REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS AND STATE VOCATIONAL BOARD OF WEST VIRGINIA FOR THE TWO YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1918 ISSUED BY M. P. SHAWKEY, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN STATE DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOLS CHARLESTON, W. VA. CHAfltESTON 1918 Collected «•*. TKiaUNC PRIMTINO CO.. CMASLttTOM, W. V*. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Charleston, W. Va., Oct 1, 1918. Honorable John J. Cornwell, Governor of West Virginia. Sir: In accordance with the provision of law, the State Board of Regents, ex-officio, the State Vocational Board, herewith respect- fully submits its report covering the two years ending June 30, 1918. Respectfully submitted, M. P. Shawkey, President. George S. Laidley, E. W. Oglebay, N. G. Keim, F. N. Sycafoose. J. F. Marsh, Secretary. D. of D. APh 26 19,9 PREFACE This report has been prepared for the following purposes: 1. To comply with Section 20, Chapter 58, of the Code of West Virginia requiring such a report. 2. To furnish the Governor and members of the Legislature a basis for making recommendations and appropriations for the state educational institutions. 3. To suggest suitable legislative action for the proper development of the institutions referred to. 4. To give to interested citizens facts upon which to base their estimate of the value of the services of these institutions. 5. To record, in brief form, a faithful record of the condition, work, chief changes, and development of each institution for the period covered, for com- parison and future reference. 6. To give an account of the work of the State Board of Regents and its Secretary. Economy well emf»hasized by war conditions has been kept in mind in pre- paring these pages, and accounts for the brevity and condensed form of this report. The Board of Regents acknowledges the courteous co-operation of the State Board of Control and refers those interested in the material improvements, and financial affairs of the state educational institutions to the complete re- ports of that board. SALARY AND EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, STATE BOARD OF REGENTS Year Ending June 30, 1917 N. G. Kem 1917 June 7 Check for expenses $ 87.58 June 30 Check for expenses 74.64 Total for expenses % 162.22 Salary for four and one-fourth months 354.16 Total paid Regent Keim % 516.3S Geo. S. Laidlet 1917 Jan. 8 Check for expenses S 40.71 May 21 Check for expenses 20.40 June 25 Check for expenses 40.65 Total for expenses $ 101 .76 Salary for twelve months 1,000.00 Total paid Regent Laidley $1,101.76 Jos. M. MXJSPHT 1916 Dec. 4 Check for expenses S 27.00 1917 May 7 Check for expenses 12.00 June 30 Check for expenses 85.95 Total for expenses $ 124.95 Salary for twelve months 1,000.00 Total paid Regent Murphy $1,124.95 E. W. Oglebat Salary for twelve months $1,000.00 Total paid Regent Oglebay $ 1,000.00 Arlen G. Swigeb 1916 Sept. 15 Check for expenses $ 12.25 Nov. 9 Check for expenses 15.60 Dec. 4 Check for expenses 12.00 1917 Mch. 2 Check for expenses 15.60 Total for expenses $ 55.45 Salary for seven and three-fourth months 645.84 Total paid Regent Swiger $ 701.2* M. P. Shawket 1916 Dec. 1 Check for expenses i $ 23.35 1917 Jan. 22 Check for expenses 67.50 Apr. 7 Check for expenses 26.85 May 21 Check for expenses 23.65 Total for expenses $ 198.30 Year Ending June 30, 1918 N. G. Keim 1918 Apr. 1 Check for expenses $ 107.91 July 2 Check for expenses 83.39 Total for expenses $ 191.30 Salary for twelve months 1,000.00 Total paid Regent Keim , $1,191.30 8 Report of [W. Va. Geo. S. Laidley 1917 Sept. 14 Check for expenses $ 14.95 Sept. 20 Check for expenses 53 47 1918 Jan. 22 Check for expenses 66.62 Apr. 16 Check for expenses 22.07 Apr. 16 Check for expenses 29.26 June 19 Check for expenses 63.93 Total for expenses $ 250.30 Salary for twelve months 1,000.00 Total paid Regent Laidley $1,250.30 E. W. Oglebat Salary for twelve months $1,000.00 Total paid Regent Oglebay $1,000.00 F. N. Stcapoose , 1917 Oct. 15 Check for expenses $ 29.30 1918 Mch. 26 Check for expenses 28.60 Apr. 18 Check for expenses 23.73 June 17 Check for expenses 43.91 July 10 Check for expenses 48.33 Total for expenses $ 173.87 Salary for twelve months 1,000.00 Total paid Regent Sycafoose $1,173.87 M. P. Shawkey 1917 Aug. 27 Check for expenses $ 19.65 Nov. 24 Check for expenses 22.50 Dec. 14 Check for expenses 30.60 1918 Jan. 16 Check for expenses 43.25 Mch. 6 Check for expenses 25.95 Mch. 27 Check for expenses 50.00 May 15 Check for expenses 23.70 June 17 Check for expenses 36.60 Total for expenses S 252.25 PAGE— 16 WORK OF THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS Meetings. The meetings of the board are determined by the demands of the business to be considered. It is understood by the ofTicials of the state edu- cational institutions that an Annual Meeting will be held the latter part of June of each year for the appointment of officers and teachers and the con- sideration of general policies; and, that other meetings will be called when there is urgent need for action that cannot be taken by a special committee. The board believes, that in the interests of economy, no more meetings should be held than are absolutely necessary to the efficient management of the institu- tions. The president, secretary, and standing committees for each institution ;are instructed to pass upon ordinary questions needing attention in the interim ±)etween meetings. During the biennium, meetings have been held as follows: Date Place of Meeting 1916 August 26 Charleston October 14 Charleston November 29-30 Morgantown and Fairmont 1917 January 4-5 Morgantown February 22. . . • Charleston 1918.] State Board of Regents. March 21-22 Charleston April 6 Fairmont June 11 Morgantown June 17-20 (Annual Meeting) Charleston August 3-4 Wheeling (Waddington) October 2 Charleston December 28-29 Clarksburg 1918 January 10 Morgantown March 11-12 Washington, D. C. March 26 (Joint meeting with Board of Control) Charleston June 24 (Joint meeting with State Board of Control) Charleston June 24-26 (Annual Meeting) Charleston Conferences. In order to keep itself informed on questions related to its duties the Board as a whole and through its representatives has many conferences -with national and state bodies and representatives. Within the two years covered by this report conferences have been'^held wdth the United States Department of Agriculture, the Federal Board for Vocational Education, the General Education Board, the Governor of West Virginia, the Committee on Finance of the State Legislature, the State Board of Control, and the Principals of our state normal schools and other state educational institutions. Through such contact, the Board and its members feel that it can get the information and point of view needed to guide official acts. Representatives at Professional Meetings. The Board believes that the value of its service depends in part upon its ability to direct the state edu- cational institutions in line with the best thought as expressed by the national and state leaders at professional gatherings. In agreement with this policy members and representatives of the Board have attended meetings of the National Edu- cation Association, the Conference for Education and Industry in the South, the National Rural Education Conference, the Society for the Promotion of Vocational Education, the Win-the-War Convention, the Association of Agri- cultural and Mechanical Colleges, the State Educational Conference, Educational Hound Tables, the School Code Conference, Farmers' Week at the West Virginia University, Food Conservation Conferences, and other state and local gatherings to consider questions touching the work and responsibilities of the state educa- tional institutions. Visits to Institutions. One or more members of the Board attends the ■commencement exercises of each institution to obsen,re the results of the year's work, to consult with the president and faculty regarding the needs of the ensuing ■school year, and to offer encouragement to the officials, students, and friends of the school. The president makes at least one other visit to each school annually, and the combined visits of other members aggregate about one visit from a regent to each institution per annum, while the secretary, in normal times, goes to each school for an official visit three times each year, and much more often to the State University. Through such personal contact and observation, the Board aims to get the facts and point of view that will enable it to pass intelli- .gently upon the recommendations of the presidents of the institutions governed by the Board. Routine Office Work. The regular correspondence of the Board is kept up by the president and secretary, the records of the minutes, the official docu- 10 Report of [W. Va. ments, the financial statements, and the publications of the Board and schools are kept on file in the Department of Schools at the State Capitol. Work of the Secretary. Since the secretary is a paid officer of the Board, his main duties and an indi- cation of how they have been performed are here recorded so that the Governor and members of the Legislature may determine whether the office is worthy of state support. The State Department of Schools pays in salary and expenses enough to claim about one-third of the time of the secretary, thus leaving about two-thirds of his time for service connected with the Board of Regents. The following outline will indicate briefly his chief duties: Office Work. The minutes of each meeting are recorded and finally bound in a permanent volume; copies are sent to each member of the Board, and appropriate sections forwarded to the heads of institutions. Followng each meeting much work is required to carry out the resolutions and directions of the Board relative to announcements to the schools and investigations. Records of attendance and work done by each teacher are compiled and distributed. Ap- proved payrolls of each institution are prepared and certified for the State Board of Control each year and the copy for catalogs examined, coirected and appioved. The office work here listed together with daily correspondence coming from the schools and many sources within and without the state concerning the educa- tional institutions plus the editorial work indicated below requires about six months of work each year. Editorial Work. The following list shows the nature of the editorial work connected with the secretary's office: Biennial Report of State Board of Regents. Report of State Educational Institutions to State Superintendent for his Biennial Report. Rules and Regulations of the State Normal Schools. Plans for Vocational Education under the Smith-Hughes Law (For State Vocational Board). Vocational Education in West Virginia. (For State Vocational Board.) Forms for State Vocational Board. Articles Each Month for West Virginia School Journal and Educator. Among our State Schools — ^A type-written publication several numbers of which are prepared each year for regents and heads of institutions. Miscellaneous material and articles for the publications of the State Depart- ment of Schools. Field Work. The Board charges its secretary with learning at first hand conditions in the state educational institutions from time to time, and of acting as a field agent for the Board as far as other duties will permit. Within the two years covered by this report, the secretary, has done field work as follows: Number visits to institutions 61 Number meetings attended in the state. (Addresses at most of them) 52 Number meetings attended outside the state. (Several required at Washington on official business.) 10 Number days in Wp-st Virginia Teachers' Institutes 40 1918.] State Board of Regents. 11 Food Campaign. Upon the request of the State Council of Defense and with the consent of the Board of Regents, the secretary took charge of the First Food Pledge Campaign in West Virginia September 25, 1917 and gave the major part of his time to the work for six weeks. The Board felt that it should make this loan of service which, after all, was educational in its nature. Work for State Vocational Board. The last Legislature made the State Board of Regents, ex-oflficio, the State Vocational Board to have charge of the work done under the Federal Smith-Hughes Law. The secretary of the Board of Regents has acted as secretary and vocational director for the Voca- tional Board, the work of which is fully outlined in Part Two of this report. The Guiding Policy of the Board of Regents This Board has attempted, at all times, to base its actions upon broad, sound principles, so that a consistency may characterize the official record of decisions of all degrees of importance. Some of these principles follow: 1. View all Institutions as a Whole. The Board has aimed faithfully to treat each institution as a branch of a imited system. While this policy may bring occasional disappointment to some institution, it will prevent overlapping and the resulting waste. The complete application of this policy will finally assign all of the preparatory work of the state normal schools to the state prepara- tory schools, and the academic work not belonging to normal courses to our state university. 2. Policies as to Salaries. This Board acts upon the theory that a fixed, arbitrary scale of wages is a device for discouraging the development of initiative and individual worth. In spite of some honest protests from teachers who are disappointed, the Board still prefers to fix salaries each year upon the merits of the teachers concerned. The individual's worth must, for the most part, be determined by the head of the school, but the Board uses all the means at its disposal to ascertain the comparative values of the teachers of a faculty. Well-established differences in the cost of living and the work to be done in institutions belonging to the same group account somewhat for the differences in salaries of teachers doing similar work, although these inequalities are disap- pearing. The Board wishes to leave the road to promotion in rank and salary wide open to teachers with no speed limit to vex the worthy, ambitious public servant. 