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 H. A. M. HENDERSON, 
 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction and ex officio President. 
 
 Hon. J. STODDARD JOHNSTON, 
 
 Secretary of State, cx-officio member. 
 
 Hon. THOiMAS E. MOSS, 
 
 Attorney General, ex-officio member. 
 
 Prof. W. H. BARTHOLOMEW, 
 
 Of Louisville City Schools. 
 
 Col. ROBERT D. ALLEN, 
 
 Superintendent of the Kentucky Military Institute. 
 
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 H. A. M. HENDERSON, 
 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
 
 Prof. WM. DODD, 
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 Prof. S. P. BROWDER, 
 
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 SCHOOLS. 
 
 § 1. The Common School shall embrace two Departments, viz: the 
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 § 2. Two other Departments, in which higher branches than those 
 taught in the Common School may be studied, and in which tuition fees 
 may be charged, may be added, viz : the Intermediate and High School 
 Departments. Provided, the teaching of such branches shall not inter- 
 fere with the thorough teaching of the pupils in the Common School 
 Department, and the Trustee of the district shall scrupulously see that 
 in the introduction of the higher branches of study into the school there 
 is no abridgement of the facilities of those students that are the proper 
 pupils of the Common School. 
 
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COMMON SCHOOLS OF KENTUCKY. 8 
 
 § 4. There shall be appointed in the Common School one Principal 
 Teacher, who shall have a certificate signed by at least two of the Board 
 of Examiners. When necessary, additional teachers may be appointed 
 as may be required. 
 
 § 5. The session of the school may begin at any time before the sec- 
 ond day of February, and continue five months, except in the cases of 
 three months' schools, which may begin at any time before the second 
 day of April. 
 
 § 6. The school shall be taught at least six hours each day, exclusive 
 of recesses or intermissions, and the daily programme may be arranged 
 to suit the seasons of the year and the convenience of the district, which 
 shall be agreed upon by the Trustee and the Teacher. In cases where 
 they cannot agree,. the CommissioneBM^g^^^-umpire to decide between 
 them. JjBB^A/^ 
 
 § 7. The Principal Teacher shaJJ*3J^S^S^karge of^ihe school-house, 
 furniture, and fixtures, and shall see that the properw of the school is 
 protected from unnecessary damage.-^ q. .0 
 
 § 8. The teacher shall aif^Jt) iuefo q^^lt^Rrre^csMvould be exercised 
 by a judicious parent in his family*"'!!)** "fcl*T?o r case shall resort be had to 
 cruel or unusual punishment as a mode of discipline. 
 
 § 9. The Principal Teacher is vested with authority to carry into effect 
 the rules and orders of the State Board, and it is made the duty of the 
 Trustee, expressly, to enforce their observance. 
 
 § 10. All children of residents of the district shall be entitled to the 
 benefits of the Common School, within the limits prescribed by the laws 
 of the State. 
 
 § 11. No pupil under the age of six or over the age of twenty years 
 shall be received or continued in the Common School. 
 
 § 12. The pupils of the school are under the authority of their teach- 
 ers while in school, and while going to and from school. 
 
 § 13. Any pupil who shall be habitually regardless of duty, or be 
 guilty of gross insubordination or immoral conduct, may be suspended 
 by the teacher. Such suspension shall be reported to the Trustee for 
 his action, within five days. 
 
 § 14. No pupil shall be allowed to leave the school before the hour of 
 dismission without the consent of the teacher. Where the conduct and 
 habits of a pupil are found to be seriously injurious to other pupils, such 
 pupil shall be suspended for a definite time, or expelled for the term, as 
 the Trustee may direct. 
 
4 TEXT BOOKS AND COURSE OF STUDY 
 
 § 15. All communication of pupils in the school-room by whispering, 
 talking-, or otherwise, except by permission of the teacher, is positively 
 forbidden. 
 
 § 16. In case of wanton damage to school furniture, buildings, grounds, 
 or other school property, committed by a pupil, such pupil shall be sus- 
 pended by the teacher, and the facts reported by him to the Board of 
 Trustees, who may suspend or expel for a definite time, or expulsion for 
 the term, as the gravity of the offense may demand. 
 
 § 17. Infant, or the youngest class of pupils, may not be kept con- 
 fined to the school-room longer than three hours in a day, but while in 
 the school must receive all necessary attention from the teacher. 
 
 § 18. Every teacher shall keep the Register furnished by the Super- 
 intendent, and return it to the Commissioners, with the reports complete, 
 at the close of the term of his school, as a condition of receiving his 
 final pay. 
 
