Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-24
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the state ll"rlntsU0H0I al Futl' III
struction. and NJ. &. r. Esrus, oc KNOX
county, wss requested Ia ~; H. s,.,-e-
tary.
The following :. liz, t.: tAe County
Superiuienisuts present.:
r. w. Weakley, " Davidson county; !;
J. x. Dean, ~ Bedford H. Presncli,
Of Washington; W. L. Sharp, of Brad.
ley; J. 4. Mitchell, Of T.oudon r. G.
Karns, Of KNOX Joseph Janeway, OF
NcMinp J. II. Trent, % EsmhIen :;
DR.. &. y. ID. Russell, uf Campbell; ].
b. 6. Edmondson, Of Hawkins: ]. A.
Newton, Of Hoane
Quite number Of tea shers sud mem.
bers Of the state Teachers Association
attended the meeting, and some of them
took part in the discussion
state superintendent Fleming an
nounced that be had prepared no spc.
cial programme. and indeed had no
special subject 10 call their attention
to. Yet the most important subject
for the Convention was that OF Teach
ers' Institutes, and as il was impracti-
give his personal attention TO all the
Institutes, he would have to call on
County Superintendents 20 assist him.
The Institutes in the eastern portion
of the State will be In charge of Prof.
Presnell, of Washington county.
Prof. w. r. Garrett, of Giles county,
will have charge of the four Institutes
in Middle Tennessee, which will be
held in August.
Superintendent Pickett, of Mem
phis, will have charge of the West
Tennessee Institutes.
For the support of these institutes he
has in his charge 500 for each insti-
tute. OF course this would not meet
all the expenses, but it was expected
that the remainder will be paid by the
citizens of the locality in which the
Institutes will be situated, or in other
words, local hospitality is expected to
make up the deficiency, as the amount
appropriated will go to pay for the pro.
fessional services required for the con
Quoting of the Institutes.
Superintendent Earus stated that it
was the general understanding that
one of the Institutes Wi! L. held at
Knoxville, and hc waS informed by
Mr.. Rayl, that arrangement, will be
made 70 Hospitality entertain the teach.
srS.
II wa then decided that the mr., be
held az Cleveland on the nth OF July,
the second al Knoxville, on the 3l of
August, and the one in upper East
Tennessee al Limestone, on the l7th of
August.
PROT Woakley felt that the success
OF the free schools depended, 10 a great
extent, upon the SUperintendents.
There were two Glasses Of teaolers'to
deal wiJG.-a timid class that fear the
Institutes, and the other class that
knO everything, and you could not
learn them anything at all He never
saw II man yet he could not learn
something from. The Institutes should
lee supplemented ny County Institutes.
Prof. Dean thought that resolution
had been passed, directing Supsrin~
tendents IN use their influence with
directors 10 allow teachers their time
while they attend the Institutes. He
thought il was nothing but right aud
would tend 10 bring them out.
Prof. Sharp, of Maryvillc, urged that
SHpsrintendents should take special
,care 70 inform the poorer class of
teachers that they will no, he exposed,
but that they will receive good, and
also that they will have a bearing on
their certificates for the coming year.
He made some points in regard 10 a
uniform system of examining; 50 that
when a teacher goes from Que county
10 another, he may be examined in the
same manner. As il now stands,
County superintendent have different
ideas kas To examining and The re-
quirementS necessary 10 make "a good
teacher; thus il often occurs that a
teacher is refused certificate in one
county goes to another and gets one,
and hence it brings one of the Super
intendents into discrediL. 1t brought
the office OF County Superintendent
into discrediI with the people.
Prof. Brown, Of Messy Greek, madt
some remarks on the Institutes. He
feared that not many of the teacher.
from Jefferson county would be pres
ent, unless they were held before the
first Of August,
Prof. Russell thought the difficulty
could be easily reDedied. Let the
directors Of the district allow the teach
er his time, and le. him quit his schoo
a week. The people will receive 8
greater benefit 10y him going than stay
inC.
NJ Ca-JeeI, of the Shicldstowu
school, Endorsed the above.
Prof. Trent urged that matters SHOULD
not De pushed, as the whole system i,
only in its incipiency, and be feared tha
taking teachers out of the school room
would not be met with favor by tn,
people, Ss the importance Of the Insti
tutes can not be explained TO many o
them.
Mr.. Sharp, of Maryville, thought
that the matter might be cOmpromiseC
by having the Teachers Institute al
Knoxville about the 9th Of JUL.
1t was decided that the matter bt
left with Prof. Presnell, who will an
nounce IL il the change is made.
Col. Fleming explained that he un.
derstoOd these Institutes were free Il
all teachers, private and public.
superintendent Russell, of Camp
bell county, thought they needed some
instruction as TO examining teachers
He was forced to give certificates in
his county that he was ashamed Of
but 1t was the best he could do; and
yet in many cases some of them went