The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-18
SCHOOL MELANGE.

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The writer Is daily receiving letters
from different parts OF the state asking
for orders for reduced rates on railroads
In order to attend themeting OF theWest
Virginia Educational Association, whose
annual meeting takes place in Wheel
ing June Goth and 3Oth and July 1ss For
some unaccountable reason the railroads
have not as yet reported to the corr
,mittee what the fare will be. We have
been promised one fare for roucd trip.
II this is secured there will be nn ne ID
for orders. as the tickets will be sold
for one fare, emitting the holder 10 re-
turn, but II this fare Is not secured, and
orders are necessary, they Will be sent
to all asking for them just as soon as
secured. All readers OF the Intelligent
Ger are asked % take notice OF this an
nouncement. A. J. Wilkinson, the Sec
rotary of the association. is in the city,
and is looking after the interests CT the
meeting. He reports that everything
points to large attendance. perhaps
the largest in the history OF the associa-
tiun. We urge upon all the teachers Of
LIE Steie ~ SO!Hes SoUie anu SET HoN
nicely you can be entertained even IN
conservative Wheeling. DR.. Nourse. OF
Washington City, will deliver his cele-
brated lecture, "Dr. Jekyl and Mr..
Hyde" on Thursday evening at Wheel
ing Park Casino. This will be free to
all members OF the association. To
those who have not heard this famous
lecture. we would say that YOU cannot
afford TO miss 1t. To those not mem
.bers of the association the admissijn
will be slight. merely enough to pay
some incidental expenses connected with
II. The afternoon session OF the asSo-
citation on Thursday will be held at the
Park Casino, where in the early evening
a banquet will be given and reception
held.
R"fore tho Pedagogue pens another
article, the first class Of the Wheeling
high school Will have received their d.
plomas. and some OF them will have
said their pieces, which Is the lac.
act in the graduation Of a class OF pupils
from any school, The entire class,
counting those Of Lincoln school, Is
composed Of twenty-five girls AMI one
boy. All honor, to this one boy. but
where are the twenty-four other boys
that ought to be In the class. for there
should be boy graduate for every one
of the gentler eek that receives 4 diplo-
ma from the board OF education. The
eternal fitness of things requires this,
but the fact Is our boys ore not coming
to the front In equal numbers as gradu-
ates. One Of the great problems 10 be
solved In our educational system Is
how to keep our boys in school In this
headlong age OF push and business. 1t
Is becoming a question that must be
met and, solved, else our public school
system Is not fulfilling Its mission. which
is TO give to boys as well as to girls q
good education.
Examinations for promotion to the
high school have been held during the
two past and the present week. IN the
different ward schools. The tes's have
been rigid, but quito a number have
stood them well, while others have nohly
tried and failed. This always has been
the case and no doubt always will be.
To those who have failed, our advice Is
to try 1t again. If necessary spcnd an
other year In the ward schools. For the
better you are prepared. the easier will
be the four years work in the high
school Let n pupil be ever So well pre-
pared In the grammar echool, there Is
still four years of hard work in the high
school. 5lg
Richie school takes its annual outing
to-day to Wheeling Park. Many par
ents and friends are with them and un-
der the leafy grove they are secure from
the effects Of the hot and sultryweathcr.
These outings are always very plcaCans.
THE PEDAGOGUE.