Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-08-26
INSTITUTE OPENS IN HIGH
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM


Town Graded School building this
week promises to be one of more than
ordinary interest.
Co. Supt. |. N. Bonham has select
ed efficient and entertaining HELPERS
and the enrolment is flattering.
The institute opened with devo-
tional exercises conducted by Rev.
Frazer of the Charles Town Baptist
Church. Other ministers will officiate
from time to time during the week.
The music department in charge of
Miss Bessie Grannahan, from Wheel
ing, will be most entertaining fea-
ture of the institute. Miss Granna-
han is a pupil of Miss Robinson. who
so ably conducted the institute music
here some years ago.
Prof Joseph Roster, Principal of
Fairmont Normal, followed his intro
duction by an interesting talk on the
need of universal education, and in
his afternoon address called atten-
ton to the peculiar temptations to
which teachers are subjected, es-
pecially stressing the necessity of
avoiding the rut into which routine
work is likely to place them.
District Supt. R. Moore Dodrill, of
Mcdowell Co., called attention to the
one great thing all teachers have in
common, namely, the welfare of the
children. He also showed in a con-
elusive way the necessity of better
knowledge of conditions, problems
and interests among the different
sections of our own state. He cali
ed attention to the development, in
~ l., r.
ditions in Mcdowell County, which
stands second in the state as shown
by the Educational Measurement con-
tests. 1t also provides a free Dental
Clinic for all school children.
Miss Katherine Weaver, of Mar
tinsburg, called attention to the alb
solute necessity of physical training
in the schools and later conducted
class in Physical Education in a most
efficient manner.
The secretaries for the week are
Mrs. Randolph Moler and Miss Mar
garet Bishop.
Institute opened this morning with
devotional exercises conducted by
Rev. Goodwin, of the Episcopal
Church, who spoke to the teachers
for few moments on 1.-THE Love of
the Truth"
Prof. Doddrill gave a wonderful
address on the qualification of a good
citizen.
Prof. Roster continued his subject
introduced on Monday, especially
dealing with the Teachers Person
atty
Enrolment is as follows:
Women present-Mrs. Annie D.
Baker. Margaret Cochran Bishop, OIL
lie Blessing, Katherine Boxwell.
Mary Bradshaw. Jessica Frye Butts,
Audrey Blackford, Alice Josephine
Clipp, Ruth Clipp, Mary Emma Con-
ard, Mildred lola Conard. Rose L.
Cockrell, Ola Virginia Conner, Naomi
Albin Conklyn, Lallie E. Craighill,
Florence Virginia Davis, Mary Ethe-
leen Davis, Julia Frazer Decker,
Margaret Shannon Denny, Nellie
Oneita Dick, Mary Donley, Mary v
Engle, Louise Meredith Gardner.
Helen Esther Green, Charlotte Ma
lissa Grose, Florence Grubbs. Pearl
Gardner Hartzell, Evelyn Maddox
Hendricks. Bessie Grove Henkle,
Dorothy Virginia Henkle, Ethel G.
Henkle. Nina Geraldine Hooe. Alice
Cordelia Hopper, Mrs. Bryan Houser.
Mary Thomas Howell, Sarah Hor-
tense Huyett, Mariana Johnson.
Ella M. Kelsey, Esther Link Ken
bricks, Ellen Virginia Koonce, Kath-
crime 3. Leslie. Julia Maddox Lick
lider. Anna Moore Link. Katherine
Clymer Link, Annie McSherry. Mil
dred Virginia Maddox, Edna c. Man
uel Mildred Crum Marshall, Beatrice
Dyatt Miskimon, Dolores Cleavenger
Moler. Anne Elizabeth Moore. Fran
ces Douglas Needy, Mary Budd
Peers, Mrs. Edith G. Perry, Martha
NJ. Phillips. Sarah Elizabeth Phillips,
Blanche Pine. Eva Mae Pine. Nellie
Marie Pine. Josephine Jay Pittman,
Gertrude M. Polhamus. Mary Jane
Ramey, Nina Mae Ramey, j. Louise
Rightstine, Lucie Parke Shepherd,
Meta B. Shirley, Rosale Elizabeth
Skinner, Mary Wilson Smith, Mrs.
McGarrv Snyder, Pauline Augusta
Staubs. Lola Walker Tabler. Ruth
Alverna Taylor, Laura Miller Thomp-
son, Mabel L. Thompson, Nellie G.
Turner, Margaret jeanette Waddey,
Edith Mae Ware, Nora Stuckey Wat
son, Mrs Margaret A. Wetzel, Mrs.
Lolita Brown Whiting, Esther V.
West, Leila Margaret Zinn.
Men present-Corneliu B. Carter,
Wright Denny. l.. NJ Dickerson. Geo.
T. Hartzell, Gilbert L. Hendricks.
Walter Edward Herr, Arthur B. Kel-
Ter, Chas. c. Kretzer. Daniel B.
Lucas, Jr., Marshall w. Macdonald,
Newton B. Mckee, Upton Scott Mar
tin, H. T. Staley. William Walper,
J. r. Ware, Fred Gardner Walshans,
Harry S. White, George Ludwig.
Women, Margaret Eliz-
abeth Arnold, Amelia D. Carter,
Cerelle Page Craven, Elsie J. Gin
ton, Margaret Whimbs Evans, Lillian
Eta Lee Hamilton, Adriana john
son, Celia B. Jackson, 0detta V.
Johnson, Rosa Ethelyn Kirby, Emma
R. Laws, Fannie Augusta Lewis,
Lucy f. McDaniels. Mary w. Page,