The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-12-09
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Fairmont Rotarians Hear
Business Talk on the
School Situation

Secretary Bob Miller, of the Fair
mont Rotary club, had field day
today, for after weeks OF preaching
about the essential goodness OF at
tendance at the weekly lunches OF
the club, the organization scored
almost 100 per cent at the meetins
held at noon today at the Y NJ. c. A.
In keping with education week
the feature OF the meeting toady was
an address upon the school sltua-
ton in West Virginia by Walter
Barnes, OF the Normal school fac
ulty. but a lot OF important other
business was also transacted. one
fthe items was the adoption Of a
motion made by Rotarian TreVey
Nuter authorizing ]. K. Watson Jr.'
club president, to appoint COM
mittee of three members to act with
similar committees of the Chamber
OF Comerce and the KiwanIs club in
backing up the movement to get the
Budget commission to accept the
Appropriation recommended by the
Board of Education for the Fair
mont Normal school. This COM
mittee will be appointed later Pres
Ident Roster, Of the Normal school,
was before the Board Of Education
and the Board OF Public Works last
week and it was agreed that the
sum the local school shall have
this session Of the Legislature Is
S337,5 This represents a constd-
erable advance over the sum grant
ed two years ago, which was less
than $4,000.
The club also adopted a reSolu-
ton voicing It's approval OF the
/ IactivitIes of the West Virginia com
missoi non mental hygiene, and,
under suspension OF the rules, the
following resolution. presented by
Rutarian Harry Hartley In counet-
Itlon with some remarks tmade by
Rotarian H. L. Satterheld was
adopted:
At a regular meeting OF the
Fairmont Rotary club held this
date, the following resolution
was adopted:
Whereas the Fairmont Po-
tary club is intensely interest
ed in the health and happiness
of the citizenship of West Vir-
gInfa and any constructive and
progressive legislation looking
toward that end, and
Whereas the members Of
said Fairmont Rotary club
realize the importance of
Mouth Hygiene as a preventa.
| tive as we'll as curative health
measure, which should be a
part of our public school teach
ing and public education in
general, and
Whereas this body of repre-
sentative tax paying citizens Of
West Virginia realize the pos
sibilities OF such a bureau,
therefore
Be 1t resolved that we re-
spectfully petition the honor
able State board Of Public
Works that they do cause TO
be established under the State
Department Of Health, a Btu
reau Of Oral Hygiene and that
the said board in making up
their biennial budget make II.
naucial provision for the es-
tabIishment and maintenance
OF such a bureau.
President Watson read list OK
committees appointed to take care
Of the various activities in coRnec-
Ition with the District conference OF
the Rotary clubs, which will be held
lhere in March, and he announced
that it is the hope Of the board or
directors and the convention steer
ling committee that these commit
tees so right to work.
Rotarian Barnes in his address
on the school situation in the state,
advanced the thought that educa-
ton is Just as much a state matter
as the building Of roads. and made
the suggestion that there ought to
be n large state fund for distribu-
tlon throughout the STAGE help
the poorer counties keep up the
school standard the requirements OF
the dav demand He pointed out
that under the presnt sysm OF
providing school funds six rich
counties have more than half OF the
efficient teachers employed in the
state, while there are between
20 1000 and $4,000 children OF school
age who are not going to school at
all, because there are not enough
teachers Another point he brought
out is that foreign children In the
mine towns are getting he benefit
Of good school facilities, while chill
dren of old American families in
the back districts are not getting
any schooling at all.
He submitted that sectional hit
eracy is Just as dangerous as class
Illtteracy and he predicted that un-
less something Is done about It this
condition will make a great deal OF
trouble for the people Of West VIZ
ginia- The remedy, as he sees II,
and he made the poitn very cellar 70
the men who listened to him, lies
In providing more money-much
more money, -