Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-23
ouR INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.


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AS the town of Edge6eld is so near our
city that it is generally considered a part
and marcel of Nashville, Its schools may
properly be noticed with the public schools
of this city.
The Public school system has been In OPP
Grafton in Edgefeld less than three years,
and when first opened, the schools were not
patronized to the extent they should have
been. However, the prejudice against free
schools is fast wearing away, and the at
tendance grows constantly larger, and in a
short time the Edgefield schools will COM
pare favorably with those of other cities,
where the system has been in operation for
years.
| iendent, is teacher of many years expert
epce, and an enthusiast in his profession.
he has been identified with the Edgefield
schools for several years, and was, at one
| time, at the head of a fiourishing school at
| Winchester, in this State. He was ap-
pointed superintendent last September, and
| during the short time he has occupied that
position, has done much to improve the
| schools.
RUSSELL STREET SCHOOL.
The Russell Street School building is sit
mated on the street of that name, and was
occupied for many years as seminary, by
| Mrs. Weber. The building contains six
rooms, and is capable of accommodating
about three hundred pupils, although the
house not having been designed for that
purpose, it is not a convenient building for
public school.
The school is under the immediate su-
peryision of the superintendent and there is
but one teacher to each room.
Miss S. A, White has charge Of forty-six
pupils, of the seventh and eighth grades.
At the time Of our reporters visit, the class
es were having their monthly exercises, at
which time the lessons of the month just
past are thoroughly reviewed.
Miss Henrietta E. Hasslock teaches the
pupils of the fifth and sixths grades. In
this room there were forty-fiVe pupils en-
rolled, the average attendance being about
ninety per cent. here our reporter was
shown some fine specimens of map draw
ing, of which those by Maggie Carrot, AL
bert Garret, Matilda Sharpe, and William
G.. Farrar deserve special mention.
Miss Mary Frizzell has charge of fifty
two pupils in the third grade, who show
that they are well disciplined and are evi
IDENTIFY making excellent progress in thei
studies. The average attendance here il
about the same as that of the room las
mentioned. In all of these rooms tht
average attendance of the boys is bette
than that of the girls, which is rather siDgu
lar, as the opposite is generally the case.
In Miss Susan MeClellan's room, th'
average attendance is not so good, bein;
only seventy-tlv6 per cent. of the number
enrolled. Miss Mcclellan has charge o
! fifty pupils in the first grade.
Miss Maggie j. Glenn has forty-fVe pu
pills enrolled, all Of whom are In the secon
grade.
The fifty-seven pupils under Miss Alic
DashielI's charge, are in the fourth an
fifth grades. The average attendance
ninety eight per cent of the number enroll
ed. In this room and in Miss Glenn
room, the walls are ornamented with pic
: lures of various kinds, which pictures ten
!; TO refine and elevate the minds Of the chi
j dren who pass so much Of their time II
these school rooms.
The teachers in this school complain tina
, so little attention is paid the schools by tn
parents who send their children, visitor
being few and far between.
Arrangements have been made by whic
the school will, in the future, receive mt
steal instruction from Prof. Schultz, wh
g will visit it twice week for that purposI