Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-17
OF STUDY
As REVISED AND AMENDED Bf The
SCHOOL 6oAR0
At Its Meeting on thursday Night a Com
p!ste List Of the Various Studies
as Proposed by The
Committee on
Revision.
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION.

he A sub-diStrlct, q eacn SUD ulsLiiSt
shaIl be known by the name OF its cleo
ton district, thus: Washington sub
district. Clay sub district, Centre sub
district, Richie sub-district, Madison
sub-district, UAion sub-distrIct, Webster
sub-d!strict.
o. The highest or most advanced de-
n,rtment OF each OF the schools, known
nnn,ier the former system as Ward
s,Lools. shall be called a grammar
| school. and shall receive the name OF
the sub-district in which it is located,
thus: Washington grammar school,
Madison grammar school, Clay grammar
scbsol, Union grammar school, Centre
grammar school, Webster grammar
school, Richie grammar school.
81. All the subordinate departments
in each OF the aforesaid sub-district
schools shall constitute q primary school,
to be known by the name oil its sub
district, thus:
Washington Primary School, Madison
Primary School, Clay Primary School,
Union Primary School, Centre Primary
School, Webster Primary School, Ritchie
Primary School.
Each primary school shall nave lour
| divisions, to be regulated by the prof
cheney OF the pupils, which shall be
known as Division A, Division b, Dlvls-
| ion G., Division y: each division may,
however, have as many grades or sec
| tions as, in the opinion Of the Superln-
tendent, the circumstances may require;
the grades in all cases. to be regulated
by the proficiency OF the pupils IN the
| division.
4th. In the Primary schools the fol-
lowing shall be the course oil study In
the several divisions:
DIVISION d.
Reading ana Spering-Primer, First
and Second readers. The pupils to spell
TIE words contained in thelr reading
lessons; to give the elementary sounds
OF the language; to number their lessons
by the Roman numerals, aud the pages
OF their books by the figures; to give
the names OF the days and the months
OF the year. =,
MISUNDERSTANDING drill on a few OF
the simpler elements and Jefferson black
board and slate from copies made by
teacher on blackboard.
GeOgraphy-Oral~ instruction, city n
county.
General Exercises-ObIect lessons
Teachers guide, book entitled Things
Taught" Fiiteen.minute daily CONVEX
sations about the children's ~playthlngs,
different objects in the school room,
what they can see, hear, taste, SMELL
feel, do; n~eatness oil person, order, Cheer
fulness, duties of child to his parents,
etc.. colofs, red, yellow and blue; learn
to tell time on clock.
Language and Composition-The pu-
pills to be taught to express in their "
language what they know, material to
be the reading and object lessons; mis-.
pronunciation OF words and errors OF
Syntax TO be carefully corrected by
te achers; individual recitation to be
practiced as far as possible, recitation OF
poetry suited to this grade.
Arithmetic-Simple exercises in addi-
ton and subtraction; illustration by
means Of objects.
Drawing-Pupils draw on the slate
and the blackboard; teachers On. black
board horizontal, vertical, oblioue and
parallel lines, acute angles, aud TRAN
giles.
GRemarSs-This is the grade for oral
and blackboard instruction, and the
teacher is expected to use the black
board and such charts for teaching OBJ
ject lessons as are suggested by the
Board All subjects to be thoroughly
reviewed.
DIVISION c.
Reading and Spelling-Third read
er; as the pupils become able to
practice reading at sight, from
such books, magazines and papers
suitable for supplementary reading, as
may be suggested by the Board; the
pupils to define and spell the different
words found in their reading lessons
and to give the names and uses OF the
punctuation marks; daily drill in spell
ing from Watson's primary speller.
Writing-Primary writing books; pu-
pills will also use lead pencil and paper
daily drill.
Geography-0ral, city, county and
State. pupils to be taught the use of the
map Of West Virginia, the idea Of the
situation of places relative to each other,
and to the points OF the compass.
General Exercises-Object lessons:
The exercises OF Division d repeated
with fuller and more complete descrip-
ton of objects; subject matter and
teachers guide the same; fifteen minute
conversations on fruits and flowers,
color in connection with the two: the
human body and its different members,
such as head, face, skull, trunk,
arm, hand, &c.
language AMI Composition-Course
for Division ID continued and as the pu-
pills acquire facility in writing to give
short descriptions Of things, places,
events and persons; material to be the
object and reading lessons; pupils also
to be taught the use Of capitals at the
beginning OF proper lanes and the first
words OF sentences, the pronoun l as a
capital letter, the proper use OF a aud an
and this and that, with singular and plu.
raj forms; INSTRUMENTATION OF words
and errors OF Syntax to bs cal efully cor
rected by the teacher; individual recita-
tons to be practiced SO far as possible;
recitation OF poetry suited 10 this grade.
Arithmetic-Pupils shall be taught
the addition, subtraction. multiplication
and division tables; 10 solve plain men,
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these tables; to write upon the slate and
blackboard the Arabic characters CT fig.
ures, and all the numbers from / to
1000. The United States coins as high
as 81; the idea of two halves, one-half,
| three-thirds, two-thirds, one-third, four
fourths, three-fourths, %two.fourths, one-
fourth to be developed; the significance
OF inch, foot, yard TO be learned. 1t
shall be the aim Of the
teacher to lead the pupils TO acquire the
greatest possible accuracy and facility in
the operations of this course.
Drawing-Pupils draw on the slate
and blackboard, teachers on blackboard,
first straight and curved lines and their
combinations; second, copying easy fig
ures from the blackboard.
RENARKs-InIthis as in the preceding
grade it shall be the aim OF the teacher
to form habits OF attention and careful
observation; to 8 the blackboard, and
to make the object lessons as interesting
as possible. All subjects to be thor
onghly reviewed.
DIVISION b.
PSa6inv and SnrlIinO-Third reader