The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-01
PRESIDENT MGINNIs ASKS PROM
NEWT CITIZENS TO GET BE-
HIND MOVEMENT TO BETTGR
INSTITUTION.
$4,000 WANTED IN 1922 TO COM
PLETE BUILDING PROGRAM AT
OHIO CoUNTY'S STATE NoR-
NAL PLANT.
MORE MONEY NEEDED TO PROVIDE
BIGGER AND BETTER FACULTY
AND TO MEET THE ANNUAL
EXPENSE,

| Influential citizens of Northern west
| Virginia have received from Prof. HOW
ard J. McGinnis. president of the west
! Liberty State Normal School. letters
| asking them to use their influence TO
secure an increased appropriation from
! the West Virginia legislature for the cx-
! panSion and maintenance OF the eouca-
t tonal institution at West Liberty
| Similar letters. setting out in detail the
| budget that will be asked for West Lib
| erty Normal School for 1872 and 1873
, AS against the meager allowances al
| ready appropriated for 1921. have been
| sent TO each member OF the legislature
| and each one asked to support move
| ment to secure for West Liberty ap-
preparations of a size commensurate
with the possibilities and recognition
| that West Liberty Normal deserves.
The amount which the legislature Will
be asked TO provide for the school for
| 1929 and 1928. as we'll as the appropria-
ton made for 1921, are shown in the
; following table prepared by PRESIDENT
items. 1921. 1879. 1898.
NJ pSprsm lent ..ss,ss7 $4,000 $4,000
penses > . " 400 10000 10000
| S n | a l s of
employees employs -" u $500 10000 10000
New Buildings.
| Home for the
| president i,VOV
| Farm barn. 5000
! Poultry houses. SOD
Gymnasium 5000
It will be noted from the above figures
! that President McGinnis, in planning
ahead. contemplates an increase Of more
than $4,000 for each OF the next two
/, years in making repairs and Improve
! and more than $4,000 of an increase to
| take care Of current expenses. The big
gest increase asked Is $24,5N0 for each
! 1922 and 1923. to pay the salaries OF a
! larger and more efficient stan OF teach
ers and employees for the school.
For 1922, the legislature will be asked
| It is noted, to appropriate $4,000 to build
new barn on the Normal School farm
! $500 for poultry houses, and $4,000 Tor
! school gymnasium.
President McGinnis points out to the
| many residents of the Wheeling district
| and other portions OF Northern West
Virginia they pride they could take in
the state educational institution located
| in Ohio county, which was established
| by the state at West Liberty for the
! training Of teachers for the public
; schools Of this part OF the state.
School DOCS Great Work.
This has been n normal school for
over nifty years" says President McGin-
mis-. land has turned out many excellent
| teachers besides the number given a
! general education or trained for college.
! Its field Of usefulness is larger now
than ever. with the increasing number
: of public elementary schools. and with
! the urgent demand for teachers. trained
in their profession even as the doctor
: lawyer and engineer must be trained IN
theirs.
Northern West Virginia is in one Of
! the most populous and prosperous por-
tons Of the state. and pays large nor
! ton Of the state tax. Being thickly
populated. 1t has a large school enum-
Grafton which must be trained up as in
tellIgent. skillful American citizens.
THE state normal school at West Lib
crty is an institution devoted to the
| training Of teachers for our public
, can citizenship. 1t has dropped the first
| two years Of high school studies for
| merly offered, and will drop the other
| two years of high school work soon.
In order to render adequate service
! to the state in the preparation of teach
| ers. and to get the largest value from
| our present plant equipment. 1t Is neces-
! sary that the school should receive more
| liberal appropriations from the legisla-
/ ture than II has in the past"
Gets Least Of All Schools.
| After enumerating the appropriations
allowed by the legislature for 1921 and
| those that will be asked for 1922 and
| 1928, President McGinnis goes on to say
IS 10 far as / have learned the total
! asked by West Liberty Normal School Is
| less than that asked by any other in the
state. and one Of our normal schools Is
asking an appropriation of more than A
million dollars for the next two years.
1t Is evident that the public school Of a
! state can be no better than the teachers
! in them, and the teachers will be what
| their training makes them. II costs
money to give a high type Of training In