The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-26
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li4y&kgsHgAs3e no ILL.,
on,iaaed from go on, 4
more acient seryfce 81 the sehoo,
room. and sby me drilIs and discipline
or the Training artment give them
some knoRled Of their work before,
they enter upon the regular routine
duties of the school room. speakins
onIthls subject recently, 4 the sane
State supertntende says that the
practice school should be ID model.
The practice school should be a
model In every way. It should hare
the best build Ing, the best equipment,
the neatest grounds, the most beauti.
full rooms and the most sklllful touch.
ers that can be found. There shonld
be an expert supervisor Of these teach
ers; the teachers well prepared, cul.
tured, sympathetic, big men and NO.
men. h y
1T will be noticed tnat I have in.
GUIDED the; high school in this mold
school. II there Is a place where bet.
ter teaching Is needed It is in the
high schools. Il an sure this is true.
in 1ndiana.) This will necesstate
larger scholarship on the part Of tae
teachers in the practice schools. 4
"The. third factor is a complete ri.
raj system for observation and prac-
tice. The ideal would be a centralized
township system, including work from
Kindergarten through high school. It
should be centrally located, provided
with transportation wagons, should
nave a small farm equipped for man.
ual training for boys and girls. This
should be built upon the basis Of what
every township In the State could
afford, and should be conducted .pon
actual working conditions. Here
could be trained the supervisors and
teachers for the centralized schools
and the district schools over, the
State"
Demand for Better Equipped Teach.
3G.aaT n ers. -. X y,
Realizing that only the very bes:
r""iNrdd teachers should be, employed
in the State Normal schools, the Board,
about three years ago passed an or.
der. to the effect that no new tench,.
ers were to be appointed to positions
in the Normal schools who did not
have m A. B. degree, or Its eqnivn.
lent. from n reputable college, and that
after the school year closing 5une 20.
1909, no teacher should remain in the
employ OF the State who did not mold
such n degree. 1t will be seen from
this order that after next June none
but college graduates, men and wo.
men who have given many years to
preparation for their work. will be
permitted to teach In the IVES: Vir.
gInia Normal schools. in order to sc.
cure such thoroughly equipped teach
ers at all the schools, It will be nee.
essary to pay higher salaries in some
instances than the State is nov pay
Ing. but It will be: money wisely spent
and the Board feels that the 1.eglsla.
tire ought to take this into account
in appropriatlng money for teachers
salaries In the State Normal schools,
and it Is confident that the legislators
will 10 so. There IRE about seventy
teachers employed in the six Normal
schools at the present time. some fifty.
five, of whom are on regular salary
and the remainder part salaries and
part fees In the departments Of Nil.
sic. Art, etc. This number viii have
to be increased in order to properly
care for the very great increase In at.
tendance ut the various schools. Not
only must we have better equipped
teachers. but more Of them. The
teaching force in the Normal schools
has not been increased at all in pro-.
portion to the increase In students. II:
Is the estimate Of the Board that at
least $4,000 will be required for eaca
Of the next twoyears to pay the teach.
ers at all commensurate with their
work. the number. and the high re-
ouirements demanded by the Pcard.
In fact, during the past two yeara the
poar, has had to supplement the ap-
propriation for teachers salaries from
incidental fees to the extent Of about
nine thousand, dollars. This cannot be
,1o,o far tho coming Two wears rs this