Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-16
Public School Law.

ldlIl d uulloTIll system OF puhllr
schools passed March 6. 1878, and
approved March 10, 1878.
SECTION l. BE il enacted By the
General assembly Of he State Of Ten
neSSee, That section 81 of the Act
entitled "An Act to establish and
maintain uniform system of pub
lie Schools" passed March 6, 1873, be
so amended as to read:
|. There shall be two classes of dis
trict public schools, designated re-
spectively Primary Schools and Sec
ondary Schools.
The directors of each school dis
trict shall establish and maintain
therein as many Primary Schools as
may be necessary to teach the chill
dren of the district; but they shall
have due regard to increasing the
length of the school term for the ben.
eft of the district by limiting the
number of schools, and they shall
not waste the school funds by I'M
necessary multiplication of schools.
In every primary school shall be
taught photography, reading, writ
ing, arithmetic, grammar, geogra-
ply, History of Tennessee, and His
tory of the United States, containing
the Constitution of the United States;
vocal music and elocution, or the art
of public speaking, may be taught
therein, and no other branches shall
be introduced.
3. The directors of each school dis.
trict, whenever the interests of the
district shall require it, may estab-
lish and maintain therin one or more
Secondary Schools. Every Seconda-
ry School shall consist of a principal,
and when necessary an assistant or
assistants may be employed. In
every secondary school shall be
taught the following branches: Or
biography, reading, writing, arith-
metic, grammar, geography, Histo-
ry of Tennessee, History of the Unit
ed States, containing the Constitu-
ton of the United States, Elementa-
ry Geology of Tennessee, Elemental
ry Principles of Agriculture, ele.
ments of algebra, elements of plane
geometry, elements of natural phi
lOsophy, bookkeeping, elementary
physiology and hygiene, elements OF
civil government, and rhetoric or
higher English. Practice shall be
given in elOcution, or the art of pub.
lie speaking. Vocal music may be
taught, and no other branches shall
J be introduced.
SEC. 2. Be ID further enacted, That
section 80 of said Act be amended tC
read:
|. That the course of study in the
public schools of each county shall be
graded, and the system of promoting
, pupils through the several grades
shall be prescribed by the County Su.
perintendent thereof in accordance
with the general regulations of tho
, State Superintendent. The course Of
study in the Primary Schools shall
, consist Of five grades, and the course
of study in the Secondary Schools
: shall consist of eight grades-the frs
J five grades in each being identical.
: ,. Pupils completing the first five
grades and attaining proficiency
5 therein, shall receive a certificate
: from the State Superintendent certi
5 flying that the holder has completed
= the primary school course, which
, shall be countersigned by the County
| Superintendent and the District Di
rectOrs, and the teacher or teachers
of the school, and shall entitle the
I holder to enter the sixth grade Of tn,
, secondary school of any schOol-dis-
/ trict, which is now or may hereaf
e ter be established, and in which tn,
j, holder resides.
s 8. Pupils completing the eigh
: grades in the course of the secondary
e schools, and obtaining profcienc.
g therein, shall receive diploma from
d the State Superintendent, which shall
n be cOuntersigned by the Count,
g Superintendent, and by the DistriC
: Directors, and by the teachers of thu
a school, and which shall entitle tn
:. holder to enter the ninth grade O
). the high school of any high schoo
o district witch is now or may hereafte
: be established and in whichthe hold
If er resides.
/, SEC. 3. BE ii further enacted, Tha
Il it shall be the duty of the State Su
y perintendent to have printed and dis
= tributed to the school officers of til
State and to the County Courts of tn