The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-11
Our MoundsvIIIe Letter.

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say how many Is the tempei alurs Of
Moundsville seems to differ from that Of
Wheeling SO much that | might uutbe
believed. Suffice me to say that II il
bitter cold and from appearances will be
colder still. The river will again be
closed which will cause many TO lose the
employment they 80 much need,
The revival at the N. E, Church seems
70 incfease IN interest. Nearly 1907 have
been added to the shprch, and it Is to be
hoped that they are such as shall be
eternally saved. Last evening Just as
the services opened At the church II was
discovered that the roof Of the building
was on fire, The alarm was promptly
given and as soon as II was possible
to do SO the fro was extinguished,
But had tho roof been dry and
tho night windy, the house, wotild pc
doubt, have been burned and with It the
parsonage and perhaps several other
buildings, o. 1t was so long before suit
able ladder could BE- procured. It seems
strange that in q town tho size Of ours
there Is no provision made for extinguish-
ing Gres-rOt even ladders, We think
that our council shonld zee that some
thing is done In that direction, The loss
OF one or two Of our best buildings would
perhaps cause something to DO done.
Tho best (l method that have ~ yet
seen presented for the settlement Of the
Normal school question, was that pre-
scented BY All" in his letter from ChpflGa-
ton written to tho Standard, In which he
proposes to abolish these schools, and
educate the teachers Of our State in
the Normal Department Of the State
University at MprgantOwu. I suggest to
tho writer that this would no doubt suit
the section Of the stateHin which the
University Is situated, especially the Clti.
lcns Of AIorgantOWn, but a. TO II being
for the best intetestO Of the State IA very
doubtful, aHd II lis also very doubtful
whether'it IL the province Of our Uhiyer-
sity to educate teachers for our common
schools, and II 10 still moro doubtful
whether Il Is very expedient to have o
Normal Department connected with II at
all. Ono reason why our Normal
Schools have not succeeded better Il, that
every college in tho STATE Processes to
have b normal department In connection
with Il, and every influence has been used
to draw tho teachers Of our State away
from our normal schools, do not pre-
tend TO say that We have not too many
normal SChOOls in our State, but | do say
that the free school cause can not prosper
without schools for the training Of our
teachers; and my experiences in tho mat.
ter Is that unless the primary object Of
the school IL training teachers how to
teach, and that how to teach In our com.
mon schools, the training received ut II Is
Of not much account to the teacher; |, o.,
his knowledge otthe theory and practice
Of teaching isnot much increased. But
II Is not my intention to argue this ques.
ton now, though l do think II should be
discussed In our public journals. The
practical workings and the great benefit
derived from tho Normal School work
In other States IL evidence to my mind
that We need about three good Normal
Schools in West Virginia, to accom-
mediate the three different sections, moro
that this would perhaps be superlluous.
There Is a great complaint Just now
among our people aboutth irregularity
Of the mails, or rather Il happens about
three times q week that wo don't ~ our
evening mail at all. This Is very annoy.
Ing to those engaged In business and WHO
would receive important letters in tho
evening mail which they wish to answer
at once, II this Is not ronedied soon, |
understand that complaint will DO made
to tho Post Office Department. II Is not
on account Vt tho latcness Of tho mail that
the complaint Is made, but Of its failure
to come al all. The question arises haa
the railroad tho right TO do thusH x.