The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-07
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SOME coMPeihsEaTTo MISS
AMANDA ABBOT.

Is The Gratror sentinel. IN speaking
tof the re.appoEntmento OF Miss Amanda.
Abbott as teacher In the public schools
OF Grafton. says 5
e with the closing Of the schools last
Friday. Miss Amanda Abbott one OF
the best known and most successful
teachers Of primary grades in the.
State OF West Virginia. rounded out
her twentye5ghth year in the Grafton
schools 1t Is unnecessary to say that
when il came to employing teachers
for another year the Board of Educa-
ton very readily assigned Miss Abbott
70 the primary department Of the
High or Central school, for the TWEEN
ty-ninth successive year. In fact. there
is a story going the rounds that when
Il came to naming teachers last Satur-
cay evening at the board meetinS.and
the secretary. in the course OF the pro-
ceedings. called room No of the
Central school. The president OF the
board nodded emphatically to the
members. the members nodded to the
president, and the secretary wrote
Miss Abbott's name opposite room No.
2 of the appointments There is hard.
~ teacher in the State Of West Nir--
ginia who has had as long and sue
cessful an experience with children
as Miss Abbott. and she is reasonably
proud of the record She has made.
Miss Abbott'S Tong suit is teaching
the childish mind She would hardly
accept the principalship of the best
school in the State. even though 1t
were offered her. Miss Abbott loves
her work with the children She could
have exchanged it years ago had she
so deSired,and doubtless with 1ncreas-
ed financial remuneration for her high
ability and splendid efforts in the
school line, yet she has chung to the
primary department. taking the chill
keeping them with her usually one
year. frequently two years, sometimes
longer. yet fitting them for promotion
in the only correct manner, and which
will admit Of no going backward. In
conversation with a Sentinel man the
loved children: that she has never tir-
ed of teaching them: they keep her
young in heart as well as in mind: |
that she studies closely every child
committed to her care, sorting out .
their bad qualities or tendencies from |
the good. and catering always to the
correction Of the. bad Miss Abbott Is !
to-day teaching children OF the parents |
whom she started through the Central |
school, and we fell ssafe in saying that
there is not another teacher in the !
State of West Virginia with whom the !
parents would rather trust their chill |
dren. The parents know her. They |
passed through the primary depart
ment of school under her careful guild
ance. and they know that it is as good |
for their children as 1t was for tnem. /
Miss Abbott has gone to Fairmont |
where she will spend her vacation |
with friends. and it is hoped that she /
may have very joyous vacation and
return to Grafton for the next term |
greatly refreshed and able to resume |
her school duties with her usual vim |
and vigor, and with the success that !
grows brighter as the years Of her |
life-work become more numerous. |
Grafton is fortunate in holding so good |
a teacher. Long may she be with US
and with the children Of Grafton