Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-23
THREE INSTITUTES
IN THE COUNTY
County Superintendent Evans is
Making the Arrangements,
SOME ABLE EDUCATORS
WILL MAKE ADDRESSES

Urges Attendance Of Teachers anc
Patrons at the Sessions--Prof. Mill
CT, Waterman 5arbe, and Other
Notable Men to be Here.
Section III. Page 81 of the School
law, Acts OF 1908 reads as follows:
AS a further means of Improvement
among teachers the county superin
teDdent shall arrange fer and conduct
district institutes, or teachers round
S2bles, one or more in each district OF
his county Within the school year and
@1y teacher who shol attend his dis
trict Institute for one school day shall
have credit therefore. when reported
aly the county superintendent in the
-nonth in which said institute is held,
ses if actually taught by him"
In following out this section | have
arranged for three Institutes TO be
he'd this year: one at Hedgesvile
graded school. Hedgesville district on
Monday. October 25th; one at Inwood
y. 3. Church. on Tuesday, October
26th. and one at Bedington school
house at Bedington. October 9th.
Last year instead OF holding six dis
tr-ict institutes in the SIX different dis
eictS of the county as had been done
ssie previous year, we decided to com
-ine the six districts into three dis
NgCt Institutes and this plan met with
50 hearty an approval of the teachers
end was so great a success in every
Nyay THAT it was decided TO hold them
IN the same manner this year. How
these meetings will prove a success
remains to be seen.
All the teachers are required ito at
tend at least one of these meetings.
The preference is given 10 attend the
one most convenient TO the teacher.
T'he teachers must nor teach on this
day and expect to take some future
day off and receive credit for this day
Sanght for they must not receive pay
DOR the two days but only for the day
spent at the district institute and only
tnen, when reported by he county su
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Board Of Education in which the teach
~ is teaching.
Last year practically al the teach
ers attended these meetings and only
feing absent on account of sickness
and the usual attendance is expected
ehis year.
have arranged for several practi
cal school men to be with us ON these
dates: Prof Thos C. Miller. principal
Of Shepherd College; Mr.. L. l.. Friend,
Assistant state Superintendent Free
Schools; Or Waterman Barbe, West
Virginia University; Mr.. J. Frank
Marsh. Department Schools, Charles
son, and Supt. A. F. Shoyer, County Su
perintendent Of Barbour county. So
we will not lack timber. The day will
ase pleasantly and profitabiy spent and
~ will be a rest for the teacher to get
sspme good ideas perhaps. to carry
llgck to his school room 10 put into
practical use These men have been in
.he educational work OF West Virginia
For a number OF years and know prac
54cally all the needs OF The county
1sacher.
On Monday night arrangements are
teiug made for an educational rally tC
4'p held at Martnsburg. This win be
uuaer the auspices of the city teach
ers but they have issued invitations
IS, All county teachers and it is hoped
that "a number will he present
IT, rs urged that as many PATRONS he
present az these meetings as possible
es they are the ones most vitality inter
es4led as they have rhe schools to sup
.rort by taxation and the children II
educate Ii seems peculiar that the
patrons OF our schools take apparently
aa htHe interest in the educationa
a,Sihering as they do, Wien over one
haIf the taxes paid in this county j,
Fsaid for the support of the public
schools, Patrons investing the same
Nnount of capital in any other bus
ness would pay far greater attention
~ it than they do to the schools. O
elrls TO clothe, feed etc, and iIt is no
supposed they ere to neglect thei
work 10 SO TO every school meedns
<w visit their schools every day or so
as1s once in a while the patron should
80 to these meetings and visit hi
ss1hool to see to what use his money
isis tax money is being put.
SO, patron, leave dun care at hons
'nst join Us at one OF these meetings
-Toa will be refreshed and will hav'
jebber in the future school syetem %
Ire state
Eset everybody attend.
Yours in The work,
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