The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
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|3-sThc passinu 81 The slate D sIohssib
an elderly Fairmont man last evening.
a young man being near who n few,
years ago had been graduated from, n; 4
Heading West Virginia educational In,
stitution said. ..Why do Won, make such
a remark Mr.. Blank ~ aWe,i said the
elderly man. ~ was thinking Of what
time has wrought. or In the words OF
Charles Dickens I'M the closing chan.
ter OF the death OF Little Nell.-.s,,ch
are the changes a 4 few Il years brine,
about and these things which we're
once are no more and the things lnass
away like unto a tale that is told.n
The reason that made such a remark
OF the passing Of the slate / was in
a kind OF thinking mood OF the years
gone \ by--years when II attended
school. 5 / was lust thinking when |
was a boy thai, we had no such thing
as composition tablets Or paper on
which 10 do orr sums In arithmetic:
We had no paner on which 10 write
except inst before The Noon ho,r-.w ,,,.
called II dinner tIme tbep-and that
was in the p aI,, IN our, old snencerian
copy.book In those " days we only
wrote m s,ates and ywh ar NC 4. = ID
10 craze MIR B t,p,,ress orii wiring wa
spat on our states and tben wtned, II
clean win I. tha Main ~ the hand
There were 1 few n the 4o,d scboo,
room who ;used = snon no viii, which
~ c,o,n S, mai. Il, Toe ,nst.od -, sn,,
and ,heir hands In, Tho moiior,ty ~,
Tho run,,s osnoo,o,,v tba hovs had ,
on,cker nrocessl.sba s,,t, and b.nds
Win n, duo res nect. 10 The now meth.
ada ,,sed IN ,ts schoo,s who de,,ar es
that tbe s,ate L sanitary tbere was
navo ~, hoa,,b,Iar h, :, hove ana rir,s
than at Tho country ,ssc,oo, which + At.
te.nded Tho slote bas LONG ma seed
mt r. nse and ! DOM s,nnose vo,, can
6rd n al, "a be,,o ,,,sssd In 4 c,ty ,s.choo,
ana few conntrv scboo,e IN yyest Viz,
rin,a for, tI,e,r figuring and writing
nc NO ala IN the veare yone nv 4 /,
have }heon to,d that gtb,o,re wos ,oc.
torv IN lpbodo Observation-Disclosures i
tb,nL--,hot IN ~ : tow. yaars aco
tnrned ,ut m,,,ions ~ .,at o.nor,c oils
|nnnua,,v hut which closer, .,,own, last
10, > ,or tho NO ( ! ~ or;.r. Th,s wos
Tho on,vi "a c,tor,v ~ tho r,nd II m,
country which :, mn, 90 c,,,r.d Il. ta.nen.,
cils ayc,us,va,v when I fret hogan
attend,nei scboo,p said Tho vetaran
gentleman. I'VE used to use a slate
w,thout arv c,,e,,,on, an No adoas -t : nj
whom INV children ho,on ,oirg n
school ,hov h,d what Il pnown az !
,ho twi, ~ douh,a e,ate tthe ad,os
he,ng hound ~ rob soft cloth and held
n 5the Franc Nv ., ronr AZ r,nrs th,t
wero lilo sboa i,aca - nravent tho,r
ma kino !, noisa IN -. schoo, roo,u.
than fn,,,v 40 d,v5 came - when 1tbe
.,,to naosod ant,roIv from .,bo Ts,choo,
room in tba citv schools The youth
whn',s nh,, a.to,dI,,,, so,,,a, u MT
IN tbe schoo, room md Tho neyt eener.
atior vii, tnow, ,oss about tha o,d'
s,ato ~ tho h.nnvv vear. zone hy
nm, ,rnders,,nd mo - ho cr,t,ci..
inc ,ha .ohoo, svstam =, t,.,,av tr or
thoso In charge know more about
cond,ct,n,. s.,,,,oh tb,, = hui ON ,,st
sneating =, tho d,,yatenco a. COO n
whon + attsndsd sohoo, Vas. CON-
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