The FIST niinati1us # uCDlers
aye taught ly making the combinations
with blaCk-. keTutls Of corn or some other
kiud OF objects; tbs kuow ledge Of meas
ures Of execution, by the actual use {
inch, foot and yard measures: the measure
of capacity by the use Of g5ll. pint. quart
and gallon measures ard tie measures of
weight 10y the Use Of a balance and cun,c
and pound weights. 10 ~! ,hese branches
the Pupil is not only taught, hut is en-
stantly obliged 10 experiment fer h;mse.f
and make such q practical u-e Of his knov.I
edge as tCnls to fix it iu5e!ibly upon the
memory. Singing is also regular daily
exercise IN the Primary Department. and
indeed, throughout the school. No exer-
else IN schcol Is more generally liked tina,
this, and bone more directly assists in the |
Work OF education, as 1t. stimulates The in |
urleht anotcs rest to the weary, and exerts |
10 hafmpnlzhg and humanizing influence 1
upon the whole school. Specific lessons
intoxicating moral principles also form a |
portion oil the regular course. By the |
means OF stories containing a moral, by /
iamillar talks on the yart Of the teacher. |
and by taking advantage of the uumeraDs |
lG
he'ieyed that teachers-caD do much towards |
developing the moral towers. and estab. /
bShlng habits Of honesty, trufhfuIpess
kindliness aud the like and so djractIv
eleyatlng the character for all time. Pbv
rical exercise commencing with the loyros,
class IN school, Is praciiced daily ia All the
departments. In the Primary Department
1t is OF frequent occurrence. and indoed
those classes Of smell children are never
Kept at study or recitation more than TWEEN
~ minutes at 4 time. By tue means oF
these exercises the languor induced by hard
study IN thrown of, the tendency TO dis
tortIon IRON leaning over desks is oyercomo
ana she general health Of the pupils !.
greatly increased.
INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT.
The three years course in tbi. ds,or,
ment extends from the age OF eight wears
70 eleven. 1t includes thorough course
IN Spelling, Reading in the Third ana
9urth Headers, Geography, Primary Ar
l'hmetIe, and IN the first lessons in Geonoa.
Try. Writing. Drawing and Singing are
also oaiIy praetieed by every class in the
department. Drawing is made systematic
ana the classes are all instructed in the uye
d mathematical terms and how to con-
'truct mathematical figures. The whole
curse IN this department is calculated 10
complete the course commenced in the
Urinary Departments, and to render the
pupi:s familiar with the facts of their dif-
ierent studies and expert in Arithmetical
SENIOR DEPARTMENT.
The Senior Department embraces the
Course o. Study for the three years from
eleven years OF age to II. In includes
course Of Primary Physiology and Botany
: hysicai geography and U. S. History and
finishes PRACTICAL Arithmetic and Gram
mar. All the studies known as the "Con-