3. Policy as to Administration. Finding and encouraging real educational leaders for the heads of institutions represent the largest ser\'ice the Board can perform. The Board believes that the heads of the schools should take the initiative in the selection, and the direction of subordinates with the under- standing that the State Board will be called upon for confirmation, or original action in situations affecting the general policy of the Board. In brief it believes that it is its chief business to select a few educational experts who are in turn to select expert assistants to accomplish definite purposes set out by law, and determined by the Board. The Board is to be judged by its selections and those whom it selects are to be judged by the degree in which they accomplish the expert service the state pays them for doing. Through the suggestions of the heads of the institutions and from past exper- ience, the regents establish general rules and regulations under which institu- tions may exercise a wide range of freedom in carrying out their part of the state's program of education. 12 Report of [W. Va. LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS The State Board of Hcgoiils has found Ihc Legislature always ready to give fair consideration to the claims of the state educational institutions for financial support. The table below indicates a steady increase in appropriations that seem very generous. The regents have not found it advisable to set out in this report the exact financial needs of each institution and the reasons therefor, because it has been found more satisfactory to join the State Board of Control in a special report covering such items, which can be presented and explained to the proper legislative committees in conference. Buildings. Most of the institutions have passed through a building program that provides for present needs. The regents are convinced that the success of our state educational institutions depends, in a large measure, upon proper dormitory facilities. Such provisions have been made, except at Fairmont Normal School and Concord Normal School, whose claims for such buildings should have careful consideration. There is urgent need for a small shop building at Bluefield Colored Institute, and for a building to take the place of the one -destroyed by fire at the West Virginia Collegiate Institute. The College of Law of the West Virginia University, which, according to all indications, will grow rapidly in attendance after the war, is much in need of a separate building for its important work and valuable library. These and other special needs in buildings and equipment will be presented with explanatory facts, if condi- tions make appropriations for such purposes advisable. Salaries. In spite of considerable increase in appropriations for salaries, and in the rate of salaiies, our institutions are often put to disadvantage when competing with other institutions for the services of experts. The heads of our schools and the Board of Regents are doing what they can to keep the number of teachers as low as sound work will permit, and will ask the Legislature for appropriations that will provide salaries in keeping with the nature of the serv'ice required, and the present cost of living. The following table may be used as a general basis for such appropriations: LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES OF OFFICERS, TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES, 1910-18 West Virginia State Educational Institutions INSTITUTION 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 W. Va. University Mont. Prep. Branch.., Keyser Prep. Branch Marshall CoIIckc Fairmont Normal School West Liberty Normal. . . Glenville Normal Shepherd College Concord Normal W.Va. Coll. Institute... Bluefield Col. Institute.. $ 73,500 6,200 8,446 22,005 14,994 8,500 8,220 9,600 9,600 18,700 7,150 S 89,000 7,000 8,000 24,770 19,780 9,500 11,200 10,600 12,500 17,500 6,000 S 95,000 7,000 8,000 24,770 19,780 9,500 11,200 10,600 12,500 17,500 6,000 $ 90,000 6,500 8,000 28,000 21,000 9,500 11,000 10,000 12,000 16,000 6,000 S 105,000 7,500 9,000 40,000 28,000 12,500 14,000 13,000 16,000 20,000 8,000 $ 140,000 8,000 10,000 40,000 30,000 14,000 16,500 14,500 18,000 21,500 9,000 $ 140,000 8,000 10,000 42,000 31,000 14,000 17,000 15,000 18,000 23,000 9,000 8 185,000 8,000 10,000 43,000 35,000 14, .500 19,000 17,500 20,000 29,850 13,000 8 185,000 8,000 10,000 43,000 35,000 14,500 19,000 17,500 20,000 29,850 13,000 Totals $ 186,915 8215,850 S 221,850 $ 218,000 $ 273,000 $321,500 8 327,000 $ 394,850 8 394,850 1918.] State Board of Regents. IS WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY Fbank B. Trotteh, LL. D., President Complete Reports Elsewhere. A wise law passed l)y the last session of our Legislature (1917) prohibits unnecessary duplication in official reports. In accordance with that law and the policy of war-time economy details concern- ing the work and growth of our greatest state educational institution for the last two years that might well fill several hundred pages will be omitted from this report. Persons desiring such details should refer to the following: Report of State Board of Control, Charleston: For material improvements, financial statements and general facts. Catalogue of West Virginia University, Morgantown: For organization, courses of study, rules and regulations and roll of students. Report of West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Morgantown: For complete report of that important branch of the University. Special Bulletins Published by the Different Colleges and Departments. Official Records of State Board of Control and State Board of Regents, Charleston : These Boards are prepared to give any details concerning the state institu- tions which may be of service to the citizens of the state or other inter- ested persons. The paragraphs here devoted to the progress of our University will be intended to set out changes of policy and signs of professional advancement that may not be emphasized in other reports and that seem peculiarly appropriate to this report. General Progress and Prosperity. Under the steady leadership of Presi- dent Frank B. Trotter, assisted by an able, loyal corps of administrative officers and teachers, our University has enjoyed a biennium of satisfactory growth in numbers, and an increasing amount of puljlic appreciation and favor. When we entered upon our duties in the Allied Battle Line the attendance had reached the high mark for the history of the institution — 1179 candidates for degrees, and additional students in schools and special courses to bring the grand total to 2,788. The new Agricultural Hall, and the Ladies' Dormitory were being erected,, and the large, new farms were being rapidly improved and equipped with modern machinery and buildings. Moreover, a general expansion was taking place in the courses of study, plans for investigation and research, and the extension of field work. The institution, as will be seen below, cheerfully redirected much of its energy toward winning the war and put aside, for the time being, some am- bitions which can be carried out with new vigor and insight when the world has been made safe for democratic institutions. The University and the War. President Trotter, in his report to the Board of Regents, says: "This report differs from all its predecessors in that every form and phase of University life and activity is overshadowed by the great world crisis occasioned by the deadly struggle going on in Europe at the present time in which all the colleges and universities of America are called upon to play an important part, and our own University is doing her part nobly. Already our service flag shows something over eight hundred graduates and students in the different forms of military activity." The faculty and students have subscribed their full quotas to all war interests; one professor devotes his whole time to the State Food Administration; another is employed in the shipbuilding yards at Quincy, Mass.; another is in the aviation 14 Repobt of [W. Va. service at Kelley Field; several are legal advisors and lecturers for the Red Cross; some prepare material for the National Editorial Service; a large number of the experts in agriculture are engaged for a part or all of their time in advisory or administrative service in connection with the emergency food production and distribution; the leading scientists of the faculty are responding to calls for special investigation in their respective fields looking to war needs. A Special Report on War Activities of our University has been prepared for the Governor and Legishiture. That report will give the details of the activities listed above, and will explain the regular Military Sections established by the Federal author- ities which provide for (I) military and vocational training for about 800 draftees, and (2) military and collegiate training for 700 young men registered under the new Draft Law. Relation to other Schools. As the high schools advance in their develop- ment and the University tends more and more to recognize all forms of educa- tional demands made upon lower schools, the entrance from the lower to higher institution becomes easier and better articulated. Under the present regulations the graduate of any first class high school can enter the University, and, as a rule, can make during his college course, adjustments necessary to meet gradua- tion requirements. The most important action taken within the two years relative to the Uni- versity's relationship to other schools dealt with a uniform method of recognizing credits earned in our state normal schools. (See Rules and Regulations in this Report.) Mill Tax. This Board joins the President of the University in directing the attention of the Governor and members of the Legislature to the good features of the Mill Tax as a method of supporting a state university. If it is deemed advisable to consider such a bill at the coming session, the regents will be pre- pared to submit sample laws, and facts to show the results of their application in other states. The following paragraph is quoted from the Presidents' report: "Again in urging the necessity of an act creating a Mill Tax, I must call to the attention of the Boards the fact that the most successful state universities are supported in this way. No institution can continue to prosper and grow with support guaranteed for only two years at a time. Our plans should be made, looking ahead ten years or more and this can be done only when support for a long series of years is provided without question. Adequate salaries and just retiring allowances depend on some provision of this kind." Colleges of Arts and Sciences J. M. Callahan, Ph. D., Dean Extension Service, New Emphasis and Research. With no attempt to record here the work and development of this college, we are pleased to note the signs of progress indicated by the heading of this paragraph. During the biennium systematic extension work upon a college standard has been inaugurated and carried on in Wheeling, Moundsville, Parkersburg, St. Marys, Huntington, St. Albans, and Charleston, with about 125 regular students each year. Dr. C. 11. Ambler, who did this work during 1917-18, reports that more than 1,000 students could be enrolled in such field classes if instructors could be provided. This Board believes this branch of service should be extended. The modern trend of educational thought has been recognized by a new em- phasis upon the subjects included in the departments of Economics and Sociology 1918.] State Board of Regents. 15 and the Sciences. Our state's political and social life should be enriched and elevated and its great natural resources rapidly and wisely developed through the work of these and other departments that are making definite studies for the direct betterment of our commonwealth. A list of a score or more of books and important treatises written within the last year or two by the members of this faculty given in the report of the dean shows the spirit and the ability of the professors to make investigations and literary contributions that carry useful information far beyond the class-room and bring honor and prestige to the university. This Board pledges itself to seize every opportunity to take appropriate action looking to the encourage- ment of research and literary work by the members of the several faculties of our University. College of Engineering C. R. Jones, M. M. E., Dean War Center, Close to State's Interest. The nature of this college made it, from the beginning of the war, a center for military activity. Its response to this duty may be summed up as follows: (1) A large percentage of students and members of the faculty volunteered for active military service. (2) The Government's request to "speed up" the regular program was fol- lowed, a continuous session of intensified work from June 17 to December 15, 1917 being held. This enabled a large senior class to finish its work seven months early. (3) On May 10, 1918, a contract with the War Department was signed to furnish trade and technical instruction to conscripted men — 167 men entering upon this work June 15, 1918. Since that time the contract has been changed to include about 800 men in contingents of 200 each two months during 1918-19. (4) Nearly all members of the faculty have performed some special public or technical service for the Winning of the War. The list of the departments below which have been started or emphasized during the biennium indicate the close relationship between this college and the industrial life of the state. (a) Deifartment of Mining Engineering. Equipment for oil, gas, and fuel testing, and coal washing have been provided, and preparations are being made for a mining laboratory in keeping with the importance of that in ustry in the State. The Bureau of Mine Research is co-operating with State Mining Department. (b) Mining Extension. In 1916-17 there were enrolled in regular field classes 2,076; in 1917-18 there wre 369 (decrease caused by loss of instructors). More than 3,000 other miners were reached each year by special lectures. (c) Highway Engineering. This department co-operating with the State Road Commission is playing an important part in the successful campaign for good roads in West Virginia. The Extension School of Good Roads of 1917-18 enrolled 435. (d) Chemical Engineering. A fair beginning has been made in this field that has unusual service to perform in this State. The dean in his official reports recommends the establishment of an Engineer- ing Experiment Station, and courses of instruction in ceramics, architecture and agricultural engineering. ^ 1917-18 Apr. 1918 Enrollment Enrollment 1,111 696 32 18 16 Report of [W. Va. College of Law H. C. Jones, LL. B., Dean Off to War, Law Quarterly, Need for Building. The dean in his abl rep'jrt sIioa-s that the law students of American universities were among the first to rusli off to war. The following summary gives the elTect upon attendance: 1916-17 LMSTiTarioNs Enrollment Ten leading Law Colleges 2,598 W. Va. Law College 70 The report says "These statistics indicate not only that