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& Anent The discussion now being
wagei relative 10. the necessity for
more and efficient training for teach.
ers and the: bettermentS or as many Of
Sthe State Normal Schools as the Board
deems wise5to attempt at present, We
desire TO give a few facts relative 10
I the public schools OF some OF the
cities q the State. We do this to
SHOW that the State Normal Schools
are fast losing their place rs leaders
lin the educational work Of the State
land unless something worth while Is
done the West Virginia State Normal
Schools will before many years fall
Into "innocuois desuetude," With
I apologies TO ex.Presllent Cleveland. 1t
IS aSwell known fact that the salaries
paid to superlntendents, principals
and teachers Is q practical criterion
upon which 70 base the Importance Of
safi school. That holds good In a very
important sense the world over. Now,
we propose SO show that the State
Normal Schools In West Virginia are
behind several public schools in the
larger cities ofithe State. Some High
4 Schools on this basis, are able TO
4oifer better advantages in equipment
and efficiency OF instruction than are
the State Normal Schools. Let us
take some figures from the State Di.
Srectory as Published by the State De.
i partment Of Free Schools. Two Nor.
NAL School Principals in the State
\ now get s1,SOolSper year each. the
other four $500 each, The first as.
5slstant In each Normal gets $1,000 and
the remaining teachers from 500 10
$500, according to length Of service.
at Huntington a training teacher is
employed ut $500 per year. Kindly
4 keep these figures in mind. Now, let
us look at some city High Schools.
Wheeling pays It's superintendent So.
$4O0tper year. The High School prin-
,cipal receives s1,SO5. Seven ward
4 school principals receive s1,aGS each;
three others receive sl.054 each; one
other $3.50; six others. 500 each: n
& music teacher draws si,iS3.58 and
drawing teacher s9O2.5O. Is 1t much
wonder that the West Liberty State
4 Normal School with principal get
Ting $500 and half dozen assist.
ants from $500 to 81 900 isn't able to
L schools Of Wheeling?
Now, a few more. Charleston pays
a,itsSsuperlntendent s2,5OO and gives
Its High School principal $1,000. Park.
ersburg pays It's superintendent ST..
800o,iihe3 High School principal 81 ESQ:
two ward principals $1,000 each; an.
other. $780, another, 5000; another
$3.50; another. $500 and gives It's sci.
ence teacher sl,O45. Huntington
pays &, 900 for superintendent anil
$1,000 for High School principal.
Fairmont and Grafton come up with
800 each to their superintendent,
with the High School principals get.
& ting $3.50 aud $50, respectively.
X Clarksburg pays It's superintendent
4 $500 ana its High School principal
Isl 900. Martinsblrg and Moundsville
Z payissl 200 to the heads of their
sschools, while Hinton pays sl,2GO. FL.
4kns, $780,. Davis s1.OSO, Charles
Town, si,eS9l and Blaeaeld expects to
4 take one Of Marshall Colleges best
teachers, who has been getting 5000,
and give him $500 next year.
Now, we submit the question for
educators and thoughtful people to
ponder over, isn't II up to the State
Normal Schools to do something more
lin thesway Of real normal training or
glyeS.up the struggle and acknowledge
sthdttheir day Of usefulness has ended?