Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-08-27
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN,
Edited and Conducted by
j. f. LANG ENBA Ugh.
TEXAS.

all reports OF subordinates, appoints fC
each judicial district one Supervisor {
education for four years, and in geners
sees the law properly administered b
school officers in the State The Stat
Board of education consists of the Gov
ernor, Attorney General and the Stat
superintendent of Public instruction
This Board has to adopt all rules and reg
ula'ions for the establishment and forma
tion of schools; provide for the examin
alton of teachers, and fix their compensa
tior; direct the kind of apparatus an,
books. prescribe duties of Boards of Di
rectorS and do everything possible unde
the law to advance the cause of education
in the State. The District Supervisors
as stated above. are appointed by th
State Superintendent, with approval OF
the Governor, for four years. These lay
off and sub-divide the counties withir
their districts respectively into schoo
districts and appoint five school director.
ior each district. These require the at
tendance of all scholars or school for a.
least four months year
The Permanent School Fund consists
of all money standing TO the credit of the
School Fund in the Treasury of the State
all lands heretofore conveyed and sci
apart for establishing primary or acad-
emy in TIE several Counties in tn. State
all sums of money that may come To the
State from fines and forieitures and sums
arising from sales of any portion of the
public domain. The available School
Fund comprises all interests which have
accrued or may accrue to the State from
railroads or otherwise since the Both of
March. 1870; one fourth OF all the ad ra-
loren and occupation taxes assessed since
the above date; and such other taxes as
have been or may be provided by law.
All moneys are distributed in proportion
to the number of children of school age
% 10 10 years.
TEACHERS are examined by The Supervi-
sors and Examiners. The State Board is
required to provide for the examination
and appointment of teachers. The teach
ers are assigned TO schools by the Super
visors or Superintendent, with certificates
lasting one year, valid in the district or
in the State, according to the authority
Issuing them. Schools have four grades.
numbered. The State Board decides up-
on these, and the uniformity therefore in
the State. The law does not determine
the branches to be taught in public
schools; but the State Board does. Th,y
are: orthography, reading, penmanship.
mental and high or practical arithmetic.
English grammar, English composition.
modern history. physical geography.
OF the United States, and
ANY branches of higher grade that pu-
pills may be competent to study"
The school day is fixed by the State
Board at six hours. The scholastic year |
IS from the first Monday in September un-
Ill the Both of June. Parents and guar
iians are compelled to send their children |
)f scholastic age to school four months
n each year. Penalty for failure fine
If not more than $25 for each child so
neglected.
The Catalogue of Brown University
or 1874, contains the names of 21S
Students, of which number 100 belong in
he State of Rhode Island. and 11S have
heir residence in other States.
Kansas is to have a new Normal
school, to be established at Concordia.
which gives it school grounds, DC, yalu-
ID at $4,000, to the institution. The
chool will be opened the 1st of Septem-
)er.
Tennessee has 1850 teachers and .
ia, 7,44S children of school age (6 to 1S).
The average salary of teachers is $32 per
month. About $3O6O0 has been donated
o the public schools from the Peabody !
uhu uufing the past year.
ANSWER TO QUESTIONS.
The cross section of hewn stick of
imber at any point may be found by the :
rule. Multiply the breadth of /
he stick by its thickness at that point,
9th In inches; the product is the cross b
ection in square inches.
TO find the surface of sphere, null o
ply A times the square of its radius by !
.1416.
The metric system is system of n
7eights and measures based on primary '
nit of length called a meter. 1t was :
rst adopted by France, and afterwards In
y various other nations. Since 1896 its la
Sc has been permitted in the United 2
tates, by act of Congress. The meter is &
pproximately equal to 100000 of the s
istance from the equator to the north ia
ole, measured On the meridian through
aris. 1t is nearly equal to 3937 inches. o
The period required for the earth to u
evolve once on its axis is called a dav. II
ne time required for the earth to reyolve =