The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-30
COUNTY WILL HAVE
 UNIFORM COURSE
Committee Decides on Studies
 for Public Schools
TEACHERS MEET SATURDAY
Supplementary Reading Course Also Decided Upon-Wil Probably Be Approved By Jefferson County
 Teachers Association.

The committee appointed from the Jeff ferson County Teachers association for the purpose of preparing uniform course of study for the county and a uniform course of supplementary has finished its work
 The report will be submitted for adop- tion at the next meeting of the association which will take place at ten o'clock next Saturday morning, September 5, on the second floor of the Jefferson county court house.
 The committee consists of W. Fl. Bowen, chairman Dr. J. H. Phillips, Supt. l. W. McAdory, L. P. Self and II. D. McKin- non. The members have worked faithful ly on the report and 1t Is expected there will be little objection to it's adoption as submitted. The report in full as 1t will be submitted is as follows;
 The Report. To the Jefferson County Teachers associ-
 ation:
 We, your commltte appointed to pre- pare the outline of a uniform course of study for the schools of Jefferson county, beg leave to submit the following as a ba- sis of work and guide to the teachers during the session 19O3-4 Your committee begs to emphasize the importance of the work during the first three years of the course. The, chief dan ger in most of our schools is the tendency to push children too rapidly through the earlier stages of the course and thus fall to secure the thorough assimilation of the subject matter presented. Your committee recommends that the subject of physiology and hygiene should receive attention in each grade, but if textbook Is desired, that 1t should be placed in the sixth year of the course.
 Your committee further recommends list of forty supplementary reading books, arranged by grades. These suggested books have been selected with special ref erence to the correlation of their subject matter with the other works of the course Teachers should select at least two of these books for use in each grade during the year. We recommend that teachers of ungrad- ed schools shall classify or group their pupils, so far as possible on the basis of the course of study, and thus eeonomize time and effort Pupils should not be passed to a higher grade until they can show evidence of thoroughness in the lower. Respectfully, W. II. BOWEN, Chairman Committee.
 Course of Study. The following synopsis of course of study is based upon seven years work of nine months each: Grade |, First Year. Reading Chart or primer, first reader, | supplementary selected Spelling-Selected words. 1 Writing-Copying words and sentences. Language-Oral expression; sentence | building. ithmetic-Treatmen of numbers 1 to To- counting and writing to 1000. Geography Conversational, tplace and direction. History-Stories and fairy tales. Drawing-Under direction of teacher. Vocal Music-Rote songs chart A.
 Grade H., Second Year.
 Readng-Second reader supplementary selected.
 spelling-selected words, Branson's first book to page 65. Writing-Semi-slant copy books "A" and "B." Language-Oral and written reproduce tion, development of statements rithmetic-Treatment of numbers to 100. reading and writing to 10000; Van Amburgh's first days in numbers.
 Geography-Develop maps of county, state. United States and the globe. History-Fairy tales, stories of local biography Drawing-Book one, shorter course.
 Vocal Music-Rote songs, manual sing ing, chart B.
 Grade III, Third Year. Reading-Third reader. supplementary selected.
 Speling-Selected words; Branson's first book completed. Writing-Semi-slant copy book, one and two.
 I.anguage-Modern English lessons to page S4 sense analysis.
 Arithmetic-E arithmetic to page 161. Geography-Develop definitions, Maury's elementary geography to page 31.
 History-Stories of American biogra- phy
 Drawing-Book two. shorter course. Vocal Music-Book one, short course. Grade Iv, Fourth Year. Reading-Fourth reader, supplement tary selected. spelling-selected worlds blank speller; Branson's first book reviewed.
 Writing-Semi-slant copy books. three and four.
 Language-Modern English lessons, page s4 to page 199; sense analysis.
 Arithmetic Elementary arithmetic, page 161 to page 239.
 Geography Elementary geography, page 3l to page 120.
 History-Blblical and classical stories: primary history.
 Drawlng-Book three, shorter course