Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-29

-, criticisms oi 'A' '''''u VI AUuN"
-e-,- Of the Register.
ask permission through your
-s TO resume my reply to the
reisms of the Board of Edu-
rutusled in your paper under
..-- ,rr.l 18th. in my last article
.. E succeeded in establishing one
shat is that the establishment OF
t school in this district is adj
-.f If considered on the ground OF
.erouly. as it would save an
"a, the taxpayers Of the district
~ of $3.50 and thereby lessen
-c.al burden upon the PEOPLE.
.-- unknown friend, proceeding
his criticisms. urges the objection
successful operation Of a High
nd would mean The wreck and ruin
r- existing grammar schools, in
possible for q child TO receive
fair education az comparatively
alr-use 90 the parent and tax
T.. is not true, as I understand
.. ... Hln school would destroy
amman schools The "a grades,
with the first year of the
~ schools. would form the fu-
uuar schools of the several
the city. so that the grammar
would simply be relieved Of that
70 work which the Legislature
y imposed upon them until
as the High school would be
..L The grammar schools
.. reserved intact. doing even
.ree--Iy the work belonging 20
.r.uent Of our educational
- Ha- it is objected again, that,
,,s I'm the end reduce the ward
..-s 20 primary schools and would
F.. The inevitable discharge Of the
teachers. and would injure many
.~e- while beuehtting a few
..,. T rar. already shown that the
school would simply relieve the
-r school Of O burden temporarily
i anon them by the act of the
nwre and transfer the work
where # could be more effectively done
and at less expense to- the taxpayers.
.-- r-ri saws i'm ono breath that the
tr rcal would result i'm the dis
csthe higher teachers and in the
next breath that it would increase the
se How can these TWO state
-s be recoucued? Ii is true that It
4crr displace seventeen 90 A
rrters and seven 90 assistant gram
mar teachers. whose aggregaye salaries
NE now costing the taxpayers annually
trs sum of SloS1o. This would be a
natter of economy and not of increased
expense. Suppose these teachers can
se dispensed with and thus lessen the
expenses Of operating our schools,
should it not te done2 Should We con-
tlnua 90 furnish them employment as
matter of charity when by so doing
va nsrau upon the taxpayers Of the
fis-re, annually the debt of $3.50?
and rta. i'm excess of the cost Of opsr-
atuE che high schooi2 Ny friend
should remember that the primary
object Of our educational system is not
% furnish employment to teachers, but
-1 educate the youth of our State in
Oh. most thorough and Efficient man
r.rauI ar the least expense, thus pre-
pairing chem for the intelligent and
right discharge of their duties of clti-
z.rsl.r Certainly the development
and progress of our educational work is
ct 90 Pc mpeIed because somebody
may close his job." The teachers
whose services may be dispensed with,
STD doubtless find employment in other
and along other lines. The in
s-oft The masses of the people should
srars ue considered paramount TO the
, of The few. And how could
a Hel school "injure many chill
r while beueftting the few? as my
e.rl asserts The ward schools will
a- t.a same advantages to rich and
poor alike. as they 90 now; and the
II doors NJ the High school will open
ore.re the children of the rich and
.o- alike. I can readily see how the
whole community would be benefited,
'- utterly fail to see how anybody
could possibly De injured. But my
r0 asserts again, A High school
H.. la of no benefit to the children
poor PARENTS 1T is" he continues,
common complaint at present that
T scholars can take the full school
j course and graduate Boys and girls
alike must leave school before the
course Is completed and so TO work. -
u -r friend concludes therefrom
benefits would be reaped only
Stow children of well-to-do par
Now. if the position of my
We're true. still the High school
@ .. o necessity under the obliga-
rms o. The State to educate her citi-
and thus protect her own existence
rs upon the ground OF pub
economy If because some pupils
s.aoc, before they complete the
The High school is TO be re-
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