probably 80*^^ of last year's law students are now in military service, but that probably over 70% of those who would have commenced law study in September, 1917, entered the military service." The reduction in attendance has made it possible for the faculty of this college to furnish one man to the State Food Administrator, one to overseas Red Cross Work, and others on part-time to the legal department of the Red Cross. The West Virginia Law Quarterly now published by the faculty through the co-operation of the Bar Association represents the advance steps being taken by our College of Law. The publication compares favoral)ly with the best in its field and contains notes and articles of much value by the members of the faculty and bar. The regents join the clean in recommending strongly that the Legislature provide a suitable building in which to house the valuable law library now without convenience or protection, and to take care of the large student body that is sure to seek the advantages of this college after the war. John Lee Coulter, Ph. D., Dean John Lee Coulter, Ph. D., Dean A Home at Last, Holding a Strong Faculty. By the time this report reaches the reader the College of Agriculture, with all of its depailments and divisions, will be well-housed in its new home — Oglebay Hall — one of the best buildings of its kind in the country. Provided with such a working center and about 700 A. of typical West Virginia farm land, the college and the farmers it represents have truly "come into their own." The detailed reports printed in the volumes referred to at the beginning of this report will show how well the institution is using its new advantages and meeting its new responsibilities. The Legislature should not stop in its program of developing this branch of the University until it has provided adequate equipment for the new building and farms. Unless the College of Agriculture can maintain from year to year a highly trained, closely organized faculty, the plant and equipment cannot avail much. Fortunately our state has been able to secure many high-grade scientists and teachers for this college, but, unfortunately, we have not been able to keep in our organ^ation some of the best men we have "discovered" because other states offered much more in the way of salaries and special opportunities. Within' 1918.] State Board of Regents. 17 the last school year as many as six men worthy of permanent, important posts in our organization have been lost. Some changes in faculties are desirable and natural, but too many injure the standing of the institution and lower the morale of the teachers remaining and the pupils who are to be instructed. Since teachers in this college are required to work on a fixed salary twelve months each year, the Dean recommends that salaries higher by about 20% than those for persons engaged for only the school year be provided. It is important that, by some means, we be prepared to hold our own in competing for talent with like institu- tions in other states. While no attempt i> made in these paragraphs to give statistics to show the work and growth of the institution, we are pleased to note one item typical of the general advancements being made. We refer to Farmers' Week at the Col- lege of Agriculture. During the three years l5l3-1.5, a total of 372 farmers attended, and, during the three years, 1916-18, a total of 2,282 came for a week of intensive instruction. The farmers are coming to the college, and the college is going to the farmers. Agricultural Extension Department C. R. TiTLOW, Director How this department has grown in a decade from a one-man venture with a budget of $7,500.00 to a state-wide organization employing more than a hundred experts representing an annual budget of more than $200,000.00 would make an interesting chapter of state history. The compactness of this report will permit only the following table of items intended to direct attention to the diversity and extent of the projects of this great department of service. 1916-17 1917-18 State Appropriation (including emergency) $47,476.75 $57,570.00 Federal Smith-Lever 32,131.50 42,191.27 County Appropriations and Organizations 28,693.63 39,'471 .00 Miscellaneous Fees 1,415.89 222.43 U. S. Department of Agriculture (including emergency) 25,359.00 71,570.00 Number Administrative and Supervisory Officers 20 Number County Agricultural Agents 40 Number Assistant Agricultural Agents 21 Number Home Demonstration Agents 35 Number District Club Agents 41 Rural Clubs 981 Meetings by County Agents (for two years) 10,688 Attendance at Meeting held by Agents (for two years) 508,520 Farm Visits by County Agents (for two years) 8l[963 Farmers Consulted by County Agents (for two years) 55,744 Number Acres Treated by Advice County Agents (for two years) 230,832 Number Demonstrations Supernsed by County Agents (for two years) 2,037 Increase on account of Demonstration $137]963 Increased ,\creage. Corn 235*000 Increased Acreage, Wheat 63,000 Increased Acreage, Potatoes 9^000 Increased Acreage, Soybeans 2J00 Enrollment Boys' and Girls' Clubs 12,386 Attendanceof "War Substitute " Meetings (Spring 1918) Women Representing 21,135 homes Number Farm Women's Clubs 107 Membership Farm Women's Clubs 3,000 Membership Girls' Club 2^178 Attendance 272 Farmers' Institutes 96^903 Circulars Prepared and Distributed (137) ................[.... !'7i2,250 copies It is hoped that a complete report showing how this large organization has directed and intensified energies to producing "Food to Win the War" will be made available for the citizens of the state. 18 Report of [W. Va. School of Medicine J. N. Simpson, M. IJ., Dean A Prosperous Biennium. During Lhc two years covered by this report, this school has brought its equipment and organization up to a high standing now being fully recognized by the National Associations and Boards. The spirit of improvement, inquiry and public service pervades the whole faculty. The Legislature will be fully juslified in giving generous support to this school and in providing quarters for animals needed and for research that must char- acterize all medical schools. The Department of Pharmacy is proving the wisdom of those who urged its establishment, the attendanc(* and work having been very satisfactory. A new course in Commercial Pharmacy was given for the first time during 1917-18. It emphasizes business economics, accounting, salesmanship and advertising. Like all other divisions of our University, the School of Medicine has been affected by the war. Dr. Schultz, of the faculty, has done some special work for the Surgeon-General on the effects of gas, and all the courses have been directed to serve military needs. In discussing attendance in his report, the Dean says: "During the year (1917-18) we lost four students by enlistment in the army. All the other men of draft age have enlisted cither in the Medical or Naval Reserve Corps. These will be allowed to continue in school until their course is finished." Other Schools and Branches Performing Good Service. The Summer School directed by Waitman Barbc, the School .of Music directed by Louis Black, and the Library in charge of L. D. Arnett have been maintained at a high level of usefulness and well adapted to the changing demands of the times. WEST VIR31NIA UNIVERSITY, MORGANTOWN, W. VA. 1916-17 Total Enrollment In the College Men Women Total Arts and Sciences 397 175 141 70 63 2S5 45 o 682 Engineering 175 Agriculture 186 Law 70 66 Totals 846 333 1,179 Enrollment in Other Schools and Departments School of Music ^15 90 315 U) 11 110 48 105 Summer School (not counted elsewhere) 437 10 Winter Short Course in Agriculture 12 651 105 120 23 Farmers' Week 761 Boys' and Girls' Prize Winner's Course (Agriculture) 153 School of Good Roads 120 Totals 1,025 584 1,609 Total Enrollraf^nt at Moreantnwn 1.871 917 2,7.S8 The total enrollment in the Summer School including 361 regular college students and 125 students who sub- sequently re-cnrolled in some other college or school was 734. 1918.] State Board of Regents. 19 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, IViORGANTOWN, W VA 1917-18 Total Enrollment In the College Men Women Total 301 168 112 31 48 279 48 1 5 580 168 160 32 53 Totals (less 7 counted twice) 653 333 986 Enrollment in the Schools and Departments School of Music Summer School (not counted elsewhere) Nisht Classes Winter Short Course in Agriculture Farmers' Week Boys' and Girls' Prize Winner Course — Agriculture School of Good Roads Totals Total Enrollment at Mortrantown 9 76 85 44 228 272 2 9 11 5 5 596 118 714 153 61 214 83 83 892 492 1,384 2,370 The total enrollment in the Summer School including regular college students and those who subsequently re- «nrolled in some other college or school was 515. FACULTY WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY 1916-17 F. B. Trotter, President $4,800.00 Colleges of arts and Scienxes A. J. Hare, Rezistrar Professor of Latin $2,COO.OO A. L. Darby Associate Professcr of Rcmance Languages 2,000.00 C. B. Cannaday Professcr of Latin 2,200.00 John L. Sheldon Professor of Botany and Bacteriology 2,600.00 R. C. Spander Instructor in Botany 1,100.00 L V. D. Sliunk Instructor in Botany 1,000.00 A. R. Whitehill Professor of Cheiristry 2,70J.OO r. E. Clark Professrr of Chemistry 2,400.00 Plubert Hill Assistant Profess:r of Chemistry 1,()00.()0 D. M. Willis Assistant Professor of Commerce 1,800.00 E. H. Vickers Professor of Economics and Sociology 2,000.00 B. W. King Assistant Professor of dloonomics. (Dn leave of absence. J. N. Deahl Professor of Educalioi 2,603.00 C. S. Crow Assistant Prof.?ssor of Education 2,000.00 A. G. Steele Associate Professcr of E.ducation 1,900.00 Robt. A. Armstrong Professor of Enilish and Chaplain 2,700,00 John H. Cox : Professor of En d'.sh 2,400.00 Waitman Barbe Professor of En dish and Director of Summer School 2,700.00 S. C. Smith • Associate Professor of Endish 2,000.00 D. D. Johnson Associate Profes.scr of English 2,000.00 S. B. Brown Professor of Geology ?,.■■( O.fO W. Armstrong Price Assistant Professor of Geology 2,000.00 F. L. Strickland Professor of Philosophy 2,500.00 F. W. Truscott Professor of German 2,600.00 C. E. Bishop Professor of Greek 2,500.00 J. M . Callahan > Dean of CoUe ;e of Arts and Sciences and Professor of History 3,120.00 0. P. Chitwood Professor of History 2,400.00 C. P. Higby Instructor 'n History 1,.500.00 J. A. Eiesland Professor of Mathematics 2,600.00 J. E. Hodorson Professor of Mathematics 2,200.00 C. W. Waggoner Professor of Physics 2,(i00,00 C. E. Neil Professor of Elocution 2,500.00 Madisnn Stathers '. .Professor of Romance Languages 2,500.00 A. M. Reese Professor of Zoology 2,.500.00 Marv M. Atkcson Instructor in Enzlish 1,000.00 LuellaR. Pollock Instructor in En dish I,2r0 00 L. M. Bristol Assistant Professor of Sociology 2,000.00 20 Report of [W. Va. Marcaret Buchanan Instructor in Mathematics 1,200.00 H. M. Freeman Instructor in Physics 1,100.00 Donald M. Gilbert Instructor in Romance Languages 1,200.00 James (irantham Instructor in German 1,000.00 Edward Mack Instructor in Chemistry 1,200.00 Charles Moon Instructor in Physics 1,400.00 Louise Ferris Chez Instructor in Physical Training 800.00 H. R. Hunt Instructor in Zoology 1,000.00 College of Engip^erino. Clement Ross Jones, Dean Professor of Steam and Experimental Engineering $3,500.00 Frederick Lincoln Emory Professor of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics 2,500.00 Russell Love Morris Professor of Railway and Highway Engineering 2,500.00 Edwin Fayette Church, Jr Professor of Machine Design and Construction 2,500.00 Edward Nathan Zcrn Professor of Mining lOngineering 2,500.00 Roland Parker Davis Professor of Structural and Hydraulic Engineering 2,500.00 Alexander Dennis Williams State Road Engineer and Director of the School of Good Roads 3,500.00 John B. Grumbein Professor of Power and Experimental Engineering 2,200.00 Alexander Hardy Forman Professor of Electrical and Experimental Engineering. . . . 2,200.00 Rufus A. West Instructor in Metal Working and Stationary Engineering. 1,400.00 S. T. Hart Assistant Professor of Engineering 1,500.00 A. A. Hall Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering 2,000.00 Raymer Egbert Seaman Instructor in Woodworking and Foundry Practice 1,400.00 Geo. Walter Grow Instructor in Drawing and Machine Design 1,400.00 Geor?:e M. Osborne Instructor in Sanitary Engineering and Surveying 1,400.00 Ralph S. Marshall Secretary of the College 1,200.00 C. H. Gather Instructor in Engineering 800.00 M. C. Nelson Assistant in Drawing 500.00 College of Law H. r. .Tones, Dean Professor of Law $3,500.00 J. R. Trotter Professor of Law 3,000.00 Thom IS P. Hardman Associate Professor of Law 2,100.00 J. W. Simonton Associate Professor of Law 2,200.00 D. C. Howard Associate Professor of Law 2, 100.00 Leo Carlin Assistant Professor of Law 2,400.00 School op Medicine John N. Simpson, M. D., Dean Professor of Anatomy and Physiology $2,800.00 Wm. H. Sehultz, Ph. D Professor of Pharmacology 2,.500.00 Chas. H. Rodders Associate Professor of Pharmacy 2,200.00 Aaron .Arkin, Ph. D., M. D Professor of Bacteriology and Pathology 2,500.00 S. J. Morris, M. D Assistant Professor of Anatomy 2,000.00 Irvin Hai-dv, A. M., M. D Assistant in Minor Surgery 300.00 Robt. W. Fisher, M. D -Assistant in Physical Diagnosis 300.00 G. A. Bergy Instructor in Pharmacy 1,200.00 M. C. Bonar Assistant in Bacteriology and Pathology, paid by State Board of Health 1,200.00 A. A. Cook Chemist for State Board of Health 1,500.00 ' School op Music Louis Black, Director Voice $2,500.00 Frederic Curtis Butterfield Head of Piano Department 1,600.00 Margaret Home Violin and Ensemble 1,.500.00 Flora Rav Haves Theory 1,200.00 Susan Maxwell Moore Piano , 1,100.00 Grace Martin Snee Pipe Organ and Piano 1,100.00 Ethel Bordon Black Vocal Coach Fees Hermine Wiecking Public School Methods , 200.00 W. A. Mestrezat Band Master 700.00 •College of Agriculture John Lee Coulter, Ph. D., Dean $2,000.00 C. H. Winkler Professor of Agricultural Education 750.00 W. H. Alderman Professor of Horticulture - 900.00 E. L. Andrews -Assistant Professor of Poultry Husbandry 900.00 E. C. Auchter Assistant Professor of Horticulture 840.00 W. A. Rhea Instructor in Dairying 1,300.00 F. W. Stemple Professor of Agronomy 900,00 A. L. Dacv Associate Professor of Horticulture 1,100.00 C. A. Lueder Associate Professor of Veterinary Science 900.00 L. M. Peairs Professor of Entomology 1,100.00 E. W. Sheets Professor of Animal Husbandry 1,000.00 A. J. Swift Instructor in .A.nimal Husbandry 360.00 L. F. Sutton Assistant Professor of Horticulture 800.00 Rachel Colwell Associate Professor of Home Economics 1,600.00 Callie Nuzum Instructor in Home Economics 800.00 1918.] State Board of Regents. 