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Seite 71 - Anderson Bedford Benton Bledsoe Blount Bradley Campbell Cannon Carroll Carter Cheatham Chester Claiborne Clay Cocke Coffee Crockett Cumberland Davidson Decatur DeKalb Dickson Dyer Fayette Fentress Franklin Gibson Giles Grainger Greene Grundy Hamblen Hamilton Hancock Hardeman Hardin Hawkins...
Seite 18 - Several able papers were read and much discussion had with reference to amendments to the school law. A committee appointed by the association submitted a memorial to the general assembly embodying certain amendments, the most important of which was the organization of a central county board of education by the different boards of directors, for the purpose of unifying the work in counties and securing a broader, more responsible, and more intelligent administration of the public schools. The bill...
Seite 16 - Many of the ablest and most skilful teachers and lecturers in the State participated actively in the discussions. Wherever the meetings were held the people hospitably entertained the teachers. They also attended and showed an interest in the exercises. There is but one sentiment as to the value of these meetings in arousing the teachers to the importance of their work, in stimulating inquiry and exertion, in enlarging their views, and in awakening their professional zeal and pride.
Seite 17 - No receipts are reported for this year except the State appropriation of $17,000.— (Return.) EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION. STATE ASSOCIATION. The State Teachers' Association held its annual meeting at the close of January, 1877, at Nashville. Several able papers were read and much discussion had with reference to amendments to the school law. A committee appointed by the association submitted a memorial to the general assembly embodying certain amendments, the most important of which was the organization...
Seite 13 - In some counties the people have been awakened to tho necessity of having schoolhouses properly constructed and well situated, and the erection of 272 new ones is reported. Some of these were paid for out of the school fund, some were built by private enterprise and others by combined individual and public funds. The school...
Seite 58 - The plea was allowed, and the decree was affirmed by the circuit court, from which an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Seite 17 - There is but one sentiment as to the solid value of these meetings, in arousing the teachers to the importance of their work, in stimulating to inquiry and exertion, in enlarging their views and in awakening their professional zeal and pride. The spirit which is thus kindled leads to new exertions, to closer investigation and to more diligent study, in the teachers themselves, and to a more solid respect for their profession and for the schools, over which they preside, by the community generally....
Seite 5 - It will be noted that there has been a decrease in the number of ':old war" pensioners, except those of the Revolutionary war, which show an apparent increase.
Seite 69 - For these and other weighty reasons doubtless patent to you, we would earnestly urge that the school law shall, in its essential features, be "let alone." Especially would we protest against its being emasculated and rendered practically inoperative by abolishing either or both of the offices of State and County Superintendent, or to legislation that will lead to their being...
Seite 17 - Institute (colored) held about fifteen normal institutes in different parts of the State for the benefit of colored teachers. The professors of Fisk University, of the Central Tennessee College, and of the Nashville Normal Institute assisted Professor Spence, the president, in organizing and instructing these institutes, and upon the recommendation of the State superintendent $200 were appropriated...

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