The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-03-08
BY sbeppe Principal OF the Big Stone Gap Schools For the Meet
d the Co operative Education Held Lynchburg Va
# Nov. 80. 1905.
Continued from last week

10 NAVE Ai0 IANif'l ~ NNl tAA fi~'A
primary school.
.. That two or three com
munities are 90 have access 90
the same grammar school. pos
sibly taught IN the same build
ing with one of the primary
schools
g. That every large magis
terial district or small county +
shall have one high school. /
where all the high school work F.
is 90 bee done.
These three propositions viii .
svstematize our school work $50 .
that they viii be more effective
and at the same time viii be
conducted more economically
HOW TO ESTABLISH THE STAND
ARD COUNTRY SCHOOL.
a number of plans present
themselves for consideration
a. Let an ideal standard Do
established by this Association
B Let that standard. as 90
house. grounds. appliances. and
course Of study. he introduced
and enforced toy one of the fol-
lowing plans.
T. For this purpose let Tins
Association appoint "a general
committee i'm each Inspector S
district. which committee shall
appoint committees in alI the
counties. while the county com
mittces shall I'M turn appoint
committees I'M the m8gi9ferlal
districts. Let the members ot
the committees be confined 90
as few persons as possible. Let
the district committee man
serve in the county committee
and also n some magisterlal
district committee. This is sug-
gosted 90 prevent the loss of tine
best men from the committee
closest GO the work LET these
committees carry into cilecttne
plans for the standard
or. o. Let this aSsociauou
employ a special commissioner
for country schools. for say. a
series for four years
r or. b Let the State through
, its Superintendento of Public ln
structon. its division 0uperln
+ tendents. IT'S Inspectors. and
, other officers. put into operation
B. a proper scheme.
/. Or. q. Let the Press of th'
"a State take the matter n hanl
3 and conduct "a vigorous cam
S paign 10 lift the country school
from their position of semi-usc
f. lessness.
o. OR. 3. Combine all the above
q and i'm addition.
LIST. Let the State Board fol
low the plan adopted by one o.
q two other states. establish
r loan fund Of from 100000 G
ST S5O0.0 600 90 aid the counties 5
.e building and furnishing hou.
le es This money to be loaned o.
2 short time at low rate of IN
pr terest where school district
le furnish equal amounts y
IA money should be loaned unit
W. the standards are adopted a
b. ter three or four years the mos
,d ey could be repaid and use
F elsew here.
DIT 2nd Organize the standai
~ primary and grammar school
he and place "a principal over ever
o.. twenty of them. fewer or NOR
rs as the conditions may deman
Where consolidation is NJ
of practicable. this is the last 7
rv sort for rendering the schoC
m effective Instead of bringiI
es the schools to one principal y'
of bring the principal TO all q
20 schools This principal Will q
er Just what division superinten
re ents and trustees are SuppOs
he to do and never do, j. e. gi
he the country schools the saT
on careful supervision that ci
m and town schools receive
his The supervising principal h
ire made the city and town schO'
lar what they are. Why not {
tend his services TO the count
lat schoolss
snt Just consider a few of the {
ool vantages TO be derived from
m work.
ms, a. He could train his teaC