Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-04-27

Glass in the High Standardization
HTcnthIy Examinations - Valuable
Statistics.
There is 3 manifest deep pablo. interest
in the proposed teaching Of German in the
sixth and seventh grades of the Public
Schools in this city. 1t is provided that the
general course Of study shall be as fol
lows:
First Grade.-The juvenile class shall be
taught from the board, cards aud the
primer. the elements of reading and spell
! ing; printing simple words and sentences,
and spelling the former by sound Arabic
notation to so, Roman to Y counting orally
| to 100; addition of numbers from one to
! FIVE, in amounts equal to so; singing and
physical exercises. The regular class COM
! pletes First Reader; Arabic nOtations to 100;
! Roman to Xxx, with the rule for it addition
and subtraction Of numbers from to 10,
in amounts equal to 100, giving the analy-
! sis writing with pencil aud drawing sing
! ing and pla steal exercises.
| Second Grade-Completes Second Read
| er; first half OF Primary Speler; Arabic no
! tation and Enumeration to 1000; Roman TO
! G, with The rule; addition and subtraction
| Of numbers FROM l TO 100 in amounts
! equal to 1000, giving the analysis; Walton's
tables writing with pencil and drawing;
| singing and physical exercises.
Third Grade-FinisheS Primary Speller;
Third Reader; notation and Enumeration;
Juvenile Mental Arithmetic; addition and
subtraction Of numbers, with analysis, in
amounts less than 10000; multiplication
and division by numbers from , to y in
amounts less than $4,000; Primary Geogra-
ply; writing books Nos. 1 and ?.
Fourth Grade-Takes the first half Of
Fourth Reader and Of Complete Speller; In
tellectual Arithmetic TO addition and frac-
tions; Elementary Written Arithmetic to
| decimals; Intermediate Geography to South
America; writing books Nos. and ,.
Fifth Grade-Completos Fourth Reader,
the Complete Spoiler, TIE Elementary
| Written Arithmetic to reduction Of frac-
tons; composition and defamation; writing
books Nos. 8 and /.
Sixth Grade-F'irst half Of the Fifth
Reader, and Of the Advanced Geography;
Elementary Grammar to SyntaX; Intel
lec-Ual Arithmetic TO Partnerships; Advanced
Written Arithmetic to percentage; compost
lion and defamation; writing books Nos.
and Z. This is actually tie highest grade
in any Of the schools, except that Cf The
High School. But, however, theoretically
the seventh grade exists in all the schools
exclusive Of the High. Although the Seventh
Grade, which completes the Fifth Reader,
Advanced Geography and Elementary
Grammar. intellectual Arithmetic TO re-
dncfinT. Advanced Arithmetic 10 rartner-
gIin. r3rnosition and defamation and
UrifiDr hooks Nos. Il and ). meets in tlIe
VIob School buildiur II is NOT connected
with that Institution.
The Seventh Grade Is 2 consolidation of
Dun;Is from all the schools In tbe citv Who
nave rqssrd tha Sfxth era q. If those
Dunf,s we're NOT consolidated they would be
but few in uuTn3er in each of Inc schools
from which they hail and the trouble and
expeDse of TEACHING them would be Greatly
agagpen,cd. The present system is the
result of economy. The course of study
in the High School is as follows:
First Term, Junior Class-InteIlectual
and Advanced Arithmetic Completed. Ad-
y3uapd Grammar. PHYSICAL Geography and
History of the United States.
Second Term-Physiol0gv Latin Gram
mar. French or GGmcu Che teacher of
German in the High School is Prof Puma
cher1 Algebra to Elimination, Compost
lion and Defamation. and Writing. books
Nos. 6 and s.
Middle Glass Ancient History. Latin
Reader and Roman History. French or Ger
man Philosophy. Algebra. COmn1sftfon and
Defamation, and Writing. books Nos. Q
and II.
Senior Class-HICdegn History, Cesar
and Eir-fI. French or German Geometry.
Astronomy. Chemistry, ESSAYS and Ora
lions. and Writing, books Nos. 6, 8, 9 aud
II. The following are names of he Senior
class:
Minnie Baldwin; sarah Iser, Ellie Nor-
ran. Mary NOVEL;. Emma Mculton, Alice
Wilson. Lutte TelIman. Amanda Rear. KaI
Fudora Allison Alexander. Charles Currpv.
TTCs Prg.a~sor.
Tacafion commences in lime. and on
f1.o IS,T of tggf r1onlb there viii Ln tho
II -. nTF1Iir pvercises in the Hioh SGlooI
En-, ,TIi.cb some IF the n1IniIs are slrnsd9
-, NV ,:',r, sum- WV '' ~',0'
l. TO JIvs of every school month are de-
voted to T-Tiftnn examinations. The next
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