West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-19
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(By a High School Scholar

every ClllZsu SuOukQ tuIuA ou0
think deeply. 1t Is one which con-
Germs the welfare of the city, Its
political business and social well
fare.
Sistersville Is proud of her mag
ni6cent public school building and
she has a right to be. The woi K of
the High School Is constantly In
creasing In scope. In the first year
Of the school there were but twenty
pupils. Of these two graduated,
forming the class of 1899. the next
year the number of pupils was In
creased but the work was more or
less confused.
In 1900 a class of five was gradu
ated and the number of pupils In
the High School was increased by
thirty. The course of study was
revised at this time and no W In.
cludes three years work. The
class of 1901 consisted of five men,
bers, the same as that of the previ-
Gus year. The class Of 1922 will
number eleven, being the largest
ever graduated from the High
School. The class of 1908 will
probably be still larger. This class
will be the first to complete the full
three years course. In 1902 lh'rty
entered, while eleven will grsdu-
ate. From the present outlook in
1908 IS will graduate while a class
of nearly forty will enter. The seat
ing capacity of the room now used
as High School Is &c. Thus 1t Is
easily seen that unless some provis.
ion Is made for this increase In
numbers, the High School will be
unable to continue Its good work
In 1899 the total enrolment In all
the schools was 838, In 1921 1t was
CAT, at this rate 1t will soon amount
to one thousand.
In the present public school
building there are rooms In use
which causes little children to walk
up and down two flights of stairs
four times day. This to the chill
dren of eight or nine years Is un.
| dOubtedlv injurious.
Another argument In favor of a
new High School building Is that
where before the regular three
years course was instituted, many
pupils left school each year, now
all are so interested In their school
work, that no one would quit of his
own free will. Why? Because
each pupil of this High School has
come to a realization of what the
higher education means to him. A
graduate of good High School Is
independent. Many positions Of
honor and profit are open to him
which are not open to others. If
he wishes to GO on and enter col
lege, he Is at once assured of good
position In his class. IF he does
not wish to enter college, he Is en-
tirely competent to secure and hold
a good business position.
A good High School with plenty
of room and appliances would be
of the greatest benefit 10 Sisters
Vile. 1t would bring more pupils
and consequent trade from the sur
rounding country and even from
other towns along the Ohio Valley
not so we'll provided with High
Schools.
Not long ago there came to this
city as everybody knowns a glass
plant another, 1t Is reported Is com.
Ing soon each bringing Ia Its train
many families with sons and daugh
ters ready to enter the High School.
These industries are not the only
ones which will come to Sisters
Vile In the near future. And would
1t not be we'll to prepare for their
coming? One of the principal things
which hamper the pupils of the
High School Is the lack of a suita
bic labfatory and appliances for
their scientific studies This Is one
of the greatest difficulties against
which the teachers have to contend
You say of course that 1t would
be very expensive to build a new
school house and equip 1t VITA
suitable appliances, but 1t has been
proved over and over again In the
history of these United States, that,
''it Is. cheaper to build school houses
to educate people than to build
| prisons to reform them" From
the relative small seating capacity
of the High school rooms, the con-
stantly increasing ratio of those
aaferinU RI fh0ca graduating the