(Rules g Regulations
Governing the Newark
Public Schools.
School Hoi ks.
The school hours shall be from
^S:80a. m. to 4 p. m. There will
he given one intermission of one
hour from 12 noon to l p. m.
There will also be given one inter
mission in the morning and one in
the evening at 10:25 a. m. to 10:45
a. in. and 2:25 p. m. to 2:45 p. m.
respectively.
ReQUTSITIEs FOR AmilSSToN.
No pupil who is affected with
.any contageous or infectious dis
• ease, or resides in a family where
such disease prevails shall be re
ceived into or retained in the
.school.
Duties and I’owkks of Prim nwi.
1st. The principal shall act un
der the advke and directions of
the Board: and ail have full con
trol and management of the
schools. He shad have discre
tionary wer in II e.i>es . . ■ i ro
vided for in these regulations.
2nd. i It s; H i. >rt i he msi >
ords nation of any and all teachers.
and their failure to attend to school
'duties, or inability, promptly to
the Board.
lie
the
menu the m
when requeste<
i, mid shall when so desir
sluill fiio mnf't.
ings c
to do
ed, report the condition and pro
gress of i he school.
4th. file Principal shall have
power to sn.-pend any pupil adjud
ged to he a !>ad example or who
shall be guilty of profane or inde
cent • language, or for continued
violation of regulations made by
him. <>r for insubordination, or for
lack of -tudiousriess, which net
shall he, reported to the parent or
guar* 'an and to th * i: ard to whom
■in app 11 u a.\ 1 d.
5th. Ilie Principal or teachers
may administer corporal punish
ment by means of a rod for small
offences in preference to suspen
sion. provided tin* punishment is
not administered cruelly or
through spite or intern v»er.
6th. lie shall advise and direct
the teachers in relation to instruc
tion and discipline in their respec
tive grades.
.7tli. II shall have the power
to !•:;!! and i , ,('*‘ial
meetings <,r t■ sellers whenever in
his judgment it is advise hie, and
he, shall arrange such program of
exercises for the -ame as the inter
ests of the schools ma| require.
Hth. All grievances or com
plaints of ]r.irents or guardians
must he made1 to the Principal.
Oth. Finally he shall see that
all the rules adopted by the Hoard
are constantly and faithfully ob
served.
1)1 TIKS OF TfACHKUS.
1st. Teachers shall be in their
resjweti vo rooms lo minutes I>efore'
the time appointed to open school
and shall see that during that time,
us well as»it nil turn s, pupils ob
serve correct deportment while in
the room.
•2nd. All teachers are required
to devote themselves laithftdl.v,
and during'school hours exclusive
ly to tin* duties assigned them: to
apply to the Principal for advice
and direction in all difficult eases
of discipline, and in all respects to
manifest an inti lligent interest in
the improvement, ol the school.
;?rd. Teachers shall co-operate
with the Principal and each ctaer
for the general welfare ol the
school. The\ shall maintain strict
order and discipline in their res
pective rooms during school hours,
and shall assist the Principal in
keeping order during recess, by
occupying such position on the
grounds or in or about the build
ing as the Principal may direct.
4th. Teachers may require all
pupils to pass out of the building
at recess, except when bad weath
er forbids.
otli. Teachers may detain pu
pils after school hours for idleness,
failure in recitation or misconduct;
but such detention shall not exceed
one hour. Teachers shall remain
! wit h and preserve order over those
j detained.
nth. In case of temporary ili
! ness or other necessary absence
! fora short time, teachers must re
! port the same to the Principal and
lie to the chairman of tin* Board,
and if it becomes necessary to em
ploy help to attend to the classes
j of those detained by illness or ab
sent from any other cause, such
i help shall be paid out of the saia
: ry of such teachers.
7th. Teachers shall secure good
| order and continuous application
| to studyx and have their own pn
! pils conform to all the rules relat
j iny to pupil'-, and as they are in
| dividual!y responsible for the ex
ecution of all these rules and reg
■ utatkms. they are accordingly in
vested with the authority necessa
ry to carry them into o.lect.
8th. 1 cachers snail practice a
| mild and firm discipline, never re
i sorting to corporal pum-hment
when it can safely be avoided.
They shall avoid all appearance* of
J indiscreet haste cr anger in pun
| ishinu pupils. (And ir*' r. «;•■!••
j when r« o nested, to re| ort all cases
j of corporal punishment with
i eati \s tln refor, to the “Prim ipal.)
tJth. it shall he the duty of uv
| cry teat her as. well as that of tiie
Principal, so to govt ni his social
j surrouridings as to render himsi it
| entirely free to perforin conscien
l eiovsiy his whole duty towards the
'chool and patrons.
