Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-14

Tennessee, under the authority of the
State Superintendent, will be held as fol-
lows:
At Shelbyyille, July 20.
At Columbia, July -.
At Lebanon, August =.
Al GAINESVILLE, August 10.
Each Institute will continue in session
one week. During the daytime instruct
ton will he 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 branches. The evenings will be de-
voted to public lectures from persons Of
experience and eminence as educators and
friends of education.
These institutes will all be under the
| professional charge of Prof. w. X. Garrett,
County Superintendent for Giles county,
assisted by Prof. II. II. Smith, of Shelby
vile, and others. They will De open TO
teachers from all parts Of the State, and
teachers of private schools are respectfully
invited to attend and participate in the eX-
| ercises.
The County Suplrintendents of Bedford,
Maury, Wilson and Montgomery, reSpec-
lively, will be expected to superintend
whatever local preparations may be neces-
saTy for the holding of the Institute and
the entertainment OF teachers.
At each Institute, there will be three ses-
sionS day, assfollows:
Morning sessions from 8 A. NJ, to y NJ.
Evening sessions from p. NJ, TO $50
Pm.
Night sessions from s 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 below:
MONDAYS.
Morning session-Wrlting and United
States History.
Evening session-Spelling and reading
(chart and card method explained).
TUESDAYS.
Morning session - Geography with
map-drawIng).
Evening session-English Grammar and
composition.
WEDNESDAYS.
Morning seSsion-l'rimary arithmetic.
Evening sesSiOn-Practical arithmetic.
On the two remaining DAYS, Thursday
and Friday, the institute will be conducted
as a school, class recitatiOns regularly
heard, and the order of exercises annOun-
ced every morning.
NIGHT SESSIONS
will be devoted TO public lectures OH edu-
catiOnal and literary subjects. --
During the sessions of the Institute, es-
saws will be read on -
''School Discipline"
"CaiiSthenics."
sObiect-teaching."
BEST methods of securing the co-opera-
ton Of parents"
"RelatiOn of education to future life,r
and other educational subjects.
Each County Superintendent is urged to
attend the institute located nearest to him,
and to use all means in his power TO ill
duce the teachers Of his county to do the
same. All school officers and teachers are
cordially invited to attend and take part in
the exercises. The advantages to be de-
rived from a mutual and cordial inter-
change of views among educators cannot
be Over-estimated. The public are no less
interested than educators in the introduce
tion of uniformity and system into the
schools Ofthe rounty, and they are request
ed to be present.
Preparations have been made, at the
points where institutes are held, to enter
tain those who are in attendance. TIE
only cost will be travelling expenses. Do
not lose such an opportunity.
III. II. GARRETT,
July IS, 1874. III. II. SMITH.