1869-1871 Herald & Tribune
1869-1871 Herald & Tribune
[During this time period, each week Prof. Henderson Presnell wrote a long column "Educational". The topics were general (teaching methods, public education, courses, etc.) and not specific to his school. Thus they are not included here.]
26 August 1869 - Herald and Tribune, Jonesborough, page 3 [first issue]-
We regret that the advertisement of the Jonesborough Female College has been misplaced and we are unable to publish it in this number of the paper. We will say, however, for the benefit of those interested that the school will commence on Monday, August 30. Professor Presnell's popularity as a teacher is unsurpassed in this section. His school has met with unusual success, and we take great pleasure in recommending it to all of our readers who wish to place their daughters in a first class school. They will find in Professor Presnell all the ingredients of a good teacher and a kind hearted christian gentleman who will look after the moral as well as the intellectual improvements of his pupils.
The term for board and tuition are moderate, and the school building is pleasantly situated and well fitted up for the accommodation of pupils. Music is taught by Prof. C.E. Dillworth, who has no superior in this country and Miss Willholt will assist Mr. Presnell in the primary department of the school.
22 September 1870 - Herald & Tribune, Jonesborough, page 3 - H. Presnell's
School card appears this week. His school is large and perhaps the best graded in the country. It has live teachers and thorough instruction. Inquire about the school.
22 September 1870 - Herald & Tribune, Jonesborough, page 3 - Schools at Home
The schools in our town are in as good condition now as they have ever been. Our citizens ought to feel some degree of pride in them. Very few county towns can show a larger number of children in school... ...The female school is in an prosperous condition, over one hundred now being in attendance. Miss Ada L. Fletcher, who is now in charge of the third grade, is giving entire satisfaction. Her room has some thirty-five pupils, all properly graded and well classed. Miss Willhoit's room, second grade, has about thirty-five pupils total. This room is a model for convenience and neatness and is so well classed and so thoroughly taught that it would be difficult to approve on either.
Prof. Dillworth's class in music is large - larger than usual - but he finds time to give semi-weekly lessons in vocal music to the whole school. The arrangement is something new in the schools of this place, and will add no little to their efficiency. The first grade, H. Presnell's contains about thirty. Those who are pursuing studies of advanced classes occupy this room. The kind of instruction given can best be understood by hearing the classes examined in their daily recitations. The school numbers over one hundred pupils with four regular teachers. Parents are invited to visit the school grounds and attend the exercises during study hours. The school looks to the development of home interest, and to accomplish this end no labor will be withheld.
6 October 1870 - Herald & Tribune, Jonesborough, page 3 - The Female School
This school which opened a month ago now number one hundred and twenty-one pupils. In the first grade 36. In the second grade 40. In the third grade 45.
17 November 1870 - Herald & Tribune, Jonesborough, page 3 - Our Schools
The schools in Jonesborough are larger than any in the county. At this time there are nearly three hundred in actual daily attendance. The organization of this year is much better than it was last year. The attendance is also better - the schools are better in every way.
In the female department four teachers are employed. The average daily attendance is something over an hundred. The largest portion of the pupils are in the primary classes. The teachers are introducing improvements in teaching every day, so that the school, under the present organization, is not much behind any in the country.
24 November 1870 - Herald & Tribune, Jonesborough, page 3 - Jonesborough Female Institute
There certainly can be no greater advantage to any town or community than good schools with worthy teachers. We are sure is nothing adds more to the prosperity and cheerfulness of life, than the training and information imparted by competent teachers to those who are placed under their care. We visited the Institute in this place Tuesday last - found the rooms all neat and well furnished, and the different teachers earnestly engaged. There is now about one hundred and fifty enrolled scholars, and we venture the assertion that no better school, and no better teachers can be found in the State.
22 December 1870 - Herald & Tribune, Jonesborough, page 3 - School Festival
On next Monday night, the female school will give entertainment at the Court House to the friends and patrons of the school. The design is to raise money to add some needed conveniences to the school rooms. An admittance fee of twenty-five cents will be required. The exercises will be short, varied, and interesting. We hope everybody will patronize them. The teachers desire encouragement and the children ought not to be neglected.
5 January 1871 - Herald & Tribune, Jonesborough, page 3 - The Festival
The teachers and pupils of the Female School made quite a success of their entertainment on the evening of the 27th ult. Notwithstanding the inclement weather the hall was crowded. The pupils performed their parts well, and in fact everything passed off pleasantly. We believe the patrons of the school went home perfectly gratified at the manner in which the little folks acquitted themselves. It certainly must have required much labor on the part of the teachers, and no little aptness on the part of the pupils to have made such preparations. When we consider that more than one hundred took part in the exercise, we feel like extending to all our hearty congratulation for their success. There has been nothing for a long time so well calculated to bring the schools of the town prominently before the citizens. Prof. Dillworth, who knows so well how people enjoy good music, gave the audience some excellent songs, with which all accrued greatly delighted, and the small pupils gave evidence of the advantage to be derived from the teaching of vocal music in the schools. Prof. Presnell stated publicly, at the close of the exercise, that it was owing to the efforts of the female teachers and ladies of the school that the entertainment had succeeded so admirably. Prof. P. is a live man, and when he determines to do anything he never fails. A better teacher and one more enthusiastic about education, cannot be found in this country.
The female college enrolls one hundred and forty. The winter session of the Jonesborough Female school begins the 12th of January. There will be considerable accessions this session. Prof. H. Presnell and his corps of competent assistants, are doing a noble work for our people.
January 1871 - Herald & Tribune, Jonesborough, page 3
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