The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-04-01

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Tor principal of said school be-
cause Of his superior endorse
ments. yet he turned ont to be a
failure, principally in the opinion
OF this Commute that he was alb
solutely deficient as a disciplinar-
ian, yet no part of the appropria-
ton was withheld.
Your committe further begs
leave 10 say, that, for the session
I9o8-9 a young man Mr.. Ransone
a full graduate of the Normal De-
partment of William and Mary
College was employed as the
principal to s, id school and Miss
kyiand, tull graduate Of tIollirs
Institute with several years ex-
perlence in teaching in the Pub
lie Schools of Virginia and hold
ing a first grade certificate in full
force, as assistant. that the West
vile District School Board en-
plOyed in the primary department
Miss Georgia James full grad
uate Of Farmville Female Nor
NAL School, that your committe
has at divers times, visited said
school, and that. the Division
Superintendent has likewise done
50, besides. since the report has
been current as to Withholding
the sum of One Hundred and Fiji
tY Dollars Of the sum heretofore
appropriated from the State funds
by Your Honorable Board, Your
committee together with the
other Trustees composing the
entire county School Board have
made extensive and stringent en-
curry OF the parents OF the pupil
attending said school. and not
Jingle item of complaint has beer
found but to the contrary. patrOns
IF the school and all Of our peopl
.Xpress great surprise at sucl
~epOrts and course on the part o.
your Honorable Board, a,e unan-
imOus IN being fully satisfied with
the teachers and the general man
agement Of the school and pro-
gress Of the pupils.
We further report that the
building used for this school is a
rubiic school buildi..g built b,
the School Board at Mathews &.
T., before the High School sys
EN- has been put in operation
said building has been enlarged
and consists of four large rooms
2oXz4 feet by II feet ceiling and
we'll ventilated with a sufficient
number of large windows. halls
and pOrChes and that each of said
rooms is distinctly separate, and
in the opinion OF Yuor committee
we'll fitted for purposes of con-
Quoting a high school. Your com
mittee further and distinctly
states. that should your Honor
able Board persist in carrying
out the withholding of the sum
indicated in the midst of the ses-
sion OF said school. thus causing
the said school TO be closed at the
end Of the March instant as will
have TO be done. it will give to
SAID school such a terrible set
back that 1t will be very doubtful
if at the beginning Of the next
school term TO begin during the
tall of 1909. such school can OF
will be put in operation and will
besides have a demOralizing effect
on schools generally. Our peo-
pie generally are very much work
ed up over the action Of your
Honorable Board. great urest
and dissatisfaction existing. The
several District School Boards,
composing the County School
Board are always IN attendance
upon their duties are greatly in
terested III the success Of our
school
Your Committee further re-
ports that said High Scnoo; is
being successfully conducted with
an enrolment and attendance
daily Of from seventy-Gve to nine
ty pupils, and prays that your
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