The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-17

with a view to devising plans for
Hood protection and determining the
extent to which the United States
should cooperate with the states,
communities and interests in car
rying out such plans, its share being
based upon the value of protection
to navigation and interstate COM
merce; also, a survey of the Ohio
river IN the vicinity OF Mound City
and Cairo, ILL.,, With a view of de-
termining the extent Of the erosion
and to prevent the same, when 1t in.
ter teres with navigation. etc.
a visit made by Congressman
Nelly on DR.. s. r.. Cap6n, OF the
United States Bureau of Education,
In the interest of the rating given
Bethany College by the bureau,
brought out the Interesting and
rather startling fact that the West
Virginia University is not in Glass
!, either; nor is West Virginia WEES
leyan. That rating is presumed, to
|entitle graduates of lessera colleges
to enter the great universities. and
colleges for post graduate work on
che strength Of the. diploma from
their alma mater. Despite the faca
Of the unjust rating given Bethany
and the University, according to Of
ficials Of these institutions, their
graduates have been accepted by
Yale, Harvard. Princeton, and the
leading institutions of learning, and
given a standing in the classes along
NTH THAR a fae, to-
lstitutions having examined for them
selves promptly disregarded the. gov
crnment's rating. III
The matter has come up at this
time because of the attitude OF the
state superintendent of schools OF
Ohio. Bethany College Is located
within seven miles OF the Ohio line
Many Of its graduates are public
school superintendent, principals OF
high schools and high school tenohers
in Ohio. Frank w. Miller is one OF,
them. He recently applied fora life
certificate on the basis OF work done
in Bethany College. Tho Ohio state
superintendent replied: X
State. ife cert fcates will be given
this December to graduates OF COLI
Ileges outside OF this state only in
ease these colleges are placed in
Class I BY the United States Com.
missioner Of Education. Bethany
College is not in this class. wi,
hope q. some later date to give It u
rating. =
An efforts on the part OF Bethany
College to have this rating givsn
have failed. New York and pennsyl...
wanna investigated and gave II .
Glass rating, but Ohio seems dfsin-
clined to-. AS many students OF
Bethany come from Ohio, 40 long as
the situation: remains as It is now,
!! the patronage of students from that
Estate is liable to be Affected. i;
DIR. Capen made the following OK.
PLANTATION to Major Neely::
L Several years ago the bureau oil
education sattemn ted to classify al:
the colleges OF the United sStates. "A
tentative draft of the bureaus
ciassifi cation was made, and. bcforf.
the same was revised, the public, Ii,
some manner or other, obtained "a
copy OF the proof Various iiistitu-
lions throughout the country began
to complain to the bureau and Pres
lS4euLitildLS 1SnASA WI 6NSSutlV6 SUEQ6E
suspendihg all action regarding the
work. This order has never been
repealed. and. until IT is repealed,
the bureau is without authority TO
table any action in the preIn ises. =.
fDr. Capen," said Major Nelly,
EI"would parently be glad to assist
In helping us have Justice done III,
West Virginia y unty ersity and 1ead7
ing college He told me that his, de-
|partment was hoping to. have the
various education ASSOCIATIONS Of tiie
country make a new classification
and, II this is done, i am sure our
states Will be properly classic ed X
L bethany College has been in eS-
|istence for seventy 1--WE years and has
from the first stood among the yhigii
grade institutions sof learning. II
has gradual ted dilany men who Sc
came eminent In the professions ana
lin public life For instance Speaker
| Champ Clark Mr.. Justice Lernlr.
Senator George \ Oliver. 81 PENN
svlvania, and D host Of Oh iers. Pres
Iident Garfield was q trustee Of BETH
Iany College for many years.
There will be a hearing next wed
Enesday before 9 Senat commits on
| the Chiffon Fesolnt Il on, Witch aims
to and out just who owns the Lftt1e