Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-30

The Board met pursuant to adjournment at
IL o clock, A. NJ, August 26 1871, and was call
cd TO order by the chairman.
The Secretary being absent j. y. Rayl was
elected Assistant Secretary
The members VI the Boarl present were as
follows
LIST District E. Hacker, l. C. Shepard.
I'd Dist.-R l. kirkpatrick, b Sanders and
d A Brooks.
Sd Dist-B Burton.
4th Dist--II Clapp.
9th Dist C Shell.
9th Dist.-Wm Nighbert and j w Fowler.
eth Dist NJ McCloud.
sth Dist.-R p Bell and John Tunnel.
14th Dist B Ford
10th Dist-Eliiah Dunn.
10th Dist Sherrod
10Th Dist-John Chumlea and Solomon Gar
rison.
18th Dist.-Geo Summers and n Burkhart,
Dist Dist.-Henry Haynes,
Knoxville City Schoos-W a Henderson, Il
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
/. All pupils are required to attend promptly
| the hours appointed for study.
2 In the school-room there must be no lcav-
| ing Of the room or seats appointed each, with
| out permission, nor loungng, sporting, talking,
| whispering or communicating by writing or
| other signs, eating or chewing, nor prompting
! in attention, nor unnecessary reference TO books
| at recitation.
3. 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 iniuring or destroying any
| school property, shall be required TO pay for or
repair the same, upon pain of suspension or eN-
| pulsion. .,
| 8. All Intoxicating drinks are strictly prohib-
tied, and the use of tobacco discouraged and,
in school hours, absolutely prohibited
G. Scholars shall be credited with grade marks
for each recitation from 0 to 10, viz: 0 to denote
i failure, and 10 perfect recitation
:. The department of pupils shall be credited
| in the same manner for merit.
g Pupils shall be marked as delnert for abb
senee or hardness, and other violation of rules
g. Pupils may have their demert marks di
minished or removed by extra merits in recita
ton and department
| On motion of l.. q. Shepard the ABOVE rules
were adopted seriatim
The report of the number of the scholastic
population of the second district, is rs follows
Whites, males, 23l females, AS colored
males, "a; females, ll3,
Mr.. j. w Fowler wanted to know it would
be compulsory for every school to adopt at one
the books recommended and adopted by tn
Board, and after discussing the matter IT wa
decided TO adhere strictly to the law and forme
action of the Board, viz: the same books IN ev
cry school in the county.
! Mr. Hacker moved that fifty copies of tn
, Rules and Regulations be printed, for tn
use of the schools of the county. Carried.
Prof NJ, G. Butler at the suggestion OF u
Board, made some remarks on the stimulus tht
would stir up teachers to excellence IN the
profession, viz county supervision ana IN
hope of preferment.
w. a. Henderson, Esq, made tender to tn
g Board of n Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
to be presented to the pupil in the county WIN
y, receives the highest number of merit marks.
The following offer was made by Prot M
Butler and accepted by the Board
/ offer Webster's Unabridged Dictionary,
0 a prize, to that school in Knox county (the mt
$ nicipal schools of Knoxville excepted) who's
y aggregate of the records of punctualty, attent
q ance department and scholarship are the ing
o est; the winning school, with the teacher
!; name, to be published by the Board, in Il
: NJ G. BUTLER.
!, 1t was decided to keep the record book of Il
II proceedings of the Board in the County Cou
Clerks office that it might be accessible at a
Mr.. L. c. Shepard. Prof r. L. KirkpatriC
;, and Mr.. j, NJ. Ragsdale were appointed COZ
l. mittee to have printed 900 copies of contraC
with teachers, 800 copies of rules and regul
h tions and 1000 blank school reports, which
d was decided to have prepared for the use of t
Is schools of the county
Prof r. L. kirkpatrick, j. A. Rayl and Y
st A. Henderson were appointed to prepare blai
reports in order to have the reports for the cou
D; ty uniform.
al The Board adjourned to meet again on t
lie last Thursday in September, at 10 o'clock A.
JNo TUNNEL, Chairman.
e j. A RAYI Asst Sec'y.