The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-19
Definite SYSTEM
ri -
Supt. Joyner Writes to
Superintendent.
Teachers Will be Held Responsible
for Adoption of Special Course OF
Study. A Good Working
Basis.

There is being mailed from the OF
fee of the State superintendent o.
Public instruction an important letter
to the various county superintendent
1t urges the necessity for reducing the
public school work to definite sys'
tenn and teachers will be held re-
sponsible for the adoption of the spe-
cial course of study for elementary
public schools.
The letter is as follows:
81 wish to urge you to enforce the
adoption of course OF study Tor the
elementary public schools contained
in the pamphlet issued from my OIL
flee some months ago. AT the tlIne
of it's publication | sent to every coun-
ty superintendent SUFFICIENT mum
Der of copies of this course or STUDY
to supply every public school teacher
If other copies are needed 10 supply
your teachers, send your oruer d.
once and it will be filled. See that
every teacher in your county has a
copy of this course of study, ana Is
notified that he or she Will be held
responsible for it's adoption. 1t is az
solutely necessary to reduce the work
of the public schools to some detlhlte
system. This graduation and classi-
fication of the work should be COM
menced at once. This course or STUDY
furnishes a good working basis Can
the attention of the teacher to the
fact that it will practically be i'm
possible to keep properly the new
register and make the new reports
unless this course of study is put INTO
operation in the schools at once.
Section 4165 of the Public School
r to-
shall not approve the final voucher
for the salary of any principal or
teacher until all reports have been
made according to law, and until the
register has been properly filled out
and filed with the chairman or the
school committee or with the county
superintendent of schools teacher
that fails to classify his school accord
ing to the adopted course or STUDY
cannot make out his reports and hll
out his register as required by law, ana
he ought not to receive his voucher
for salary until he has done ms duty
and obeyed the law. L thlhk also
that it would be well to require the
teacher to file the register with the
county superintendent after having II
examined and approved by the chalr-
man of the school committee, or the
entire school committee. SO that it
may be preserved and inspected by
the superintendent. These registers
containing complete record of the
progress of the different classes, should
be sent by the county superintendent
to the chairman Of the committee Oh
TO the teacher of the school next year
few days before the opening OF the
school.
KINDLY notify your teachers also
that Section 40S7. limiting instruction
in school with only one teacher &c
the elementary subjects that are the
foundation of an education. and allow
| ing instruction in other branches only
| i'm schools of more than one teacher
and only after adequate provision mas
been made in these for thorough IN
struction in the frSt-named subjects
must be strictly obeyed. We neec
more schools with two or more teach'
ers so that more thorough and more
advanced instruction may be given. Al
enforcement of this law will pc
lieve result in the establishment o.
more such schools and in much moro
thorough instruction in the elemer'
tary branches. If instruction IN the
higher branches is needed and de-
sired, a way will be found in most IN
stances to have a larger and ,bettel
school with two or more teachers.