21 Mary B. Oliver Instructor in Home Economics 1,200.00 Henry Dorsey Instructor in Agronomy 720.00 W. B. Kemp Assistant Professor of Agronomy 380.00 J. J. Yoke Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry 300.00 A. J. Dadisman Associate Professor of Farm Management 1,080.00 •Including only those giving instruction in the College of Agriculture. In most cases these salaries are supple- mented by work done in the Experiment Station or Extension Department. Library L. D. Arnett Librarian : $1,800.0 Mabel Clark Assistant Librarian 900.00 Jennie Boughner Assistant Librarian 700.00 Mary A. Her\'y Student Assistant 180.00 H. W. Higbee Student Assistant 180.00 J E. Kennedy Student Assistant (Law Library) 150.00 R. E. O'Connor Student A=sistat (Law Library) 150.00 Other Officers G. E. Pyle ' Athletic Director Sl.SOO.OO Wm. James White Financial Secretary 600.00 Morna Griffin Secretary to President 1,000.00 R. B. Hersey General Secretary Y. M. C. A 555.00 James Scott Stewart Professor of Mathematics Emeritus and Book Agent 1,200.00 James Scott Murphy Foreman of Grounds and Buildings 1,080.00 FACULTY WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY 1917-18 F. B. Trotter, President $5,000.00 College of Arts and Sciences J. M. Callahan, Dean Professor of History 3,500.00 A. J. Hare, Registrar Professor of Latin 2, 700.00 A. L. Darby Associate Professor of Romance Languages 2,200.00 C. B. Cannaday Professor of Latin 2,400.00 John L. Sheldon Professor of Botany and Bacteriology 2,600.00 R. C. Spangler Instructor in Botany 1,300.00 A. R. Whitehill Professor of Chemistry 2,700.00 F. E. Clark Professor of Chemistry 2,400.00 Hubert Hill Assistant Professor Chemistry 1,800.00 Samuel Morris Instructor in Chemistry 1,.500.00 Theo. Zucker Instructor in Chemistry 1,400.00 E. H. Vickers Professor of Economics and Sociology 2,600.00 B. W. King Assistant Professor of Economics 1,800.00 J. N. Deahl Professor of Education 2,600.00 C. S. Crow Assistant Professor of Education 2,000.00 A. C. Fleshman Assistant Professor of Education 1,800.00 Robt. A. Armstrong Professor of English and Chaplain 2,700.00 John H. Cox Professor of English 2,400.00 Waitman Barbe Professor of English and Director of Summer School 2,700.00 S. C. Smith Associate Professor of English 2,200.00 D. D. Johnson Associate Professor of English 2,200.00 S. B. Brown Pl-ofessor of Geology 2,600.00 W. Armstrong Price Assistant Professor of Geology 2,000.00 F. L. Strickland Professor of Philosophy 2,600.00 F. W. Truscott Professor of German 2,600.00 C. E. Bishop Professor of Greek 2,600.00 0. P. Chitwood Professor of History 2,400.00 C. H. Ambler Professor of History 2,400.00 C. P. Higby Instructor in History 1,500.00 J. A. Eiesland Professor of Mathematics 2,600.00 J. E. Hodgson Professor of Mathematics 2,400.00 C. W. Waggoner Professor of Physics 2,600.00 C. B. Jolliflfe Instructor in Physics 1,000.00 C. E. Neil Professor in Elocution 2,600.00 Madison Stathers Professor of Romance Languages 2,600.00 A. M. Reese Professor of Zoology 2,600.00 Luella R. Pollock Instructor in English 1,200.00 L. M. Bristol Associate Professor of Sociology 2,200.00 Margaret Buchanan Instructor in Mathematics 1,200.00 Donald M. Gilbert Instructor in Romance Languages 1,500.00 James Grantham Instructor in German 1,200.00 H. R. Hunt Instructor in Zoology 1,200.00 B. R. Weimer Assistant in Zoology 500.00 Nellie P. Ammons Assistant in Botany 350.00 Eva M. Fling Assistant in Botany 500.00 Clara B. McCreery Assistant in Physics 1,000.00 22 Report of [W. Va. College op Engineering Clement Rosa Jones, Dean Professor of Steam and Experimental Engineering 53,500.00 Frederick Lincoln Emory Professor of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics 2,600.00 Russell Love Morris Professor of Railway and lli;;h\vay Engineering 2,()00.00 Edwin Fayette Church, Jr Professor of Machine Design and Construction 2,600.00 Roland Parker Davis Professor of Structural and Hydraulic Engineering 2,600.00 John B. Grumbein Processor of Power and Experimental Engineering 2,400.00 Alexander 1 lardy Forman Professor of Electrical and Experimental Engineering. . . . 2,400.00 Rufus \. \Yc3t Instructor in Metal Working and Stationary Engineering. 1,500.00 S. T. Hart Assistant Professor of Engineering 1,800.00 A. A. Hall Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering 2,200.00 Raymer Egbert Seaman Instruetorin Woodworking and Foundry Practice 1,500.00 Geo. Walter Grow Instructor in Drawing and Machine Design... 1,600.00 Geo. M. OsViorne Instructor in Sanitary Engineering and Surveying 1,500.00 Ralph S. Marshall Secretary of the College 1,200.00 C. H. ('ather Instructor in Engineering 1,000.00 L. H. Boghosian Assistant in Drawing 350.00 J. S. Williamson Assistant in Drawing 350.00 William Gnagey Mechanician 1,200.00 College of Law H. C. Jones, Dean Professor of Law $3,500.00 J. R. Trotter Professor of Law 3,000.00 Thomas P. Hardman Associate Professor of Law 2,300.00 J. W. Simonton Associate Professor of Law 2,500.00 Leo Carlin Assistant Professor of Law 2,400.00 School of Medicine J. N. Simpson, M. D., Dean Professor of Anatomy and Physiology 53,000.00 Wm. H. Schultz, Ph. D Professor of Pharmacology 2,600.00 Aaron Arkin, Ph. D., M. D Professor of Bacteriology and Pathology 2,000.00 S. J. Morris, M. D Associate Professor of Anatomy 2,200.00 H. N. Gould Assi.stant Professor of Anatomy and Histology 1,800.00 R. G. Brown Instructor in Pharmacy 1,500.00 Irvin Hardy, A. M., M. D Assistant in Minor Surgery 400.00 H. T. Phillips Assistant in Anatomy and Pharmacology 1,000.00 Robt. W. Fisher, M. D Assistant in Physical Diagnosis^ 400.00 G. A. Bergy Assistant Professor in Pharmacy 2,000.00 C. H. DeForest Assistant in Bacteriology and Pathology 700.00 A A Cook Chemist for State Board of Health 1,500.00 Arthur Lederer Bacteriologist, State Board of Health 2,700.00 School of Music Louis Black, Director Voice S2,500.00 Frederic Curtis Butterfield Head of Piano Department 1,700.00 Margaret Home Violin and Ensemble 1,500.00 Flora Ray Hayes Theory 1,200.00 Susan Maxwell Moore Piano 1,100.00 Grace Martin Snee Pipe Organ and Piano 1,100.00 Ethel Borden Black Vocal Coach Fees Lucile Elliott Public School Methods 200.00 W. A. Mestrezat Band Master 900.00 Lillian Garrison Public School Music 100.00 College of Agbicultcke John Lee Coulter, Ph. D., Dean 52,000.00 C. H. Winkler Professor of Agricultural Education 920.00 W. H. Alderman Professor of Horticulture. , 900.00 H. W. Richey Assistant Professor in Horticulture 800.00 E. L. Andrews Assistant Professor of Poultry Husbandry 900.00 E. C. Auchter Assistant Professor of Horticulture 900.00 R. H. Patch Instructor in Horticulture , 600.00 W. A. Rhea Instructor in Dairying 600.00 F. W. Stemple Professor of Agronomy 900.00 A. L. Dacy Associate Professor of Horticulture 1.200.00 C. A. Lueder Associate Professor of Veterinary Science 900.00 L. M. Pcairs Professor of Entomolorv 1, 100,00 R. M. Salter Associate Professor of Soil Chemistry 900.00 E. W. Sheets Professor of Animal Husbandry 900.00 Rachel Colwell Associate Professor of Home Economics 1,600.00 Callie Nuzum Instructor in Home Economics 900.00 Mary B. Oliver Instructor in Home Economics 1,200.00 Nina Reilley Assistant in Home Economics 1,000.00 Henry Dorsey Instructor in Agronomy 760.00 J. J. Yoke Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry 500.00 A. J. Dadisman Associate Professor of Farm Management 600.00 Leslie Ankrom Assistant in Horticulture 360.00 C. F. Wells Assistant in Chemistry 300.00 1918.] State Board of Regents. 23 W. H. Wilson Assistant in Animal Husbandry 385.00 J. C. Johnson Secretary of the College 600.00 Library L. D. Arnett Librarian $2,000.00 Mary A. Fox Assistant Librarian 900.00 Jennie Bou?hner Assistant Librarian 800.00 Nellie Brown Student Assistant 250.00 Forrest W. Knapp Student Assistant 180.00 Vivian Reynolds Student Assistant 180.00 E. C. Glass Student Assistant (Law Library) 100.00 K. B. Kyle Student Assistant (Law Library) 100.00 A. G. Stone Student Assistant (Law Library) 100.00 Other Officers Harry A. Stansbury Athletic Director $2,400.00 D. M. Willis Financial Secretary 600.00 Morna Griffin Secretary to President 1,100.00 Frank B. Llewellyn General Secretary Y. M. C. A 600.00 James Scott Stewart Professor of Mathematics Emeritus and Book Agent 1,200.00 C. L. Brooks Foreman of Grounds and Buildings 1,080.00 Susan M. Moore Dean of Women 1,100.00 THE UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY SCHOOLS » The name above clearly indicates the purpose for which these institutions were founded. Since the schools were opened, high schools have been established throughout the state leaving but little excuse for a state expenditure for ordi- nary high school education such as these institutions have offered. It is now true and will be for some time that many pupils desiring high school advantage must live away from home to secure it, and, state schools with dormitories and liberal financial support offer such advantages. On the other hand, slate schools to supply such needs only delay the meeting of such responsibilities by local communities. It is the opinion of this Board that the state should discourage the duplication of the ordinary work of high schools in these institutions and others supported by state appropriations. The attempts made to direct the work of these schools to special fields of activity of state-wide interest are de- scribed briefly in the following paragraphs. The Keyset Branch Jos. W. Stayman, Principal In 1917 the Legislature upon the request of this Board created a special Voca- tional Department in this institution in which practical agriculture was to be taught in laboratories and on the school farm. A special-appropriation of $12,000 was made for this new department. The Attorney General ruled that none of this amount could be used in the purchase of a farm. The main building was destroyed by fire on May 3, 1917. These two circumstances made it necessary to abandon temporarily the larger plans for agriculture. In the opinion of this Board, the Legislature should reappropriate enough money to buy and equip a small typical farm near the school, and that the amount of money available for teachers should be used in employing a few experts in the different branches of Agriculture and Home Economics and allied subjects who will draw to the institution for short intensive courses large numbers of young people who wish to prepare to live on the farm. Such work combined with an up-to-date Commercial Department will be well worthy of state support. The Principal's report shows that the school has prospered during the biennium in spite of unusual handicaps. The ordinary secondary courses, a Short Normal 24 Report of [W. Va. Course, and a Commercial Course have been given in a satisfactory way and well attended as the tables below indicate. Like our other educational institu- tions, this school entered whole-heartedly upon war work and made a proud record in this field of ser\'ice. As this report is being written a new building suited to the program recom- mended above is in process of erection. West Virginia Trades School, Montgomery A. S. Thorn, Principal In recent years, this institution has stood as a question the state authorities have been unable to answer in a satisfactory way. The loyal support of the citizens of that community and the worth and attractiveness of the state property there make those in authority hesitate to recommend the discontinuance of the institution. The new name of the school adopted by the last session of the Legislature (1917) indicates the kind of work the regents believeithis school should undertake. It was the intention to offer courses that would be approved by the Federal Board for Vocational Education, the teachers of which could be paid in part from Smith-Hughes Federal Funds. Investigations show that such courses cannot be offered in an approved way at Montgomery on account of the lack of manufacturing establishments at that place and the lack of room and equipment in the school for shop and machine work. This Board respectfully suggests the possibility of making the school a sub-station of the Mining Depart- ment of the College of Engineering where special short courses by experts may be offered to men preparing for examinations for mine foreman and other posi- tions of responsibility in the coal fields. A standard commercial department would attract large numbers as the schqol is situated in the midst of an extensive industrial section. The state cannot afford to continue its support of an institution that serves largely as a local high school. This Board pledges itself to do all within its power to make the institution worthy of the new name it bears. The attendance, spirit and the work that has been undertaken have been satisfactory during the years covered by this report. The institution made an unusually good showing in war activities. KEYSER PREPARATORY BRANCH Enrollment 1916-1917 COURSE First Semester Second Semester Males Females Totals Males Females Totals Graduates 48 4 33 3 23 11 12 20 14 27 71 15 45 23 14 27 35 3 29 3 6 24 11 14 21 14 36 59 14 43 23 14 42 9 8 4 13 Totals 88 6 107 30 195 ^ 36 76 4 120 27 196 31 34 Grand Totals.... 82 77 159 72 93 165 34 Net Enrollment for the year, 199. 1918.] State Board of Regents. 25 Enrollment for 1917-1918 COURSE First Semester Second Semester Males Females Totals Males Females Totals Graduates 31 7 25 4 18 4 24 36 11 15 49 11 49 40 11 16 24 4 19 2 16 6 25 26 11 33 40 10 44 28 11 36 11 11 1 3 9 Totals 68 10 108 32 176 42 52 4 117 29 169 33 Grand Totals 58 76 134 48 88 136 31 Net Enrollment for the year, 171. ENROLLMENT-WEST VIRGINIA TRADES SCHOOL 1916-17— Total net enrollment, Male, 55; Female, 92; Total 147 Number Music Department 35 Number Commercial Course 27 1917-18— Total net enrollment, Male, 36; Female, 87; Total 123 Number in Music Department 39 Number in Evening Conmiercial Classes 10 EMPLOYEES, WORK AND COMPENSATION— KEYSER PREPARATORY BRANCH Name Position Total Salary Including Fees 1916-17 1917-18 J. W. Stayman Principal $1,749.96 $1,850.00 W. D. Anthony Commercial Branches 1,250.00 1,250.00 J. W. A. Brown Science 1,000.00 Nellie V. Edwards English 750.00 800.00 Alma Erswell Normal Training 1,100.00 Alice P. Fetzer Office 400.00 495.00 Bushrod Grimes Agriculture and Mathematics 1,195.00 600.00 Emily E. Hall Modern Languages and Latin 850.00 Trank Hall Science 200.00 Elsie Hoffman Music 757.00 669.00 Emily H. Helm Modern Languages and Latin 850.00 Mrs. Ida F. Menefee History 850.00 850.00 Mrs. F. J. Parker Summer Term $ 100.00 Maude Terwilliger Domestic Science and Art 800.00 850.00 J. C. Sanders Science 200.00 Blanch E. Week Normal Training 950.00 Taylor Rolls Janitor 720.00 637.50 Dave Rolls Janitor 187.50 EMPLOYEES, WORK AND COMPENSATION— MONTGOMERY PREPARATORY BRANCH Name Position Total Salart Including Fees 1916-17 1917-18 A. S. Thorn Principal and History $1,900.02 J. A. Hanna Asst. Principal and Science .... 