10th. Teachers shall make
; themselves familiar will* -.11 rules
Hiid regulations of the Beard, us
well as laiiiiliuri/c themselves with
that part of the course of study
hearing directly upon their work.
Kuu.s (ioVKliXIMJ PlPTLs.
1st; Pupils are required t<> be
regular and punctual in attend
ance: to devote their time to the
prop! r duties of the school-room;
to conform to the rules of the
school: to obey promptly ami faith
fully ail directions of the teachers,
and to be courteous and respectful
to them at nil times. Pupils must
not assemble on or near the school
premises before S:i‘0 a. m. Pupils
must leave the school premises
| immediately upon being dismiss
ed. No pupil shall leave the
grounds from the opening hour of
school until the close thereof.with
out permission of his teacher.
2nd. PupiU shall at no time
linger in the halls or on the stair
ways: or shall they visit any other
room at recess except their own,
unless by permission from the
Principal or other teachers.
3rd. Any pupil who shall leave
school at recess, or at an,\ t ime
before the regular hour for rins
ing, without the consent of his
teacher, or who shall be guilty of
truancy, shall be suspended until
the parent has seen the Principal
and complied with requirements
made by him.
4th. Pupils aiv. not allowed to
bring to school any books, papers
or articles which do not pertain to
their regular work, under penalty
I of forfeiture; and no pupil shall be
permitted to remain in school un
i less he is properix furnished with
books and supplies regularly re
quired to be used in the school;
; provided this rule shall not apply
j to those pupils whose parents or
! guardians are unable to furnish
! the necessary books.
nth. Any pupil guilty of quar
reling, “forging” excuses, or who
shall use or write any profane or
obsene language, or make and ob
scene pictures on any part of the
school premises, shall be liable to
suspension or expulsion, according
to the nature of the offense; and
any pupil who shall cut, injure,
scratch or deface any part of the
school buildings or furniture, shall
after due notice to the parent or
guardian, pay for the damages
done, and shall be expelled if the
fine is not paid.
tfth. The lise of tobacco in any
form is forbidden on the school
premises.
7th. The boys and girls shall
not assemble together upon the
school premises for talk or piny,
nor shall either occupy that part
of the building or grounds assign
ed to the other.
>th. No pupil will be retained
whose conduct is refractory and
whose intention is not to submit to
the government and discipline of
the school.
bth. As the above rules are not
intended to include all the require
ments that may be found necessa
ry for t'ne welfare and efficiency
of tin* school, pupils are expected
to yield prori.pt and willing obedi
ence to Principal and teachers in
all tilings.
siu-riAL to Parents and Guar
dians.
1st. If all parents and guar
dians would uphold and heatlily
• co-operate, with the teachers at all
ttu.es, the tvor of the school
would be more pheasant and far
more efficient. We. therefore, ask
; ;ul patrons to read caret idly all the
I foregoing regulations, and to see
| as tar ns possible Seat their child*
■ ren comply with them ali.
i 2nd. Parents • ml guardians as
| well ns others an* cordially invit
ed to \ isifc ihe school for tlx pur
! no'," of inspecting the work and
| of learning the standing and pro
g re ss of their children. 'He y will
he courteously received; hut no
parent or guardian will be permit
ted to make c unpluint against the
teacher in the presence of the pu
pils.
3rd. Should any difficulty oc
cur in relation of teacher to pupil,
and should parents or guardians
feel that they have just cause for
complaint, such complaint shall be
made to the Principal or Chairman
of the Hoard in writing.
-till. It is the duty of the par
ents to teach their children lessons
of ol (‘dience to the constituted
authorities of the school, and sub
ordination to the rules thereof.
The iniquitous practice of criticis
ing the methods, discipline, or
person of the teacher in the pres
ence of their children should be
scrupulously avoided by all par
ents.
5th. Parties who object to their
children being punished with the
rod must, make known their wish
es to the Principal in writing, and,
upon the committing of the first
offense for which tin*, enild would
receive a whipping, the Hoard
shall promptly expel the child for
the session.
Morals and Manners.
It shall be the duty of the Prin
cipal and teachers to instruct the
pupils under their charge, by pre
cept and example, in marine’
morals; to teach them their d; >. ■
as citizens of the community, oi
the state and the. nation; but noth
ing of n political or partisni, nor
sectarian religious nature shall be
taught at any time in any of the
grades.
-I ANITOK.
'i'lic Janitor shall at all times be
j under the control and direction of
the Principal, and shall faithfully
! perform such duties as he may
| prescribe.
