The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-26
WORK OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
stsuPT. oslER GU IS OUT SOME
INTERESTING FACTS I'M RE.
sLATloN THERETO.


RI ".
When questioning Superintendent
Roster this morning regard Ing Tho
work Sof the school he gave out the
following statement: 4
The attendance In the Fairmort
/ Public schools since the Christmas
holidays has been very good. the p POI.
cent: OF daily attendant for the 3' rs,
Rod being about 95. The total enroll.
ment for the term has now passed the
fourteen hundred mark. which ex.
ceeds the enrolment OF any previous
year, and Indicates an unusual degree
Of interest In the work OF the schools.
Notwithstanding the SMALLPOX
scare which interfered quite seriously
the first part Of the term with both
tho work and attendance Of. t,iu
schools, excellent progress has been
made In al departments, and the s5yss
.rlous grades and classes are about as
ia. advanced as tley usually are 3at
this time In the term. 5is38s
In many nelghboring towns such
q smallpox scare as we had In Falr;
montwould have resulted In the clos:
Ing ofsthe schools and general disor:
ganization,s but tile health authorities
OF Fairmont were so wise as not to re.
sort TO such extreme measures and
time has proven that they pursue, |,
tho proper course as far as the schools
are concerned. Fairmont is too largs.
a place to close down all It's public
schools on account OF any epidemic
that may prevail Il,
Tile Falrmont High School hns3
thoroughly establlehed itself III tie
community as tho head OF our eluce.
tional system. All pupils In the low.
er grades nov look forward toathe
time when they shall reach the dig:
snitied position Of High School stu
dents. 81
Some idea OF the usefulness Of tkci
High School In tie community may.
be obtained by8lo2king ut the list (
graduates all 5of whom without aexco,4
ton are engaged in useful and hol.
orable callings, SINCE supt, Roster.
took charge Of the schools four class.
es have been graduated. In tliesc
four classes there were q young pc 4:
pie Of whom 21swere young women
and 1G young men, or these o..
graduates, 10 arc in other: schools
now, Q are teaching school II are en-.
ployed In various lines OF business,
45oftheIgirls are already married, and
three are at home. It will be- seen
that moreSthanl ffty per- cent. Of these
recent graduates have continued In
school work either as stnlents3or as
teachers, while the otherst have gone
Into useful occupations where the.t
arc far more yaluableit to their employ
ers because Of this high gckool trail.
ing.
cat the beginning ofsthis year tie
High school sent Ave of3its garduatss
to the State University; at Morgan:
town where they entered with full
credit for the work which they had
done, three being admitted into Tie
freshman class. These graduates ar.
making excellent records in tho llLl;
.yersity 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 10 the work Of the High
School faculty oShayeStheir graduates
thus complimented by the members
of the University faculty, and 1t
should all the more establish the; High
School In this community as an instl:
tuition whose work is Sof the most
thorough and substantial character,
MANY people, Doubtless. are ;nc:t