Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-23
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| ucaGlOn believes Ill cuCOuI dSihS
! its High school graduates who de-
sire to teach, it also believes In in
fusing new life and methods by
introducing teachers from other,
parts of the State or from other
States. The inducements it offers
are such as to give an opportun-
| ity to select from the best teach
ers of the State. Of the twenty
two teachers employed, all are
| graduates Of college, Normal
school or High school.
The present teaching force con-
sists of Prof. M. E. Hess, super
intendent; j. D. Garrison, princi-
pal of the High school; Miss Anna
Elliott, first assistant; Miss Mar
garet Thompson, second assls-
tant; Miss Halle Swan, the gram
mar grade; Misses Dora Hamilton,
Margaret Michigan, Iseola Satter-
field, Clara Reed, Lenore Costing,
Lulu McKisson, in the informed
late grades; Miss Cora Hensel,
Mrs. Ella Martin, Misses Ida
Hamilton, Blanche Emery, Beulah
Bedford, in the primary grade,
with Mrs. Harriet Lyon as prl-
mary supervisor; in the South
Side building Misses Margaret
Black, Belle Vannoy, Bessie Var
ner and Eva Martin have charge
of the various departments.
The administration of all school
affairs is entrusted to the Board
of Education. This body at pres
ent consists of Messrs. Charles
Bailey, president; C. l.. Moore
and Thornton Buck, commission
ers; j. Fred Neill, secretary. All
are public spirited men and deep
ly interested in the welfare OF the
school, neither trouble nor ex-
pense to make it's equipment COM
plete and the surroundings con-
ducive to good work.
The educational system is un-
der the care Of a superintendent,
elected by the Board of Educa-
ton. He does no teaching, but
oversees the work Of every de-
partment, making such sugges-
tons and criticisms as he sees
needful to blend the work OF the
various departments into a per-
feet whole. All plans for work
are submitted to him; he conducts
teachers meetings, at which sub
iects in psychology and peda-
gogy are discussed; he issues IN
structions in the form of weekly
bulletins, conducts examinations
at certain times, and is the court
of final resort in all matters OF
discipline: he reports the condl-
ton of the school, and recon-
mends to the Board for reelection
or promotion those teachers whom
he finds most successful. A list
of principals and superintendent
since '76 is as follows:
Principal A. B. Wilson, 1876
1892.
Principal F. E. Strickling,
1S92-1S93.
Principal A. B. Wilson, 1893
1895.
Principal S. NJ. Hoff, 1895
1897.
Principal j. NJ. Skinner, 1897
1899.
SUPERINTENDENT M. E. Hess,
1899
The discipline of the school is
firm and wisely administered.
Each teacher is held responsible
for the discipline in her room,
and her success as a teacher IS
gagged largely by her ability to
control her pupils without the
assistance of the superintendent.
All cases of characterization be-
vond the control of the teacher
are referred to the superintend-
ent, when the offender is dealt
with in a kind but effective man
ner. The pupil is inspired with
the idea of self-government, and
each year under the present
management has seen an improve
ment in the conduct OF. the pupils,
until little or no corporal pun
ishment is now required.-Anna
N. Elliott, First Assistant in High
O. II