Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-09-11
THE FREE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

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Mr., Cusrrn,Ar. Having been re-
o,,asts,, NV tha 80, miss ;nnsrs In saw
aorneth,n9 ahos,f tha Erop achooI rvs
fem have cs,f, mitted yyhah 1 md To
ofEar 70 writis,v In order fJ,e' better to
save tfn,e ond nraserve acrI,rocv :
Rut before T On further 7 wish to
state thax nj, tho jnformntiop have
IN tbis srl,iact derived. both, from OH
servatjou and exncriencn.. +, decidedly
favorah,e to tbe efficiencv and expe-
d;anaw aS n syste,,,' Of fre;, schools.--
rTho iasding co,,dit;on nm which n
svstsyo Of fSee schonls css, he estab.
l;sbnd ,,luarto oen,,slv t0 the nublic.
ia n nlentv of mnneys There must
Ls ,nanov sennuah' ~ enable the MI
rectors to offar sa1nrfes that will com
nond tho sarv;cas ~ f,rst class teaoh-
ar,, Whanavar e,d ,vharaver tl,isr is
dono. the nrivate schoojs Mt once, give
,vav thns Observation-Disclosures the suneri-
oriiv Of tbe free schools. some ye,,,s
ooo wns PRINCIPAL IF fine City
Schonis of Jact.son Miss. They were
snnnnrtcd NV n tnx m the property
NJ the citv Tbev were held IN two
eisgnut school buildings. and 40 sat
isfactorv were thev that there was
Inf one very small nriyate school i'm
the nlace. nor had there been since
tLa nstohl;shmcnt of the city sohools.
ATo;n yos nrincinol of fine senior
moledenartmento of the public schools
nf Mc,n,,his and If there was more
thon ono private male school nj that
time In tho citv. 7 never heard of IL.
Rnt I know yeyv we'll that the hovs
In the senior denortment were much
In advanee of those in the one pri-
vafo school There Wore two Fe-
that timo i'm Memnhis ocknowl-
edge. and the reason Is Obvious
Tn a large seminary of two hundred
pupils. n completes classification is
possjbIe. and thus il NAV compete.
with the free schools i'm one of the
leading excellencies of all school sys.
tenn. that is. classification. But ac-
curnte claasificntton il only possible
where there is n considerable humber
of punils and from four to six teach
ers ut least. For instance. i'm the
Clarksville Female Academy. which
I hone may long continue TO be tho
nride of orr citv as II has been. the
number of puniIs il sufficient to re-
n,ire tho attention of n dozen teach.
rrs or more and a minute classified.
tion ia therefore i'm the nower of the
able President and slSiIful teachers
In this wav Female Seminaries some.
times flourish i'm the vicinity of pooC
public schools, money being layisheC
more freely on the education of girls
than mon that of bows. But to bt
more explicit, I here declare, and
think no teacher of experience will
refuse to agree with me, that If my
own private school We're u part of {
system of free schools, l should b,
able to 10 n much better part by thu
bows committed to my charge. What
/ mean is, that the multiplication
table and trigonometry would mo-
have to be taught in the same room
end perhaps in the same hour by tn,
same instructor; the very element
of reading and writing would no
he commingled with criticisms on tn,
orators, poets and philosophers of an
tiuuity. But everything would be il
it's place and i'm the hands Of the prop
er instructor. There would lie I'll
vision of labor, the desiderat,tnt, TIN
great essential in fact, to the success
full prosecution of all long continue,
enterprises. The classification of fire.
schools enables the school board +
select and assign teachers to position
more exactly suited to their peculia
abilities. AS n general thing there
fore, the teacher in the free school
being nut upon his fastest point,
successful and popular and is prou
of his success and popularity. Ii
In n yvolI orrorgoJ nnhI;o sohooI mo,
Iva s,,rn that bo Ios ,,;staEan n;
nrofassion for thera Is oertainiw ,,ncl
tosS don,nnJ unon h;s aLilitias in
nnblic than in a r;vota school
R,t there 10 nnthino ohso,,tol,
now ~ ho soid on this smiioot fnr II h.
been cnnSidarad and vol onns;daro
in otber CON, ,,,,,nit;os Who ovor N, n,
!, ha tha ooSo hore. Tha ,,ia,. has i,oa,
tried ond tbnro,obiv tr;ad 10Th In. ~,
ro,,aond hn,ar;1a ~ H. iast hopfanu
tnrv thonnh its heuininys roach hoc
two centnrias or mara re the times =
Tnhn Kno,, not hn,,,s',,or ~ CO.., ~, n
Ie ia tho fo,ndar of Tho svStor, +
E,noa ti,ann,., va oi,aT -, -,
noo Iaoo oo,.r;nJ 20 A. I,in,,Sst ~,
naiIanoa In prnss,a orJ c,nttnnJ a.,
in naitbar 70 Nv ',ra" anu nor G ~
= tha ifnitoI ~ 90 500 80. pS ga" W;, 10 :,
1I " r,,,ot " H. , oil omt t,1,
it~nn tI;n ,,,h;aot ILL., rnu .,ni I hoth
7 tSa Enni iJ ond Sootnh tbn no uorn
Ill s',otnn, Of ~ Iiio w Utat,
for ;n'it9t;on M .n m,o U hns 1917 49,.
haon tInron,h,,, tastad ' ;,, o vic 40,
9 nn,,ntru WpnaS1 hmt tuo Az Ur CIV
se,~aS WITH whot haS ' hoon dnno oI'
thosa >" u,i,"nr , e r W -, "U = =
r n aanso M i,nn a'1S VI Ie nhay
noso has haa nJ" nS thn ad,;s,i ToiS st
10 snhmn,s oS 7 'a,,iSn; WY rh ao, hi ~.