The Russellville Democrat., 1891-09-10
School Notes.

1S next Sesslo1 uA tHE hLsSeil- vile Graded School begins next Monday. It is thought that the prospect for g successful session is more favorable than ever before. The school Is well organized, the pupils are quite we'll advanced, the teachers are familiar with the work.
 To insure good results, it yet re- quires united effort of patrons, pupils and teachers.
 Parents must appreciate the value of education to their children. If they wish the best results, they must arrange the daily management of children's time with a view to school duties and relations. They must feel an interest in the school and heartily sustain the teachers in it's management. They should en- courage studious habits h the child ren, and see that the older ones de- vote two or three hours every day to the preparation of lessons outside of school They should see that pu- pills attend REGULARLY and PROMPTLY. No greater mistake is made by pa rents than allowing children to lose time from or step before the session closes. More than this, parents should aid their children by their sympathy and counsel, take 8 daily interest in their studies, and eu- courage them to put forth thelr best efforts con tinualIy. They should impress upon their children the duty of respectful and cheerful obedience to all school regulations. They should discourage fault finding, and in all cases of discipline. should CO., operate with the teachers in every respect. They should visit the school and encourage the teachers, always remembering that the teach CT IS their friend and is working for precisely the same result-the good of the children.
 They should understand that the teacher is selected on account of his superior fitness for the work of train ing the young, that he has given speclal thought to his work, and is, therefore, better qualified to decide what studies, what methods and what regulations are best suited to securing the true end of education.
 They should know that education is not mind crammlng process, it is not memorizing routine; it is not reservoir to be filled with the knowledge of the ages. Education in it's true sense, is training, de velopment, a remodeling of the whole being-body. soul, and spirit; the correction of bad habits and the formation of new ones, the agency for lifting humanity from plane of sloth and vice to one of yirtuous and useful activity. It is the ability to use all the activities, forces and mo- tives which God has put into man. From this standpoint, the parent can see how important it is that he be co-laborer with the teacher for ac- complaining thIs great end. He can see that courses of study and sub. jects of study have other aims as well as acquiring practical knowl edge. Finally, parents should re member that schools cannot se- cure the same results on all students They must commence with the men tai, moral, and physical capital pre- sented, and develop that to the high est extent of which it is susceptible. Teachers have their duties, children have theirs, school boards have theirs; but it is not to be forgotten that the parent is largely responsi- ble for successful school.
 The enumeration report of the Russellyille school district shows school population of 509 white chil- dren, of which PAS are males and 26l females. Also 72 colored persons of school age. The report to the coun. ty examiner for the year ending Jnne 30, 1891, shows that 466 pupils were enrolled in the white public school. 1 There was an average attendance of 2SS, of which IA were males and | l5l females. There were 60 students taught in the higher branches. In the colored school were enrolled 64 | pupils, with an average attendance of 40.