The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-18
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!; 55s A AZ Wheeling paper the other day in
attempting @;to run a pretty strcas
sblutf relative 10 future appropriations
/: for State Normal Schools held out the
threat that II the West Liberty Nor.
smal didn't get so and so the five Dele.
gates from Ohio county would hold up
sall appropriations for Normal Schools
IN the State. That sort OF talk stirred
up sa member Of the Legislature from
Marion county who came TO the West
5Hirginian Office and said few things
about what he remembered from his
experiences during the recent session,
\ He said q gentleman from Tyler co,ln.
~ asked for an appropriation Of ST..
800 DO supplement the teachers fund
4 Tor the new county High School re.
Gently established at Middleboarne
ION the ground that his county
!; was as much entitled 10 the
money for such purpose as
were some Of the counties In which
.SRocalled Normal Schools were locat.
e: And the appropriation was al.
lowed. but Sthe Governor cut It out
with his we'll trained pruning knife.
This member from Marion said then
that the Huntington and Fairmont Nor.
5ss;mals were the only ones In tile State
located where High Schools were es.
,stablished and abundantly able to elu.
cate all 5of ta pupils In their respec.
tive communities. These two Normals
4 are|not needed for local work and their
4 province ought 10 be to train teachers
Isfor the state,at large. AS there are
only six: Normal Schools in the State
\ l ttneated lin lust that many counties
then there must be lforty.nIne coun.
tiles that might be like Tyler and ask
4 for State aid for High Schools II the
Normal Schools continue to do practi.
cally nothing but academic work. We
believe the forty.nine counties In
which Normal Schools are not locat.
$ed will be more interested in having
two real Normal training schools for
the purpose Of preparing teachers l>r
the whole State than to continue six
schools at State expense to do scarce.
$iy nothing more than High School
work We believe their representa-.
Ayas will. so vote in the Legislature.
sAgalg, the young men and women who
want % prepare themselves for teach.
ing ought to nave that opportunity II
West Virginia Normal School. 1t
doesn't make any difference where the
school is located or whether there be
ione or two or a dozen, The State ought
q tosproyldes for the thorough equipment
3Of its teachers. All reasonable people
know tnat;;we don't need to equip six
such schools any more than we need
TO have SIX State Universities, It
would be! q waste Of money and n loss
sof$ energy. The tax payers wouldn't
stand FOL, II. Then what Is to be done?
1--we cant equip all as real Normal
Schools. shall we continue all as High
Schools and let six counties get the
benefit while forty:nine 90 begging, W
shall we abolish @the whole bunch
as one PAPER suggests, or shall we 10
our duty by the deserving young men
and women Of the State and provide
two real Normal Schools, one In the
Northern and one in the Southern part
! .ot the Slate? We are Of The Arm .opla.
lion that the forty.nine counties hay.
stng no Normal Schools will listen to
reason on this Normal School propo.
#sltlonS and do what Is best for the
Schools Of the State no matter where
they IRE located.
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