Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1911-08-16
PUBLIC MEETING
OF kENOVA CITIZENS
Convene to Protest Against Ap.
DllCdnts OF the 6ltu Not SeGur-
in0 Positions as Teachers.
From the Kenova Reporter /.


In accordance with posters
circulated quite a number
of the citizens of our city
met at the. city hall last
Monday evening to protest
against the action Of the
Board of Education in not
appointing more Kenova
citizens as teachers in the
public schools here. !. H.
Lambert was elected Chair
man and c. w. Thomson
Secretary of the meeting.
After many speeches by
ladies, as well as gentlemen,
including DR.. Bruins and
Postmaster. Holt, members
of the Board, the following
resolutions were adopted:
We, the citizens of Kenova,
without regard to political affilia-
tions or religious creed, assembled
in meeting at the City Hall on the
9TH day of August, 1911, do de.
clare as follows:
First: That we favor the estab.
lishment' aud conduct of our
public schools upon the best and
most efficient basis, and for that
purpose we will cheer.ully submit
to the imposition of any reason
able amount of taxes, in order
that our children may have such
training, intellectual and moral,
as will fit them TO discharge the
duties which are TO devolve upon
them.
SECOND: That we condemn any
action which may make our pub.
lie schools the plaything Of poll.
ticians or convert them into OBJ
jects of barter and trade.
THIRD: That we condemn the
action of a Board of Education
selected to care for the intsrests
of the Independent School Dis
trict OF Ceredo, who have, not
withstanding the fact that Kerova
bears the greater part of the bur
den o. taxation in the district,
unjustly, and in violation OF
every demand of justice, gives to
Ceredo, whose property is subject
to comparatively email part of
the taxes, advantages and bene-
fits which do not equitably be-
long to her, and which Justly be-
long to Kenova. We especially
condemn a policy which mainly
at the cost aud expense of Kenova,
maintains the High School at Ce-
redo, two members of the Board
of Education at Ceredo and the
secretary of the Board of Educa-
ton at Ceredo, and allows both
the Superintendent of the Dis.
trict schools and the Principal OF !
the KenoYa schools to reside 10
Ceredo; and also provides that out
Of the eight teachers in the Ken
ova schools four are residents OF
CeredO, and no sign has been Civ
en- that any Kenova teacher will
be admitted into the schools of
Ceredo, which affords employ
ment to twelve teachers.
FOURTH; That while we recog-
nize the authority under the law
for the employment of teachers
by the Board of Education, we
do not recognize their right to dis
criminate unfairly in favor Of any
part Of the district against auo'h-
err, end we therefore mphaticaly
condemn the acts which give
preference IN Kenova sch ,ols to
Ce-edo Teachers.
FIFTH; If the thousands Of dol
lars which have been expended in
this district by the Board of
Education during the years that
the schools have been in exist
ence have not been expended in
such manner as to deYelop and fit
some Of the Kenova boys and
girls to become teachers in their
home schools it is time for the
retirement Of the persons in
charge Of their management, and
the selection OF others IN their
stead who can make better use Of
the funds so literally contributed
by the people.
SIXTH: We further declare
that our action is not inspired by
an uufriendly feeling towards
any Of the teachers who have
been employed to conduct the