 § 19. More than one book on a subject to pupils of same grade must 
 not be allowed. 
 
 § 20. Any pupil, from absence or other cause, falling behind his class, 
 may be degraded if the teacher finds such a course advisable in order to 
 secure a more rapid progress of others of the grade. 
 
 § 21. The School Commissioners shall furnish each teacher of a Com- 
 mon School with a copy of these rules, together with other recommend- 
 ations of the State Board; and the teacher, in each case, shall hold the 
 same subject to the use and reference of the Trustee when required. 
 
 COURSE OF STUDY. 
 
 PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Reading — First, Second and Third Readers. 
 
 Spelling — To spell from the Readers and from the Spelling Book, or from Primer. 
 
 Written Arithmetic — Notation, Numeration, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication 
 and Division. 
 
 Mental Arithmetic — Practical examples, embracing Addition, Subtraction, Multiplica- 
 tion and Division. 
 
 Roman Numerals — To one Thousand. 
 
 Penmanship — To write on Slates or in Copy-books, as Teacher and Trustee may determine. 
 
 Punctuation — Pupils to learn the name and use of all the pauses and marks found in 
 their Readers. 
 
 ELEMENTARY DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Reading— Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Readers. 
 
 Spelling — To spell from their Readers and from the Spelling Book. 
 
COMMON SCHOOLS OP KENTUCKY. 5 
 
 Written Arithmetic — Some Intermediate Arithmetic should be commenced and com- 
 pleted in this Department. 
 
 Mental Arithmetic — Practical examples, embracing the addition, subtraction, multipli- 
 cation and. division of whole numbers, mixed numbers, fractional numbers, and 
 denominate numbers. 
 
 Roman Numerals — Continued. 
 
 Penmanship — Pupils to write in Copy-books as Trustee or Teacher may direct. 
 
 Punctuation — Pupils to name and tell the use of the pauses and marks found in their 
 Readers. 
 
 English Grammar — 
 
 Composition — 
 
 Geography — Intermediate Geography completed. 
 
 History of the United States — 
 
 TEXT-BOOKS RECOMMENDED. 
 
 American Primer — By W. J. Davis, Louisville. 
 Spellers— Butler's, DeWolPs, Eclectic or Independent. 
 Readers — Butler's, Butler-Goodrich's, McGuffey's or Independent. 
 Written Arithmetic — Towne's, Ray's, Peck's, Olney's. 
 Mental Arithmetic — Towne's or Ray's. 
 Grammar — Butler's, Harvey's, or Murch's. 
 Geography — Monteith's, Mitchell's, Eclectic, or Cornell's. 
 History — Stephen's, Venable's, Barnes', or Butler's United States. 
 Composition — Bonnell's, or Swinton's Language Lessons. 
 Maps — Mitchell's New Outlines. 
 
 School Record — Jno. P. Morton & Co.'s, and Kentucky School Record, published by 
 Major, Johnston & Barrett, Frankfort. 
 
 BOOKS SUITABLE FOR A DISTRICT LIBRARY, AND 
 AIDS RECOMMENDED. 
 
 Phelps' Hand Book for Teachers. 
 Apgar's System of Map Drawing. 
 Riapath's History of the United States. 
 Kinsi's Drawing. 
 
 Henderson's commentary on the school laws, 
 
 which was strongly commended to Trustees and Teachers desiring to execute their 
 duties in a thoroughly legal manner. 
 
 McGill's History of Virginia. 
 
 Brown's Physiology and Hygiene. 
 
 Williams' Parser's Manual. 
 
 Object Lesson and Charts— Wilson's & Calkin's. 
 
 Bronson's Elocution. 
 
 How to Teach — J. W. Schermerhorn & Co., New York. 
 
 Henderson's Test-speller. 
 
 Page's Theory and Practice. 
 
 Duncan's Examiner or Teacher's Aid. 
 
b TEXT BOOKS AND COURSE OF STUDY 
 
 Holbrook's School Management. 
 
 Holbrook's Normal Method. 
 
 Well's Graded Schools. 
 
 Gow's Morals and Manners. 
 
 Craig's Philosophy of Training. 
 
 Ogden's Science of Education and Art of Teaching. 
 
 Stowe's Training System. 
 
 Northend's Teacher's Assistant. 
 
 Richard's Manual of School Method. 
 
 Thalheimer's Ancient History. 
 
 Smart's Manual of Free Gymnastics. 
 
