The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-12-06
Report Of Point Pleasant Public
Schools for How. 1905


Schools for How. 1905.
To parent: One shird Of our,
school year is past and while We
are confident that our efforts have
been crowned with a measure of
success. yet We feel that there is
still vast work to be accomplished
To do this work as it shouId be-
done We must have your sympathy
your cooperation. your help
For the maintainance of decep
ton and order, aud the proper reIa.
tons between pupil and school we
were compelled to resort to some
very unpleasant things,iast month.
For this We are sorry, not because
We did it but sorry because it be.
came necessary to take such drastic
measures. However We feel that
our course will bear good fruit and
that those unpleasant things will
not OCCUR again.
AS yet We have not been able to
eliminate hardness especially in
the lower grades. Parents you are
to blame for this. You should
teach your child to be on time if
possible. The habit of pEomptness
is necessary in every walk Of life
History teens with eonfrmatofy
illustration of the truth = Of the
Shakespearian saying that thers
are tides in the affairs of men and
that knowing and catching them is
the secret of success: Washington
was always on time and SO won
American independence. Grant
was alwaysen time and gave the
United States new birth Won
Moltke was ever on time and United
Germany was the result. Grouchy
was not ON time and SO lost to
Napoleon Waterloo and the I'm
perial throne of France.
To STUDENT: This is an age of
development. spiritual as we'll as
material. The old provinoialisms,
sectional prejudices and party lines,
that for ages limited the sphere of
mems usefulness are disappearing
and in their place We see that
broader, unselfish culture-moral
progress and Christian develop.
ment. What the world demands
OF you young man is to put your.
self in the forefront of this won.
derful development and make your.
self q factor in the worlds progress.
You cannot do this except by mas
tering every detail of your work
however small by patient, honest,
conscientious and ceaseless toll.
Thus adding to your store of
knowledge which will in the end
enable you to stand erect, not as a
machine, antomaton, doing and ex.
pressing the selfish desires of any
political organization or body poll
tic, but as man, independent in
and action. To do this you must
work. Work is the Fundamental
aw of all life. the key that unlooks
the door to the sepulchre of pro,
gress
To teacher: The teacher who
shapes the charsoter and mouIder
the eternal destiny of a child has a
responsibility resting upon her
which is appalling to contemplate.
To be teacher in the broadcast and
best sense you should be a practical
student of psychology, and of the
history and application. as we'll as
the theory of education. In order
to lead, to inspire, and to train the
child under your care, and in order
to develope in him the right spirit,
the proper idea of his work, and
the true Ideal or life you must be
masterful in practice as well as in
theory. You must inyelop your
incorrigible, if such you think you
have, in your own personality. and
by sympathetic instruction lead
him to higher plains of thinking
and living. s
The following make up the honor
roll for this month:
Pearl Folden. Eugene FIR iedman, Charlie
Fry, George Miller, Perry Poffenbarger,
Barbee Rothgeb, Russell Thomas, Marguerite
Smith, Theo Wilson, Ethel Hayman, Eliza
beth Kenny, Nora Wallace.
Mamie Jarrot, teacher.
Second Grade. 4:
Moses Bearman. George Easter, Harry
Knapp, Homer Folden, Robert Liter, Willie
Ham ison, Clarence Cheesbrew, Bennie Gibbs,
Lawrence Wolf, Irma Friedman, Daisy