McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-09-22
EDUCATIONAL

! The County Board Of Educa-
ton met at the Court House Sat
urday and worked on the re-
adjustment of salaries and on
the general program for the
year.
All rural schools will begin
Monday, October 30, and run 5
months. The second month will
expire Friday, December 22nd.
Then one week for Christmas
and the schools will open again
for three months.
Patrons should begin now to
get ready and see that the child
ren enroll the first day and do
not miss a day.
The Board has elected J. E.
Barham, of the 9Th district, as
the Attendance Officer, and it is
believed that Mr.. Barham will
make a good officer. file is a
good citizen, a school patron, a
successful farmer and business
man, and knows the school con-
ditions like a book. He will be
delighted to serve his time out
without making an arrest or
hurting the feelings of anybody.
This can be done by starting all
the children to school the first
day and keeping them there ev-
cry day.
About the compulsory law
somebody has said that there was
no such law, and if there was, it
was the County superintendent
duty to enforce it and save the
county this expense. 1t is a
law. Here it is:
BE it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State Of Tennessee,
that every parent, guardian, or
| other person, in the State of Ten
nessee, having charge or control of
any children between the ages of
seven and sixteen years, inclusive,
shall cause such child to be enrolled
in and attend some day school, pub
| lie, private, or parochial, for the
entire term of school in each year
in the county or city in which said
child may reside, as enacted by the
Legislature in 1918 and amended in
1919"
The law further provides:
"Any parent, guardian or other
person, failing to comply with the
provisions of this Act, shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, shall
| pay a fine of not less than Two
Dollars nor more than Fifty Dollars
for the first offense, and not less
than Five Dollars nor more than
Fifty Dollars, for the second and
every subsequent offense, and the
cost of the suit
AS to who shall be elected at
tendance officer and how, and
how he shall be paid, the same
law provides:
In counties where they have the
county board system the attendance
officer or officers shall be elected
by the Board of Education, upon
the recommendation of the County
Superintendent. In counties where
they have the district system, they
shall be appointed by the County
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton"
The law provides that in coun-
ties of 5000 and less the county
superintendent may be employed
to do this work and be paid such
extra compensation as in the
judgement of the County Board
would be just and fair.
| You have heard the expression
Forty things to do" The State
Superintendent has sent to the
County Superintendent a list of
the things they are expected to
do, and there are exactly 40.
That was all the State Superin-
tendent could think of then.
There are at least 67 and COM
parable to the worldwide 81
Heinzes' varieties, and enumer-
ated by the State Superintendent
would leave very little time for
a county superintendent to de-
vote to the enforcement of the
Compulsory law.
Let's respect the law, obey it
ourselves, teach our children that
there IS sanctity in every law,
and that every law should be
reverenced and obeyed. That
kind of teaching will insure a
law-abiding citizenship for the
future.
Teachers can do more than