SUPPLEMENTAL.
1st. livery pupil shall be re
quired to go home immediately af
ter the ringing of the boll, when
school is dismissed in the after
noon.
2nd. There shall be no lighting
at school, nor on the roads or
streets going to or from school.
3rd. All pupils shall be requir
ed tb report at school not later
than <s::’>o o’clock in the morning,
and 1 o’clock in the afternoon or
bring a written excuse from their
parents or guardian.
It is understood that the rules
and regulations as hero adopted
are operative only so far as they
are not in eonfict wito the State
laws.
Approved by the Board of Di
rectors Saturday June 4th, lb<)4.
F. M. Martin, Pres.
E. H. Williamson, Sec.
Real Estate Bargains
For Sale By
CRAICi & HENDERSON
No. 1. 80 acres grtod laird 1 m from
Newark, on railroad; 40 acres cleared;
22 in cultivation; good bottom land
and a bargain.
No. 2. 80 acres good bottom land 4
miles X.-E. Newark; hall subject to
overflow, balance above liigbvvater;
4o acres in cultivation. Fine land and
a bargain.
No. 5. 140 acres good land 2 mi. N.
of Paroquet; i»0 acres in cultivation;
.'1 good houses on farm with good
pumps; 60 acres in pasture; excellent
cotton land and good timber on land
not in cultivation. Can be bought for
ten dollars an acre.
No. it. Half interest in 2f>0 acres
cane pasture land 4 mile from Jack*
son port; under fence; finest cane land
on White river; very cheap.
No. 7. 4s teres 4 mile from Paro
quet; acre* l ii'li rivet bottom land;
lf> acres above overflow; good timber.
A bargain.
No. 8. 40 acres good timber -land
24 miles from Newark; good bottom
land and well tiinhered.
2 miles from Newark; would make lint
cotton land.
No. 11. 2 acres of land and good
4 room house in Paroquet, all under
fence and well improved. P.ig bargain.
No. 12. Nice a room residence and
4 lots near Methodist church; one of
the most beautiful places in Newark.
Very cheap.
No. 14. (45 acres £ mile from N“w
! ark: good creek bottom laud, | in cul
tivation: 2 good never failing springs;
I 2-room log house with brick clitmnay,
i and one 2-room box house.
No. 15. 1 (to acres fine land in the
fatuous big bottom country; makes a
I bale of cotton and 75 to 100 bushels of
• ■urn in the acre. Fine farm and in
a few years will be worth hi thousand
! dollars, but if taken at once can be
: bought for about half that amount.
No. 17. Two nice residence* lots one
i block north of public school building;
| nicest residence property in town and
; a bargain.
No. is. 400 acres fine Rig Bottom
' farming land; 200 acres in cultivation;
14 houses on place; makes a bale of cot
ton to the acre, "'ell improved farm
! and a genuine bargain if taken at once'.
No. 21. 270 acre farm adjoining
Paroquet, 40 acres in cultivation, 20
acres in pasture; me 0-room frame
j and one 2-room box house on place.
Good well, two pumps, three barns.
: two good orchards of 5y bearing trees;
I land not in cultivation has good tim
| ber.
No. 22. 75 acre creek bottom farrti,
with 55 acres in euitivatiiui; one 4
room and one 2-room house; two good
| barns and other out buildings. Makes
I half bale of cotton and 30 bushels corn
1 to the acre; two miles from Newark.
No. 23. 87 acre creek bottom farm,
i two miles from Newark with (>7 acres
; in cultivation; two 2-room houses
with good chimneys; everlasting vvat
| ter; makes half bale cotton to the
! acre.
No. 24. 20 acres half mile north of
Newark. 15 acres in cultivation; excel
lent location for truck or poultry farm.
No. 25. 11 acres half mile north of
1 own; good 5-room house, barn, orch
irh, good out buildings and two wells.
j No. 2(4. 140 acre farm, so acres in
| cultivation; good timber on land not
in cultivation; three'2-room houses,
good well and spring. 2£ acre orchard.
! Located 8 -miles north of Newark. 1
'■ mile from Black River Academy, mile
: from church and in good neighborhood.
Small creek runs through the farm.
No. 27. One block beautiful resi
; deuce lots just north of school build
ing. Very desirable property and a
bargain.
no. :it>. 40 arrcs timber hind •> miles
I southwest of Oil Trough store, good
white oak timber: 1’rioe $00,
no. 40 s:> acres timber la lid on
Deportee creek, half river bottom and
half upland; line tract of land and
has good timber on it.
no. 41. >‘) acres bottom land on
Black river adjoining railroad; very
] high and seldom overflows; all in tim
ber, tine piece of land and a bargain.
no. SO acres Big Bottom land
: 24 miles from Newark; <><) acres in cul
ti vat ion, fiacres in alfalfa; grows baie
of cotton to the acre.
no. :1T. 2 acres nicest residence
property in north part of town; good
well and garden on place.
