Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-09
ELECTING TEACHERS.
RESULT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS MEET
ING IN THE CITY YESTERDAY.
These Who VIII Guide the Youthful Mind in Var
:oas Parts Of the Stais-Fairm0nt and Shsp-
herdslown SILL Unfllsd-lncidelts
Of ths Meeting.

The Board OF Regents Of the State
Normal Schools convened at the Hotel
Windsor at ten o'clock yesterday morn
ing, and was in session nearly all day.
The members of the Board present were
State superintendent b :. Morgan,
Hon. Rankin Wiley, Of Point Pleasant
Mr.. H. l.. Snyder and Hon. L. ). Riley,
IF this city. j. Ii. Miller, Of the Third
District, was prevented from being
present.
Superintendent Morgan presided over
the meeting, Mr.. Snyder acting as sec
rotary. After the transaction OF sew
eral routine matters pertaining to the
amusement OF the various normal
schools, came up the election Of princi-
pals and teachers for the various
schools.
NJ. ID. Heinrich was reelected Drlncl-
pal OF the Glenyille Normal school, sal
airy 81, 100. The teachers elected were
Verona Maple, Carrie Wiesenheld, t.
j. Hartman. These teachers are all
reappointed.
For the Concord Normal School j. d.
Sweeney was again placed az the head,
salary 81, 200. The other members OF
the faculty appointed are j. L. Holroyd,
c. A. Fulwider, SalOam +. johnson and
Mamie McCreery.
For Marshall college, L. +. Hodges
was made principal aud Miss Jessie
Holderby was proEOted to ill the va
cancy made by the resignation OF Mabel
Scott. Vina Lee was appointed 70 fill
the position made vacant by the promo
LT-r1arhw nrhnr
teacher, Lizzie McChesney, was reap
pointed. Mr.. Hodges salary was raised
from 1000 10 81, 100 Miss Holder
mans salary is fixed az 500.
At the West Liberty school the en-
tire faculty, comprising Mrs. K. A.
Armstrong, principal, aud Miss A. b.
Wendt, assistant; Callie Curtis and Mary
Brown. teachers, were all reappointed.
The principals salary was raised from
S1,15O to $1,000. The salaries Of Miss
Wendt and Miss Curtis were raised from
$500 TO $3.50.
One Of the principal discussions Of the
day was over the principalship OF the
Fairmont Normal School. There APP
peared 10 be but two candidates for the
position, Prof j. Z. Gwynn, the pres
ent incumbent, and Prof. j. Walter
Barnes. After a long discussion the
prlncipalShip was left vacant until to-
day when an election will take place.
The other members OF the FairmOnt
faculty were appointed, however, con-
sisting Of Irene Myers, teacher OF Eng
lish and assistant principal; Buelia
BOYD and Charles w. Evans. j. T..
Davis was also elected 10 It'll a vacancy
In the faculty. The FairmOnt Normal
School is the largeSt normal school in
the State, and last year had 260 schol-
Rrs.
The reporter was informed that Mr.
Davis had notified the Board that he
could not accept the position, and
new appointment will be made before
final adjournment.
For Shepherd College at shepherds
town, the Board were In the same
-.dileIma. They were unable 10 elect a
principal yesterday. There were some
five or six candidates, and quite a dis
cussion prevailed. The position pays
81, 100. The election will take place
some time to-day. ,The other members
of the faculty appointed were Chas. j.
Miller, assistant; Pearl HOsie and Ella
Fordyce.
The two new lady teachers, Miss
Myers and Miss Lee, are regarded as
valuable acquisitions to the Normal
School teaching force of the State.
Miss Myers IS a graduate OF the West
Liberty Normal School and OF Bethany
College, and also OF the Female lnsti-
tute az Lexington, Ky, Miss Lee is a
graduate Of West Liberty and Of the
Peabody Normal School of Nashville,
Tenn, where she was teacher of vO-
cal music for sometime.
The Board voted to introduce music
IN the public schools, and Miss Lee will
eteach the same at Marshall College in
connection with other studies. The in
PRODUCTION Of music will be where itcan
be conveniently inaugUrated in connec-
tion with other studies, and teachers
will not be engaged exclusively for this
feature,
The Board expects to urge upon the
Legislature an appropriation for ladies
boarding hall at MarshaltOwn.
Supt. Morgan has just completed his
round of Normal school commence
ments, aud his work has given the ut
most satisfaction. During the eight
years Supt. Morgan has been In office
ne has the remarkable record Of never
having missed a single commencement
or meeting Of the Board. He has at
tended forty-eight Normal school cOm-
mencements, and seventY-hve meetings
OF the Board.
Among other things Superinte ndent
Morgan stated that during the past
year there have been LOIS students in
attendance on the six normal schools OF
the State. In 1855 there we're go,
which shows a highly gratifying in
crease. In the same time the efficiency
OF the schools have been largely in
creased, numbers Of new branches add
ed, Libraries established in all the
schools, aud may various improve
ments made. At Concord there is at
present in course Of erection a large
boarding house, with forty rooms, for
the accommodation of young lady stu
dents. The handsome new academy at
FairmOnt is progressing nicely, and will
be ready for occupancy about January
/. The entire cost OF this building
when completed as proposed by the
Board, will be nearly S65,O00 and it
will be one OF the finest school build
ings In the State.
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