The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-29

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manner ID which fevn1a peope
have taken care OF so msn4 or them
~ere received with loud applause
ia aid ID sil that Farmont folks
shohid receive bie thanks and many
COM ents fof the VOL done IN
them task coiosa Ind !. ot
teacher in the city reported ga Inn
but the best Of care NJ = e lnie I
she remained. Many checked ont
last night and many more VIII ieal g
today with pleasant tnemQE IS
events here remaining for Ion
long time.
Or. Barbe introduced the first
speaker Of the evening, d.. Waiter
A. Jessop, as the great President q
the Great University Of the 5Feet
State Of Iowa DR.. Jessop gave az
address occupying greater part 81
the evenings program on the 81 p
ject of greater school needs IA y y
day and age, touching on many var
fed phases of the subject. he telta
there had been wonderful emo
tlonal. sympathetic response and res
action after the war and that as
never before the schoosl were con
fronting necessity for material
changes which were necessary 60 the
new order OF things. Schools
fleet the ideals of period, In dil
ferent' ages schools were taught II
varied fashions and now had CONS
another period requiring still difs
ferent manner Of teaching, All over
the. country High School and Uni
sersity attendances are increasing,
leaping by bounds, making still great
err the responsibility on the shoulders
of educators.
DR.. Jessop possesses a great sense
of humor and kept his audience
amused at many of his witty sayings.
He especially mentioned the fact that
today teachers endeavored to intro
duce play in the schools when not so
long ago, just the opposite was the
attempt. At Harvard boy had been
fired sometime ago for bringing his
boat to school. Times have changed.
DR.. Jessup went hastily over the diff
ferent ideals Of schools regarding
physical training, manual training
end other school requisites, smiling
and causing his audience to smile
over the odd, different beliefs re- (
garding the necessity or non -neces-
sity for these Ings. Why, he
said, "Once they thought manual
training was of moral beSsS;1-that
when boy sawed off piece from
the end of board, he then knew it
was too short by actual experience
getting moral slant In addition!"
Teachers are being challenged more Z
now than ever before and are being
watched and their beliefs taken stock
Of 1t is best not to teach in this
period Of reconstruction in such
fashion that merely the rule is learn
ed instead Of the heart Of sub
ject. Music when first introduced
into the schools was never sung. II
was taught by rule and while child
rem and teachers too could redtte
lesson letter perfect regarding eighth Z
notes bars, time and many other
musical knowledges, nobody thought
OF singing. They didn't know how.
We used to teach physiology SO thai
we could recite all the bones anf
spell them. We knew all the nerves
and could trace the circulation Of the
blood. We didn't talk about clean
teeth or clean bodies. That was get
ting too personal. Nov we try to 4
teach such things In more definite
fashion so that we may truly get
the good out Of them.
The problem of illiteraly should be
tackled in this State, AS time goes
on we shall feel new thrill Of
pride as to new methods and a new
curriculum to meet the new demands
of this new age. We are the saliva
ton Of America" l
The Woman's Club Double Quartet
rendered song or two following DR..
Jessop's address, much enjoyed by
everyone. Voices in this quartet are
unusually harmonious, blending one
into the other in truly artistic style.
John William Withers city SUPER
intendent of st. Louis gave the last
address of the evening on the sub
ject of War After Effects He made
himself Immediately at home with
his audience by saying that he had
never grown away from the hills and
was happy to be back again among
his people my folks,p he called
them. Fifty year before the war,
said DR. Withers, I'VE we're passing
period where we criticisedA
the church, the schools and the
courts of justice under the constitu
ton. Now the time has arrived when
we shall go about changing all these
things" There. is tendency to re-
model our schools and mtcIl theory
and practise is being abolished in an
effort to get down to the real; pr, n
Withers spent the remainder Of the g
discussing the various
changes and after effects brought
out forcefully by both speakers last
evening was to the effect that no
longer In the new system OF things
would a. formal STONE be handed out
to the children in schools in place q
the true spirit. Not for many a day
has such large number OF teachers
felt so truly and actually the after
the-war changes to be BROUGHT about
IN all schools throughout the colip
try in the new educational era about
to begin.