Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-28


Hon. ID. T. Lucas, of Jefferson, arrived
in thdscity on Saturday. He is just from
Parkrrsburg, where he was attending the
u. ). Court. Mr.. Lucas is feeling quite
happy over the result of his efforts in be-
half of some litigation that materially
affects jefferson county While Mt Par
kersburg he and his associate counsel, WM.
Z. HUBBARD, of this city, succeeded in
getting Chief Justice Waite to consider the
cases, four in all, in State of West Virginia
Use of Jefferson county vs.. b. < o. K. X.
Co. Generally the Chief Justice leaves
for home before the time usually set for
hearing the railroad cases, but he told these
gentlemen that he proposed to remain
until this matter was disposed OF, where
upon the cases referred to above came mp
for hearing. These cases had been removed
from the Ohio County Circuit Court to
the United States District Court. The
Court after hearing the counsel
on both sides, ordered that
the whole matter be remanded hack to Ohio
county Circuit Court. ThisdecisiOn is OnC
of unusual importance. We have the inn
portant principle now for the first time
settled in this State, that n State suing
for her own taxes, sues not ~ n citizen,
but in a sovereign capacity, and such d
suit can not he removed to the U. s. Cir,
cult Court by a nonresident corporation,
USIFYING OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
State Superintendent b. 5. MORGAN WI
in the city yesterday, on his way to Fair
mont to take part in the special institute
for teachers and County SurerintendentS,
to he held in that town.
Mr.. MORGAN has advanced and sound
ideas upon school matters and is working
TO have them put into practice. These are
three principal features he is working
for ut present:
1. A teachers reading circle.
.. A course of study for the district
public schools.
3. The ~uniieation Of schools OF every
grade.
There is a new feature in regard to
unifying the schools that Mr.. MORGAN
now has in view and expects to advocate,
1t is that every high school within the
State that will enlarge its course to CORE
spOnd with the Preparatory Department Of
the University shall be considered rs a
preparatory school for that Institution, and
its graduates shall be admitted to the
University without further examination,
lust rs il is now provided in thu
case of those that take the academic course
in the Normal Schools. In this way, with
but little additional expense, such towns
rs Parkersburg, Charleston, Clarksburg,
Wheeling, Martinsburg, and Others, could
have schools with an academic course that
would send their students to the Univer-
sity well equipped. This could be done
with the employment Of but One more
teacher in some of the high schools.
This strikes ms as a good plan with this
graduation, Graduates from the public
schools can step right into the high schools
without further examination. When the
course in the high school is
completed they step right into the Uni
yersity, just as those taking the prepare.
toryseOurse of the University or the scal,
emie course at the Normal Schools In
this way one school would merge into the
other and our school system would be q
grand whole, just as in some other
states where this plan is adopted.