Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-02-16
OUR SCHOOLS.
Synopsis Of the Report OF superIntend'
ent FIem1RR-EncOuFaEiB Exhibit
Of Educational Advancement.

Advanced sheets, says the Nashville
/ Banner of Saturday, of the annual re-
port Of Colonel John NJ. Fleming, State
superintendent OF public instruction,
| were laid on the desks OF the members OF
| the legislative committee on education
yesterday. The following is a synopsis
Of his report:
Scholastic population for 1873: White
male, ISL, ,559; white female, 152, ,023;
total white, 3I3, ,592; colored male, So,
635; colored female, SO, 96S; total coloTed,
104, ,603; total, AIS, ,l85.
Scolastic population for 1874: White
male, 1853, $50; white female, l53, ,39S; to-
| tai white, 3l6, 52S; coIored male, So, ,0o4;
colored female, 50,S52; total colored,
l03, $50; total, 400, ,3S4. Increase over
| previous year, 2l99.
Number OF pupils enrolled Marion (l)
county not reportingl, 25S,577. Average
attendance, excepting Cheathsm, Cooke,
Coffee, Decatur, Lake, Marion and
Scott (7) counties, l61 ,0S9. Number OF
schools organized, excepting Marion a.
county-white, 1927; colored, 923; total,
5150. Number of teachers employed, eX-
cepting Marion () county-white male,
$500; white female, 1880; colOred male,
627; colored female, 294; total, 555l.
Average number Of months taught du-
ring the year, for the State, S53 Av-
erage per month paid teachers, for the
State, S33 03. Number Of teachers Ii
censed, except in Marion Q) County
white msler 4l57; white female, 1l22;
colored male, 674; colored female, 81 !;
total, 1884. Number Of applicants ex-
amined, excepting in Marion ~ cOun-
ty, $3.50.
Receipts Of moneys for school purposes
for scholastic year ending August 81,
1874: From the State, $265, ,95l So; from
counties, S522, 453 Ia. Total, $685.
l 404 703
ISAmount received from district and
city taxation, Sll2, $50 II; from other
sources, 81 AIS %. Total received for
the entire State (including cities), $685.
459 l0i.
Expenditure OF school moneys: Paid
teachers, 1853, 459 IS; building, repair
| ing and furnishing scho0lhOuses, Sl0l,-
I S75 IS. Salaries OF county superintend-
ents, S37, ,O23 81. Other expenses,
/ S69, OH o. Total Including cities),
! s977, ,346 46. Total Exclusive of cities),
| SIT, ,492 971. Expenses of State su-
perintendent's Office GDcluding salary,
! 1892 so. Total Excluding cities),
$751;, ,2S5 573.
In regard to the selection OF students
! for the State agricultural college, Mr..
| Fleming suggests that il the selections
were directed to be made from the pub
lie schools OF the several counties, ac-
cording to the proficiency Of pupils In
such schools, not only would the Agri-
cultural college be supplied with bet
ter or more promising class OF students,
but the appointments would, in gene
raj, fall upon youths better entitled to
the benefit. By such an arrangement
not only would the college be relieved OF
much preparatory labor, but very
strong incentive to better application to
their studies would be given TO the pu-
pills Of the public schools. Referring to
the proposition made by DR.. b. Sears in
behalf OF the Peabody fund, to appro-
priate six thousand dollars annually for
the support OF State normal school in
Tennessee, which was lost last year,
Superintendent Fleming stated that he
is authorized to renew the proposition.
In regard to the co-educasion Of the
races, he ssys: "The school law is sb-
solutely impartial in its provisions as
affecting the races. The same school
age is prescribed for cOlored IS for white
children; they are eouRted alike in the
apportionment OF school moneys; they
are entitled to pursue the same studies;
they are subject 10 the same school off,
cers and 10 the same general school regu-
lstions, and no special regulations are
tolerated that prefer the rights OF one
race to those ofthe other. Colored peO-
l pie are eligible as teachers, school di-
rectors, county superintendents, and
State superintendents, just as they are
/ eligible to the civil offices OF the State OF
! general government. The only distinc-
I ton between the races recognized by
1 our school law is In the mode Of organ
/ izing the children into schools. Under
/ the Imperative provision Of our State
constitution, and for the manifest good
| OF both races. the law provides that