Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08

n9- MEETING OF BOARD OF REGENTS
OF TIE STATE NORMAL School The
Board of Regents Of the State Normal
Schools met at the Capitol. building, at
Wheeling 29th March. Present-B.
w. Byrne, State Superintendent School;
John J. Jacob, Governor; Z. a. Ben
nett, Auditor; Sobieski Brady, Treasur-
er; Hon. z. f. Scott, First Congression-
al District, and Judge H. j. Samuels,
Third Congressional District.
Sundry orders were made directing
the Auditor to pay the teachers OF the
several Normal Schools out OF the ap-
preparation made for that purpose 10y
the last Legislature.
The annual sessions Of the several
Normal Schools were fixed to terminate
on the following days:
Marshall College-Tuesday, 18th
June, 1876.
Shepherd College-Friday, 10th June,
1876.
Fairmont Normal School-Monday,
10Th June, 1876.
West Liberty Normal School-Wed-
nesday, 2lst June, 1876.
Glcnnvilie Normal Schol-Tuesday,
9th June, 1876.
Rev. r. c. Holland was appointed a
member of the Executive Committee OF
Shepherd College, vice Rev. DIR. An
drews, deceased.
O,dered, That all the appointment offs
Normal pupils at the several Normal
schools made in 1878 or prior therto
Except those in attendance this YEAR,
and all those that have removed from
the State as named, their appointment
are hereby vacated and made null and
void.
Ordered, That the Executive Com
mittee of the several Normal Schools
be directed to include in their annual
report the names aud salaries of the
several teachers employed by them,
how much the said teachers have re-
ceived on salaries, and from what sour
ces; and that they prepare their report
before the day of the termination OF
their sessions, so as to submit the same
to the Board of Regents on their arrival
at the localities of the several schools,
also that they report how much they
have collected from buttons and how
much remains uncol!ected.
Understanding that the Normal
School regulations, given below have
never been printed by the Public Prin-
ter, we copy them today from the
book of the Secretary of the Board of
Regents:
Rule I4th, for the regulation of the
State Normal Schools, shall be amend,
ed and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
lows:
1.-The rates of tuition for pay schol-
airs are hereby fixed as follows:
For Junior Normal course per year,
$50; Senior ditto, s24; classical course,
*32; Students entering for shorter
period than year, shall be charged pro
rata according to the above rates. No
abatement shsll be made for fraction
ola month. One half of tuition due for
the period for which the student enters,
shall be paid in advance, and the resi-.
due at the expiration of the-first halt OF
said period"
Rule 18th shall lie amended and re-
enacted SO as to read: No abatement
shall he made for absence except in case
of protracted sickness.
Rule 7th, defining the duties of exc
cutive committee, snail be amended and
re-enacted to read as follows: They
shall appoint three persons, skilled and
competent, to examine all applicants for
graduation, two weeks before the close
of the scholastic year, who shall report
the result to the Regents, with sugges-
tons pertinent to the welfare OF the
school"