Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-12-08
REGULArrONS
OF the Public school Board, ClarlVs-
willie, Tenn.

0rAInHldT OCpdAb hAChlS anu AheO
eight grades.
z. In the Primary Department are
taught the alphabet, spelling in one
and two syllables, reading in first and
second reader, writing on states and
elementary drawing, embracing the
first two years, or first and second
grades also primary arithmetic.
8. In the intermediate Depart
ment are taught photography, read
ing and spelling, intellectual and
written arithmetic, elementary
grammar and geography, WISHING on
states and in copy books, embracing
the third, fourth and fifth grades.
4. In the Grammar Department
are taught writing, geography, En-
glish grammar, history OF the United
States, mental and written arithme-
tic, reading and spelling, declama-
ton and composition, embracing
thesixth, seventh and eighth grades.
TERMS.
In the schools there are two terms
a wear, each of five months. The
first term commences either on the
last Monday in August or the first
Monday in September. The second
term commences on the first or sec
ond Monday in February and closes
at the end of the tenth school month,
reckoning from the time of opening
the fall session.
HOURS OF TUITION.
6. The schools are opened daily
except ON Saturdays and Sundays.
During the school months of Sep
TENDER, April, May and June the
regular school hours are from a:
IN. to 1 D. m. During the school
months Of October, November, De-
cember, january, February and
March the regular hours are from 8
q. m. to D. M, with an inteTn1iSSiOn
not exceeding fifteen minutes; this in
Permission to be as near the middle
of the schOO. day as possible. If the
schOOlsar continued under one daily
session this will be the rule f.; if with
two daily sessions the schools will
open at 9 a. m. and close at 4 p. M,
with an hour and half intermissiOn
for dinner,
z. Thirty minutes previous to the
time for opening school, the gates
and doors must be opened. Pupils
should be instructed not to come to
the school building earlier than that
time.
VACATIONS AND HOLIDAYS.
8. From the close of schools in
June till the last Monday in August,
or the first Monday in September,
the schools are vacated. The holt
days are inclusive of Christmas and
New Years day, Thanksgiving and
the Friday following, and such
other days as may be ordered by the
Board.
COURSE OF STUDY.
9. First .yedr.-Pupils shall be
taught from the board, cards and
first reader the elements Of spelling
and reading, writing and printing
with pencil from the book and at
dictation, counting up to 100, and
adding l, 2, 3, and 5, Arabic nOta-
ton up to 500, addition and sub
traction of numbers from to 10, and
in numbers not exceeding 500, calls
themes and vocal music.
10. Second yedP.-SecOnd reader,
Webster's speller, Arabic notation
and enumeration to 5000, addition
and subtraction of small numbers in
amounts not exceeding 5000, pri-
mary arithmetic to page 81, writing
tiplicatiOn table, Is, Is and 3s, calls
themes and vocal music.
IL. Third VedP.-WebSter'S Speller,
Roman notation to NJ, with rules, adj
ditiOn and subtraction of numbers
not to amount to more than $4,000,
multiplication and division by num-
bers from to II, in amounts less
than 10000, primary arithmetic to
- Of
States money, writing in No. copy
books, calisthenics and vocal music,
multiplication tables, As, rs, Is and Is.
II. Fourth yeGr.-FOurth reader,
Webster's speller, primary geOgra-
ply tOpage4 4, tOnOrth central States,
Intellectual arithmetic to page 40, to
fractions, cOpy-bOoks No. ,, calls
themes and vocal music, multiplied
ton tables, IS, 9s, los, lis and lbs.
l3. Fifth yeGr.-Fifth reader, first
half, Webster's speller, primary, ge-
Ography completed, intellectual
arithmetic from page 40 to page S4,
practical arithmetic to page 50, ele-
mentary grammar to page 81 mot
in for the presently, cOpy-bOoks No.
3, caliSthenics and vocal music.
II. Si.rth yeGr.-Fifth reader, last
half, speller completed, intellectual
arithmetic from page 81 to III prac
teal arithmetic from page SO to III,
geography No. , to page 81, through
United States, elementary grammar
begun and completed, cOpy-bOOks
No. /, calisthenics and vocal music.
II. .SereRth .YedF.-United States
history to Revolutionary War, page
I79, geography No. completed, in
tellectual arithmetic from page III
to 1913, practical arithmetic from
page III to 257, English grammar to
syntaX, page l24, composition and
defamation, calisthenics and vocal
music.
Is. Eighth yedr.-United States
history completed, intellectual arith-
metic completed, practical arithme-
tic completed, English grammar
completed, composition and declam-
alton, calisthenics and vocal music.
The text books used at present in
the schools are Rays arithmetics,
Ridpath's history, eclectic series
Biographies, Harvey's grammars,
Buffers readers, PaysOn. DuntOn
and Scribner's cOpy-bOOks and
Blackman's graded singers. After
this year drawing will be taught in
al the PTdu6S.
PUPILS.
J. All children between the ages
OF six and eighteen years who reside
in the corporate limits of GAINESVILLE
can attend the city schools free, and
those outside the corporation may
attend under such restrictions as the
Board may determine upon, prOvi-
ded they are laboring under no con-
tagious disease. Primary pupils be
ginning school must enter during
thefirst month of the scholastic year.
Failing to enter then they cannot
until the commencement of the next
scholastic year.
>. All books furnished to pupils
by the Board must be returned to
the Board when such pupils leave
school.
,. Pupils shall comply with all the
rules and regulations for the govern
ment of the school to which they are
assigned, and shall submit to such
penalties or punishment as may be
prescribed for bad conduct. Should
parents or guardians object to the
F,,a,,Ns,,, - .srv-YN,V.,al Rf,islrnnrNf