West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-09-05

held immediately atteward
NOTES
My me-
Mark me present
Il is Terra Alta again
The singing was usually led by A ",
Carrico
Prot Albert Uocorkcd his bottle Of sar-
caSm ON the opening day
The striking weight of the town clock
was no rcspcctor OF persons
For comfort the weather during the Ncci,
I was about an that could bc desired
Deacon Brown and Elder wnc,Scll were
IN attendance the latter part of the week
tt looks as though there would bc
another shortage In the supply of teachers
The institute was glad to see Prof Little
again even though his STAY was somewhat
brief
The membership. OF our institutes is
changing rapidly, year by year Who
wonders why
There were no public literary exercises,
but under the circumstances this lack was
quite unavoidable
The pillars in the hall utcrGcrcd i'm some
cases with the INSTALLATION" Of the
pictures ON Tuesday night
After hearing governor and madam talk
on pig sticking aud Installation geography
will be better taught in future
What is the name OF that cntcrprising
Terra Alta boy that Prof Albert told us of
ON Monday Let him stand forth
The school house is unfinished and there.
fore somewhat lacking in comfort aud con.
Nenience but such will not bc the case
next year
ltwould not do Tor the Hon. G lIartmcycr
and the historian of Preston To Sit near
together II was q question of telling
which from tothcr
The burning question Is whether the
electric lights in the town of Terrible
Altitude will illuminate the subject of the
Irresistible school Fund
The following members of boards of
education were in attendance. w \.
Wolfe. ID. $ wilt w IT, Whctscil T. NJ
Sypolt and G w Hartman
II was unfortunate that Monday night
went by default. SO lar as any session was
concerned There could have been an i'm
promptu social Il nothing more
Several Of our experienced teachers were
not present Among such were G. - hin.
6. w White o A. Bccrbowcr. T. q.
Shaitcr. + NJ O'IInra and \. T. Ridcnour.
One teacher in every district was ap.
pointed to wait upon his board Of education
at its next annual meeting and present the
claims of the teachers to better rcmuncra-
ton.
The loan OF piano WAS 10y courtesy of
Rev l. - Jones' The music at the
Hammers lecture was by Zcllcr's band.
Mrs O. II Parsons also performing ON the
piano
Hon. l. Miller the State Supcrintcnd.
cnt IS gentleman Of maturity ability and
experience and the educational interests
OF our state will undoubtedly prosper
during his term
Among the teachers who came in to visit
the Institute were Heb and George Harsh.
barger Harvey and Orange Stcmplc. G. L.
Dodge w b Frccland Z S Cunningham.
NJ IS Cobun, and G. w Bucdcw.
Here are two conundrums l. Why
have the salaries OF teachers declined
during the last IS years 3 Why need
their salaries be SO low during the present
period OF abundant and wen paid employ.
mont
The heavy weight teacher who lives un.
| der the shadow OF Pine swamp Knob went
to sleep one afternoon and could gain "A
INSTALLATION Of what was going ON only
after exchanging a few notes with q lady
teacher who lives not two miles from
Amboy postoGcc
| Miss Daisy Stemplc and NIr f. w
| Mcthcncy the secretaries of the institute.
performed their responsible duties with
care and fidelity The post Of secretary
has its trials as well as It's honors. and il
prevents the person holding it from getting
the full benefit OF session
During talk on geography. the blushing
lasscs and red faced laddics were asked TO
form a mind picture of sweet little infant
But when asked to open their eyes aud
visualize the object thcn-ny. met horror
OF horrors-ihcy were asked 60 sec q child
with wooly hair and sooty face
Unlike the new States Of the West our
own has no public lands To yield . ccncr.
Gus school fund. Our timber is RAPIDLY
going and our coal and oil are following
suit The suggestion that school tax be
| laid upon the coal and oil produced is
worthy Of consideration by the people of
West Virginia
OF the 7i9 persons enrolled. 5s have
never taught AZ all and ~ have taught buta
| single term Tho average of experience is
J six years Fifyscvcn members have
taught seven years or more. and such ones
might be- dcnominatcd old teachers
Seven Of the whole number have an cx.
pcricncc Of twenty years and upward
Prof b. 1roticr said That while our
| teachers are improving our schools are not
| improving These staimcnts appeared
contradictory to some miUds lie no doubt
meant to declare that hc thought our
teachers better fitted for their work than
ever before. set that hc deemed them handi
capped DO the schoolroom Boy too grcata list
Of branches TO be thought thoroughly
81 The closing session. parsou Hodges
astonishcd some Of the roll call dclinqucnts
by thc unhcard Of request that they meet
h'n BOO the loves regions of the building
They complied however and went down
the stairway with fear and trembling NOT
knowing but that the big man would grab
lath and administer corporal punishment ON
Csc spot From thc way hc Few about the
table while giving talk there was $40
telling Hi they would be- sol lucky as Il,
escape "ith tongue flashing
The two gentleman who secured the
lecture OF Prof Hammers did not goo into
thc enterprise ior personal profit and arc
somewhat out Of pocket in ibc transaction
y. lI. ID.LII. w. ~ M-.- -n-.LaI D.nnnl ~