The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-03

of getting the whole community inrer-
ested. tbj Influence the social CEN
ter has had on my school attendance.
fc) How the social center has neiped
me TO secure the co;operat ion OF par:
ents.
yitallzins teaching tal Vitaliztng
the teaching Of agriculture. tb) How
TO vitalize the teaching OF arithmetic.
tcl How ] am trying to put life into
the teaching OF Language.
Primary Section. {.
Friday afternoon, 2:15 O'clock. room
los.
Miss Ines M. johnson, Fairmont,
chairman.
What special training is necessary
for primary teacher-Miss Mabel l..
West, Salem.
Reading = (a) Simple steps in
phonics that lead to good word build.
ing and reading. tb) Are we over.
doing story telling in reading lessons
and crowding out sufficient word
drill? (c) How can better results in
reading be secured? (d) How pro.
coed with children who stammer?
Numbers - (a) Appropriate mum.
her work for primary grades. (b)
How early should child's perception
OF numbers help or hinder promotion
from one primary grade to another?
How much spelling should be taught
during the first year in school? Writ.
Ing in primary grades, when should
movement and position be taught.
Suitable games for the school room,
What Is their value?
How much geography should be
taught in primary grades. Best meth.
DDS OF teaching 1t.
Grammar School Section.
Friday afternoon. 2:15 o'clock, boys
study hall. room FOG.
Walter Barnes, Fairmont, chairman.
How may pupils be taught to pro.
perry estimate ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
tendent W. n. Crosse, Buckhannon.
Advantages OF manual and domes.
tic arts In the grammar school.
What should be the schools attI.
tude toward home study for pupils?
The grammar schools place in help.
ing selve tho problems OF the home.
What special training Is necessary
for a grammar grade teacher?
What ire the most pronounced
weaknesses in the grammar school?
Value OF special rooms for tho aver.
age and defective pupils. Should they
be provided for In smaller cities and
towns?
When is reading well taught? How
best correct defects in reading?
Should the grammar school at.
tempt to teach the facts about sex?
How many grammar grade arith.
metic be motiyated? q
What amount OF grammar should be
taught In the grammar school:
To what extent should play be
guider in tho grammar school?
High sehocl Section.
Friday afternoon, 2:15 O'clock. girls
study hall, room 307.
Principal G. L. Broad@ater, Man.
nington, chairman.
Means Of rendering High school
course elastic to individual needs -
Superintendent r. n. Yoke, Weston.
Should tho larger High schools chi.
play a matron as a member Of the
teaching corps?
To what extent should boys aud
girls be segregated in High school
work?
What kinds ofllterary organizations
are Of most value for High schools?
What changes in our High school
courses OF study are desirable?
Courses in household economy, OF
what should they consist and where
should they be introduced?
When has the High school fulfilled
its primary function IN education?
Advantage ofthe junior High achool
and how 1t works.
How make the library useful 10
High school students?
The present status and future dc.
velopment Of domestic acEence and
normal tralning courses in the High
school.
How far shall the elective principle
be extended?
The purpose OF a business depart.
ment In a High school,
What constitutes good discipline in
the High school.
School athletics: What they are
and what they should be.
Have we need OF night schools
in the larger towns OF the Monon.
gahela valley?
What arc the rights, duties and op.
port,nities OF the High school prin.
cipai2
Friday evening, $500 o'clock High
school auditorium.
Chorus-Junior High school,
Chorus-Senior High school.
Address-"The Demands OF the
Modern Teacher'-Dr. Thomas II.
Lewis, president Western Maryland
College.
Duet - Passage Birds Farewell"
Eugene Hildach) - Misses Board.
man and Bosgs.
General Session.
Saturday forenoon, o'clock, High
school auditorium.
Superintendent L. W. Burns, Frat.
ton, chairman.
The best means OF naming the SUI.
pervisor's work effective = Superin.
tendent Joseph Roster, Fairmont.
New school legislation-State SUI.
perintendent NJ. p. Shawkey, Charles
ton.
The need OF accurate accounting
systems among superintendents and