Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-25
TEACHERS INSTITUTES.
How They VIII be Conducted In Mid
die Tennessee.

The four Teachers Institutes for
Middle Tennessee, under the authority
of the State Superintendent, will be
held as follows:
At Shelbyville, July 20.
At Columbia, July "a
At Lebanon, August 3.
At GAINESVILLE, August 10.
Each Institute will continue in ses-
sion one week. During the daytime
instruction win be given in school
government, and in all the branches
required to be taught in the public
schools of the State, as well as in the
best methods of teaching those branch
es. The evenings will be devoted to
public lectures from persons of expe-
rience and eminence as educators and
friends of education.
These Institutes will all be under
the professional charge of Prof. W. r.
Garrett, County Superintendent for
Giles county, assisted by Prof. III. Ii.
Smith, Of Shelbyville, and others
They will be open to teachers from all
parts Of the State, and teachers of
private schools are respectfully invited
to attend and participate in the exer-
cises.
The County Superintendent of Bed
ford, Maury, Wilson and Montgomery,
respectively, will be expected to su-
perintend whatever local preparations
may be necessary for the holding of
the Institute and the entertainment of
teachers.
At each Institute, there will be three
sessions day, as follows:
Morning sessions from 8 o'clock, A.
NJ. TO II o'clock, NJ.
Evening sessions from 2 o'clock, P.
NJ, to $50, M.
Night session from 8 P. NJ, to $50
P. NJ,
During the first three days, classes
will be drilled in the various branches
embraced in the school-law, followed
by discussions, in the order given be-
low:
MONDAYS.
Morning session-Writing and Uni
ted States History.
Evening session-Spelling and read
ing (chartand card method explained.)
TUESDAYS.
Morning session-GeoTaphy with
map drawing.)
Evening session-English Grammar
and composition.
WEDNESDAYS.
Morning session-Primary arith-
metic
Evening session-Practical arith-
metic.
On the remaining days, Thursday
and Friday. the Institute will be con-
Quoted as a school, class Rotations
regularly heard, aud the order of ex-
/ ercises announced every morning.
NIGHT SESSIONS
will be devoted to public lectures on
educational and literary subjects.
During the session of the Institute,
essays will be read on -
School Discipline"
''Calisthenics."
"0bject-teaching"
Best methods of securing the CO.
operation of parents"
Relation of education to future
life and other educational subjects.
Each County Superintendent is urg-
ed to attend the Institute located near
est to him, and to use all means in his
power to induce the teachers of his
county to do the same. All school
officers and teachers are cordially in
vited to attend and take part in the
exercises. The advantages to be de-
rived from mutual and cordial in
terchange of views among educators
cannot be over-estimated The public
are no less interested than educators
in the introduction of uniformity and
system into the schools Of the county,
and they are requested to be present.
Preparations have been made, at
the points where Institutes are held,
to entertain those who are in attend
ance. The only cost will be travelling
expenses. Do not lose such an oppor-
tunity. ii. Il. GARRETT,
| III. H. SMITH.
| july -. 1874.