The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-03-17
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
CONDUCTED BY PROF. REoAN.

NoNDbNAED bA fk0rs AEeANs
Teachers and other friends of Ed
ucation are cordially solicited 10
contribute articles for this column.
They must be brief as our space is
limited.
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There are 5l6,OOO educable chill
dren in this state. Each one Of
these has expended on II, the sum
Of $1.79 from the state treasury dur
ing the scholastic year. All chill
dren between the ages oi 3 and 21
years are considered in this distri-
button. The age at which pupils
are allowed TO enter and continue
in the public schools of the United
States differs greatly. 0lall the
states and territories, six admit
them at 4 years Of age, nineteen at
5, twenty at 6. three at Z and one at
s. Texas is the last. Twenty five
allow pupils to attend till they ar
rive at the age of 81. OF the re-
mainder, the "school age" termi-
mates at 20 in nine, at Is in seven,
at is in three and at Is in three.
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SOMETHING CONCERNING THE COUNTY
sUPERTNTENDENT
"Just ms nearly as one man can do
so, the superintendent represents
the educational status Of his child
rem. A stream never rises higher
than its source, and the schools will
occupy about the same place in the
public estimation that the superin-
tendent Goes in his profession. Ex-
ceptions may exist, but they are
rare.
''If the superintendent is broad
visioned, adaptable, has tact and |
enthusiasm, then lie will be able TO
secure the best matter and methods
for the mental menu, which must be
prepared for the diverse tastes OF
the throng to whom he ministers
and he can have this menu served |
with very little friction.
expert supervision is 10 be the
supervision ofthe future. The su-
perintendent's energy oughtto be ex-
pended in giving systematic policy |
to the methods aud grading OF his
schools. II Is the business of the |
superintendent To create an educa-
tional atmosphere in his county. u.
rouse enthusiasm among his teach
ers in their work, and direct public
sentiment ia regard to education, !
into right channels"
This extract from The address of
the State Supt. of New Jersey has
our hearty endorsement.
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Teachers who desire to attend n
summer normal institute. read the
following:
NORMAL TRAINING AT THE STATE
UNIVERSITY.
The trustees at their last meeting
reinstated Mississippi as n sharer
in the Peabody Fund. DR.. j. L.
NJ. Curry. the general agent, set a
part $4,000 To be used in this state
the present year for the support OF
twelve scholarships in the Peabody
Normal School at Nashville, and
for establishing summer normal
schools for training teachers.
1t will require fifteen hundred
dollars TO support these scholar
ships. The rest OF the fund will be ..
expended on two summer normal
institutes for each race, and on a
training school for conductors OF +,
county Institutes.
The conductors training school /
and one normal institute for whites /
will be held at the Mississippi Uni I
at Oxford, the former from /
June 9TH to 23rd the latter begin /
ming June 18th and continuing tour
weeks.
The conductors school will be for |
The full time, under the charge of :
an eminent educator and institute '
expert. During its progress Chan
cellor Payne, of Nashville, will de- }.
liver two or three lectures. All !
1ho intend to conduct county insli- !,
Lutes this summer will be expected
10 attend this training school, and b
The instructions will be free to all 4
who choose to come. The school c
will be continued from year to year, 4
for the purpose OF training profess c
those who desire to engage
in the future institute work. The I
course Of this year will be extended j
along higher lines for next year and
4 course of reading be prescribed
for the interim, thus making the
work progressive. :
The county institutes during the
summer will give five or six weeks 4
at an average salary of {
40 per week, which will justify
leading teachers in making the am
pIest preparation 20 6t themselves
Tor the work Of teaching teachers.
Mnsf Of the counties have esiab- {
I;ehad ar will eetahlisl this year ,