Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-06-20
Educational Meeting.

Ccnnly Superintendent, L. j..
Rivcs, there was a meeting of
the School Directors Of Lincoln
county, held at the courthouse
on Saturday, June 18th,
The Superintendent opened
the meeting with a few well
timed and appropriate remarks
upon the advantage Of unifor-
mliyin the method Of conduct
ing our public schools, and
called the attention Of the Dr.
rcctors to the propliety Of fixing
certain peurs for opening and
closing lhc public schools each
day, ard regulating the inter-
walls for recreation, dc. After
considerable discussion which
was participated in by Messrs.
Ashby, McCown, Mckenzie,
Taylor, Corder, Baxter, Wood
ard and w alker, it finally, upon
motion Of Smith l.. Walker,
Esq, was decided that the pub
lie schools Of Lincoln county,
from the 1stof July to the Goth
of September, open each day at
~ o'clock a. M, and close al s.
p. m, with intervals for rccrea-
ton of 10 minutes before noon,
IL hours at noon and Is minutes
afternoon; after the goth Of Sep
TENDER the schools shall each
day open at s O'Clock a M, and
close at 4 p. m, with intervals
for recreation Of Is minutes be-
fore and 10 minutes afternoon
and l hour at noon.
The Superintendent then
called the attention Of the Di-
rectors to the subject Of the
employment and pay of teach
ers. After consideration and
discussion at some length it was
decided that hereafter Directors
in employing teachers should
be governed in the prices paid
them by the grade Of the GER
lificatc held by the applicant.
The Superintendent then
called the attention Of the meet
ing to the merits and advanta-
ges of "McGufcy's Primary
Chart" and upon motion of Ii.
f. Childs, Esq, it was deter
mined that each Public School
in the county should be furnished
with one Of these charts.
Upon motion Of S. Ii. Tay-
Tor, Esq, the Board decided to
furnish each school ia the coun-
ty with one Of Buffers Physi-
cal Wall Maps Of the United
States, small sized. The sub
/ icct Of text looks was then Ia
ken up Tor consideration, and
the Superintendent suggested
the adoption Of Watson's in-
dependent series Of Readers.
Mr.. Taylor made a motion to
this effect, which after discus
sion was voted down and the
following resolution offered by
G. B. Mckenzie, Esq, was a
dopted-
"Roso7rod, That McGuffey's
series Of readers be adopted as
the series Of readers to be used
in the public schools of Lin
coin county, and that every pu-
pill buying new reader be re-
qnircd to bny McGuffey's read
er, and the teachers in the pub
lie schools are urged to exercise
every Legitimate influence to in
ducc parents TO purchase these
readers for their children, and
the District Directors are ear
nestly requested to exert them
selves TO introduce McGufiey's
readers, in order that we may
have a uniform series of readers
in our public schools"
1t was then, upon motion, de-
termincd to adopt Venable's
History OF the United States,
as the History to be used in the
public schools, and teachers and
directors are urged to exert
themselves to procure Its intro
duction. The Superintendent
then addressed the meeting up
on the necessity and Importance
Of teachers institutes. After
listening with a considerable
degree of interest 10 the re-
marks of the Superintendent on
this subject, the following res
olutiun was adopted: "Resolced,
That hereafter in employing
teachers we will require them
to attend the teachers institute
at Fayetteville once a month,
if such an institute is organized
by our County Superintendent,
and this they shall be required
to do unless they can offer a
good and sufficient excuse for
neglecting such attendance,
and if it is necessary to enable
teachers to attend this insti-
tute, they may dismiss their
schools Friday afternoon pre-.
ceding the Saturdays upon
which the institute will be held"
Upon motion Of Smith L.
Walker, at least one director
from each school district is re-
quested to attend at every meet
ino of This inStifufp