The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-25
.FAIRIN0NT RANKS Fifth
CITY SCHOOL ENROLMENT
4 Local High School Stands
Fourth In Enrolment
EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY CON
TAihs INTERESTING iNFoR- f
NATION CONCERNING THE
SCHOOLS oFEsTATE.

Tho West Virginia Educational
Directory. published by the, State Dc
phrtment OF Free Schpols. has been
received In the city, and It presents an
interesting and valuable array of
facts, such as the y. faculties OF the
State educational institutions and OF
the private and tlenomlnatIonal
schools. the names Of town and city
supcrlntendcnts and principals. anil
the names and addresses Of all men,
bers and secretaries OF district school
boards. It, also contains the list of
teachers In all the villages. towns and
cities OF the State. together viii their
salaries. rs well as the enrolment In
the graded and high schools.
According to the school enrolment
at the time the figures were gathered
for the directory. Fairmont ranks, fifth
among the cities Of the State in the
total number Of pupils 1t has going to
school. The following Is the enroll.
ment In the. cities having more than
one Thousand pupils: Wheeling. $3.50:
Charleston. 4.3a1: Huntington. 1859:
Parkersbnrg. %.5o1; Fairmont. 2.334:
ClarksburE. 1859: Bluetlell. 1926:
Morgantown. LILO: %pundsville. l.4oG:
Grafton. 1929: Marurshurg,. +. aO1 !;
l1liins, 1.04o: Hinton. 1.029.
In point Of high school enrolment,
Fairmont ranks fourth, among the
cities OF the State. as Is seen, by tho
following figures: .parkersburg. AIS:
Wheeling. $50: Charleston. 2a5: Fair.
mont. ESQ: Clarksburg. eco: Hunting
ton. ?oG: Grafton. ca; AIorgantown,
31aG: Martinsburg. s115.
In addition to the fifty-fvc county
snperintendants In the State. there are
twenty-nine4 district superintedents
employed at salaries ranging from fiji.
ty to one hundred, dollars per e,'lnonth.
The Fairmont High School this
week started upon the second semes.
ter of the year with the best prospects
for thorough and efficient work In. its
history. Principal P. C. McDee ana
his faculty have things in excellent
shape. The wide range OF work being
done III the school will be shown by
the high school subjects: Arithmetic
G4: Algebra Ga: Plane Geometry 40:
Solid Geometry IL: English Granlnla.
l21. Rhetoric GG: American Literature
43: English Literature Is: Ancient
History ST.: Modern History CT; Amer.
lean History "a. English History 19
Beginning Latin, CO.. Ccasar IS: Cicero
is: Virgil II: Biology As: Botany 90
Photography 29:y Physics Is: Chemis.
try IS: German 81: French 25.
Mr. Harry. l., GrifIIn, whoh us been
out OF school for several months. rc.
sumed his duties today as teacher OF
English and director Of the symnn-
SUM. During. his absence the work
was carried on in n very acceptable
manner by Miss Louise Cook.
Mrs. McBee. the librarian ut the
High School. Is detained at her home
today by illness.
The members Of the Junior class,
under the supervision Of their teacher.
Miss Mckinney. yesterday had very
lively debate on the question of nhol.
| ishing capital punishment. The judges
! decided that according to the argument
1t should be abolished.
Supt. Roster, Of the local schools.
tcontfnueu on Page Four.)