The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-30

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[RE SCHOOLS:
CONDITIONS IN GRANT DISTRICT
BEeulREs Careful 1 ATTENTION
OF CITIZENS. .is,s
Tie coming spring andfzumnier VIII
beimarked by; unusual activity In the
line Of school building. An over the
country. there Will be erected build.
ings which the ever increasing en-.
roliment Inns made necessary. Union
independent distriIt First ward OF
FaIrmontJ ,iwilirhase two new modern
buildings 10 be paid for pyathe pro.
eeeds OF a bond issue recently voted
byiithe]pp-to-daie people OF that dis.
trict: uiii6h district viii proYi.
sion for the overflow conditions at
Rihgmont blythe erection Of a large.
modern school building; at AnnabeIle,
In Lincoln district, where two years
ago there were not a dozen sours, a
population Of hundreds imusts be
served by a building OF eight rooms
Or more: In, theeilties OF Huntington
and Falrmont. provision must at once
be made for tile irelief'of oyer-crowd.
ed rooms; and, last. but not3least, It
would seem that the time rhas come
for building activity In Grant dis.
trict, which embraces that part Of the
county lying between the West Fork
and 'Tysart's Valley rivers! - -
1.-THE Conditions III Grant district
are indeed bad. Almost everywhere
| ih the district, teachers are handi.
capped by lack Of proper building and
OF proper school equipment The IN!
ion school. Tor example. Is in bad re.
rair, Is not a modern building In any
sense Of the term. on Kuhn's run
there Is but noe school building, when
II would certainly seem that there Is
need Of two, or at least OF a graded
school OF two rooms. AT the town
Of Boothsyllle, there Is a7good oppot.
tunity to establish a district high
school. Here. and elsewhere over
the district, are found pupils who
have completed the common school
course, who have received their di.
plomas emitting them to admission to
high school; but who for various rea.
sons cannot attend high school at
q distant point. II would seem that
a better building, and an additional
teacher at BoothsYllle, might we'll &c.
commodate such pupils BY permitting
them TO receive thorough high school
instruction In their home school. AT
the same time. the new and better
building would add greatly to the
quality Of the work done in the grades
below the high school n v.
Much could be said Of the needs OF
the Red school. the Nixon school. the
Sarietta school. and the Eyerson
school. But perhaps; forsthe present,
attention may best be called to the
conditions at Monongah and Watson.
The need OF Increased school accom-
modatlons at aonpngahF has long
been recognized. Aylsit to the yarf.
GUS rooms will convince any unbiased
person that something should be done
at once to relieve the situation: The
primary rooms are particularly
crowded. 60 pupils being enrolled In
one room not much larger than room
in an ordinary dwelling house! Then.
too, the rooms are badly arranged as
to light and ventilation. playground
and other vital features. Monongah
certainly needs a new school build.
Ing.
At Watson, the conditions are even
worse. The main building. having
been outgrown, as at Monongah. an
annex has been provided. At best,
this annex is not suited to school pur.
poses. A glance at 1t viii bear out
this statement. The teachers in the
annex, and. indeed, in inc main build.
Ing. are forced to work under condi.
lions which are very, trying; the pu.
pills are crowded together in small
rooms, lacking In many OF the things
needed for proper work. Relief Is
badly needed at Watson. ;f%1f
A. From this hasty summary, II will
be Seen that Grant district is very
much In need OF school buildings and
school equipment, and that this need
Is feit all over the district. And why
does this condition exist? There may
be differences Of opinion as 10 theran.
swer TO be given, but suffice 1t to say
that the ordinary revenue Of tie dis.
trict for building purposes Is not SUI.
ticlent to provide thetbulldings and
equipment needed. The Bosrd rof Ed!
|pedtlon is p6werless toiimeet the SIT,
nation with the money now available.
The Board has tkisasyear; erected a
splendid new building at Hutchinson,
where there had been but a one:tooni
building to Accommodate rs pupils;
bit the erection astwo.room build.
ing such as this practically exhatists
the reraniie AMI doeR mi Yiea rivl MI