Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-11
,.opuN SCHOOL BOOM NEEDED.

,.h s,,busiasm was aroused re-
M1' huntington, when the Rotary
ss".' EiV8nls Club and Chamber OF
S.,srrs S.-., held a Joint meeting for the
Iv..,'. I.n".s Of claiming an adequate pro-
F-r, Tor Marshall Colleges growth. A
e.'...r,snt 'nt gwen out by these clubs says
:s,, Marshall should have an ap,
...,aarr;ation ..a of S595,OOO for le2l-A
ff..I ,6I5 900 for the year following.
-" The normal schools, it would seem,
80 a, last coming to be recognized
:, me general public at their true
a,r,h :. In the past the people OF West
T;rsinia nave sat back complacently
'ut fondv imagined that the schools OF
o"- o State we're we'll up toward the top.
goueyer. a bomb-Shel was recently
a,,r5et in our midst when DR..
is6,ari AyreS, of the Russell Sage
Eopodation, announced the results os a
n,tonal school survey in which West
Virginia stands 4lst in 81 States and
territories within the jurisdiction of
i1e United States.
The reope who are interested in the
procress and development of our State
have more recently been alarmed over
a report on school conditions sent out
from the State Department at Charles
ton This report shows that after The
mos, strenuous and earnest efforts have
been made by Superntenden:s and
school tCialS to secure teachers.
there are at present between 500 and
1000 schools with no hope of teach
er for this year. The report shows
further that there are 4,755 persons
teaching IN the schools of the State
with only an elementary school educa-
ton The condition is a most critical
one.
In this crisis the people are natural
u looking to The normal schools for re-
lief. These schools are at present the
greatest need and hope of the States
future. 1t IS therefore most significant
when powerful and influential bodies
like chambers of commerce, Rotary
and KwaniS clubs lent their time and
efforts in beginning Improvements
where they are most needed. Like
other institutions, the normal schools
have suffered greatly through the
financial upheavals of the past few
years Even the present year the
faculties OF the State schools are re-
ceN!nC only Is per cent of the amount
the State Board of Education fixed
until the Legislature shall afford re-
lief
Nobody will wish Marshall College
awning but the best of success in her
AMBITION for service to the State. But
let the citizens of the Eastern Pan
handle keep in mind the institution
which Is the future source of supply
ior the schools of this section of the
Sate- Shepherd College State Normal
sChooI lhc S6OO,000 that the people
OF southern West Virginia ask seems
large BESIDE the S3l 900 which is at
College.
distress calls are coming to Shep-
neri College Normal School dailv for
Ualned teachers, which the school is
unable TO supply. The normal school
n.as' D. tram them adequately before it
rs,..a ram assume the responsibility of rec
..nniiiniending them as teachers for the
.Il'.lren vi OF the State. The facilities
" 'le school must be made ADEQUATE
.T5 .I uIe eventual universal training of
me 'eacilcrS for this section. Dormi-
y, W! IaC''itieS must be enlarged, means
~ pnyS!ca. education provided for, and
,gaas .In made available for proper and
s.egua'e s." extension work among the
Students of this section.
,i,i,os n Is imperative, therefore, that as
deus So no. nt the Eastern Panhandle. we
ro W. not lose sight of our most i'm
SSI',%nt SI and influential institution
sihePherd sin College belongs to the peo.
Ee Let the people be watchful that il
~ ro,1i provided with funds Sufficient 70
tiG,n.nHG iI.n. W. ITS greater usefulness. pres.
-.sn, -.. "h'te has estimated that an an
gUp',aton f,r,a of S55,OOO will be neces-
mo- ro :; 10Y each of the years in the com
s so4 g.C'H'a' period. This would seem
snisn4;,' J.ylGg' enough amount indeed for this
p''saIa i s, school, and should be strong
: supported by every citizen of
Eastern West Virginia. ~ u