The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-03-01
TANDARD COUNTRY SCHOOL.
:, n sheppe Principal Of the Big Stone "ap 'e'''
=, the Co operative Education Assoea"0' "'''
Nov 30. 1905

/, hard 10 change. Intelligent or
,anhaveknown that something or
! wrong. but because OF the
.reat weight of the heritage oil -,
inertia that has come to US, tney ., 81
,ave-heen powerless. But the :,
ine has come when old ideas -
IRE giving away and the new :,
md better order of things may y
begin. 20
IL has been customary TO &
an. tho school house on some &
corner of ground not suitable $
for anything else. Any ieage 5
of rocks or dusty angle OF the 5
road was thought Itaole lot
school building. IL
The log hut school mousse -
not vet a thing of the past IN
our State. In large NUMBER
of counties there may stih DC
found these sad witnesses ot
the engrafting of past necessl-
ties upon modern opportunities
Even in some of villages the
old tumble down school oullu
ing is still found.
Proper appliances have been zen
looked upon as luXuries TO oS
nossessed only by the favored
, few while the lack OF course
of studv may well be iilustra'-
o cd bv the history of the educa-
=. tion uf one Of our teachers IN
4 Southwest Virginia. TINS young
:, man attended the same country
!, school for number OF years
- when a boy, and year aite'
:, wear at the beginning OF tn'
80 session. was started at eNactl.
- the same point IN his STUDIES
vel Bv some good fortune ne ;,
n. lcured entrance into a small G."
of lege. where he graduated al ts
~ ave wears of hard study. II
'at then went back 10 teach IN I,
- s,me country school when /
-, lad attended when a boy, al
me where he had been accus'o'n'
nat TO take the one year currlcu'ua u
ent over and over, and found i
- old class mates of five yea
.,il before who had remained rant
~ ~, sni to their home school, rea
,ois To- start a new session at eNa
sult Nv the same place where ne i
,di. them five years before.
~ a This seems 10 be an eNagger
- ed statement. but II Is true
re- there are hundreds OF Just 81
J., of instances in the State.
-ent- Another instance showing
this sad need of n curriculum II
tie of lack of proper correlation.
not illustration came TO the sp'
p er's attention. not long 81
,ause when girl of fifteen ir'
stem rnral school presented he
dents for classification On cA
fur nation it was found that
IL of bad almost completed the :
small of geography, could read
6cars md had a fair knOwledl
- leg language, but had never st'
each number or arithmetic al
~ has She could not perform the
ntain- plest addition.
1t seems that there mas
nmun- little attempt 10 make our
rouoht ~ schools conform 10 a
refath- course. even in many co
! now that boast fine schools.
The former times mi
nee the winked at, but my frien'
nds his time has come when y
called to repentance, and
or the tellioent action. Our d
all have opportunity is open a
works. must enter and occupy.
fostered The days of the plone
narties was furtunate TO posses
iciaries. the poorest educational
'Ie hard ties for his children, ar
as long If we do not go beyond
a look did we fall behind; for
hings. in an age of improveme
at fault. gave the best ne had 10
ccording 1cation of his child. L.
She had likewise and revolut
be wrought.
&c have Let us take for our
80 'os;ras of The best of every thing
children.
.,,;t Then we will select
= tnowl- eligible site for the
house, and instead OF
oaa,bam. barc.y enough ground
IS H 70 The tain the pillars of the
'iu ~ ample space for the pla
avs stood for both boys and g'f