The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-05
DELINQUENT IN I. I.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Discussed at Length in Super
intendent's Report.
Pupils win Take Part in Dedication
OF ID. A. n. Fountain
This Month.
SCHOOL BOARDS MEETING

At the regular monthly meeting oil
the school board held last night al
the. Washington building little bust,
ness OF important was brought before
the board. On request of Mrs. El
@. Boone. regent OF the Paducaf
chapter of the Daughters OF Ameri
can Revolution, Superintendent Car
nagey was instructed to dismiss the
schools on May IL or 10 which ever
is decided ON for the dedication oil
the fountain at Fifth street and
Broadway. at 2 o'clock 1t Is the in
tention OF the d. A. r. to have the
school children attend the exercises
in body. accompanied by the teach
ers of the schools. and to sing
America. The school children will
all be provided with small American
flags. Deals band win furnish the
music. i..lf ai-i1fr
Since the Lincoln school will not
have any commencement exercises
this year. because Of the High school
course being lensthened from 3 to 4
years. the faculty of the school re
.quested that the board give its sane
ton to a lecture. which will be given
under the auspices OF the school at
the Kentucky May IL. Mary Church
Terrell. coiored graduate Of obsr-
lin. o.. and a member of the board
of Education OF Washington. d. c..
has been engaged to lecture. Mary
Church Terrell is probably the most
talented colored woman in this ooun-
try. She is recommended by a num-
Der of school professors and schools
over the country and is able to lee
ture in several different languages.
The Lincoln school will bear all ex-
pense and all the proceeds over ex-
penses will be. used for the better
ment OF the Lincoln school. The
entire expense will amount to about
$3.50. The board sanctioned the I'M
dertaking OF the .colored school.
superintendent Report.
The monthly report of superin-
tendent j. A. Carnagey as follows
was received and filed:
] submit herewith the report for
the school month ending April 2s,
1909: ~ H
New pupils entered. =. ....... "a
Total enrolment for month 29OS
Total gains for month, ....... LAG
Total losses for month. .... ZIG
Number belonging at close OF
March }. ......s.... .2762
Number belonging at close of
April .......-.-. -. :. >. 1881
Average daily attendance for ~
April ............... .2516
Average daily absence for April 232
Number cases hardness in April S76
Number cases corporal punish
Number cases truancy mad 20
Total enrolment to date. ..-.L356O
The above figures. show continued
regularity of attendance. bat the
losses exceed the gains. showing the
effect OF the usual spring exodus
from the schools. II is a problem
with schools everywhere to, hold in
many pupils during the last two or
three months Of the school year, and
no solution has proved adequate.
A truant law; rigidly enforced
has come nearer holding pupils in
until the close OF the year. but even
that does not hold pupils over II
years of age. fli. st
Delinquent Pupils.
This failure of pupils to complete
the years work makes the teachers
work more difficult. and eomplicates
the work OF the conscientious super
intendent who has. at the beginning
of every school year. several hun
dred pupils to classify. whose attain
ments are in part above one grade,
and below that of the next grade,
owing to the fact that regular pupils
during the last two or three months
OF the year have done work that
these delinquent pupils have not
done. To put these delinquent pupils
into the same grade as that in which
they were. caused them TO go over
work that they have done. but to put
them with the next higher grade
means an injustice to regular pupils
who must be held back to wait until
the teacher coaches up these delin-
auents. or the two methods the one