The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-27
WORK OF THE,
PUBLIC ] !. SCHOOLS
SUP 70 sIER SGi " IS 10 ~ ZONE
y A n :TEREsTlNG ACTS in \ RE. 81
az LATl IN STH ERETO. y v; vi

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When Questioning Superintendent.
Roster this morning regarding tkn
worksof the school heagave out the;
following statement Il
The attendance in the Fairmlto,rr::s
Public schools since the Christmas
holidays has been very good, the POI
cent ,.n i, Of daily attendance, for theEps
;riod being about ;95. The total enroll!
ment Eforjthe term has now passed the
fourteen hundred marx, N Which I exl
ceeds the enrolment 81 any any previous previous
year, and Indicates an unusual degree
Of interest IN the work OF the schools.
Va Notwithstanding 4tiie smallpJ
scare which Interfered quite seriously,
the first lpartfof the term with$both;
the work and q attendance seof 4. liz
schools; excellent progress has been
made in sal departments; and fthe IVA !.
rious grades and classes are about 4 Il
ia advanced as tlley usually are d 4 /
this time In the term. l,' 81
in many ,neighboring towns asuuci.
! a smallpox scare as we had in Fair
mont would have resulted in the clos.
ing of the schools and general disor..
ganization, but tile health authorities
OF Fairmont We're so wise as not TO re-!
sort to such extreme measures and
time has proven that they pursued.
the proper course, as far, as the schools
are concerned. Fa:rmont is too larg.
a place to close down all its public
schools on9acconntjo Of any epidemic
that may prevail.
Tile Fairmont tligh School has
thoroughly established itself iii tie
community as the head OF our eluco.
tional system. All pupils in the low,
er grades now !rok forward ia the
time when they shall reach the dig.
nified position OF High School stu
dents. = X !. If8 = ai
Some idea of the usefulness of TIE
High School in tie community may
be obtained bylooking, ut the list ii
graduates all Of whom without excel.
ton are engaged in useful and loi.
CRADLE callings. Since Supt. Roster
took charge of the schools four clas..
es have been graduated. In these
four classes there were 81 young pc ).
pie of whom 81 were young women
and lG young men. OF these 81
graduates, Is are in other schools
now. 6 are teaching school. II are en-.
ployed in various lines of business,
4 of the girls are already married, ami
three are mt home. L, 1t will be seen
that more than fifty per cent. of these
recent graduates have continued II
school work either as students or as
teachers, while the others have zone
into useful occupations where tho.
are far more valuable to their employ,
ers because OF this high school trait.
ing.
LAT the beginning of this year tie
High school sent five of its graduates
TO the State University at Morgan
town where they entered with full
credit for the work which they had
done, three being admitted into t..-c
freshman class. These graduates ar.
making cxcellenk records in the uEi.
vcrsity and their work is rejecting
credit upon the training which they
received in the High School, II,
ought to be regarded as the highest
testimony to the work OF the High
School facu,ysto have their graduates
thus complimented BY the members
of the University Il faculty, and IT,
should all the more establish the High
School in this community as an insti.'
tuition whose work is Of the most
thorough and substantial character.
Many people, doubtless. are NJ.
aware of the character and extent G;
the work which is being carried on III
the Fairmont High School, and to
those people an outline of the. SUD,
jects now being taught together with
the number of students pursuing each
subject would no doubt be interesting.
There are 45 students IL the classes
in advanced arithmetic, CT in algebra,
IS in geometry i In physics, 10 in
housekeeping. ~ in English history,
% in Roman histpry,527 liz physiology.
{ in English literature, % in Amcs,.
can literature, % in rhetoric, 43 IL
higher lessons in English, 80 in first
year Latin, 81 in Cacsar,4 in Cicero
6 in German and 20 in French.
at will be observed by those who
are familiar with secondary school,
work that this range ofistrdios covers
the field of the best high schools in.
a very comDlctes manner IT, ShOuil