Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-06-01

four digits. Drill SO thoroughly that you
are sure Of accuracy and facility.
Teach Z, !, snd 1-5 as decimals and as
per cent. Rapid addition of columns of
four to six addends, naming results
only at each combination. Do not al
low pupils to name addends nor to add
slowly and hsltingly. Review often.
Have the tables repeated often. Forms
of bills and receipts taught.
"A. Long Division-Begin with d.
viscrs of two digits, and continue the
use of such divisors through two months
of the term. Then use divisors of three
of four (not more) occasionally, till the
last month, when all the divisors should
have 3 or four dIgits. Colaw and FL
woods Primary Arithmetic, PIP. 2S3-
end of book. Omit percentage and
measures of surface and volume.
History-Five recitations a week.
No text.
Stories of the great men of Virginia
and the Nation. Stories of King
Arthur, Romulous, Roland, Hiawatha;
short biographies of Socrates, Alexan-
der, Hannibal, Caesar, Luther, Bis
mark, Joan of Arc, Napoleon, Alfred,
Cromwell, Pitt, Nelson, Gladstone,
William of Orange, Peter the Great,
John Smith, Miles Standish, William
Penn, Patrick Henry, Franklin, Wash
ington, Boone, jefferson, jackson, Lin
coin, Lee, Grant.
Local history, including settlement,
and growth of country, occupation of
people, leading industries, etc.
Nature Study-State course as fol-
lows:
Aims-Read again what is said in
First Primary Grade and remember the
Importance of using actual specimens.
Autumn Plants, a special study of
leaves, parts, shape, veins, kind, use,
ETC.; study the marigold, zinna and
chrysanthemum, color, shape, seed,
vessels; how to arrange tastefully in
vases; nuts found in neighborhood,
shape, how protected. Animals-A
study of the ant, parts, habits, etc.
Natural phenomena; review talks on
thunder and lightning.
Winter-Metals, mined, manufactur-
ed, shipped. Natural products used in
building house. Water animals, fish,
oyster, and clam.
Spring-Plants, teach terms-herb,
shrub, tree; study the growing plant;
the position, arrangement, and unfold
ing of the leaf buds; the position and
arrangement of leaves; the parts,
shape, ETC., of leaves reviewed; study
the flower and it's development; flow
ers and their parts, including pollen;
the uses of the parts of plant-to the
plant, to the man. Teach that the
chief work of the plant is to produce
seeds; show that the growth of a plant
depends on heat, light, and moisture
Birds, woodpecker and oriole. Natural
phenomena; teach day and night.
Music-At least six songs learned and
sung often in this grade.
Drawing-Two recitations a week.
Maximum of fifteen minutes. Alter
nate with geography. Webb and Ware
No. 4.
Morals and Manners-Teach courage
In the little things of life, truth, per-
sistence. Show difference between
self-respect and self-conceit. Control
of temper; self-restraint in games and
lessons. Foolishness and wickedness
of profanity and other bad language.
Bad. influence of evil or worthless books
and literature.
Geographically recitations a week.
Alternate with drawing.
Alb. No text.
"A. Frye's First Course in Geogra-
ply, to page AZ.
One period each week devoted to the
entertaing of the children.