1,150.00 Erva M. Canoles Latin and French 850.00 Bertha Dilcher Dom. Econ. (Vocational Fund) Francis Klase English 850.00 Jane Ervin Price Music 1,075.00 Mattie E. Rider Eighth Grade 285.00 R. W. Towner Com. Sub 1,000.00 Marie Smart Librarian and History Carolyn Zundel Domestic Science. Margaret Gulley Matron (Boarding H. Fund) . S. P. Nicely Janitor C. E. Ryon Janitor Lon Warren Janitor ■Charles Lewis Janitor 850.00 625.00 440.00 240.00 $1,900.02 1,100.00 850.00 850.00 850.00 1,097.00 mm 750.00 750.60 '195.66 147.28 407.72 Emoluments Room. (1918 Vocational Fund) 26 RErORT OF [W. Va, OUR STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS In previous reports the State Board of Regents has set out in special articles the history, the development, and the state policy of our state normal schools. Reference to these reports will give persons interested the present policy of the State Board relative to these useful institutions. Only new departures and achievements need be noted in this brief report. War Work. The State Normal Schools have responded nobly to the many- calls for special adjustments and acitvities in the interests of our Army and Navy. Marshall College reports 25,000 surgical dressings made during the year 1917-18; the principal of the Shepherd College reports, "The teachers and students entered into all agencies for Governmental support with enthusiasm." The special war service of all of these institutions is well typified in the following table reported by the principal of the Concord Normal School. Stars in service flat; 73 Students Friendship War Fund $ 500.98 Liberty Bonds 3,450.00r War Savings Stamps 572.75 Red Cross 281.90 Relation to the University. Within the biennium covered by this repor^ all of our normal schools have realized the full standard, viz., a well organized two-year professional course beyond the secondary or preparatory school. During the process of extending the course, it was difTicult to make a satisfactory arrange- ment regarding the recognition of the advanced normal school work in our Uni- versity. The standard course having been established, representatives of the normal schools and our University came to an agreement concerning the accredit- ing of work represented by the statement adopted by the State Board of Regents January 10, 1918, which will be found in full under "Revised Rules and Regu- lations" in the appendix of this report. Reduction of Secondary Work. This Board believes that the stale can no lohger afford to spend much from state appropriations for secondary school work which most communities are supporting in high schools at local expense. In line with this belief, the Board passed an order on June 18, 1917, requiring each normal school to begin the reduction of secondary work according to the following schedule: Marshall College fall of 1918 Fairmont Normal School fall of 1918 West Liberty Normal School fall of 1919 All other Normal Schools not later than fall of 1920 Total enrollment of secondary students in normal schools shown by years in the following table indicates that these institutions will soon be largely relicved of this unnecessary burden. Enrollment secondaiy students in our Normal Schools 1914-15. . 1,578 Enrollment secondary students in our Normal Schools 1915-16. . 1,547 Enrollment secondary students in our Normal Schools 1916-17. . 1,136 Enrollment secondary students in our Normal Schools 1917-18. . 1, 65 The Fairmont Normal School presents the best example of how the emphasis upon teacher-training in normal schools is changing the classification of the at- tendance. The figures below taken from records of Fairmont Normal shows the change in the situation: 1918.] State Board of Regents. 27 1912-13 1917-18 Number students in academic or preparatory classes 432 64 Number of students in Normal Courses 71 114 The Board of Regents and normal school principals feel that when the entire effort of our normal schools can be given to the one object, teacher-training, the present expenditures need not be increased to meet the needs. A Survey of Normal Schools Made. In 1917 the Secretary of the State Board of Regents, through the assistance of the principals and faculties, made a survey of the normal schools covering a wide range of topics. Some of the inter- esting features are summarized in the tables below: LABORATORIES AND LIBRARIES (Additions have been made and value increased since 1917) NAME OF SCHOOL Value of Physics Lab'tory. Value of Chemical Lab'tory Value of Agricul- tural and Biological Lab'tory Value of Geo- graphical Lab'tory Home Econo- omics Manual Training Number of Volumes in Library Proper Total Volumes Bound Magaz's .S 1,470.00 385.00 500.00 5,273.00 415.00 *I,200.00 $ 1,753.05 420.00 650.00 2,194.87 350.00 800.00 S 1,077.6S t400.00 t200.00 2,577.56 395.00 $ 162.70 tso.oo t50.00 1,143.64 150.00 t75.00 $ 931.69 t900.00 t400.00 tl,000.00 360.02 tsoo.oo $ 90.00 4,030 1,461 3,263 6,785 3,650 4,300 4,034 1 840 Glenville Marshall College Shepherd College tsoo.oo 1600.00 615.00 3,322 8,000 4,000 4 406 'Includes agriculture. tEstimated. An examination of the table above shows some inequalities that should be corrected; also, the need of more equipment for teaching subjects like Geography. Normal Schools should be models in teaching apparatus. PERCENTAGE OF FAILURES BY SUBJECTS Based Upon Enrollment in Each Class NAME OF SCHOOL C3 a 1 j3 1 a 1 1 .1 1 a a 1 a B o S 1 Fairmont 4 3 1 1 2.2 10 12 13.2 9.6 .112 21.5 4 5 6.3 8.9 24.7 5^4 15 28.8 22 13 9.2 18.5 55.5 75 1.7 4.4 2 1.7 3 2.8 9 Glenville 4 18.7 7.5 10 1.5 21 111 7 9.S •^ Marshall College 6.1 4 1 10 9 Shepherd College 4 1.3 .4 1 ? Average 5.1 20 1 .38.3 1.5 Notes: Concord and West Liberty did not report on this item. The principal of West Liberty estimates that an average of 10% of pupils fail in an average class. The Shepherd College survey points out good authority that claims that 4% failures under normal conditions may be expected; and quotes Dr. Starch, of Wisconsin, as saying 7% of failures is reasonable. The regents raise this question of conservation of standards and pupils at the same time, and leave further study and experimen- tation to the normal school faculties. PRODUCTS OF NORMAL SCHOOLS Note: These tables are intended to show that the normal schools when measured by the test "By their fruits shall ye know them" prove to be real teacher-training institutions. MARSHALL COLLEGE 1st year out, 85% of graduates teach 2nd year out, 75% of graduates teach 3rd year out, 65% of graduates teach 4th year out, 55% of graduates teach 5th year out, 50% of graduates teach 28 Report of [W. Va. FAIRMONT NORMAL PercentaKC teaching, normal classes, Ist year out, 959?,. AverdEC teaching period of graduates, 4 years. Number graduates last 3 years, 292. SHEPHERD COLLEGE NORMAL YEAR Number of Graduates Percentage now Teaching (1917) 19U 44 29 34 36 27 26 41 3 1912 /. 61 3 1913 62 2 1914 55 3 1915 / 66 6 1916 76.8 GLENVILLE NORMAL SCHOOL— Percentage Teaching (1917) YEAR 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 Number Grades 10 10 12 15 27 25 30 34 34 35 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year 5th Year 6th Year 7th Year 8th Year 9th Year 10th Year CONCORD NORMAL SCHOOL-Number Teaching (1917) YEAR Number Graduates Ist Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year 1913 28 47 54 28 39 43 63 21 41 40 18 31 16 1914 1915 1916 78 WEST LIBERTY NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR Number in Class Number Teaching First Year Out Number Going to Higher Institutions 1907 23 16 18 17 28 33 27 21 25 29 22 12 18 15 26 32 27 21 25 27 8 9 9 9 8 8 3 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 ^. 1913 1914 1915 3 1916 1918.] State Board of Regents. 29 ATTENDANCE STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 1916-17 NAME OF Secondary Classes Short Normal Course Standard Normal Course Total , SCHOOL M. W. T. M. W. T. M. W. T. M. W. T. Concord Fairmont Glenville Marshall College . . . Shepherd College. . . West Liberty 75 69 60 219 81 49 103 67 50 270 89 58 178 136 110 489. 7 5 98 17 59 96 24 64 194 14 27 17 7 10 3 40 107 21 69 17 23 54 134 38 76 27 26 96 125 175 225 113 72 160 315 177 402 148 142 256 440 352 657 170 107 4 4 9 19 13 23 261 216 Notes: Concord Normal — Attendance includes 26 Re\iew Students in Secondary Class. Marshall College— Piano, 70; Extension, 27; Correspondence, 9; Specials, 15; Advanced Academic, 42, are now included under Secondary above. Fairmont — Expression, 19; Special, 3; Simimer, 114; Music, 55. Shepherd College — Special Subjects, 11; Summer School (1916), 74. WestLiberty— Summer School (1916), 77; Extension Students, 16; Piano, 35; Expression, 13. ATTENDANCE STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS 1917-18 NAME OF SCHOOL Secondary Classes Short Normal Course Standard Normal Course Grand Total M. W. T. M. W. T. M. W. T. M. W. T. Concord Fairmont Glenville Marshall College . . Shepherd College.. . West Liberty 46 28 42 126 56 46 71 36 49 246 75 67 117 64 91 372 5 1 55 25 64 106 30 65 161 9 15 13 22 91 17 68 16 28 31 106 30 68 26 32 60 74 110 138 77 49 118 310 172 389 145 108 178 384 282 527 131 113 1 2 26 20 27 22 10 4 222 157 Notes: Marshall College— Piano, 56; Specials, 12; Correspondence, 5; Summer Term, 1918, Males, 23; Females, 136; Total, 159. Secondary attendance includes 14 men, and 19 women in Advanced Academic Courses . Shepherd Collage — Students in Special Subjects, 15; Summer School (1917), 40. WestLiberty— Piano, 28; Summer School (1917), 46; Expression, 22. Fairmont Normal — Attendance under all headings except grand total, are for Second Semester. Grand Total includes 48 Extension Students. Glenville Normal — Summer Term, 48. Concord Normal— Summer (1917), 110; Summer (1918), 93. EMPLOYEES, WORK AND COMPENSATION— CONCORD STATE NORMAL SCHOOL Name Position Total Salary Including Fees 1916-17 1917-18 L. B. Hill : Principal $2,499.96 Ann R. Austin Training 1,210.00 Sadie B. Bryson Home Economics 1,050.00 Katrina Baumgardner Home Economics D. L. Cottrill Agricultural 1,300.00 Florence L. Doughner Training Ida M. Edwards Piano 652.30 Virginia Gaskill Summer School Fred A. Forster Latin, German, Assistant Principal 1,425.00 Barbara Hurt Spring Term R, S. Gatherum Physics and Mathematics, etc 1,100.00 Bettie Henser Summer School 80.00 J. F. Holroyd Librarian 600.00 H. G. Humphrey Professional 1,800.00 F. E. Linnell Manual Training 1,095.00 Nellie Lanham Seventh and Eighth Grades A. G. Montgomery Spring Term 330.00 Mrs. A. G. Montgomery .Spring Term Othel Martin Spring Term 150.00 Minnie B. Replogle Training and Dormitory 1,000.00 Sallie S. Triggle Secretary and Registrar 624.96 Edgar Williams English 1,100.00 $2,599.92 1,050.00 1,749.50 1,430.00 789.59 305.00 1,494.00 250.00 1,256.75 660.00 2,060.00 546.00 1,594.50 240.00 840.00 1,435.75 30 Report of [W. Va. Felix Yonowski Science 1,205.00 1,209.00 W. B. Ciildwell Janitor 720.00 1,240.00 Willis White Assistant Janitor 400.00 Madison Caldwell Assistant Janitor 100.00 Wm. Martin .Assistant Janitor 100.00 EMPLOYEES, WORK AND COMPENSATION— FAIRMONT STATE NORMAL SCHOOL T0T.\L Sal.^ry Name Position Including Fi;ks 1916-17 1917-18 Joseph Rosier President 83,000.00 $3,2.50.69 Walter Barnes Assistant Principal, English and Ex 1,808..50 2,007.50 Ernest Bell Coach 225.00 225.00 H. C. Brake Geometry and Latin 1,013.50 270.00 Laura Briggs English 1,059.75 1,150.00 Geo. H. Colebank Mathematics 200.00 Harriett Chappell Sewing and Dormitory 400.00 900.00 Jane Conklin Secretary and Collector 630.00 907.89 Beatrice Fitzwater English and Expression 480.00 Robin Hood Coach 33.33 Ensel J. Hawkins '. Manual Training 200.C0 200.00 Estelle Hamilton Cooking 1,250.00 Ethel Ice Modern Language and Algebra 1,100.00 1,150.00 Jessie Ice Primary Superintendent 1,200.00 1,350.00 Edna Jacobs Music 250.00 Inez Johnson Education 1,250.00 1,350.00 P. E. Kin? History 100.00 Laura F. Lewis English 1,359.00 200.00 E. L. Lively Head S. C. Agriculture • 1,804.50 1,650.00 Letha Mann Coach 20.00 Nell McConnell Cooking 1,153.00 . .• H. J. McGinnis ." Electric Science 1,350.00 1,504.50 E. T. McKinney Librarian 909.00 1,045.00 E. E. Mercer English 1,258.50 1,250.00 D. B. Maurer Coach 100.00 N. R. C. Morrow English : 1,204.50 1,250.00 Virginia Mulvev Music 270.00 Dorcas Prichard Dean of Women, History 1,250.00 1,300.00 Flora Powers Assistant Librarian 100.00 Harold Rogers Chemistry and Physics 1,550.00 1,650.00 Thosa Robinson Latin 77.50 Sadie Shaw Assistant Librarian 90.00 Frances Shreve Head Educational Department 1,600.00 1 ,650.00 Homer C. Tootlunan Coach 199.98 Dwijht Tetsr Mathematics 971.75 M. K. Turner History 1,753.50 1,750.00 Harriett Schroeder '. Music 660.00 Frank S. White Education, Penmanship 1,400.00 Mildred Zimmerm.an Physical Education 1 ,090.00 Training School W. E. Buckey Principal 363.33 413.33 Blanoli Henry Eighth Grade 313.33 363.33 Florence White Seventh Grade 313.33 .363.o3 Evelyn Prickett Sixth Grade 313.33 363.33 Gertrude Creel Fifth Grade 313.33 Frances Clayton .• Fourth Grade 313.33 363.33 Nellie Peppers Third Grade 313.33 Agnes Erwin Second Grade 313.33 363.33 Elizabeth Roome First Grade. 313.33 363.33 Ida Orr Fifth Grade 363.33 Willa Leonard Third Grade 303.33 E. M. Johnson Engineer 398.50 870.00 Roy Starn Janitor 854.96 Chas. Nav Janitor 385.00 o47..5() Geo. Starn Janitor 110.00 EMPLOYEES, WORK AND COMPENSATION— GLENVILLE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL Total Salart Name Position Including Fees 1917 1918 E. G. Rohrbough Principal $2,475.00 $2,631.25 J. V. Ankeney Agriculture 806.53 Ina Barnes Training 1,150.00 1,200.00 Katrina Baumgartner Doro.estic Science and Art 400.00 Alta Babbett Spring Term 115.00 Lena M. Charter Asst. Principal and Domestic Science 600.00 1,300.00 Lorena Fries English 1,150.00 1,250.00 E. R. Grose Mathematics and Biology 1,150.00 1,250.00 1918.] State Board of Regents. 