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

teachers who are assigned by their
principals to undertake this work
will admit that they are inexpert In
these branches. They need a special
teacher or supervisor to correct their
mistakes and supplement their defci-
encies. 1t is my earnest hope that
the petition sent to the Board OF Ed
ucation from the Association of Col
ored Principals asking that a super
visor for this work lie appointed will
receive due and merited considera-
ton.
The New High School.
At the closing of the Grammar
School exercises on Wednesday,
June 9th, the President of the Board
of Education was present and de-
livered diplomas to lis graduates of
the S-A grade. On this occasion he
made public declaration that the
new high school would in all proba-
hility be ready for occupancy in Sep
TENDER. The opening Of the new
school, which is the most expensive
and best equipped building ever
erected in Nashville for the use of
colored children will be an epoch
making event In the history of the
education of my people. The Pearl
High School has arrived at the dawn
of a great awakening 1t is the duty
of the colored people to hasten its
coming and to leave no legitimate
step untaken and no impeding stone
unturned to make the fulfillment
equal to the promise 1t is true the
building Is somewhat inaccessible,
on account of the distance, for pupils
from South and East Nashville But
this objection may partly be over
come by the adoption of attractive
courses of study. These, think,
should be elective, flexible and
adapted to the aptitude of the pupils
and the needs Of the community.
The Course of Study.
One of the most important matters
connected with the opening of the
new high school will be the revision
of the Course of Study. At your sug
gestion and with the assistance oil
my faculty, l have already submitted
to you what we consider the proper
Courses of Study. 1t is not neces
sary to reproduce them here. The
report is on file in your office. May
| ask that you and your honorable
Board study it carefully with an eye
single to the highest development o
the Negro and give to the children
of your colored fellow-citizens thu
, best course possible.
In my report | recommended three
Courses of Study and suggested tn
adoption of a fourth ] wish to re
peat in brief the arguments advanced
in advocacy of these courses ant
solicit your earnest interest and en-
dorsement of the same.
The General or College Preparation
Course.
This Course is intended for tina
group of boys and girls who inten
to enter college and the professiona
schools, The Negro race needs doc
i, tors, lawyers, teachers and preachers
If the race is to have intelligent, CO
. pable, true and correct leaders, som
a provision should be made for thi
: aspiring group in publichigh schoo
!, of the greatest hindrances to tn
i progress and welfare of my peopl
has been ignorant and self-seekin
: eadership-leaders who have no
:, been able to comprehend the situa
ton in the South nor see the prope
, relation Of things. | feel very strong
4 ~ that college preparatory advantaf
. es should be given to those who de
sire it, and who have the menta
l. power to do the work thoroughly, tina
we may have men and women to lea
I in the intellectual, moral and sociS
development of the race.
Mechanic Arts and Home Economic
e Course.
] think that every boy and girl il
l the high school should be offered tn
opportunity to take these courses, re
; spectively. No boys education i
: complete without some knowledge 0
tools and how to use them. No girl
education is complete without some
knowledge of household arts. | be
lieve every girl should know how t.
: cook, to sew and to make her owl
hats. But I do not think that thes,
courses should be made compulsor,
and that every child in the higl
/, school should be made to take them
Some boys are not cut out for car
penters and bricklayers any NOR,
than 70" scientists and mathemati
clans, and some girls have no more
natural bent to become good seam
stresses than to become good lin
quists. | therefore suggest tina
these courses be offered for those
whose talent runs in this direction
but the choice left open to the pupil
The Commercial Course.
Negroes are now engaged in near
ly all lines of business. They hav,
their grocery stores, banks, publish
ing houses, millinery shops, drus
stores, undertaking establishments
!, moving picture houses, real estate
Offices, tailor, carpenter and pain
shops. There is an urgent and grow
ing demand for Young colored bow!
T and girls trained in business methods
In the past, colored boys and girl.
who wanted to learn shorthand ant
| typewriting have had to employ a mi
, vate teacher or go to Chicago or De
tro1t to learn these branches. Thi.
Course is intended to meet this de
mand. If the aim of the school is t.
, furnish curricula designed to NEE
, the needs of the community, thi
| Course will fill long-felt want.
Teacher Training Course.
!, In view of the fact that forty Gao
J OF the ninety (9O) regular teacher
! in the colored schools are graduate
| of the Pearl High School, it Nigh
, be advisable to introduce Course O
i Study to better fit them for this work
9 In the past, this school has distin
| guished itself by the number of it
, graduates who were able to pass tn
!. City Teachers Examination, and thu
!. become eligible to teach in the cit.
schools. 1t has done great work II
keeping our city supplied with teach
ers. l did not prepare a Course o
l Study for the training of teachers