The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-11-03
NEW DEPARTMENT
At NORMAL SCHOOL
Extension Work Under the
Direction Of Prof.
Barnes.

10 branching out and adding anewgde
pprtments 70 It's already scomprehen;l
awe curriculum. The latest venture
and perhaps one OF the most popular
yet attempted by the institution Is
the organization OF an extension de.
partrlelt, also q correspondence de
partment both OF which are nSaifour.
fishing condition with constantly IN
creasing membership and iprestige.
The Department of Extension work
was recently formulated with Prof.
Waiter Barnes, head OF the English
department OF the Normal, as director
Of this department. The scope of the
department 'is far reaching and tends
to bring rural and other towns teach
ers, who Ore unable to take the ,regu:
iar Normal School course, into closer
touch with the state institutions Of
learning and thus establish q bondsof
relationship between pupils and the
schools. Courses In various branches
are organized which meet each week
with one OF the Normal faculty in
charge, and examinations are given
al the close OF the semasters, and
the pupiis are given credits which
count In the Normal School work the
B4ne as though the pupils were enroll
Cd lii the regular school courses.
Teachersswho al esunble to attend the
Normal school are thereby given in;
struction along certain lines which
they could not obtain elsewhere and
regularly enrolled as pupils OF the
iFairmont Normal School.
Az this time four or five such
cIasses have beenforganized with good
enrcilment. rrof.ftJ.JF.a Shreyel OF the
department. o. Education has well es.
tablished at Huntington a class OF
eleven pupils who are doing excellent
educational work. Prof. Barnes has
4 class 81 m pupils in the city which
meet 1t the Miller school and study
hterature.
several other smaller classes are
also doing good work with the Normal
teachers iasI directors inSsuch branches
as history, English, languages. etc:
!, This work Is far|reaching and while
tits Dc great benefit to the teachers
offthe county generally, it also! estab-
Iis,es the prestigs OF the Fairmont
Normal School throughout the coun.
~ and state.
Not q week passes but the services
of number OF the faculty sareSsollclt'
edstot attendsrou table meetings, dis.
trict teachers, associations, etc. and
the request very seldom goes unheed:
Cd 10 the faculty Is interested in this
means Of aiding the extension! depart
rient ofF the Normal:
Another department Of the Normal
which has TODD also with the extern
sion work is that ,ofsaScorrespondence
school. ThisfEdepartmentS has al mum.
ber 81 pupils enrolledAwh are doing
Food work by correspondence under
tbs instructioni Of Prof. Barnes and his
Stiil another department having to
do With extension work is that Of q
lecture course department, which Is
sent out from among the faculty and
teachers OF the Normaliinto the small.
er towns and rural districts OF the.
county to give ga8series Of entertain
ments. This work Is done free OF
charge, but the community taking up
the lecture course9is privileged to
chargesa small admission fee. These
entertainments consist of lectures,
musicale and Evolutionary entertain.
rnents. TheYNormal has some excel
lent material Of this kind among its
faculty. and student body.
Attic PRESENTING a lecture course
has been arrangedifor Masontown, w.
Va, and negotiation are on with sev.
erals other towns forkthe course.
The Normal School at the present
time hns nerhapsE the largest enroll
ment for the fall term ever recorded
In It's history. The total enrolment
unto date IS 31S Of which AZ are en-.
rolled IN the classes of the extension
department.
President Joseph Roster Of the Fair.
mont Normal leaves on Thursday for
Keyser. where heQiGwill address the
Mineral County Educational Rally.
which viii be held I'M that city. This
viii besa rally OF all Of the schools of
Mineral county and a big time is an.
ticipated. ON Friday and Saturday
MIR. Roster will attend the Potomac
Valley Round Table and will deliver
an address and next week will attend
the Monongahela Valley Round Ia.
bic. being scheduled to- address this
organization also. Last week Mr.. Ro.
sier addressed the Ohio Valley Round
Table at Wheeling:
Last week seven members of the
Normal faculty were requisitioned for
work az various educational meetings
In different parts Of the county and
state and this week several more are
doing this character of work:
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