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be reduced 10 $3.50 for applicants
taking all the branches and 75 cents
for those not taking more than half
the branches, instead OF $500 and
$500 in each case respectively as
they are now. This scale Will pro-
vide for ali necessary expenses in
conducting the examinations and
nothing more should be collected.
6. / recommend that the State
make provision for free text books
for all her children at the earliest
practicable date. This Is not per-
sonal preference on my part. Per-
sonally, have a prejudice against
the plan but we-owe 1t to ourselves
to profit by the experience Of others
and the experience of other cities and
States favors free text books. The
legislature OF 1909 asked that /
should collect data on the subject OF
free text books. That data will be
found farther on in this volume.
The Juvenile Court.
2. most earnestly hope that
some of our legislators will take 1t up
through better child labor laws and
themselves to work out and work
a proper juvenile court law for our
State. The higher the value we place
upon childhood and the better the
protection we give to it, the more
prosperous and happy will be the
next generation OF the people of this
Estate. The civic associations will
| gladly furnish information on the
former subject, and on the latter the
city code commission, offers some
valuable suggestions.
The Rural High School
s. The high schools OF the State
are increasing in numbers and devel.
oping rapidly but in many cases
they succeed only by the severest
kind of struggle. Their beneficial
influence is beginning to be left in
numerous rural communities but the
number of these schools is all toe
few and in the case of most of then
there Is need of assistance. In nc.
cord with the State high school sup,
ervisor's report published elsewhere
in this volume, / recommend an APP
propriatino of State funds. for partia
assistance to rural high schools, es
pecially if We can get theifunds from
the proposed production tax on ga!
or other proper source.
9. Sections 81 and 20 of chapter
S45 Of the Code relating to schoo
lleyieg Should be resenacted so as Il
relieve their provisions of doubt ant
ambiguity. Possibly some Of these
provisions should be amended. I'm
less provision is made for a tax OF
gas and part Of that revenue is de
voted to the purpose, the present
limit on the levtes, especially for tn,
building fund, should be raised
While West Virginia is among thu
foremost States in this section of this
country in providing for her public
schools, still there is no room fol
doubt in the mind of careful students
that the State would do well to ma.
tsrially increase her investment in
the education of her young people
No other than a liberal and progress.
sive educational policy will enable
the State to realize the best of hel
extraordinary possibilities.
10. A teachers pension law, a
county unit system, classification
code for independent districts, a new
provision saving some Of the unnec.
essary expense in publishing district
estimates and an Improvement in the
compulsory attendance laws, are
among the other matters worthy Of
careful consideration as soon as thu
Legislature can find time to give at
tcntion to them.