Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-08-31
SUPERVISION WEEK Al
WEST VA. UNIVERSITY

The week ending July ! was a no
table one at the summer session U
the State university. 1t was deslgnaE
ed as supervision week" and was es
pecially concerned with the rurai
school problems. Friends OF agrlcuf
ture were gratified to hear the leading
educators from the states OF the south
land express their belief in no uncer
tain terms, that agricultural educatloH
should be the leading factor In the
solution of the rural problem.
The state supervisors OF rura
schools from Mississippi, Alabama
Florida, South Carolina, Virginia and
West Virginia were among those tax.
ing part on the program. or special
interest, however, were the lectures
of Superintendent o. ]. Kern, OF Win
nebago County, Illinois, and DR.. Bour
land, of Washington, D. c. The Key
note of the whole conference was eA
pressed by superintendent Kern When
he declared that the new country llle
movement consisted in making farm
ing more profitable, and country Lis
more attractive. County superintend'
ents, district supervisors and country
school teachers are on the GROUNDS
and are the logical leaders IN thls
movement, and they are soon going 10
have a Lot of help from many othel
sources.
There are ten million boys and girls
in the one-room country schools, ana
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 superintendent ana
state supervisors Of rural schools VINO
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 al
Morgantown, June 80 to July l. The
topic for discussion was Teachers In
stitutes. The conference had five SEES
sions, and discussed teachers insti
tutes from every point Of view. Su
perintendent o. G. Wilson, Of Elktns,
and Superintendent George E. Hubs,
of Moundsville, 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 J. 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 ]. F. Marsh, Supt. H. L. Peddicord,
of Benwood, and DR.. ]. 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. G. Robert
son, of Charleston; Principal G. R.
| Murray, of Williamson; Superintend-
ent H. E. Cooper, of Bluefeld; Super
intendent F. B. Bryant, Of Wellsburg;
superintendent f. 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. II. Hickman, OF Har-
risville; Principal w. w. Trent, Of Da-
Wis; County Superintendent w. H.
Cook, of Welch 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 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
ideals Of teaching. Among the in
structors in the Summer school are
Miss Wheeler. head primary teacher
In Horace Mann school, Columbia uni
versity, 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