Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-02-18
SUPT. G. 0. GRADY
In an Address Recon-.
mends a New High
School Building.


the Ceredo- kenova schools deliver
ed an able address before the Cere.
do Woman's club on the evening of
the 18th inst. Among other things
Mr. Grady recommends the erection
OF new high school building near
the dividing line of the towns OF
Ceredo and Kenova. To this rec
ommendation tins paper heartily
concurs; but read the address which
fellows:
''ln order TO be effective auv
school system must be so or. anized
that II meets best the need. of the
particular community that it serves
w hat may be good for one commu.
nifty may not be good for another
and shall therefore confine myself
To a discussion of the means nv
which think oar own school sys-
tenn might he improved. | might
also remark that what j. good for
the system just nov might not be
the beet IN the future, but that the
system should be strengthened, aug
mented or changed ar the need and
conditions demand. To be able tu
do this we must have some definite
view or idea az TO the probable
growth or needs cf the system in
the future.
In Its equipment our school
should be housed in bindings that
are modern aud couv enient i'm ar
rangement and easily accessible To
ALI pnplls. The outside appearance
should be plain and sensible. the
inside roomv, light, well ventilated
and heated. properly decorated and
provided with furniture at once
comfortable and simple. Our build.
lngs IT many respects meet these
requirements or could easily be
made to do go. AT present we have
one grade buiIding in Ger, do and
one in Kenova with a high school
attached To the Ceredo building.
This arrangement for a time was
admirable and we'll met the condi-
tions and requirements of our peo-
pie, but at the present time our
high school has grown to such pro-
portions that the present high
school building does not properly
take care of the pupils. The pm
pills now instead of almost exclus-
lively coming from Ceredo are about
equally divided between the two
places.
1t would therefore seem advisable
that further extension should be
made by constructing a high school
building large enough TO meet fu-
ture growth and that it should be
located centrally. A central Ioca-
tion would be in Kenova near the
Ceredo line. This would make the
building equally accessible to pu-
pills living on the Big Sandy or
those living on Twelve Pole, the
extreme limits of the district. In
constructing this building it would
be folly to make IT just large en-
ough 10 provide for the number of
pupils anticipated in the next year
or two, when we take into consider
alton the future inevitable growth
OF our community We are located
IN the most stragetic position in the
entire tIi-state region from GuyaD-
dotte TO Portsmouth, being in the
very center Of this region and at the
ju6cture Of three OF the most inns
portaDt and progressive railroads IN
the state. / have not the least
doubt but all of them not only
would approve such building prof.
ect but would encourage it. Inas-
much as they would in large meas
ure have TO pay for 1t Why should
we object if they did not.
With increase in the high school
enrolment due to increase in growth
IN the population the grade depart
ment Of the schools must Of neces.
sity also increase in size and i'm
portance. This new building should
meet this condition and provide adj
equate accommodations for the up
per grades as well az the high
school. This would be a decided
advantage as ali the pupils Of the
seventh and eighth grades could be
mustered in one building and better
facilities for their instruction pro.
vided by conducting them on the
departmental plan such as the high
school itself is conducted.
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