31 •C. W. Goad Agriculture 514.46 1,050.00 C. E. Hedrick History 1,275.00 1,456.25 R. F. Hamill Athletics and Teacher 900.00 J. E. Hays ♦. Spring Term 125.00 185.50 Gladys Heath Spring Term 100.00 Dorothy Roberts Music 53.95 Gladys M. Riddle Spring Term 290.00 Elwina Samples Critic 800.00 850.00 J. F. Stemple Soisnse 1,100.00 1,1.50.00 F. M Smith Languages 900.00 1,150.00 Mabel C. Starkey Music 971.60 990.00 H. G Wheat Education 943.74 W. H. Wayt Psychology and MSthods 1,425.00 Hunter Whiting .Languages 1,150.00 Luoile Hays Work in Library 10.70 Lllie Bavley Expression 485.57 Alma Arbuokle Work in Library, etc 28.65 42.50 Pansy Starr Work in Library, etc 218.00 54.00 Irma West Work in Library, etc 203.75 Geo Firestone Janitor 749.00 816.25 EMPLOYEES, WORK AND COMPENSATION— MARSHALL COLLEGE Total Salary Name Position Including Fees 1916-17 1917-18 ■O. I. Woodlev President $3,.500.00 $3,600.00 Ora Stats Treasurer 1,200.00 1,200.00 Grace F. Wyiie Secretary 1,080.00 360.00 Elizabeth Myers Librarian and Summer School 1,146.82 1,145.00 Lettie Jennings Secretary 525.00 Vera Andrew English 1,000.00 1,050.00 Lou M. Allen Music 955.00 900.00 Mary Bonar Assistant Librarian 156.00 Francis Burgess Geology and Geography 1,300.00 1,416.67 Selhert Barbour Assistant Biology 105.00 B. B. Chambers Athletics and Mathematics 1,750.00 Anna S. Cmnmings Education 1,670.00 140.00 W. A. Childs Manual Training 1,000.00 662..50 Anna L. DeKoon Mathematics 1,100.00 1,200.00 Mary Donaldson Biology 909.00 1,000.00 Naomi Everett History 1,470.00 1,540.00 Kate Fuller Latin 900.00 1,000.00 W. H. Franklin English and Buildings 1,470.00 1,706.67 Lillian Hackney Mathematics 1,450.00 1,.500.00 C. E. Haworth Dean of Faculty and English 1,800.00 1,800.00 Margaret Higgins History 900.00 9.50.00 Harriett D. Johnson Latin 1,300.00 1,300.00 R. J. Largent History and Latin 1,470.09 1,806.67 J. M. LeCato Biology and Agriculture 1,350.00 1,806.67 E. E. Myers Art 1,470.00 1,696.67 Mildred McGeorge Piano 1,250.00 1,300.00 J. E. Norman Chemistry 1,209.00 615.00 Xucy Prichard Head Short Course 1,300.00 1,383.34 Florence J. Parker Teacher 300.00 40.00 Anne M. Raynor German and French 5.50.00 H. B. Shipley Vocational 1,200.00 Elizabeth Stalnaker Superintendent Grades 1,370.00 1,556.67 Olla Staphenson German 1.300.00 510.00 Orrie Whittaker Domestic Science 1,000.00 1,166.67 R. M. Wylie Asst. to Pres., Physics and Summer School. 1,570.00 1,906.67 Effie Wilson Piano 1,000.00 1,050.00 R. J. White Chemistry 656.25 Training School Harriett Lyon Superintendent and Dean of Women 1,570.00 1,646.67 "Bess Arnett Eighth Grade 375.00 675.00 Carrie Cox Eighth Grade 75.00 Jessie Hayslip Eighth Grade 375.00 Lola Norman Seventh Grade and Summer School 770,00 300.00 Hattie Tudor Sixth Grade 700.00 750.00 Grace Cox 1.50.00 Mary Myers Fourth and Fifth Grade 720.00 750.00 Edith T. Wilson Second and Third Grade 740.00 750.00 Lillian Isbell First Grade 700.00 750.00 Grace Hooker ■ 33.67 32 Report of [W. Va^ EMPLOYEES. WORK AND COMPENSATION— SHEPHERD COLLEGE NORMAL SCHOOL Total Salary Name Position Including Fees 1917 1918 Tho8. C. Miller Principal $2,400.00 $2,499.96! S. 0. Bond Department of Education 1,200.00 1,200.00 Katrina Baum?ardner Domestic Science 300.00 , Catherine Cowsill Domestic Science 450.00 800.00 Walter M. Duke Modern Languages 1,250.00 1,415.00 Mabel H. Gardner History 1,250.00 1,350.00 Marv E. Gibson : Expression 120.00 150.00 Addie R. Ireland Art 950.00 995.00 A. D. Kenemond Science 1,350.00 1,520.00' Bessie B. Lioklider Critic 50.00 250.00' R. 0. McBrien Manual Training 1,000.00 Ma?gie Merrells Music 780.50 698.50 J. D. Muldoon Agriculture 1,350.00 1,400.00 Louisa J. Smith Latin and English 1,150.00 1,2.50.00' Ella May Turner English 1,250.00 1,365.00 Etta O. Williams Com. Subjects 750.00 800.00 Jas. Washington Janitor 780.00 840.00 A. T. Stanley Eng. and Manual Training 750.00* EMPLOYEES, WORK AND COMPENSATION— WEST LIBERTY STATE NORMAL SCHOOL Total Salary Name Position Including Fees 1916-17 1917-18- John C. Shaw Principal $2,549.00 $2,500.0^ Ora Bachman Music 524.50 Laura Baldwin Music 762.00 C. T. BoTgess Latin, Geog. Extension 1,340.35 1,250.00" Callie W. Curtis Training 480.00 Maude 0. Curtis Training 150.00 70.00 Carrie M. Dague History 1,150.00 1,100.00' Luther Flvnn Mathematics 1,000.00 Addie L. Gardner Secondary 60.00 70.00* T. J. Humnhrey Summer School 150.00 Maude I. Jefferson English 1,100.00 1,200.00 Anna M. Marshall Home Economics 900.00 4.55.55 R. I. Roudesbush Assistant Principal and Science 1,200.00 1,300.00" Lvdia J. Roberts Training 720.00 Mary V. Sanders Mathematics 1,000.00 Swannie Tavlor Expression 224.49 157.99' Nellie Woods Domestic Science 460.0ff Rosa L. Wvatt Training 1,200.00 Marv L. Yager Modern Languages 1,100.00 1,200.00 C. W. Rogers Janitor 720.00 780.00 THE STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR COLORED YOUTH The West Virginia Collegiate Institute and the Bluefield Colored Institute have enjoyed a biennium of good work developing to a higher degree of efficiency the departments already well established. Since no important changes in policy have taken place since this Board's last report on these institutions, a brief statement here will suffice. Collegiate Institute BvRD Prillerman, President Reference to the attendance table below will show that this institution has enjoyed two years of substantial prosperity, and a great opportunity to serve the colored population through the training of the many hundred young mere and womert who have presented themselves at the institution. Many years ago the school was put upon the basis of one-half time to academic work in the class room and one-half time to practical work in shop or laboratory. * The policy has proved sound, and has been extended to the college section whicb 1918.] State Board of Regents. 33 has made a fair beginning during the biennium. As this report is being written, plans are being perfected to use some of the vocational departments of the school in co-operation with the State and Federal Boards for Vocational Education, thus bringing to the institution expert Federal supervision and some additional Federal aid. The school, like the other state educational institutions, entered heartily into war activities as is indicated by the following notes taken from the President's report : School produced and canned, season 1917: Apples 112 gallons Beets 61 gallons Beans 217 gallons Tomatoes 1,655 gallons Organized Food Conservation Squad that helped harvest crops near by insti- tution. Amount contributed to War Friendship Fund $ 800.00 Amount contributed to Red Cross 100.00 Amount of Liberty Bonds purchased 5,000.00 Much sewing and wood work was done for Red Cross. Graduates and former students in Military Service 65 Bluefield Colored Institute R. P. Sims, Principal This institution continues to do work of a high grade in spite of some handi- caps. It is unfortunately located near the yards of the railroad where the noise and smoke prove very annoying. Doubt about the permanency of the location has caused some hesitation in the full development of the property. However the grounds, buildings and equipment have been much improved within the two years covered by this report, and, prospects are liright for making the insti- tution stand as a model of its kind. It offers a very strong academic preparatory course which gives the young colored men and women of that part of the state a chance to prepare for pro- fessional courses in spite of the lack of high schools, or to prepare for entering with advantage upon the work of the world by emphasizing the practical subjects offered in the course. Within the period of this report the normal course has been strengthened, and a good number of teachers prepared for leadership in education. A large number of students and some members of the faculty have entered the military service, and all possible adjustments have been made to increase the military and general service of the institution. ATTENDANCE— WEST VIRGINIA COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE 1916-17 DEPARTMENT Male Female Total 23 81 2 34 27 5 1G7 3 U 43 10 123 22 208 13 34 124 12 157 49 12 362 16 499 324 640 413 1,139 737 Total Net Enrollment 175 228 403 34 Report of [W. Va. Attendance 1917-18 DEPARTMENT Male Female Total College 2? 62 I 2 34 2 102 un 2 n, 40 15 20 103 4 186 192 4 S3 102 Normal 16 22 137 6 288 311 Specials 6 Total in all Coursss 346 221 575 378 921 Counted Twice 599 Net Total 125 197 322 ATTENDANCE— BLUEFI ELD COLORED INSTITUTE 1916-17— Total net enrollment— Male. 60; Female, i:)7; Total, 223. This enrollment includes one post-?radu'vte and ei^ht students preparing for secondary work. 1917-18— Total not enrollment— Male, 61; Fem.ale, 126; Total. 187. Normal Course 10 Post-graduates 3 Preparatory 7 EMPLOYEES, WORK AND COMPENSATION— BLUEFIELD COLORED INSTITUTE Total Salaries NAire Position Including Fees 1916-17 1917-18 R. P. Sims , Principal Mabel S. Brady Librarian Marion Brown Sewing J. D. Colman Assistant Principal, History Robertha Carbo Sewing H. L. Dicason Mathematics Grace Dicason Lanwiagc and Substituting D. F. Dunlap Agricultural and Science Ellen F. Green Training Melitia A. Koger Assistant Model School (Student Fee) Elizabeth J. Miles Cooking .■ Anne M. Mollison Sewing Helane W. Pryor Secretary Stella J. Simms Preceptress F. B. Syphax En-li.'.h and Seience Truxie J. Warren Expression S. L. Wade English H. Walden Professional Virginia Warren Music S. D. Williams Manual Training and Science A. D. Brown Janitor Moses Payne Janitor Sidney Dicason Janitor 1,399.92 600.00 108.32 999.96 500.00 900.00 62.50 600.00 600.00 190.00 600.00 408.00 399.96 900.00 500.00 585.00 600.00 81,499.98 800.00 481.66 100.00 1,150.00 425.85 300.00 800.00 800.00 700.00 360.00 566.66 1,050.00 185.00 1,068.40 625.00 800.00 900.00 175.00 110.00 57.00 EMPLOYEES, WORK AND COMPENSATION— THE WEST VIRGINIA COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE N.AME Position Total Salary Including Fees 1916-17 1917-18 Byrd Prillcrman President Sl,500.00 Sl,766.64 Bishop Ballard Farmer and Foreman 696,00 61-6.00 R. L. Brown Repairs 684.00 684.00 W. A. Brown Assistant Bookkeeper 491.65 683.33 Charlotte Campbell Cooking Teacher 600.00 316.00 Fannie Carter Normal Training 750.00 977.00 Florence CoTer Plain Sewing ! . . . 450.00 90.00 Elizabeth Coleman English and Library 591,57 820.00 Harrv Davis ,,. Painting 491.65 83.33 W. W. Jackson College Work 1,000.02 166.67 H. S. Guss Latin 8.-)0.03 1,101.67 S. MaeMcKinnev English and French 649.94 576.^^3 Elizabeth Mitchell Music 540.00 750.00 Chas. E. Mitchell Business Manager 1,191.68 1,383.32 W. W.Saunders Exten.sion Work 1,100.09 183.33 C. W. Smith Mathematics and Commandant , . . 700.00 116.67 *G. E. Smith Chemistry 666.65 313.33 Emoluments 1918.] State Board of Regents. 35 Cornelia Spears Matron A. C. Spurlock Supt. Mech. Industries. , Albert Brown Mechanical Drawing. . . Solomon Brown Smithing A. W. Curtis Dir. Agriculture Mary Eubank Home Economics Chas. E. Jones History and Geography . Don W. Jones Printing and Band L. Leonard Assistant Agriculture oseph Lovette Masonry Estelle Lee Cooking Teacher Amanda Spriggs Dressmaking W. A. Spriggs Carpentry *Daniel Ferguson College Work Ada Hyde Plain Sewing Helen Johnson Matron S. M. Taylor CoUege Work *Delbert Prillerman Chemistry Jessie Glover English and French Hassie Howard Model School Teacher.,. . Luetta Lipscomb Model School Teacher. . Amelia Welcher Physical Culture R. L. Jones School Physician M. T. Sinclair School Physician •In United States Army. Morrill Fund Charlotte Campbell Cooking Teacher Amanda Spriggs Dressmaking Mary Eubank Dressmaking A. G. Brown Mechanical Drawing Solomon Brown Smithing A. W. Curtis Dir. Agriculture Chas. E. Jones History and Geography Don W. Jones Printing and Band Margaret Lowry . : Sewing Joseph Lovette Masonry W. A. Spriggs Carpentry A. C. Spurlock Supt. Mechanical Industries. Estelle Lee Cooking Teacher L. Leonard Assistant Agriculture Ada Hyde Plain Sewing *Delbert Prillerman Chemistry R. W. James Assistant Agriculture A. Hayn'ard Camper Chemistry 499.98 825.00 65.00 66.66 83.33 120.00 66.66 65.00 75.00 66.66 41.67 100.00 66.66 50.00 500.00 500.00 600.00 715.00 733.32 916.69 733.32 715.00 45.00 733.32 733.32 75.00 416.63 750.00 83.33 420.00 400.00 403.33 466.67 382.80 1,032.32 400.00 150.00 403.32 270.53 316.00 414.13 200.00 180.00 600.00 840.00 21.00 180.00 100.00 100.00 (Fees) 500.00 504.00 504.00 613.00 630.00 630.00 700.00 66.67 630.00 630.00 655.20 630.00 436.80 75.00 420.00 126.00 460.00 378.00 (Fees) Board. Room E. APENDIX A PART ONE REVISED RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS BY STATE BOARD OF REGENTS 1918 The Administration of the Normal Schools The State Board of Regents. The law creating the State Board of Regents assigns to that Board the following duties with respect to the normal schools: 1. To have general control of the scholastic affairs. 2. To employ the president, teachers and other employees. Teachers and other employees must be recommended by the head of the school. 3. To fix the compensation of all employees, subject to the confirmation of the State Board of Control. 4. To prescribe the course of study. 5. To prescribe the text books to be used. 6. To establish such departments as the general purpose of the schools de- mands. 7. To make and publish rules and regulations to be observed by all normal schools. 8. To publish reports from time to time. The State Board of Control. In relation to our State Normal Schools, the State Board of Control is charged with the following duties: 1. To have charge of the financial and business affairs. 2. To confirm or pass final judgment upon salaries fixed by the State Board of Regents. 3. To erect all buildings or additions to buildings authorized by the Legis- lature. 4. To keep in proper repair all buildings, furniture and equipment. 5. To purchase all supplies for the proper support and maintenance of the normal schools. 6. To collect information and publish reports. 40 Report of [W. Va. The President. 1. The president, in addition to his duties as instructor, shall be the executive ofiicer of the school. He shall have general supervision over the school, and everything pertaining thereto, shall assign to the teachers the classes and studies which they are to teach and shall be held responsible for the management of the school. For just cause he may suspend any one of his assistants until an investigation can be made by the Board of Regents. 2. To the students he shall assign their studies, and shall deteimine what tests shall be required to complete said studies. He shall fix the order and methods of all examinations. He shall determine how often reports of scholarship and attendance shall be made and shall keep a permanent record of the deportment and standing of each student. 3. He shall also collect all tuition and incidental fees in advance and transmit them to the treasurer of the State Board of Control. 