 Johonnot's Country School-houses. 
 
 Periodicals — "Home and School," Louisville. 
 
 WORD METHOD. 
 
 The picture and word method of teaching beginners to read, having 
 been used with the most gratifying success in the schools of other 
 States and of the city of Louisville, it was resolved to recommend for 
 use in the schools of the State, "Pictures and Words for Teaching Lit- 
 tle Children to Read — by Wm. J. Davis, Louisville." 
 
 It is not understood that it is necessary to teach this method in order 
 to meet the requirements of a Common School ; but the system is ap- 
 proved and earnestly recommended to Teachers. 
 
 TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES. 
 
 1. The following definition of what is meant in article 8, section i, 
 by principles and forms, was adopted by the Board : 
 
 By principles are meant the elements that inhere in the branch of 
 study. That which is fundamental is a principle. Every form is con- 
 structed upon principle. A form is recognized by observation. An 
 analysis of that form, and the application of the principle or rule at 
 every stage of the distribution of the subject, constitutes what is meant 
 by understanding the principles. 
 
 In grammar there are certain rules upon which the whole science is 
 formulated. A knowledge of these rules, and the ability to employ 
 them to the analysis and parsing of a sentence, constitutes a knowledge 
 of the principles. In grammar a knowledge of declensions, conjuga- 
 tions, etc., is defined to be a knowledge of forms. 
 
 2. In reference to the question of grading Teachers' certificates, it 
 was resolved that the scale of graduation be one hundred, and that a per 
 centage of seventy-five should entitle a teacher to a first grade, first-class 
 
COMMON SCHOOLS OF KENTUCKY. 7 
 
 certificate ; that a per centage of sixty should entitle a Teacher to a 
 second grade, first-class certificate ; and that a per centage of fifty should 
 entitle a Teacher to a second-class certificate. 
 
 3. It is recommended by the Board to the County Examiners that 
 examinations for certificates be by written questions and answers. The 
 Superintendent will furnish County Boards with questions suitable to be 
 used, and it is earnestly desired that this method of making examina- 
 tions be adopted. 
 
 4. It is recommended that County Boards of Examiners appoint fixed 
 days for the examination of Teachers, and that they decline to examine 
 at other times. 
 
 5. Teachers who intend to apply for State certificates should notify 
 the Superintendent by the 20th of June of each year. Any Teacher 
 making application for said certificate must bring a certified statement 
 of his good moral character from the Commissioner and Board of Ex- 
 aminers of Jiis county. The certificate should be in the following form : 
 
 ' ' Knowing to be a person of good moral character, we 
 
 recommend him to the State Board of Examiners for examination for a 
 State certificate to teach in the Common Schools. 
 
 " , Commissioner, 
 
 ' ' , ' Examiner. ' ' 
 
 This certificate, signed by the Commissioner and one Examiner, will 
 be deemed sufficient. Teachers applying for State certificates must be 
 examined upon Physiology and Hygiene, in addition to the studies of 
 the Common School course. The Board will assemble in the city of 
 Frankfort on the first Wednesday in July, 1876, and every year there- 
 after, at the office of the Superintendent, to examine applicants. 
 
 TEACHERS' INSTITUTES. 
 
 1. A Teacher must attend the Institute or forfeit his certificate. 
 
 2. The Commissioner can hold his Institute at such time of the year 
 as will conduce to the greatest convenience and profit of the Teachers 
 of his county. 
 
 3. Commissioners who desire to obtain the services of experts can be 
 aided by application to the Superintendent. The services of a skilled 
 man cannot, however, be obtained for a less sum than from $50 to $75 
 per week. 
 
8 teachers' salaries, etc. 
 
 PAYMENT OF TEACHERS' SALARIES. 
 
 Upon the 15th of January a forty per cent, payment will be made to 
 all schools half taught out ; upon the 15th of February, May, and 1st 
 of July, the remaining payments are made. A school taught out by 
 the 15th of February is entitled to the whole amount apportioned the 
 district. 
 
 A Teachers' salary cannot be attached for debt. 
 
 A Teacher must have a certificate and teach his school as prescribed 
 by law and the State Board of Education, in order to report a legal 
 school as taught. 
 
 DISTRICT TAXATION. 
 
 The attention of Trustees designing to submit the question of district 
 taxation to a vote of the people, is directed to the preliminary notice 
 necessary, as prescribed in article 2, section 2, Common School law. 
 
 H. A. M. HENDERSON, 
 Supt. Public Instruction and President of State Board of Education.