Biennial Report

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Page 6 - That the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics, and special instruction as to their effects upon the human system, in connection with the several divisions of the subject of physiology and hygiene, shall be included in the branches of study taught in the common or public schools, and in the Military and Naval Schools, and shall be studied and taught as thoroughly and in the same manner as other like required branches...
Page 9 - State superintendent should hold his office fora long term make it advisable that the county superintendent should hold office for a long term. He may be elected by the people, or appointed by the county board of education or by some other competent Local authority, but no one should be eligible to the office of county superintendent who does not hold a certificate of qualification from the State board of education or from the State superintendent of public instruction.
Page 9 - State board ot education. He should hear and determine appeals from the decisions of subordinate officers in certain local matters, and he should be a medium of communication between the State superintendent and the subordinate school officers of the State. The same reasons that make it advisable that the State superintendent should hold his office fora long term make it advisable that the county superintendent should hold office for a long term.
Page 9 - Is already sogenera.'ly recognized by city school authorities that almost every city in the country has its city superintendent. Thorough and efficient supervision has been the chief agency in bringing the city systems to their present standard. But the necessity for the supervision of ungraded schools in townships has not been so generally recognized. If cities, with the advantages of well graded schools, of a long term, and of well trained and experienced teachers, need supervision and derive so...
Page 9 - ... the supervision of ungraded schools in townships has not been so generally recognized. If cities, with the advantages of well graded schools, of a long term, and of well trained and experienced teachers, need supervision and derive so much benefit from it, the ungraded schools in townships, with all their disadvantages, cannot be expected to do superior work without it. The arguments in favor of supervision of ungraded schools in townships are unanswerable.
Page 9 - The necessity for local supervision is already so generally recognized by city school authorities that almost every city in the country has its city superintendent. Thorough...
Page 9 - No prudent man would employ a gang of workmen on a farm or in the shop without devising some means by which their work could be efficiently supervised. Every mill must have its manager, every railroad its superintendent, every contractor his head workman, every merchant his chief clerk, and every machine shop its master mechanic. In every business of life, as well as in every department of government, there must be systematic organization of labor, with intelligent supervision. The highest purposes...
Page 6 - In the primary schools there shall be taught orthography, reading, penmanship, arithmetic, English grammar, physiology, general history, history of the United States and of West Virginia, geography (including State geography especially) , single-entry bookkeeping, civil government, and the theory and art "of teaching.
Page 17 - 'In order to bring the University into closer connection with the high schools of the State, we recommend the following plan : A certificate from certain high schools (to be named hereafter by the State Board of Education) of a satisfactory examination sustained In the preparatory course, will entitle the bearer to admission to the Freshman Class.
Page 3 - Governor of the State of Wisconsin. Sir: In compliance with the requirements of law, I have the honor to submit...

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