4. The president shall have full control over the grounds and buildings and all exercises of whatever kind whether in the building or on the grounds and shall have full authority to prohibit all loafing, loitering or trespassing of any Icind and to take such action as he may think necessary to prevent the same. 5. The president shall, as soon as practicable after the beginning of each term or semester, make reports required by the State Board of Control, and report to the State Board of Regents the enrollment of students properly classi- fied, and the^iame of all teachers with the classes and number of students en- rolled in the classes taught by each teacher. He shall also furnish to the State Board of Regents a list of candidates for graduation each year designating the course of study from which each is to graduate. 6. The president shall publish annually a catalogue giving the name of each student enrolled during the year with the addresses of each by post office and county, courses of study, and such other general information and announce- ments pertaining to the school as may be of public interest. 7. When the president desires to leave the school for more than one day, except in regular field work, he shall notify the State Board of Regents and the State Board of Control. 8. In the absence of the president the first assistant shall act as president. 9. The president shall have authority to prohibit both sexes from boarding at the same house; to make such special rules for their government as may be necessary and to require those who keep boarders or rent rooms to students to exercise such supervision over them as shall be to the best interests of the schools; the faculty shall have direct control and authority over all students boarding in the dormitories connected with the normal schools, and shall under no circumstances allow any one except students in actual attendance and others authorized by special order of State Board of Control and State Board of Regents, to board or room at said dormitories. The president shall have supervision over all boarding or rooming places, such as club and mess halls, even though they be in private houses, and no student shall room or board at any place whether it be a club, mess hall, private house, dormitory, or other public or private place which is not approved by the president. 10. The president shall establish all necessary special rules for the government of the school, and shall have authority to administer such punishment as he may deem expedient. He shall have authority to suspend students for any time not exceeding one year, or to dismiss them permanently when such action is deemed necessary for the proper government of the school, the right of appeal to the 1918.] State Board of Regents. 41 Board of Regents being reserved to the student being suspended or dismissed. But in no case shall any student be finally suspended or expelled until he has been given reasonable time and opportunity for making his defense before the faculty or president. 11. The president of each school shall present to the Board of Regents prior to each annual meeting thereof a report in writing covering the work of his institution for the year, together with any comments and observations for the good of such school or the normal school work generally; such reports shall also be accompanied with a list of the various teachers recommended by him for work in all the departm.ents of said school for the ensuing year. The Faculty — The Teachers. 1. Regular teachers in the normal school shall hold a standard college degree or its equivalent. Teachers not holding a Master's degree or its equivalent at the time of election, will be expected to work toward that attainment, it being understood that this rule will not apply to teachers in Training Schools. 2. The salary of the teachers will not depend upon any fixed scale of wages. The recommendation of the president based upon his personal knowledge of the worth of the teacher to the school will be the chief factor in determining salaries. However, the president and regents, in fixing salaries, will consider the following: The money available for salaries (the amount is determined by legislative appropriation), affect iveness as a class-room teacher, the cost of living where the school is located, the length of service of the teacher, reasonable participation in community activities, leadership in extra class-room interests in the school, influence upon student life, and advancement in preparation. 4. All teachers in the normal school, no matter what subjects they may teach, will be expected to exemplify the best professional attitude, and the most modern methods in their class-room work, to the end that students may be under the constant influence of teaching worthy of imitation. The Student. 1. Students are subject to the rules and regulations of the school made for their guidance and government, and for any failure to comply with them, may be punished, suspended, or expelled according to the rules set forth above. 2. Students in attendance at any normal school may, upon request, be trans- ferred by the president of the school at which they are enrolled to any other normal school; but no student from a public or state school shall be admitted to a normal school unless he presents a recommendation for admission to said school and also a statement of the work he has done, and his standing; all of which shall be certified by the principal of the school from which he comes. 3. No student shall be permitted to carry more than four full-time, or their equivalent, studies at any time, except by special permission of the president. 4. Each regular student shall carry at least three full studies and never more than five; and when his studies have been once assigned him he will not be permitted to change them except by permission of the president. 5. No person shall be graduated from a normal school who has not done at least one year's residence work, except by special permission of the State Board of Regents. Miscellaneous. 1. The school year for the state normal school shall con- sist of two semesters (or three terms) commencing on the Wednesday nearest the 12th day of September. School must be in session each year for a minimum of one hufidred seventy (170) days. 42 Report of [W. Va. 2. Each school may have, in addition to the sessions named above, a Summer Term or quarter not to exceed twelve weeks in length which term shall open immediately after the close of the second semester, subject to the approval of the State Board of Regents and the State Board of Control. '^. There shall be such devotional exercises in the school as the president and faculty may prescribe, and the president and teachers sl)all have authority to adopt and enforce such regulations governing the attendance of students thereon as may seem best for the school. 4. Extension Work. The General Aim and Scope of Our Normal School "The place of the Normal School in a democracy is defined by what it is called upon to do. It is an exclusively vocational institution. The full-grown Normal School with means and opportunity and freedom prepares mature men &nd women to teach and supervise teaching in the public -schools of every kind and grade. * * * "The place of the twentieth-century Normal School is within and of and close to the community life of the democracy. It will always conduct extensive and intensive studies, rational experimentation and never-ending, but always vary- ing, demonstrations of all serviceable pedagogical procedure. Its place will always be among the leaders of constructive and productive educational thought in the state and nation." The cjuotation above taken from an address of a great normal school presi- dent, .lohn R. Kirk, expresses in vigorous language the main policy of our State Normal Schools. Conditions of the past forced our normal schools to be "general purpose" institutions. The day is at hand when they must rally their full strength to the one great purpose — training teachers. Such a school should make a strong challenge to many hundreds of ambitious young men and women. It points the way to "the noblest of professions" — a profession that is coming into new fields of opportunity and to higher levels of recognition year by year. It is permeated with the inspiration of a dominating purpose. While a course in such a school leads to a license to teach with a fair salary from public funds, and gives the supreme opportunity of determining what manner of life those taught shall live, it gives its students a good measure of sound scholarship, a sympathetic insight into childhood, and a grasp of the needs of a democratic society that bring them rich rewards outside of the school- room . Specific Aims of this School (Hebe Insert Special Aims op the Institution.) Admission to the Normal School Persons to be admitted to the Normal School must meet the following re- quirements: Age. A teacher's certificate cannot be issued in this state to persons under eighteen years of age. Hence, students should not seek to graduate from a normal school before that age is attained. Students entering upon the secondary or short course must be at least fourteen years of age; and those entering upon the Standard Normal Course must be at least sixteen years of age. 1918.] . State Board of Regents. 43 Health. Applicants for admission to normal schools must present a physician's certificate of good health or be subject to a medical examination to show that the applicant is not afflicted with trachoma, tuberculosis, or any other communicable disease. This regulation is required by the State Public Health Council. Scholarship. At the present time students may be admitted to the Prepara- tory Department of the Normal School by presenting, ^ ^^ 1. A Common School Diploma, or i^i^ 2. A Teacher's Certificate, or ' |i'' 3. Documents of Evidence to Show Completion of a Common School Course of Study. It is important to note that an order of the Board of Regents requires normal schools to discontinue the first year of high school work according to the following schedule: Marshall College and Fairmont, fall of 1918. West Liberty, fall of 1919. All other normal schools not later than 1920. The secondary or high school work will be further reduced as rapidly as con- ditions will permit. Inasmuch as the entrance requirements will ,be made higher from year to year, anyone desiring to enter the Normal School should send his credits to the president and make sure that such credits meet the regulations before he goes to the Normal School. Provision will be made in Spring and Summer Terms for the accommodation of teachers in service even if their advancement does not measure up to the technical requirements. Such persons are urged to correspond with the presi- dent regarding these special opportunities. Diplomas from classified high schools will be accepted for the number of years covered by the high school course. Graduates of standard four-year high schools will be admitted to the Junior Year of the Standard Two-Year Normal Course. Graduation and What It Means The list of graduates of our State Normal Schools and the work they have done prove that the normal school attracts men and women of definite purpose and equips them for high-grade service. Standard Normal Diploma. Upon completion of the Standard Normal Course — ^two years in addition to a four-year high school — the student is awarded a Standard Normal School Diploma which entitles the holder to a First Grade Teacher's Certificate, valid in any school in the state; and, by renewal pro- visions, practically good for life. By a general understanding among states, such a diploma is accepted as a license to teach in nearly all of the states of the union. The cities and districts offering the highest salaries arc making a strong demand for such graduates. An increasing number of attractive special positions — supervisorships in special grades and subjects, principalships, district super- intendencies, and teaching in junior high schools — are calling for persons with standard normal school training. Short Course Certificate. Those completing the Short Normal Course which represents four years of work above the eighth grade are entitled to a Short Course Teacher's Certificate valid for three years and renewable once for 44 Report of [W. Va. a like period. Holders of this certificate are recognized as especially prepared for rural school positions. Secondary or Preparatory Credit Certificate. As previously stated, the secondary or high school work will be reduced in the Normal School as rapidly as conditions will permit. In the meantime, students living near normal schools and in vicinities not olTering high school advantages can take preparatory sub- jects in the Normal School for which a certificate will be given that is accredited by colleges and universities and accepted for entrance to the Standard Noimal Course. Recognition by Universities and Colleges. Most of the universities and colleges of the United States allow practically full collegiate credit for the work done in the Standard Normal Course. By spending two years in a normal school, a student can secure a license to teach and earn money to meet the expenses of taking the remainder of a university or college course, and, at the same time, secure nearly two years of credit on the university or college course. The basis of giving such credit at our own University follows. Credit for Normal School Work in West Virginia University. When students have completed a four-year high school course, or its equivalent, before entering upon the two years of advanced work required for graduation from the normal schools, credit not to exceed 12 hours (See Course of Study for defini- tion of "hour") in any one branch, or 27 hours for one year's work or 54 (128 hours are required for graduation at the University) hours in all, will be allowed for work done under the following conditions: 1. Work to be done by teachers who have completed at least one year of graduate work in addition to graduation from a standard college or university. (By order of the Board, others who have had long experience and acquired eflicicncy by their own efforts, may be admitted to this list, even if the above amount of credit work has not been done in actual school attendance.) 2. W^ork to be done in classes composed entirely of students who have com- pleted a standard high school course or its equivalent. 3. W'ork to be advanced work in reality and not additional high school work. 4. Text-books, library and laboratory facilities to be of character, kind and amount as are necessary for work of college grade. Heads of Departments at the University will always be ready to help and advise in regard to these items. 5. All work for which college credit is asked to be certified on sheet separate from preparatory work, and to give full information including time, name of instructor, text-book, time devoted to laboratory work, and credit desired. 