Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-27
Knox County Board Of Education.

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| The Board met pursuant to adjournment a
II O clock, A. NJ, August 26, 1871, and was call
ed to order by the chairman.
! The Secretary being absent, j. A. Rayl was
! elected Assistant Secretary.
The members of the Board present were az
follows.
LIST District-F Z. Hacker. L. G. Shepard.
| I'd Dist-R L kirkpatrick, Sanders and
| D A Brooks
Sd Dist.-B Burton.
! 18th Dist.-H Clapp.
9Th Dist @ Shell.
| 9Th Dist.-Wm Nighbert and j w Fowler
| 9TH Dist M McCloud.
! 9Th Dist-R p Bell and John Tunnel
/ 18th Dist Ford.
| 18th Dist.-Elijah Dunn.
10th Dist Sherrod.
18th Dist.-John Chumlea and Solomon Gar
rison.
25th Dist.-Geo Summers and n Burkhart,
2lst Dist-Henry Haynes
Knoxville City Schools-W A Henderson, l.
G Shepard and j A Rayl.
The first business in order was the report of
the committee on Rules and Regulations for the
government of the schools, by Prof r. L.
kirkpatrick, which was as follows:
GENERAL RULES FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF
KNOX COUNTY.
l. All pupils are required to attend promptly
the hours appointed for study.
Z In the School-room there must be no leaV-
out permission, nor loungng, sporting, talking,
whispering communicating by writing or
other signs, eating or chewing, nor prompting
IN attention, nor unnecessary reference to books
at recitation.
5. There must be no profane, obscene or other
improper language in recess; no rude or unbe-
coming department at play, nor in coming to
or returning home from school.
4. Any pupil injuring or destroying any
school property, shall be required to pay for or
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pulsion.
5. All Intoxicating drinks are strictly prohib
tied, and the use of tobacco discouraged; and
in school hours absolutely prohibited.
6. Scholars shall be credited with grade marks
for each recitation from to 10, viz: 0 to denote
failure and 10 perfect recitation.
Z. The department of pupils shall be credited
in the same manner for merit
8. Pupils shall be marked as demerit for alb
sence or hardness, and other violation of rules.
9. Pupils may have their dement, marks di-
minished or removed by extra merits in recita-
ton and department
On motion of L. c. Shepard, the above rules
were adopted seriatim.
The report of the number of the scholastic
population Of The second district, is as follows:
Whites males, 237; females, 248; colored,
males, "a; females, 113.
Mr.. j. w. Fowler wanted to know if it would
be compulsory for every school to adopt at once
the books recommended and adopted by the
Board, and after discussing the matter, it was
decided to adhere strictly to the law and former
action of the Board, viz: the same books in sv
cry school in the county.
Mr.. Hacker moved that fifty copies of the
. Rules and Regulations" be printed, for the
use of the schools of the county. Carried.
Prof NJ. G. Butler, at the suggestion of the
Board, made some remarks on the stimulus that
would stir up teachers to excellence in their
profession, viz: county supervision and the
hope of preferment.
w. A. Henderson, Esq, made tender to the |
Board of Websters Unabridged Dictionary, |
to be presented to the pupil in the county who |
receives the highest number of merit marks.
The following offer was made by Prof. NJ. c. |
Butler and accepted by the Board:
I offer Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, as |
prize, to that school in Knox county the mu- |
licipal schools of Knoxville excepted) whose |
aggregate of the records of punctualty, attend |
.nce, department and scholarship are the high |
est; the winning school, with the teachers |
name, to be published by the Board, in the |
Knoxville papers,
1t was decided to keep the record book of the |
of the Board in the County Court |
Clerks office that it might be accessible at all
lines.
Mr. L. c. Shepard. Prof. r. L. Kirkpatrick |
md Mr.. j, NJ Ragsdale were appointed COM |
nittee to have printed 500 copies of contracts |
ions and 900 blank school reports which it |
was decided to have prepared for the use Of the |
schools of the county.
Prof R. l.. kirkpatrick, j. A Rayl and w |
A. Henderson were appointed to prepare blank |
reports in order to have the reports for the ooun
y uniform.
The Board adjourned to meet again on the |
last Thursday in September, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. |
JNo. TUNNEL, Chairman.
j, A, RAYL. Asst. Sec'y.