Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-10

The week ending July was no
table. one at the summer session Qf
the State university. Il was dts51hat-
ed AZ supervision week. and Nds es-
pecially concerned with the rural
3 school problems Friends q aericut
tnre we're grained to hear he leading
educators fromSthe states Of the south
land express their belief 70 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 CaGoiina, Virginia and
West Virginia were among those taxi
Ing part ON the program. OF special
interest, however, were the lectures
of Superintendent O. J. Kern, of Win
nebago County, Illinois, and DR. Bour-
land, Of Washington, D. c.. 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 supertntend-
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. @e..-
| 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..
B6urland, 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.
Fan the school superintendent 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
versity Summer school, was held at
Morgantown, June 80 to July /. The
topic for discussion was Teachers In
1 stitutes. The conference had five SEES
sions, and discussed teachers insti-
tutes from every point of view. SUI
perintendent o. G. Wilson, Of Elkins,
and Superintendent George e. Hubbs,
fof Moundsville, discussed the law gov
erning Institutes. Dean T. w. Taught,
iof Wesleyan college; Superintendent
John H. Gorby, of New Martinsville,
and Principal T. C. Miller, of Shep-
herd college. presented the chief mer-
Hits Of county Institutes, as now con-
Quoted, while Superintendent G.. M
Evans, Of Morgantown; Principal ]. r.
liking, of McMechen, and Superintend-
emit Joseph Roster, of Fairmont, show
ed up their chief faults. The elements
OF q good institute program we're dis
cussed by Assistant State Superintend-
emit J. F. Marsh, Supt. H. L. Peddicord,
OF Benwood, and DR.. J. N. Deahl, Of
the university. Other phases of the
general subject were discussed by Su-
perintendent T. Howard Winters, Of
Grafton; Principal F. B. Lambert, Of
Barboursville; Principal H. C. Robert
son, Of Charleston; Principal C. R.
Murray, Of Williamson; Superintend-
ent H. 3. Cooper, of Biuefeld; Super
4 intende1t F. B. Bryant, of Wellsburg;
Superintendent L. Burdette, Of
Clarksburg; Superintendent H, 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
Supervisor L. j. Hanifan, Of Charles
ton, Principal j. H. Hickman, of Har-
risville; Principal w W. Trent; Of Da-
Wis; County Superintendent W. H.
Cook, Of WEIGH; District Supervisor
Trevy Nutter, of Fairmont, and H. c..
Humphreys, of Organ Cave. Several
hundred teachers were in attendance
at the conference.
State University Summer School.
No department of the State univer.
sity is of greater or more direct ben
eft to the people of the state than the
Summer school. The present session
includes. teachers of all gradesT from
all parts Of West Virginia, and from
various other states. These teachers
will go back to their respective schools
and neighborho not only with in
creased scholarship, but with new
ideals of teaching. Among the In.
structors in the Summer school are
Miss Wheeler, head primary teacher
In Horace Mann school, Columbia uni
yersity, and Miss Sarah e. Griswold,
critic teacher in the Chicago Normal
school. Both of these celebrated teach:
ers are giving concrete illustrations
of how teaching ought to be done In
the various grades.
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