55. Kit; acre farm 3 miles north ol
town, 14<> acres in cultivation, 20 acre.4
good timber, no rocks, 5 room loj
house and 4 room frame house, gout
well, and nice young orchard.
No. 28. 12 acres line Big Bottom
land,mile and a halt from Newark,alh
in cultivation: makes bale of cotton
per acre.
No. 29. l'i acres half mile north of
Magnoss; :i room house, good barn and
orchard.
no. no. '>29 acres line bottom land;
mile river front on Black river; 3tH>
acres under fence;200 acres line cane
land; valuable white oak limber on
land.
No. 31. Block of nicest residence
property in Newark, near sehoo
building.
No. :12. Block nice residence prop
erty in west side Newark, 1 block from
school building.
no 42. 8 acres timbered land 3 mi.
north of Newark; good hill land and
nice locat ion for small fruit farm.
no. 33. Block residence property in
north part of town; 80 hearing apple
trees on place; choice residence prop
erty.
no. 34. *40 acres timbered land in
Big Bottom, half mile east of Akron.
Very cheap.
>. i. 35. on acres 2 miles north of
Newark, To acres in cultivation, 2-sto
r.v •“> room house, good outbuildings,
burns, 20 acre pasture and tine young
orchard.
no. 33. Nice 5 room residence 2
blocks from depot, very desirable lo
cal ion.
no. 38. 40 acres timbered land on
Village creek, 2 miles from Newport;
line land; valuable white oak timber
on place.
-f:;. UiiO ii'Ti's good bottom land, 2*0
; at*res intiuibei: 80 acres in timothy;
I good 4 room house; good barn and out
buildings; good orchard; 1<X) acres in
; pasture; improvements good; located
I 3 miles from Newark; a line stock
! farm. Price five thousand dollars.
lb, 2 room house and 1 acre land in
north edge of city, at a bargain.
-Hi. 3 acres nice residence property
| in north edge of city: beautiful ioca
j lion, and genuine bargain.
IT. (bind b room house and I acre
; land in west edge of town; convenient
! to school; desirable location; cheap.
48. 80 acres in the manganese belt,
j 2 milesuortlnvkst of Cu.shman;healtby
1 location; springs in abbndauce.
4!>. 4b acres timbered land 8 miles
, north of Hatesvilie in the manganese
i belt; soil rich from mineral.
I bo. 2 acres fine residence property
! in north part of town; 4 blocks from
| school building; fine orchard of about
7b bearing trees: nice location.
52. 14(H) acres line river bottom land
on black river, lying ou both sides of
railroad; over 200 acres in cultivation;
400 acres in pasture; good .timber,
miles river front, railroad station and
switch on place, all good farming land
and has natural drainage, line for cot
i ton, and would make as tine stock
; larm as any of its si/.e in the South.
52. 240 acres tine land in the famous
Big Bottom country, half mile from
i Newark: makes a bale of cotton and
■ >o io loo bushels corn per acre; 25 acres
in alfalfa yielding 7 to 8 tons per acre
e\#ery year.
54. 12b acre farm, 55 in cultivation,
and under good fence, good six room
house and a 2 room house, good barn
and plenty of water, located 4| miles
north of town.
50. loo acre farm with 4b improved
good orchard of 300 trees, good 7 room
frame house and good barn; everlast
ing spring.
Assessor’s Notice.
Notice is hereby ^iveil that I will
attend in person, or by deputy, at the
usual voting places in the various
| townships in independence county,
{ Arkansas, for the purpose of taking a
; list of the personal property of ea'-ii
I resident of said township and the per
| eapiliu tax of such as a re liable to pay
same for the year llio-i, on the days
j and dates speeiiic<y#<luw:
Oil Trough township, Elmo, Satur
day, July'.). *
Hi- Bottom township, Newark,Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, Juiy
j 11, 12 and 13.
Kuduell township, Batesviiie,Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, July 14, 1T>
j and lti.
And at my office in Batesviiie July
17 to 2-, after which time all persons
j failing to list will be subject to a pen
j ally.
You must assess in person. Each
person will have to swear to his or
heiyassessment, and each person will
be required to give number of school
district. School Directors will please
furnish list of tax-payers at precinct,
on first day of assessment.
J AK E MAG N ESS, Assessor.
Independence County, Arkansas.
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