The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-13

PROF, F. G. SMITH,
Principal
Prof. j. j. Keyes, Supt., City Schools:
Dear Sir: In compliance with Gus
tom, have the honor to present the
following report of the condition and
work Of the Pearl High School for
the year ending June 6, 1917.
Statistics.
First Term.
Number of pupils enrolled, boys II
girls, 176; total, 247
Number Of pupils discharged: boys
9, girls II, total &c.
Number promoted by exemption:
boys %, girls 60, total Sc.
Number promoted by examination:
boys "a, girls 46, total 70.
Number not promoted : boys "a,
girls CT, total 81.
Number of teachers in High
School 5.
Average pupil per teacher, 40.
Days taught, 80.
Per cent of attendance, 92:14.
Second Term.
Number pupils enrolled: boys so,
girls 1874, total 276.
Number of pupils discharged: boys
10, girls "a, total 81.
Number promoted by exemption:
boys 33, girls 72, total 1906.
Number promoted by examination:
boys II; girls 46, total 63.
Number not promoted: boys 80
girls Is, total Ill.
Number of teachers in High School
Average pupils per teacher, 46.
Days taught, 80.
Per cent of attendance, 93.05.
Teachers.
The teachers have continued tc
improve in the power of effective
! command and in the general method
of conducting lessons Their WORK
has been both earnest and intelli
! gent. The faculty of this schoo
have taught their respective branch
es so long that they have become
visits to the various class.rooms,
noticed that enthusiasm, comprehen
sive knowledge of the subjects anC
sincere devotion to the work were
| present in a marked degree. They
all seem to be striving for better i'll
dividual scholarship and greater Per
sonal efficiency and to this end some
are pursuing postgraduate courses.
The Graduating Class.
The class that graduated on the
night of June 10th will be the last
class to receive diplomas from the old
Pearl building. An Immense crowd
filled the spacious auditorium to its
utmost capacity to witness the eXer.
cies, which marked the celebration
of the 31st annual commencement
Forty-siX young people, twelve (12)
boys and thirty-four (34) girls, were
presented with diplomas by Mr.. w.
w. Wilkerson, President of the
Board of Education. They consti-
tuted band of young people, high
in aims, lofty in purpose and polite
in bearing. They were a JOY and
inspiration to their teachers. These
graduates are fully up to the stan
dard of scholarship. character and
physical equipment of the classes of
previous years. They are prepared
to uphold the record that others have
made. Nearly one-half Of the teach
ers in the Nashville colored schools
and large number Of teachers in
the Davidson County schools are
graduates of this public educational
institution AS great number of
colored teachers must in future
come from this school, and as their
efficiency will depend on the training
they receive therein, it follows that
no pains and no necessary expense
should be spared to make this school
the best possible.
Loss in Attendance.
Long before the organization of
the schools in September, it had
been stated that the new high school
would in all probability open in
January, 1917, about the time of the
beginning of the new semester. A
number Of the patrons who live in
South Nashville felt that the dis.
lance to the new school would be too
great for their children to walk They
did not wish to enter their children
in the high school in the Fall Term
when they were reasonably certain
that they would send them elsewhere
in the Spring Term. The result was
a falling off in the attendance, as
compared with the figures submitted
for the Suggestive Organization in
June. Another reason which caused
a decrease in our attendance was the
winter season, which was long, cold
and severe. The high cost of LIVING
and the Exodus of some of our pa
irons northward also had an influ
ence.
Increased Enrolment.
The loss in attendance in the Fall
Term was overcome by the increase
in attendance in the Spring Term
caused by the addition to the high
school of the promoted 8-A pupils
who passed the mid-winter exami
nation. Sixty-nine (G9) pupils were
transferred to the high school from
the grammar school department. This
augmentation in number necessitated
the appointment of new teacher in
the high school to teach the ga
grade and Miss Eva N. Murrell was
assigned temporarily to the position
Writing, Drawing and Music.
One weak spot in our work in the
high school Il might say, in all the
schools) is lack OF supervisor of
writing, drawing and music. Such q
supervisor is sadly needed. / know
that the work in the high school has
suffered since Prof. Richard Hill.