The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-12

"a kHE fNiilGs "
West; Virginia IN ~ front rank Of; lhe.
most Iaw-abidlng states In the Union.
We should. stiefefote,lde deal with them.
literally. and properly, because In
emergencies we m}Pt Implicitly reiy.
upon them as The H,ai5 factors In en-,
forcing the lazy Wisi unforeseen t:ou-,
bles may arise. lgtny humble iudg-.
ment. sou cannot be too liberal with
THIS arm OF the pull lie service. H. ~ si7
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
This, the leading educational instltu-
tioa Of our state. under It's present
management Is 5njogins marvellous
growth and prosptfity.. It has rounded
up It's thirticth yea OF existence There.
were but six coileg students wlthinllts
walls the year 1T ftarted out upon Its
great mission. 70 the college yearIot
1898, had, linall of Its departments
81 students. The preceding year. the
total enrolment Was 465. Y This shows
an actual growth; in!one year. OF nearly
one hundred per cent. Such advance
ment. in so short space of time. is
nothing short Eiof phenomenal It. is
perhaps. the most promising state. uni!
!versitEE In the Eenti Ire country. Every
WestYIrginian should justly feel proud
OF the; wonderful hcadway 1t Is making,
Tho new presldent,5 Dr.. Jerome II.
Raymond. is n young man. highly edu-
Gated. full OF energy and enthusiasm,
and thoroughly imbued with the spirit
OF his thigh calling. He has given TO the
institution his best cndeavors, he will
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sltS. This. / firmly believe, G Will be
given! sincerely ihope that your hon
orablc body Will be liberal in approprl-
atoms for this Gre at institution. /.
VI The report OF tn board OF regents Is
So complete in details that l do not
deem II necessary 10 say more relative
70 the university. may add. however,
that the board of regents Is non-par-i
stisan, and thatspol ties have been thor
oughlg divorced from the Institution.
NO professor shall be dismissed from
the university simply because he Is a
democrat. nor shall one be employed
SIor mo other reas Pn4 than that; he is a
yReDubllcan.lf!I chn prevent tt *
The board of$rdgents, which 5is COM.
posed of thcoiggeft ,brafnfest and broad
est. men In the st:t te, are thoroughly In
sympathy with this principle, and are
aoing 2thelf very best TO place the
school upon the CHEST possible plane
OF usefulness. s. q e. f, t,35%
ouRiPUBILIc Schools 81;
4. tor more than a generation / have
carefully watched the operations of ou:.
public schools, AMI lido not hesitate to
say that ! regard them the bulwarky OF
oyri liberties, and las an,intalllble gauge
to the gro~..:t: " iFaG.Eess. and develop
ment OF the state. The better the pub
nc school, the befter the citizen. Mo.
ney expended int be public education Of
the people is motey saved in the en-
foreemeHt OF The Jaw. The mora sci1oo!
teachers we haveJ the fewer police off :
GERS will be NECESSARY. A dollar cy-
pended III educating young people, Is
Two dollars saved In the criminal ex-.
penses Of the sta e.. There can. there
fore: be no question. as TO the wisdom OF
system OF educhtioE. In the ordinary
English. branchc1. at the expense OF
the public treasurF. 5a, z
The report OF Phe state superIntend-
en- OF PUBLIC schpols is SO exhaustive,
that need not Jay more on this SUBJ
jec;. :, s.
NORMAL SCHOOLS.
Our sejen normal schools are all in
ilourlshlns condit| ion. They were better
atteAndeG las: yefr than in any other
yea"gof their exI1 teace. and am per-
suaded that the corps OF teachers gets
better every yeaf. The board of re-
. d. - IL 4 Z j :
gents have given a large amount OF at
tention to their duties since 1 have
oeen In Office. anll so far as am able
to judge, have rendered faithful service
10 the state. 49, Il
Since 1870 9O.97S pupil5 have been en-
rolled in these s'tveral normal schools.
ana 1.oiIS have been graduated. To say
the least. this is a wonderful. work IN
the making Of goPd. intelligent citizens.
ana In moulding character for the years
that are TO come. rlt
| beg here to rhnew the suggestion
made In my inaugural address. that the
law relative TO ol3r normal schools be 50
changed as to give us ore distinctive,
real normal institute with curriculum,
which Will enable us. MS state, 20
teach teachers how TO teach, which NC
~. ~ iSti PfbhSpt>p. Nul al
this time are &little more than liiuh
grade academies A slight change OF
the law would make one OF the seven
schools 4 normal school. for teachers
alone TO enter, and all the others would
become feeders to Il. This, unques-
t!on1b!y, was the original intention OF
the law. and hope, therefore, that YOU
will give due consideration to this sug-
gestioa. 81 ,I 3,
THE WEST NIRGINIA CoLoREDl
~ gs,3'5 INSTITUTE.
This Institution. established by the
wise foresight OF the state, assisted by
the general government. is intended to
bear the same relation to our colored
people that the university at Mo.gan-
town bears TO the white people. TO ac-
compllsh the ends for which the school
was established, II Unnecessary that 1t
be fostered and encouraged By appro-
pirate legislation and adequate iinun-
clal assistance. t
The school has n regular cadet COM
pany, properly uniformed and armed
by the state. I, therefore. recommend
that chapter Is. sections Sc and So, OF
the code be made 10 apply 10 the West
| Virginia Colored Institute.
The crowded condition OF the boys
department, renders a new building
necessary. The main building is. too
small for the growing needs OF tho
school. and an appropriation should,
therefore, be made 10 enlarge It.
Since the laws of the state require
! that the expenses 70" the printing OF
catalogues. the purchase of stationery.
etc. be paid out Of contingent fund. 1
recommend larger appropriation for
that purpose. The last appropriation