The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-14
Educators VIII
Meet in Conference
FouR aNNuAt Epuce ON II
CONFERENCES VOL RE
Held Isl hioReA TOWN
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afoRGA fyfpy1eS July torsan.
town win he tie meeting place Of tt El
Fourth Annual Educational Confer
ience, which VIII be held In eotnlleHce.
Irinent hall July s7:2s Educators from.
all parts q the State VIII be here
who Will discuss many intsfesa ns
and important topics reIattIg TO eitts
cation In west Virginia The general
topic for discussion will be: Shall
west Virginia have q eraduatatl sys.
tenn of schools from the prlmary
school to the University the Inn
portant and helpful feature Of these
educational conferences are the found.
table discussions In which each mem
her is encouraged to express his ontn-
ions on the subjects that appear on
the programme. This interchange Of
ideas brings out many objections to
generally accepted pedagogical theor.
les. which would otherwise pass by
without discussion. No teacher with
the true professional spirit can at
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ford to miss them.
The first session. Of the conference.
viii be held Friday morning, July
%, at nine o'clock. The afternoons
session will begin at two o'clock ard
the evening session at seven thirty.
On Saturday there VIII be but one
session, beginning ut nine o'clock.
The first session WILDE devoted to a
discussion of the country school-the
grade course of study, what 1t should
do for the pupil, discrepancies in the
time OF beginning the term, etc. su,
perintendent Ogden, Of Harrison
county, Ashburn, of Dodlridge, and
Gadd, of Mercer, are among the
speakers. Following this, the high
school-what tits, the course OF study
ETC., will be discussed by George w.
BrindIe, of the Martinsburg schools,
Chas. L. Wilson. OF huntington; J..
N. Dealt, Of the University. and J. S.
Cornwell, of Buckhannon.
The Normal school will be the sub
ject OF talks by U. S. Fleming, prin-
ctpaI Fairmont state Normal school;
Lorain Fortney principal West Lib.
erty State Normal school, and Geo.
M. Ford, Marshall College State Nor
NAL school.
The College is the subject assigned
to DIR. John Wier, president Wesleyan
College; cortez R. clawson, president
salem College, Phillip Johnson, pro-
lessor Of Latin in Bethany College,
l.. j. Corbly. principal Marshall Col
lege State Normal school; D. w.
Shaw, president Morris Harvey Col
lege, s. P, Hatton, president Powhat-
an College; Thos. E. Hodges, West
Virginia University.
The University is assigned to DR..
d. B. Purinton and ]. w. Swartz, SUI
perintendent Parkersburg schools.
The system-should there be State
board of education? IL SO, what should
be It's duties and powers? by Thos.
c. Miller, state Superintendent of
Schools: w. NJ. Henderson, superln,
tendent Moundsvllle schools; G. w.
Finch, superintendent Chester schools.
The various subjects on the pro.
gramme will be discussed by G. T.
Borgess., Geo. E. Hubbs. R. A. Riggs
s. o. Bond, H. E Cooper, A. B. Corn
well, R. M. Dodrtll, Drie McConkey. }.
D. Parrfott. j. H. Patterson, WaltH'
Barnes, Verd Peterson. A. J. Wood
ford, w. E. Scott, w. H. Wayt, u. G.
sowards, o. G. Wilson, John Nuzum,
w. A. Hustead, L. B. Hill, J. T.
Marsh, A. J. Dadsman, $. G. Grose.
E. r. Parker, F. J. Tracy, c. B. Pifer,
and other members of the University
summer school,