The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-30
State Committee
Is Appointed


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tee has been appoint to arIang ant
revise the school law of Wesst VII
gfnia with recommendatio Of altcE
tations, additions, and substFactions
The purpose Of This Is to prepare Z
bill which will be presented 20 stilt
next legislature with the expecta
tion that the bill viii PASS. BY thai
means 1t Is hoped that needed changes
in the school laws can be secured
Heretofore It has been the custom d
the legislature, upon assembling. tc
appoint committee u draft q bill
containing the proposed Changes, bur
no: results have ever been secured
from this method. Before the com
n.ittee could make its report, the SEES
sion Of the legislature would be al
an end. Thus nothing was accom-
p1ished.
The need Of revision 30 urgent Oul
school law is old and out Of date
some Of 1t is Incompatible with pre-
sent conditions. Some Of it is hard
to understand, and different parts
of 1t are in conflict, or seem to be
The committee win be expected tc
bring order out Of semi.caaos, and
the legislature will be asked 10 ap
prove the committees work.
The announcement Of tile mem
bership of that comm ttee will he
made from Charleston in a few days
but the Chronicle Is allie to make
tho announcement in nd o. :e. Tie
members will be Hon u. l.. Butcher
Hon. B. 8. Morgan, a g. ]. f. Trot
ter, Hon. C. E. Carrigan. ll,n. Fl. NV
4armer and Hon. S. w. Burns. Three
OF these IRE ex-superGuteudcntr Of
schools OF West Virginia, ana oil arc
we'll qralltied for Ia important
work which will devo1ve upon them
It is understood that one Of III:
most important matters to be in
cluded In the report of this commit
tee will be recommendation that q
State board of education be provided
for. The legislature will be asked
to make this provision.
The need of some such body IL
take; charge of the schools las long
been felt. The body must have all
thorfty, and the legislature will be
asked to Include in the proposed re
.vised laws full authority for the State
board to do what ought to be done
Such duties are numerous, and among
them may be included the unifica
ton OF the public schools, beginning
with the primary and ending with
the, university. The course of study
should be SO arranged that the prl
mary and district schools will full
prepare students for the normal AMI
the high schools, and the secondary
schools will prepare pupils for tile
university, If they wish I'd go.
There is no graded course now that
does this. There is no authority ID
make and enforce such a course
There is no supervision over the
high schools. with authority to pre-
scribe uniform course of study
There is like condition in regard to
the normal schools. These secondary
schools may teach about what they
please, and IL they see fit to do SO,
they can follow lines SO far apart
that unity of purpose and its &C
complishment Of common purpose
is out Of the. question.
A State board Of education woald
be expected to take hold Of this prop
osftion and put system into the
schools, and see that the system is
properly carried out. Educators
agree that such thing is sally
needed.
ANNUAL CHARTER OF 8. & o. LINE