Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-24

This showing he considered very salts
factory one, so far as the successful work:
ing of the schools was concerned, as be
thought the largs attendance was sufficient
evidence of the fact that the teachers had
succeeded in getting the pupils interested
In their studies, and be was satisfied that
the percentage of attendance was not bet
ter than the percentage of scholarship.
CHILDREN 10 BE HELD IN CHECK.
There are few teachers, he said, who
have not bad much experience in teaching
In the public schools, who make the mistake
Of allowing their pupils to 60 over too
much ground in their studies. Parents
usually fail to make the distinction between
going over studies, and mastering them. He
wished that those teachers would devote
their attention, hereafter, TO UOrOughness,
rather than to going over certain number
of pages. IS the grades are now arranged,
there is no excuse for not putting any
child Of ordinary capacity, over the grade in
the time allowed.
PLAYING "HooREY."
Il has been the custom, where child Is
tardy, or absent, for the teacher to send
note Of inquiry to the parents the tardy,
Or absent pupil, on the evening of the day
such Infringement of the rules occur, asking
why the cause of the irregularity, the an
sWer TO be returned the next morning. II
the absence is continued for second day,
a statement Of attendance is to be forward
ed to the parents. Sometimes q teacher
sends pupil in the same room with that of
the absentee, to look him up, but the Saper-
intendent was of the opinion that this
should not be done except in unusual cases.
EARLY BIRDS.
With regard to children assembling about
the school buildings prior to the hour OF
opening school, Mr.. Caldwell wished the
teachers to discourage it in every way pos
morning. and shool does not begin
until $50. he thought there was
sufficient time for al the children to get
int the buildings before the hour OF begin
ming school. During unpleasant weather,
the speaker thought the teachers should not
urge the Chldran to go out of tie looms
recess, but of course if they choose 10 re-
main IN doors at such times, they must be
kept quiet.
REGARDING SUSPENSIONS.
Where children have forfeited their p ace
in school, and are suspended, such suspen-
sion must be with the consent of the Prin-
cipal of the building. The Principal alone
has the right to suspend children from
school and send them away suspended, and
if the Superintendent cannot find way to
restore such children to school again, he
reports the cases to the Board of Educa-
ton, and the suspended pupils are ex-
PEELED; but no child can be expelled except
by the Board.
PUPILS NOT TO BE ADDRESSED AS " MIR"
AND "MIsS."
The Superintendent had noticed that
some of the occasional teachers in the
schools have a way of addressing the chill
dren as "Mr." or ''Miss." To speak to a
little girl, ten years Of age, and call her
"Miss" Smith, or EsMiss" Tucker, has a bad
effect upon the mind of the child. 1t is the
custom ow-a-days for children to ape the
manners of grown up people, altogether too
early in life, and the speaker considered the
custom one which should be discouraged in
every way possible.
A PLEA FOR PURE AIR.
He had found In visiting the schools, that
in many of the rooms the air was SO close
as to be perfectly sitting. Not long since,
one of the teachers had asked to be trans.
ferred to a different building from the one
she was teaching in, assigning, as reason
for the change asked for, that the building
was so far from her place of residence that
the long walk had begun to affect her health
The Superintendent had stepped into her
school room a few days after this
application was made, and found
the air so close that he
could hardly endure it, and she felt salts
fed the long walk the teacher was COM
PEELED to take each day was the only thing
that had kept her from breaking down en-
tirely. Another teacher had remarked that
she never thought of noticing the tempera-
ture in her room until
SHE FELT LIKE PAINTING.
Mr.. Caldwell brought his remarks to a
close by stating that next Thursday had
been set apart as day of thanksgiving, and
that in conformity TO the general custom,
there would be no school on that day.