The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-24
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WEST VA UNIV ERSITY

The week ending July was no
table one at the summer session q
the State university. It was destgnat
ed as supervision week" and was es
pecialIy concerned with the rural
school problems. Friends OF agricut
ture were gratifed to hear the leading
educators from the states OF the south
land express their belief In NO uncer
tain terms, that agricultural education
should be the leading factor In the
solution Of the rural problem.
The state supervisors of rural
schools from Mississippi. Alabama,
Florida, South Carolina, Virginia and
West virginia were among those tax
ing part on the program OF special
interest, however, were the lectures
OF superintendent o. ]. Kern, of Win
nebago County, Illinois, and DR.. Bour-
land, Of Washington, D. G. The key
note of the whole conference was ex-
pressed by superintendent Kern when
he declared that the new country life
movement consisted in making farm
ing more profitable, and country life
more attractive. County superintend-
ents, district supervisors and country
school teachers are on the grounds
and are the logical leaders in this
movement, and they are soon going to
have a lot of help from many other
sources.
There are ten million boys and girls
in the one-room country schools, and
Just here lies the biggest educational
interest In the United States. DR..
Bourland. assistant secretary OF the
southern education board, said that
the solution of the whole rural school
problem, educational, agricultural and
social, centered in the rural school.
All the school superfntendents and
state supervisors of rural schools who
spoke in the conference emphasized
the need of consolidation of rural
schools and told of the advantages Of
consolidation and community work,
Ninth Annual Educational Conference.
The ninth annual educational con-
ference, under the auspices of the Uni
yersity Summer school, was held at
Morgantown, June 80 to July 1. The
topic for discussion was Teachers In,
stftutes. The conference had five ses.
sions, and discussed teachers insti'
tutes from every point of view. Su.
perintendent o. G. Wilson, of Elkins,
and Superintendent George E. Hubbs,
of MoundsviIle, discussed the law gov
erning Institutes. Dean T. w. Taught,
of Wesleyan college; Superintendent
John H. Gorby, of New MartinsVille,
and Principal T. C. Miller, of Shep.
herd college, presented the chief mer.
its of county institutes, as now con
Quoted, while Superintendent G. NJ.
Evans, of Morgantown; Principal ]. T..
King, of McMechen, and Superintend'
ent Joseph Roster, of FairmOnt, show
ed up their chief faults. The elements
of a good institute program were dis
cussed by Assistant State Superintend-
ent J. F. Marsh, Supt. H. L. Peddicord,
of Benwood, and DR.. ]. N Deahl, Of
the university. Other phases of theI
general subject were discussed by SUI
T. Howard Winters, of
Grafton; Principal F. B. Lambert of
BarboursviIIe; Principal H. G. Robert
son, OF Charleston; Principal G. r,
Murray, of Williamson; Superfptend-
emit II. E. Cooper, of Blueheld; Super
F. B. Bryant, of Wellsburg;
F. L. Burdette, of
Superintendent II. B.
Work, Of wheeling; Principal w H. S.
White, of Kingwood: Principal A. w.
Curtis, of Elm Grove; District Super
visor Stephen Mason, Of Amos; State
L. ]. Hanifan, Of Charles
ton, Principal ]. II. Hickman, or Har-
Principal w. w. Trent, of Da-
Wis; County Superintendent w. II.
Cook, Of WEIGH; District Supervisor
Trevy Nutter, of Fairmont- and H. c.
of Organ Cave. Several
hundred teachers were in attendance
at the conference.
state University Summer School.
No department of the State univer-
sfty is OF greater or more direct ben
eft to the people of the state than the
school. The present session
includes teachers of all grades from
all parts of West Virginia, and from
various other states. These teachers
will go back to their respective schools
and neighborhoods, not only with in
creased scholarship, but with new
deals Of teaching. Among the in
structors in the Summer school are
Miss Wheeler, head urinary teacher
n Horace Mann school, Columbia uni |
and Miss Sarah E. Griswold,
critic teacher in the Chicago Normal !
school. Both of these celebrated teach |
,rs are giving concrete illustrations
If how teaching ought to be done in i
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