Oxford eagle., 1897-05-27
GRADED SCHOOL f.
To the Public.

The trustees of the Graded
school have received the term
report OF the superintendent and
teachers. This report shows
a total attendance of 33S pupils
of which 81 reside out of the
schoo! limits, nearly one.dlth
of the whole. The report also
shows the primary room had
the very excessively large mum
Der of ~ in it, having in it first
and second grades, I think.
There are twelve grades but
only six rooms and six teachers.
The school is too large for the
number of teachers. Pupils or
curriculum or both should be
reduced or teachers increased.
A serious difficulty about in
creasing the number of teachers
is lack of room and lack of
money. There is a deficit in
the school treasury; so learn.
The teachers cannot be paid in
full for last month. Same was
the case last year. | think the
patrons who live out of the linn
it's ought to petition the Mayor
and Aldermen to be brought in.
This is provided for in See.
1913 of the Code.
This would avoid the trouble
of collecting fees from them.
then those who are not able to
pay would get the benefit free
just as those inside. Then they
could have representation on
the Board ofTrustees; i'll a word
they would become a part of
this separate school district for
all purposes. Then they will be
independent ofthe trustees both
inside and out. AS it Is now
the law, See. 1912 Code, does
not permit outsiders to attend
without the consent in writing
of the trustees of the district III
which they live, and also the
consent in writing of the town
trustees. This law will ofcourse
have to be strictly enforced rs
all laws should be 7 do not
wish to see those out of the
limits denied the benefit of the
Graded school but now think
| would like to see them come
in on an exactly equal footing
with the balance of us.
The house needs repairs an d
painting inside as recommended
by Superintendent Cowan but
there is no money.
Prof. Hightower County Su-
perintendentl. recommends "a
change in management to the
'.hall system" that is, keep all
the pupils in the main hall un-
der control and management OF
Superintendent or hall teacher,
the classes to be sent out to
rooms for recitation. l am told
this is the plan at Water Valley
and other graded schools. Ii
would relieve the teachers from
looking after other pupils in
their rooms during recitation
so the whole attention could BE-
given to recitation.
Again; there are two depart
ments of graded schools pro
vided for by See. 40I5 Code
"graded grammar SCHOOL, ant
graded high school, The for
mer is free but trustees may ii,
tuition fees for latter to be paid
by all pupils in the "high' de
partment whether they live il
bounds or out; or it may als'
. be made free. Do we need tn,
graded high school department
which has Latin, &c. Ii SC
ought not the fees be so tixe'
as to maIntain it. We, it seems
must have more money or les
school. The "graded gramma
school, is obliged to be FIRE
and it is obliged to cor
tain the entire common schot
E curriculum. independent of tn
!. -highr department. The "hIgh
e department is optional an
> whether fees or tuition is char;
4 ed in it is also optional with th
+ trustees.
This is an individual articl
it does not attempt to speak fc
anybody but the writer, an
there is nothing IN it by whic
he will be bound if anythin
better shall appear.
In fact the object of this pi
per is to call attention to th
4 situation and provoke discu
r sion, my own ideas being who
ly immature.
Now, 1st, Shall outsiders b
brought in. End. Shall nun
+ Der of teachers be increased
J, 3rd, Shall system be adopted
e 4th, Shall Latin department |
+. abolishedi
e Respectfully,
t. b. T. KIMBRoUGH.