The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-02-22

out their reports 10 the state superIn-
ten}ent, and would also give them
better control Of the schools under
their charge,
;. The Legislature should appro-
pirate money to sustain six normal
Institutes, three for the whites and
three for the blacks, one Of each
k nj T. be held for four weeks in each
grand division of the state. Several
Of the best AID most energetic edu-
Gators in the state declare that with
81 800 these institutes could be sus-
tainel anil made eminentiy useful in
imparting thorough and needful in
struc'ion to that large class of teach
crs who are too poor and too tinid
to attend the State Normal Institute
held at Knoxville. These institutes,
along with the Sta Normal College,
woul in . few years give Us an ade-
quato supply Of competent teachers.
/ hope the Legislature Will give this
suggestion IA favorable consideration
and that they ma sec it to be pro
Gtable investment To appropriate
81 800 to these institutes, and also
t" renew their appropriation OF $40,
900 70 the State Normal College.
6. There Is still another point to
which l wish to call attention, In
less something more is done than has
been done it will DO almost a century
b fore the amount of illiteracy in
Tennessee is reduced to a minimum
The numbe Of illitrrnte is about fl
tY thousand more than in 1870, al
though the percentage Is trife less.
Are the people Of Tennoss willing 10
leopard their moral and material
interest by suffering this incubus #
ignorance to rest upon them for de
cudes t. come? 1t should be Il r0wn
aF az quick ~ as possible, by inrreas-
ed taxation TOR public schools and by
appealing TO the federal government
for liberal appropriation to accom-
plish this work. Wherever | have
been have found the people willing
to receive the appropriation, however
avcree they NAV be 10 increased tax
alton. Occasionally some old poIiti-
cal fox has nterposcd objections to it
On the ground of it's bang IN, on
sIitutionnI, and tending towar : cen
traIization. But the old cry Of
Capitalization has been made OF ng
and 50 vften t!at there is Danger Of
its becoming obsolete. Occrcvrr tau
dem poruius, ut res puLiica yideIet
n qrd dctrimenti carPeret.
The report also contains extracts
from reports on normal work under
the supervision oftle state hoard Of
education, also rep rs showing the
condition OF the Nashville, Chaita-
Rooga and Knoxville city schools.
The ssp' rintendcut further says:
The summaries here st omitted
for cighty-two counties. The SUPER
tende Is for the counties Of Cheat
ham, G alb ,rne, Crocket', Unrkins,
Henderson, NJ ,rior, Obion, Sewer,
White and Williamson have fail,d II.
rei.art Since part Of this repO!I
Las been in type l have received re
ports from the surcrintendents #
the counties Of Gibson, Moore and
Robe ton. This unusual Iateness on
their part is tie result IF weakness
il the school law. 1t teachers an
TT rslees refuse to rel ort to the coun-
ty surerinten Zen hey have no way
to compHl them to report. When
the tables are filled for these coun-
ties they are from the reports Of 1881"
HoLAA1iC /, rULAr:oN.
Between SIX and twont, -ono year,
cf ngc-W White, 4OS 1854; colorcd,
lIU, SlJi total DIV, ~.
ICPIlS.
Number errollec---N hite, 207 $50
cplurcd, J6,G76; total, 2Gi, $50.
TEACHERS.
Number empluyed-WIite male,
3,165; vlite female, 1924; total
white, 1879; colored male, 013, col
cred female, $50; total ce.ored, ,2Ss;
grand total, ,687.
TTBLIC SCHOOL HoU r..
Stona or brick SIS, frame l,T5I.
O.. ,S63; total, 500.
NUMBER EETCTED DURING THE YEAR.
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