Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-08
Report or state superintendent
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IN interesting document, furnishing !
much valuable information concerning |
he schools of the state. We copy |
rom 1t the following report, submitted
Oy our wide-awake and efficient coun.
~ superintendent, Frank M. Smith.
This report presents Knox county
In a very eDviable light, and by com
parisOn shows our good county to be
forward in educational matters. There
is no reason why she should not con-
tinue to lead, provided directors and
teachers will render all needed help to
the superintendent:
Public schools are very popular in
Knox county, especially are they go in
the city of Knoxville, where they are
in excellent condition, and receive the
hearty support of the very best men Of
the city.
PRIVATE sCHooLs.-But two pri-
vate schools outside the city of Knox
Vile were conducted during the entire
year-oDe by Prof. w. G. Gibbs at
Graveston, and the other by Prof. w.
l.. McSpadden near the city. The
other private schools mentioned in
this report were taught after the close
of the public schools.
The public schools usually open in
August, and, as general thing, con-
tiDue five months.
No, OF APPLICANTS EXAMINED
Under this heading you see il is left
blank, and this is the explanation,
viz: Ia March a conference of the
leading teachers of the county was
called for the purpose of considering
the propriety of holding normal
school during the vacation, and it was
unanimously decided to hold two nor
NAL schools, one for the white teachers
and one for the colored. Therefore, a
convention of directors and teachers
were called to meet in Knoxville, May
10, to take action in the premises.
Every district was fully represented.
Aid was asked for from the pub
lie school fund. but was objected to by
| the teachers. The directors, however,
voted fifty dollars 10 meet the Incl.
| dental expenses of the coloIed normal
school, and for this reason, viz: Last
year an appropriation was made for
| normal school purposes, aud the white
teachers received all the benefits, con-
sequentIy this fifty dollars Was grant
| ed as a set-oH
ThereupOn the uperintendent took
active measures to open and hold said
| schools. The one for the whites wa
held at Concord, beginning June 80
and continuing four weeks, with the
following instructors: w. II. Perkins
of Concord, principal and instructor in
history and geography; L. 9. Karns
of Cleveland, Instructor in geology
and astronomy; w. l.. McSpadden, o.
Knoxville, instructor in English gram
mar and outline geography; w. r
Murphy, of Knoxville, instructor in
elocution, reading and photography
James Wallace, of Concord, instructor
in drawing; and F. NJ. Smith, instruc
tor 10 penmanship and oral and writ
ten arithmetic.
A series of very interesting and in
stTuc;ive lectures were delivered by
Prof. Ed. s. Joynes, OF the UniversilA
Of Tennessee.
The colored normal school was helC
at Knoxville. and in Knoxville Col
lego, with Prof. w. p. Hastings, o
Maryville, as principal, assisted by hi
daughter.
Both of these schools were very sue
cessful. The school at Concord en-
rolled 104, with daily attendance o
100 Tue one at Knoxville enrolled
40, with daily attendance OF 81.
At the close Of these schools tn
| teachers were granted normal schoO
certificates; and these certificates wer
duplicated by the county superintend
emf, and by all the superintendents o
the adjoining counties, consequently
very little attention was paid 10 th
examination of teachers in the oil
way.
Many teachers from other countie
we're in attendance. The norma
school is established.
TEXT Books, MAPS. CHARTS
HOUSES, ETC.-Our county now ha
o unirorm set of text books land W
call them good), viz: New American
Spoilers, New American Readers
New American Arithmetics, Mitch
clips Biographies, Clark's Brief Gram
mar, Buffers Pictorial History OF tn
United States, and Saftork's Geology
of Tennessee.
Nearly every school in the county i
supplied with Mitchell's Outline Map
Qarge series), and New American
Reading Charts.
Some'excellent school houses ar
now being erected, and in a short tim
every eighborhood will have a mode
school-house, we'll supplied With th,
very best apparatus. Everything i
working admirably. A perfect IN
Outstanding between the superinten
dent and each board of directors. No
a single instance has there been AM
dissatisfaction among the authorities
Schools opened August Alb, and, q
this writing, the uperintendent ha
visited nearly every one of them, an
is very proud to say that they are il
very fine working order.
How They Feel at Adrian. Mich
Reed, Beach d Smith, druggists c
this city, say that DAYS KIDNEY PA
is giving the very best Of satisfaction
One of their customers says he woul
not take two hundred dollars fer tn
one he has if he could not get another
Opening Ball at MOntvale
Springs.
ON FRIDAY, JULY 9TH.
Round trip tickets and board fror
Friday to Monday morning. Sc 90.
Tickets will be sold by K. & A
r r. Co.
Board has been reduced:
Per day....."."..........". .........$ 2 G
Fer week ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10
Per Is G
Round trip tickets with week
board, $1,000. viiSd2t
Love rules the court, the camp, tn