Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-12-23
w WASHINGTON COUNTY
SCHOOLS.
III. PREeN ELL, SuP'r.

eIR II beg leave to submit
the accompanying report Of the Schools
visited by me according to appointment.
NrNfn MAYS. s.
Mis- RbOda y. Harris, principal. The
school is large and still increasing. The
classes are we'll organized. Industry and
good order prevail. Tue instructions are
thorough and precise. The best methods
Of instruction are employed. The schoo
is every way an interesting and important
one.
The building is in good condition, com.
Portable, aud room neatly kept. Text,
books sufficient and conforming tu the reg
ular, established course.
Register kept with care and accuracy.
Monthly reports ma de to directors.
Directors visit the school.
aENTH, HUNTERS.
A. NJ. Jervis, teacher. The school not
in session. Mr. Jervis having temporarily
suspended on account Of affections in biz
family.
Tie O. oil had aio>d opening wi b 6ne
prospects of a prosperous session. Mr..
JerviS has taught several successful schools
at tins place and has won the appreciation
of both pupils and patrons.
ELEVENTH, BELLS.
DR., u. Armstrong has charge Of this
school again. being bis second Session a,
this place.
He is experienced aud competent, aud
has one among the largest schools in the
county. The citizens are determined to
keep up the school interests in the com.
munity and the pupils manifest Q lively
zeal Ia their studios.
The building is q very respectable,
good sised log, with good stoves. Seats
in bad plight. 1t is contemplated 10
~re-seat the room.
There is also a scarcity Of Textbooks
but the tenehsr is using q supply Of proPs.
texts.
Regitter properly kept. Monthly re.
port filled out. Directors visit tho school.
TWELFTH, ROME HILL, JOHNSON CITY.
The colored school at shis place i.
making excellent progress. 1t was orgaL.
lied through the agency Of Mr.. Yurdly
Mener, Of philadelphia, wiz supple.
ments the school fund with donations from
the society of friends which be represents.
The school is under the management
and instructions Of Miss. Lizzie Conard
also Of Philadelphia. The discip iue il
very good and effected in q quiet way
without haste or buster. The ~instrue.
tions are accurate. we'll timed and sp>
propriate.
Superior methods are employed.
The colOred people have made i'm,
provements on the building. They have
purchased q new stove, white.washed
the room, and filed the windows with pew
sash aud glass. Room kept in good order.
Register very neat and accurate.
Monthly report fOrthcomi ng, Directors
visit the school.
THIRTEENTH, SCIENCE HILL, JOHNSON
CITY.
LIST. Mr.. Willie Wright is principal Of
this school. Though this is his 6rst at.
tempt 70 teach. the school is giving very
general satisfaction. Mr.. Wright exhibits
very good tact in administering his in
strSctions.
The building is two story brirk. with
vestibule in front. 1t is very substantial
and if properly finished, one among tht
best school Buildings in the county.
; End. Mrs. Ann johnson occupies one
apartment Of the building. She is {
lady of cultivation and has had consider
able experience in teaching. The exer'
cises under review consisted of dsclsma
tions, extracts and class drill in Fiftl
Reader.
Textbooks not entirely uniform Will
the adopted course.
FOURTEENTH, OAK GRvE.
i, The school at this place is small ant
f entirely supported by private subscription
o Mr.. Joseph Clark has charge of the school
t There has bsen no school OF this plac,
s for several years. Tha house is an excel
lent one. veil furnished with stoves. desks
= and b~lsekbosrds.
1t rs hoped the Directors vii Place tn
school under the provisions Of the schoo
$ law that the nitisens may avail themselye
q Of the benefits Of the public fsnds.
). Mr.. Clark Is doing . good service en-
deserves soeoursspm eut, in efsring th
means Of instruction 10 the little oses o
the ~neighbsrhOod who have hitherto bee
denied the means Of eslture.