Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-13
STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS.
The Meeting of the Board Of Regents in
this City Y Yesterday.

this City yesterday.
The time is near at hand when the
Normal school at Huntington and its
branches throughout the State will open
for the new year. In order that every
thing might be in readiness State Super.
intendent Butcher, several weeks ago,
issued call to the Normal School Re-
gents to meet him at his office in the
State House, on the 18th OF August.
Accordingly the members OF the Board
put in an appearance at the State House
yesterday morning The full Board was
present and at IL o'clock organized. The
Board OF Regents is composed as follows:
Hon. B. l.. Butcher, State Superinten.
dent, en- a6iciO member and President;
Hon. j. b. SOmmerville, of Brooke
county; James b. Fowler, of Marion, and
Major J. w. St. Clair, OF Fayette.
The main business was, oil course, the
election of teachers for the different Nor
NAL schools and the following WAS the
result OF the elections:
Marshall College-Principal, Prof. B.
Fl. Thackton of Cabell; Assistant Prin-
cipal-this office WAS lett to the Principal
and Executive Committee to select.
Concord Normal School-Principal,
Prof. J. ii. French Of Mercer, and AS
sistant Principal, Prof j. s. Reynolds OF
Mercer.
Fairmont Normal School--PriEcipal,
Miss M. L. Dickey, and Assistant Prin-
cipals, Prof. U. S. Fleming and Miss
Lucy Fleming.
Shepherdstown Normal School-Prin-
cipal, Prof. Jos. McMurren OF Jefferson,
aud Assistant Principal, Prof. d. B.
Pendleton.
West Liberty Normal School-Princi-
pal, Prof. D. T. Williams, OF Wetzel.
The office OF Assistant Principal was
left to be selected by the Principal and
the Executive Committee.
Glenvilie Normal School-Principal,
Prof. S. ID. Lazear, OF Ohio county. The
office OF Assistant Principal was left to
be selected as above, each one OF those
selected, to be approved by Superintenc-
ant Butcher.
The next business was the election OF
the Executive Committees or local COM
mittees, which are elected to have
charge OF the buildings, have charge OF
the money appropriation, etc. 1t is in
fact an auditing committee.
Yesterdays elections showed the fol-
lowing result:
Marshall College-Hon. II. G. Sims,
General John II. Oley and Hon. +. A.
Bennett
Concord Normal Scbool-Messrs M.
S. johnson, Geo. w. Devor and DR..
Isaiah Bee.
Fairmont Normal School-Hon. James
Morrow, J. +. Sands and J. w. Mccoy.
Shepherdstown Normal School-Hon,
C. It. Butler and Hon. Geo. M. Beltz-
West Liberty Normal School-Hon.
J. w. Morgan, Robert Bonner and A.
NJ. Ridgeley. ,
Glenville Normal School - Milton
Norris, n. NJ. Bennett and 5. l.. Ruddle.
In addition to other business, the res.
ignation OF Prof. X. NJ. McPheters, Prin-
cipal of the West Liberty School, was
accepted.
The salaries were left the same for the
next year as they have been.
One important feature was the chang.
ing Of the apportionment OF annual
school scholars or the students now ed
ucated by the State. Under the census
of 1870 the number educated was 4O7.
Under the 1880 census the Regents yes
terday increased this number to 600,
and the matter oi distributing the
scholars among the different counties
was lett to Superintendent Butcher.
The Regents spent a very pleasant
time in Supt, Butchers Office and great
ly enjoyed their visit in this city. They
reported the Normal schools in their
districts as progressing finely and al!
made the statement that provided the
Legislature would continue It's liberal
policy of last year. generous results
might be looked 10. Everything now
appears to be- working smoothly, and all
differences have been satisfactorily ad-
justed. Tue business Of the Board was
finished about So clock and it adjourned,
the members being very much pleased
and gratfied with the result.