The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-06-18

or tardy must bring a reasonable
excuse from parents or guardian.
When the excuse is not reason
able, punishment is inflicted.
Under this plan truancy, which
was general at first, has been re-
duced to minimum.
A monthly record of every pu-
pill is kept by the teachers. At
the end Of the month report
cards are handed to the pupils
showing their attendance, con-
duct, and marks made on all their
studies, and they are required to
take these report cards
home to parents, get their sigma
ture on the cards Ito show that
they have at least had an oppOr-
tunity to find out what their
children are doing in school
work. and to return the cards
to their teacher. The cards are
then handed to the superintend-
ent, and the reports thereon are
entered upou the school records
so that parents or teachers may
find out at any time what kind Of
work every boy and girl in
school is doing, and this record
serves as a guide in grading pu-
pills for the coming year.
F. Work of Teachers. There
| has been no friction in YOUR facul-
ty-teachers and superintendent
working in harmony, and be it
said with credit to all the teach
ers, no bitterness or discord Of
any kind has come up in the
faculty the whole year. Faith
full work has been done by the
teachers in the school rooms, and
every teacher is thoroughly COM
petent Of doing the work in her
grade. Generally speaking they
have been regular and prompt in
attendance, some of them not
having missed a day during the
whole school year. They have
maintained the interest of their
pupils in their studies, and, with
the assistance of the superintend-
ent, their pupils have been as well
disciplined as any body of Young
people could be disciplined.
Teachers meetings have been
held frequently during the past
year. At these meetings ques-
tions have been discussed and
problems worked out relating to
discipline, plans and methods of
| work, and such other topics as
pertained to general welfare Of
. the school. The only criticism
offer is that some of them have
been tardy a few times, and By
t so doing, have caused confusion
: at the morning exercises; anC
again, some Of them have faileC
f to make preparation for meeting
? their classes, and consequent!
7 the class work has dragged ant
| the results not what they shoulC
| have been. No teacher can reaC
3 a lesson over and teach it at th'
: same time, because it is a diff
e cult matter, under all circum
t stances, to hold the attention O
children, and it can't be done b,
the teacher who must continual
q ly refer to the text book to Sc
: what is the content of the les
y son.
o Every teacher should max
such preparation as to be thor
! oughly conversant with the mat
ter in every lesson, so that sh
Il may look into the pupils faces
" and discuss with ease the subjec
y in hand without references to tn
. text book.
=. G. Work of Pupils. The wor
v Of the pupils has been possibl
4 better than we expected it to be
" Nearly all the pupils came fror
;SS schools that were not graded an
< < consequently thay had not bee
- uniformly taught-being too ia
~ advanced in some studies and b.
!. hind in others. Fair tests wer
W y, given to all the pupils when the
= entered school and all of thel
9S were placed in that grade wher
,S 10 in the judgment of your supe
" intendent and teachers, the
20 would do most progressive worl
~ In a few instances we we're mi
- p taken as to the right grade for Il
~, pupils, and some changes wei
~ ~ made during the first month.
~ ~, great majority of the pupils hay
~ ~ been faithful in work, regular
~ ~ work, regular in attendanc
a. punctual in their duties, and +
" W spectful and obedient to the
u IN teachers; and as far as we ha
of rtf observed there has been le
of % friction among the students tn;
h. h. is generally found where
# many young people are togethe
" And now at the close of t
or year we find what has been 6
NJ NJ complished not only satisfactor
y" of but far beyond what we expeC
" " ed. The text book work,
~ ~ mapped out in the course
do study, has been we'll done in {
9r ~" cry grade, and almost all the (
~ Of pills who have been regular in
,d u tendance, and have stood fiji
Ied tests, have been promoted
nm nm higher grades for the comi
nd year.
re- III. SUMMARY.
nd l. General Statistics. The
Ger sessed value of property for
rk- town of Lumberton, white a
his colored, is $1,099, ,612. The
to 5essed value of railroad prope