The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-10
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HE NOfk tllat has been undertaken
tbG state school code commission,
ID thb opinion Of educators through
bHt The state, Is one Of the most i'm
forward movements for the
general advancement OF the Virginia
tlat d, now being considered.
Efforts have been made TO keep
the proposition out Of partisan poll
tieg, and II IS believed this will be
Hone, as both Democrats and Repub.
Means are represented on the com
mission and persons OF all parties are
lhttnR asked to submit their ideas re.
Ehtdlng iust what should be put into
the code. t,-. r
The commission has a number OF
Eaeetinss scheduled for the summer,
I rene Of which will be held this month.
The work OF collecting the material
and making first drafts Of the various
! provisions Of the general school bill
Els IN the hands Of l.. j. Hanifan, state
3! supervisor Of rural schools, who was
elected secretary Of the commission.
IN All Of this material will be placed
! OF the disposal Of the commission
4 when It meets for adoption, rejection
4 or amendment. with the purpose OF
II getting the best that may be obtain!
Jed, A pubic hearing will be held
by the commission in Charleston in
/, June, al which all persons having
ideas to present will be heard.
Jesse V. Sullivan, secretary Of the
State council OF defense, is starting an
investigation to determine the def.
mite results which have been obtained
\ in West Virginia from the enforce.
! ment Of the idleness and vagraucy
Law.
The-laE will have been in force a
K year early in June and the purpose
4 Of the secretary is to secure reports
from the police officers or mayors
\ OF all incorporated towns and cities
I covering their activities in detail.
The report on the operation Of the
law, which was passed as war mea.
sure, has been requested by the de,
Z Tense councils Of many Of the states
and by the Council OF National De.
4 Tense.
The. National Education Association
has inauglTated a drive for $4,000
4 new members, Of which West Virgin.
a's'quota is $40. To secure these now
& members in the state, the state De.
paFtment Of schools is sending out
( , letter Of solicitation to all Of lie
School teachers in the several cauu.
del. .,s.
Ten students OF the college OF ag-
ficulture Of West Virginia University
have been specially assigned as as.
sistant county agents to aid war
lGfgp production, as follows: c. r.
fBibbee, Berkeley county; H. F. De.
Wood county; Ernest Hamrick.
Richie county Golden c. Hall, Ma.
( son county; H. T. Kron, Harrison
county; H. H. Thompson, Raleigh
Gounty; Shirley L. starkey, Pocahon.
taa county, Paul p. Nefdin, Randolph
county; John T. Toler, Monongaiia
county, aud j. G. Leidig Kanawha
rounty.
N tst,Yjs3Hx
Z The Rev. E. NJ. Rittenhouse, of Ca.
B lToS has been chosen as the minister.
: az delegate and w. G. Arnold, of Sis.
tersyille, as the lay delegate from the
( arkershuTg Presbytery tc the geper.
81 assr1bly Of tln denomination to be
he'd the last week in May at Colum.
bus o.
The Rev, T, Fl. Wix, of Williams.
burg has been elected moderator and
= the Ret.J. N. Walker, Of Marlinton,
+ ana Gilbert Smith OF Concho, clerks
for the ensuing year by the Green.
erisr Presbytery.
sss Z. II. McCamic, for several wears
editor and manager OF the Wells.
plrg Herald, has resigned in order 10
Income circulation manager of a
pewE1/lper at New Castle, Pa.
Miss yirgle Harris, an Elkins school
weeks, resulting in the proposed bene.
; Iiciaries Of these half.passed bills i'm.
portuntng their Senators and Repre-
! sentatives in Congress to know why
hey have not received any benefits.
< This explains the reason why.
The hard fight that the friends IN
Congress Of Major Heber Rice, of
s Huntington, to get him reinstated in
Z the army. is at last ended with failure.
No case OF this kind where an officer
has been honorably discharged upon
the recommendation of an army eff
kieney board has been more stubborn
IN fought than in this case. Not only
I'D the members OF Congress from
Major Rfcs's own state go to the front
Tor him and scrap it out through the
various military channels up to the
& Secretary Of War, but members from
other states Joined in with them, nota-
4 bly, Representatives Langley and
Fields, Of Kentucky. At one stage
B they got Secretary Baker to reopen
Che case and call for special report.
This was adverse, and the Secretary
Of War has just announced his sus.
\ tanning it, There is no appeal from
this, and no other means left to carry
$en the fight for Major Rice, and so
4thi sn9table case Of an officer who
was bound and determined to fight for
Z his conntry's flag II the war machine
would let him, comes to final con.
elusion.