Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-31
COUNTY SCHOOLS.
Meeting of the commissioners.


Pursuant TO adjournment, the County
School Commissioners, with members of
the City Board of Education, met in the
ball Of the Convention, at the Courthouse,
at ten o'clock yesterday morning, Rev G
Provine presiding.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved
The Executive Committee submitted a
report organizing the Commissioners and
members of the City Board into an associ-
alton known as the Davidson County
Board of Education" and embodying
lengthy and judicious rules and regulations
for the government of the same
On motion, the report, with the rules,
were adopted.
The Committee also submitted rules and
regulations of an excellent and elaborate
character for the government Of the schools,
prescribing the duties of teachers, officers,
the course of study, etc. These were also
adopted
The following written request was pre-.
scented by Mr.. @ D Elliott:
Rev @ Provine, Chalrman-Dear Sir:
respectfully request the opportunity of
addressing the school commissioners to-
day on the present condition of our county
school interests. Yours, etc.,
July 80, 1870. CD ELLIOTT.
The privilege was granted, after the
regular business of the meeting was dis
posed of.
AS part of the elaborate report of the
Executive Committee. The following list
of books was proposed for use in the
schools.
First Primary Olass-Butler's First Book
in Spelling and Reading, McGuffeys Read
er, Slate and pencil.
Second Primary Glass; artindale Prim-
er, Stoddards Juvenile Mental Arithmetic,
Slate and pencil
First Intermediate Class-McGuffey's
Speller, Stoddards Juvenile Mental Arith-
metic, Monteith's Primary Geography,
Copy book No 1, Slate and pencil.
Second intermediate Class-Martindale
Complete Speller, McGuffey' Fourth Read
or, (first half, Stoddard's Intellectual
Arithmetic, Robinson's Rudiments of
Arithmetic, Monteiths Geography, No 3,
| First half, Copy book No 2.
First Grammar Class-Martindale Com
| plete Speller, McGuffey's Fourth Reader,
| (fnished), Stoddard's Intellectual Arithme-
| tic, Robinson's Rudiments (fnished), Mon
teith's Geography, No 8, Finished, Browns
First Lines Grammar, Copy Nos 3 and 4.
Junior Grammar Class-McGufey
Speller, Fifth Reader, First half and
United States History, Stoddard's Intel
lectual Arithmetic to page $50, Robinson's
| Practical Arithmetic, to Percentage, page
| 204, Browns Grammar, First Lines to Syn
tax, Payson Dunton Copy, Nos. and 5,
McNally's intermediate Geography (com.
| menced)
Senior Grammar Glass. Guffey's
| Speller, Fifth Reader completed and His
tory of the United States, McNally's Physi-
cal Geography completed, Grammar, First
Lines, Browns completed, Robinson's
Practical Arithemetic, completed, Stod-
dard's Intellectual Arithmetic, Writing,
Forms, Notes, Legal Instruments.
The above was adopted, subject to an
amendment, to the effect that the introduce
ton of new books in conformity with the
schedule submitted, be left for the present
| to the Superintendent and Commissioners
of each district.
| The forms of blanks, of certificates, re-
| ports, ETC., were presented and adopted.
| The report of the committee was then
adopted as q whole, and ordered to be
| printed, the number of copies to be dis
cretionary with the committee
Mr.. John Frizzell offered the following
L
Resolved, That the following persons
who have heretofore filed their various
| positions, shall be the officers of the ''Da
wilson County Board of Education" until
the next regular annual election of officers,
that is to say, Rev ] c Provine, President;
DIR ] cambridge, Vice President, and A G
Cartwright, Secretary and General Superin-
| tendent.
Executive Committee-B F Gleaves, W 2
Turner, B G Hampton, B Gray, B Il Nc
| Kennie, E A Mathis and j o Griffith.
On motion, Mr. John Frizzell was added,
and the resolution adopted.
The Committee to secure further legisla-
| ton in the interest of the schools, having
faithfully performed its duties, was dis
| charged.
The business of the committee being
concluded, Mr. d Elliott, under the priv
ilege granted, addressed the meeting ear
nestly and at length upon the school in
terests of the county, after which the COM
miSSioners adjourned.