Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-01-24
THE NORMAL. SCHOOLS,
WHY They Arc Defective.


THE NORM SCHOOLS.
why They Arc Defective.
Correspondence ol the Register
see hy your lsrur at the lith that
YOU, like snuc others, labcil lur granted
that the Normal -rhoois are u failure, un
the ground ut prevailing impress
sion Ia that office The Impression
may prevail that some at them are TAIL
urrs: certainly does not prevail ~ 4"
all There h one, ut least, that has her
normal graduates employed throughout
| Tie huuuds ut several counties Teaching,
nud ln me- ease hus there boon expressed
| any other than satisfactory uplhunb
| them. and more would nov hv engaged
n the work were n not Tor thu tact that
| luWrI vUdcd TEACHERS are ultru cm-
Moved, because they WuIN lur less pay
| You mrntiuu ~ one az the grounds luT
h,bryIur that they aye not returning To-
| the state the muuvy,Npvudud un thcm,
| that thry are rather "iurul Institutions
| ter educating the children ct par.
Ii,umr u,iVhhuThuuda. When the law
! t,h ella created ihrs' Schools h. examined
this scums no Nalid objection 4" thou.
N,rr not county supcrlntcndcnls ~.
stu, ird H. sue ,cJliH,a c- Ia tho boys
ant pirls nl the counties, who had uu
means ut getting Wu education uthcr-
| NI..' pil th, .uIuUs Who complied the
law suppu,o that the chlIdruul such ~
those To- whom these certificates WUrC
rrdutrd hN law could afford, with tow
exceptions, to- Vu ln such orhnnls, Their,
hN avoiding luW tuition aud yet pay
! r,u months harl7 Why, the laW even
proposes IT, furnish thrsv children
| hooks. aud vet the necessary tact that
| Ih,.r s,hunls are ~ large measure tilted
by Il comparatively luul clmcul II, hy
yuu. pat h. their di-crrdll
A. uur state had intended tu avoid the
tact WhIrh rauscs guud duul ui the up.
position Ia thrFr -rhuulg, namely, thrlr
hcnrHttluH the places Whclr they are lu
ptvd tu u ptvulcr dr"Ivc iiHu others,
lu uhl,rtIuu that MAY hv urged uW'uH
r,,ry school mon earth, thtu shr
.huud have pluuu,l h,r Normal
-rhuult upon -rwU such system a. West
Point. l,INIur hyI WuIs tuition, huIui
nud rlulhur luyy Then perhaps, they
WuuId not Il, uvrlrd %, "lurd mslilu
upus n spmr ul lhrsr srhuul, arr
nnmrys Me- Elllur make hull tu at
uuhul, Il lu rrua; measure I" ~ dvlrr
tive HN-i,u.
rhrl,cu wears have passed since II,
Inauguration. la Your editorial yuu
ADMIT that what Ny been rN,u hI-
b,,u gwen wui.tuGN Nul "uly pu.
Nmlr thr hW created a liumd ul re
rrut.. empowered To- ia certain lhlugz
umuur thrm ,u tn lU. ~llUtus 81 teach
rra. vet these o. utlym,u we've com
p,llrd tu Nisut the syhuul~ AMI tell
th,m that they W,rr appointed
10 du duties hN the law
uhr,l, they could not dsrhup', hc,aunr
that provision ut lhv law wac u,gI,rtyd
rhus aryrrh times ht- the farce been
yuurtcd ct the Regents having To- gu
around a. ihv .rhuul- and h,iug obliged
tu toll lh,m that tlUN Ctmv lur nothing
| rather think they feel ashamed al
IA, IL office aud ils impossible require.
m,ut-. AMI h,uyc II ~ hard tu get many
at lhrm together at one place. Another
1T the imprrlyrttuu- at the system, not
,hlrgcahIr tu the srhuulS, N that per
sous "a Young should hr cNprrtrd, IA u
| two wear ruursy, tu hu lttrd ~ actual
t,uurcmrut, uuj all the other CuurumI
nut requisites ul a Vuud iuIrhyr
thing that uldrr States than West Viz
gium have luuui ImpTa,ti,thly
What are Legislatures iur hut
60 digest plans that uIc To- WuIk lot the
guud 81 The state There have been
lhIurru Nrals passing under the sys-
tom. -u uiaurIly has It been, uud su
.ru,hjuTy' have these law makers
gl,,utu It, aud su great las been then
want IT iuIrr,st ia II. that during that
time there has never been uu uiluu 90
the part 1T ANY Legislature tu improve
the ~, -lrm aud I,udvT u az ,ilv,tiNc ~
arr Normal school, wherever they arc
hasvd upon wise legislation. II, Ia thir
teen wears. West Virginia Normal
srhuul, have not hy,uWy Important AL
luu,ts lu tky lryy S,huul ~ stem. It n
sulrl, the fault of the law Creating
thyu, through IT. impcrl,,tluu, lur
which they are not rvspuusi
hlr. aud tu that hold uu and ,yt gu
-NSt,m adopted Is tu them 81
passing a llll tur th,Iy r,uyl one duN and
rypvltur % thr next aud ct making IA
appropriation uur year aud tNiUE To-
yupp', thrI vh,iyu,N th, next hy
none. a s,st,m, mdrvd, making the l,g
l,uturc aud IT, creature a laughing
stock a. those Who Ia many other States
AZ, rrapur an abundant harvest tum
Will dir.si,d sy,t,m ~ normal 81, huuls
Mr Editor. would lt not De- wi~,r iu
yuu tl uu1 the Legislature tu wmc,ly
thu detect, iu the system, aud - ir
work heartily a. It, support su that the
stat, NAV derive the benefit which ,uu
admit NAV be- found iu normal D, huu
sy-tvW' >UtriibRusIuN