The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-04
Sup tendents Annual
Report Shows Gratifying
Results From Years IVOrk
and space. More equipment, how
ever would be useless without
space to use it.
Cornmercial Department

ever, would be useless Wltnout
space to use it.
Commercial Department
-'In my last years report
called particular attention to THIS
growing department and stated
that not more than half as many
pupils have the privilege Of taking
the comm ercial course as shouts
take it in a school the size of our
high school. While some space
has been added for this depart
ment together with some new
equipment, we are yet crowded
beyond comfort and the work
under present conditions cannot
be of the highest order. We need
more space and additional teach.
ing force to meet the demand
being made upon this department.
Home Economics
"The manual training depart
!, ment has increased 100 Fer, cent
in efficiency during the past yea1
due to the installation of new
machiner and better classified
ton and organization of the work.
We find in this department as
elsewhere that we lack room
which renders it impossible to do
the high grade of work that
should be done in first class high
school, and the amount that
should be done in school with an
enrolment of nearly $50 pupils.
excellent work has been done
in the home economics depart
ment, but here again is found
handicap on account Of large
classes and only one teacher tn
handle them. AS I stated in mS
last years report, the domestic
science and domestic art depart
ments should both be on at the
same time, making 1t possible LOT
a much larger number of girls to
take advantage of this department
of education now offered In our
schools. This can only be done BY
employing additional help.
The Library
.The school library is one OF
the strongest educational factors
in our school organization, and
here some of the most splendid
and most efficient results are &C
complished, from $50 to 2oO
pupils making out during the
period from and 4:3O.
among the new books added
to the library, this year were me
Mental EFFICIENCY Series, includ-
ing a book on Persona lily, VIA
Power. etc. There are ten books
in this series. The American
Encyclopedia' Of thirty volumes.
also some additions to the man
ual training and art departments
as we'll as some religious books
s.The library has many OF the
general reference books found IN
any we'll equipped library. Par.
ticular mention may be made or
the unabridged dictionary. at
lasses, biographical dictionary,
books of quotations, collections
Of prose and poetry, debater's
handbooks, historical source
books, biographies of literary and
historical persons, etc.
"The purpose of fiction in a
high school library is to foster
and encourage the reading hablt.
The most of the general read
ing by high. school students comes
under this head. The reading
is done from a carefully selected
list Of books andsis part OF the
regular English work. The SEN
Tor read and report to their Eng
fish teacher upon five of these
books during the school year.
Religious Book Week, whice
came the week of April 8, 1922,
was observed by a chapel talk
to all the high school students
and the following books along
this line was purchased for the
library: "A Labrador Doctor,
What Men Live BY, Direction
of Human Evolution Christ and
Life and the Light of the World. !,
The West virginian and the
Fairmont Times are received
in the library daily and come
as gifts from the publishers.
Thirty magazines are coming
material for use in class work
and for general Information and
recreation They include maya
zines on current events, domestic
art and science, fine arts, the
better general magazines and
magazines Of popular science.
..The junior high school pupils
also reported to their English
lected list. These books were
taken for the use of the library,
in some way. daily Because of
its splendeid service I have. ask
ed the librarian, Miss Bessie
Mockler, for report for
your information as well as for
my own. Which report here
follows:
''The Warrington School Ii
brary is open each day from $50
a. m. to 4:30 p. m, and in addi-
ton on Tuesdays and Fridays
from 2, p. m. to S:30lp- m. Dur
ing the school day the library is
used largely by the high school
students. the junior high school,
and the grades On Tuesday and
Friday evenings the library Is
open to the public, and in fact
to all who come. The public is
permitted to come, and does come
also during school hours. The
library is much used by the tea
chers who come most often be-
tween 4 and 4:,3O. During the
vacation the library is open ON
Tuesdays and Fridays from D.