Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-12
OUR INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING
HE Howard School.

This building is situated on South Col
lege street, in the Seventh Ward, upon lot
126x26l feet, valued at s. 900, which was
presented to the city by Mr.. NJ ID. Howard.
The building is three-story brick; each
floor containing a study-hal 72x54 feet, and
seven recitation rooms, and cost SZ0,OOV.
AT present there are eight hundred and
sixtV-one scholars enrolled, the average at
tendance being eight hundred and forty.
The present principal, Mr.. 5. ). WOOL
wine, has had charge of the school but
a few weeks, having been lately trans
ferred from the Hynes school, OF which ne
was principal. He has the school
under excellent discipline, which he
expresses a discrimination to continue.
The Grammar department is under
his immediate control. We were
present at the opening exercises FRIDAY
morning, and eau speak in the highest
terms of the precision and regularly with
which the two hundred and thirty-three
pupils in the grammar department, march
ed into the recitation rooms, deposited their
books and returned. keeping exact step
with a march played by one OF the teach-
ers.
This disposition Of the pupils books mas
been introduced by the present Principal,
and he finds that great deal OF nose anu
confusion are avoided thereby. Imme-
diately after the singing of hymn and the
chanting Of the Lords prayer, by tne
school, half the pupils in the room march
out to their respective recitation rooms, 10
the music Of the nelodeoD, where they oe-
post all their books with the exception OF
tie single one required Tor tne
lesson then on hand. Returning IN
the same way, the REMAINDER
Of the pupils pass into the recitation roo ms
and leave their books. When the first les
son is recited, the books required for the
second are taken back into the schooi-roon,
the Others being allowed to remain until
the last recitation, when they are all taken
back to the desks Of the pupils.
The Principal speaks in the highest terms
| of the efficient aid he receives from the
teachers, in his endeavor to make the How
ard the most successful and popular school
in the city.
The primary department, on the first
| floor, constitutes the first and second grades,
| in which there are three hundred and thirty
two pupilg the grammar department, on the
second floor, constitutes the fifth and sixth
| and seventh grades, in which there are two
hundred and thirty-two pupils, while the in
teImediate department. of two hundred and
ninety -nine pupils, being the third aud
fourth grades, is on the third floor.
The following named are the officers and
teachers of the Howard school: S
Woolwine, principal; Miss NJ j Harding,
fifth and sixth grades; Miss Florence Scott,
fifth grade; Miss Helen NJ Hasslock, sixth
grade; MIR M Carnes, seventh grade; Mis-
Marina L Kerley, fifth grade. DR. a j Cav
ert. principal intermediate department
Miss Carrie Anderson, fourth grade; Miss
Marilla Ellis, fourth grade: Mrs Alex Fail
fourth grade; Miss Matte Nance, thir'
grade; Miss Annie Freeman, third grade
Miss Jennie Littol, third grade. Miss Kate
M Heriges, principal department; Mrs Susit
NJ ArringtoH second grade; Miss Mamie .
Anthony, do; Miss Melissa Paul, do; Mis-,
Tennie Cotton, first grade; Mrs John {
Fisher, do; Miss Julia French, do; Mis-
Amanda Rear, do.