The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-04
congested Condition and an
mad equate Teaching
Force Stressed.

IS adANNINGTON. Aug. 4.-The
MANUAL report HAS been made by
superintendent OF City Schools p.
Y Tabler to the board of educa-
lanIH Isl given complete by consent
|pfthe board and Superintendent
kIabler:
|Rnnualareport OF the Warrington
Public Schools, for the term be-
ginning September IL. 1921, and.
lendfng4June 2,1922. wish to
fgfVe3 you some facts and figures
which will help you to make some
and assist in getting
Some mott on of the present cond1-
{tfons@an future needs Of the
schools now under your control.
EheSfoIIowing tabulatfon will
show five important items for
compa and study:
Wilson School
1876. attendance
51s.4sper cent, promotion Sc per
tent; failures IL per cent. retard-
alton % per cent.
/ Central School
'snrollm ent 305s attendance IS
5GY cent promotion 91.1 per cent,
{h1ures s g per cent, retardation
per cent.
Junior High School
MEnrollment 1922. attendance 97.7
her cent. promotion 80 per cent.
failures 8 per cent, rstardation II
per cent.
Ssssssais5S5. High School
81, attendance 97.4s
Percent, promotion 1913 per cent,
failures s 4 per cent. retardati
[22gper cent
ss8 h: Totals
1884, attendance
97I..l per- cent, promotion 80. rs
per cent failures 9.25 per cent,
rAtardation 20.75 per cent.
THE above grouping was made
as matter Of convenience with
no&attempt to show what grades
the greatest deficiencies occur IN
orswhere the greatest improve
ments has been made. This infor-
nation Is given in other reports
Butsthis report compared with my
last annual report will show an
enrolment of thirteen more in
the grades and sixty more In the
;Aigh school; last years enroll
Aeht in the high school being 2ol
Eand this year Bill; in the grades
lastgY the enrolment was $50
a an sfIiisSyea Increase in the
Fhfghs school of nearly "a per cent.
|sssz.The general work Of; the
|gchools for: the year has been very
satisfactory with a very marked
over that of last
year the per cent of promotion
rraater. retardation reduced,
fewer cases of Hardness and not
Ia single case prosecuted for non
attendance or other violations Y
fSood attendance is indicative OF
[intarest. and this interest has
6aenS shown all along the line and
throughout the school year. Both
Eparents and friends have mani
rested by their interest by visiting
the schools from time to time,
nearly one thousand visits being
reported for the year.
sss.tHad time and space should
like to speak Of the individual
schools. but shall speak of two
|Gnfysatst this time-the Junior high
and the high school The Junior
hirh since moving into its new
idTarfers has done excellent work,
kand#by moving relieved the con-
srestion som ewhat at the central
Building making possible a better.
oI{ganfzations and classification OF
f&ahish school,. The provision
made for the junior high for in
door athletics and for physical
education has added much to the
efficiency of the work of both
.teacher and pupil. The organ1za-
sfions classification and instruction
:araaaImost# deal and discipline
mas SbxsSlSreduced to the minimum.
I'm the junior high during the
last year spelling. English. and
arithmetic have been stressed and
we have received the gratifying
his9school to the high school in
seminary was the best prepared
class entering the high
many years past. we
expect a similar report for the
class which will enter in Septem-
The High School
saThe work Of the high school
hasSbeen materially strengthened
we think, by lifting arithmetic up
into the first half of the freshman
syear making tia required subject,
dhulSgdving the high school teach
rMangopportunity to finish the
FOUND alton for higher arithmetic,
SaIgebra, and geometry. Generai
% Tfthmetic is also required in the
1ast5half Of the senior year of all
those not taking the commercial
course In which business and
everyday arithmetic is taught.
Spelling is also required as a
mart OF the English course Of all
hose found deficient in that sub
Z Ies the definition and application
asfWell as the correct spelling of
fine word being required. The
work in language has been streng-
thened by giving more attention to
technical English as a tool to un-
2Ierstand, interpret, translate and
into good English
,SSought the other languages,
SSa4nASFrench and Spanish, now
mart in the high school. With
soit this knowled Of technical
sEne1ishs but little progress can be
made In the study Of the other
Rez9.