6. Credit on certificates to be checked by the University Committee on Entrance and in case of disagreement it is to be adjusted by the President of the University and the Principal of the Normal School concerned and, if this, is not possible, by the Board of Regents. 7. Students are not to go to heads of departments or to instructors in regard to credit but must negotiate directly with above named committee. 8. Extension to be treated and estimated in accordance with these specifica- tions as to instructor, time, method of doing work, laboratory and library facil- ities, etc. 9. Students thus admitted will so arrange their work at the University as to comply with major and group requirements of the University. Fees and Tuition Enrollment Fees. It is the general policy of the state to offer the normal school advantages free to persons preparing to teach, and as an evidence of good faith on the part of the student and to provide a fund to be used for the direct 1918.] State Board of Regents. 45 benefit of the student body, each person enrolling from West Virginia (non- residents will pay $18.00 tuition a year) must pay the Enrollment Fee indicated below. All fees must be paid in advance and all students in attendance for part of a month will be required to pay full tuition for that month, except in the case of pupils who enter after the middle of any month. These will be required to pay tuition for only half of the month in which they enter. Regular Enrollment Fee .f2.00 term, $3.00 semester, $6.00 year Schools are authorized to add to this Enrollment Fee, for support of Athletics and Entertainment Course 1.00 term, 1.50 semester, 3.00 year Total Authorized Enrollment Fees $3.00 term, $4.50 semester, $9.00 year Summer Term Fees. For students entering the Normal School for the Summer Term, enrollment fees will be: For Summer Term of 6 weeks $5.00 For Summer Term of 8 or 9 weeks 6.00 For Summer Term of 12 weeks 8.00 Laboratory Fees. Recognizing the special advantages secured by students using the equipment and supplies in scientific laboratories, the State Board of Regents authorizes the normal schools to collect from students taking such subjects small Laboratory Fees according to the following schedule, the amount fixed to be determined by the kind and amount of laboratory work to be done. (Here each school will list laboratory fees charged.) Music Fees. No tuition will be charged for work in Public School Music required in the course of study. Students desiring special lessons in music will be required to pay tuition at the rate fixed and published by the Normal School. (Each school will insert its rates here.) Student Organization Dues. Many voluntary organizations for religious, literary and social improvement are formed by the students and under the approval of the faculty. Dues are fixed by the membership which is optional with students. (See heading, "Student Organizations" in catalogs.) Courses of Study Prospective students should study carefully the requirements and nature of the courses of study offered by institutions under consideration. Before examin- ing the program of studies, the student should make himself familiar with the following: Definition and Explanations A unit is the credit for taking a subject five recitation periods (45 minutes each) per week for a whole school year of not less than thirty-six weeks. For example, a student starting in English at the beginning of the fall term and reciting once a day in that subject till if the end of the year in June would receive one unit credit in English. As a rule students earn four units a year, but exceptional students are sometimes able to earn more. The unit is used as the measure of credit for Secondary and Short Normal Courses. 46 Report of [W. Va. A credit is one-third unit, and is sometimes used to show credit received for 'taking a subject a term or third of a year. An hour, usually called "semester hour" is the credit received for taking a subject one recitation period a week for a half-year (semester means half-year) or eighteen weeks, thus taking a subject five times per week for eighteen weeks would give the student five semester hours credit. This term is usually used to count work above high school grade where recitation periods are one hour long. It will be seen that a student taking four subjects five times a week for a year should receive (10) "semester hours" credit, about 35 "hours" being the amount of credit generally earned in a year. Laboratory Credit. Two class periods in laboratory work are equivalent to one recitation period in a subject requiring preparation for the recitation. This rule of measurement applies to all subjects not requiring preparation. Standard Normal School Course Length. This course represents two years of woik above high school grade. Sixty-four semester hours of approved credit are required for graduation. Credit for a Year. The maximum of credit hours allowed in any one year of not less than thirty-six weeks will be thirty-six, unless special permission is granted by the State Board of Regents. Limits on Credits. A student will not be credited with more than three units each in Foreign Languages or in Mathematics in the secondary (High School) and Normal Courses combined. Required Academic Subjects. If the student has not earned credits in United States History and Civics, Agriculture, Music, Drawing and Home Economics (for girls) or Manual Training (for boys) in High School, he must obtain these credits in the Normal School Department. Elective Academic Subjects. Each normal school will l^c allowed, under the limitations above, to determine what academic subjects shall be offered in the Standard Normal Course. The special preparation and abilities of the members of the faculty, the equipment of the school, and the special needs of different groups of students, should determine the academic work offered. The method and material in so-called academic subjects should make them add much to the professional equipment of prospective teachers. Ij^ Observation and Practice Teaching. The minimum of observation and practice teaching required for graduation is ninety recitation periods, approx- imately sixty to be sent in practice teaching. This requirement presupposes careful preparation on the part of students for observations and leaching exer- cises whif'h are to be followed by conferences. Required Professional Work. At least thirty-six hours (4J/^ units) of the courses must be made up of professional subjects, music and drawing to be included as professional if taken as method subjects. The following minimum professional credits will be required in all normal schools: 1 . School Problems and Management 2 semester hours 2. Special Metliod 3 semester hours 3. Applied Psychology 4 semester hours 4. Principles of Education 2 semester hours 5. General Method 3 semester hours 6. School Organization and Administration 2 semester hours 7. Observation and Practice Teaching (See above). 1918.] State Board of Regents. 47 Each normal school will arrange the required work and electives in programs of study to suit local conditions. "The sequence indicated alwve shows the order of professional subjects recommended by some of the best known authorities on normal school c}uestions. Program of Study for Standard Normal Course (Here each school will insert Program of Study) The Short Normal Course This course is designed especially for those preparing to teach in rural and village schools. Graduates of a liberal four-year high school can complete this course in one year. If the work taken in high school is chosen to that end, a stu- dent may take three years in high school and complete this course in the fourth year. Special Credit for Teachers. Persons of successful experience holding a teacher's certificate showing high grades on some subjects, may, by special examination, or by submitting reliable evidence of advancement beyond the eighth grade, secure special credit or advanced standing in some high school subjects. Such credit will be given at the discretion of the normal school presi- dent and faculty. Credit for Home Study. A limited amount of credit on the Short Course may be earned by regular work in Extension Classes or through Correspondence Study. Persons interested in these methods of securing credit should write to the normal school president for information. Program of Subjects — Short Normal Course The Short Normal Course is made up of the subjects listed below. For sim- plicity, the credit is indicated by weeks, it being understood that classes recite forty-five minute periods five times per week. The course requires a total of 16 units of credit distributed as follows: Required Subjects Group I English 108 weeks English History or Modern European History 36 weeks American History and Civics 36 weeks Agriculture 36 weeks Manual Training — for boys \ \ 36 weeks Home Economics — for girls j Drawing and Music (18 to 36 weeks of each) 36 weeks Physical and Commercial Geography 18 weeks General Science 36 weeks Total 9M units Group II (Required) Child Study or Elementary Applied Psychologj^ 18 weeks Principles of Education 18 weeks School Management 18 weeks 48 Report of [W. Va. Principles of Studying and Teaching 18 weeks Sanitation and School Hygiene 18 weeks *Observation and Practice Teaching 18 weeks Total 3}4 units Elective Subjects Three units elective from the following list of subjects: English 36 weeks Botany 36 weeks Chemistry 36 weeks Physics 36 weeks Horticulture (may take 36 weeks) 18 weeks School Gardening (may take 36 weeks) 18 weeks Elementary Sociology 18 weeks Poultry Raising 18 weeks Algebra 36 weeks Geometr\' . 36 weeks Ancient and Mediaeval History 36 weeks Home Economics 18 weeks *T raining teachers will test, in lesson planning for observation and practice teaching, the student's knowledge of the common school subjects In all cases where the student does not measure up to 85 per cent, he must raise the subject to this standard by special study followed by an examination. Secondary or Preparatory Course According to the announcement made elsewhere, the secondary or high-school course in our Normal School will be discontinued insofar as conditions will per- mit. For the accommodations of persons without high-school advantages in their home districts, for mature persons preparing to take a regular normal course, a secondary or preparatory course will be offered. Anyone wishing to pursue such a course in a normal school should secure information as to whether the subjects desired are being offered by the normal school. The normal school will adjust the preparatory academic work so as to extend it over four full years, paralleling as nearly as practicable the four-year courses of a standard secondary school, aggregating a total of fifteen units. The completion of this four-years' course shall be required for admission to the course leading to the standard normal diploma. Any student satisfactorily completing this four-year preparatory course at any of the state normal schools shall be entitled to admission to the freshman class of any college of the University on the certificate of the school stating that the said four-year preparatory course has been satisfactorily completed and that the applicant has satisfied all special requirements for admission to the college which he seeks to enter. The secondary course of the normal school shall conform to the requirements of the regular high-school course outlined by the State Board of Education and published in the State Manual. Students who expect to pursue the Normal Course must have credit for the following subjects in the Secondary Course, or obtain such credits in the Normal School: Subject Minimum Credit English 4 units United States History and Civics 1 unit Agriculture 1 unit Home Economics (for girls) 1 unit Manual Training (for boys) 1 unit Music and Drawing 1 unit 1918.] State Board of Regents. 49 Students are urged to complete at least one year of secondary work before entering the normal school. The president of the normal school will be pleased to give prospective students suggestions as to how such credits may be secured by home study. In this Normal School, the subjects of the Secondary Course are arranged as. follows: (Here insert Secondary Course) PART TWO REPORT STATE VOCATIONAL BOARD OF WEST VIRGINIA 1917-18 STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA Organization For Vocational Education Year 1917-18 State Vocational Board M. P. Shawkey State Supt. of Schools Charleston (Chairman) E. W. Oglebay Manufacturer and Farmer Wheeling Geo. S. Laidley City Superintendent of Schools Charleston N. G. Keim Insurance and Real Estate Elkins F. N. Sycakoose Lawyer and County Food Adm'tor Webster Springs J. F. Marsh Secretary Charleston State Directors and Supervisors J. F. Marsh Acting State Director Charleston C. H. Winkler Director of Vocational Agriculture Morgan town P. C. RouzER Asst. Director of Voc. Agriculture Morgantown Rachel Colwell Director of Home Economics Morgantown Mary B Oliver Asst. Director of Home Economics Morgantown A. C. Callen Supervisor of Mining Education Morgantown Note — The directors and supervisors listed above, excepting the acting state director, were loaned to the State Vocational Board on part time by the West Virginia University. These ofTicers were employed by the State Board of Regents which is, ex-ofTicio, State Vocation Bojird, and, for that reason, were directly responsible to the latter board in the performance of the duties indicated by their titles. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL State of West Virginia, State Vocational Board, Charleston, September 14, 1918. To Honorable John J. Cornwell, Governor of West Virginia. Dear Sir: In accordance with the statutes of West Virginia, I hereby transmit to you, and through you to the Legislature and people of the state, the first Annual Report of the State Vocational Board, covering the year ending June 30, 1918. This report includes not only the data specified by the statute, but also such information and suggestions as may be required to give the people a correct idea of the present status of this phase of our educational system and its future possibilities and its needs. Very respectfully yours, M. P. Shawkey, Chairman. J. F. Marsh, Secretary and Acting Director. FOREWORD The State Vocational Board of West Virginia feels the special honor and responsibilities that go with its duty to begin the definite organization of voca- tional education in a great commonwealth. Chance has given this Board the privilege of being a part of the beginning of a movement that will reach a great majority of the industries and homes of the country within a generation — a movement that will convert much unused or poorly used power into serviceable skill and turn the light of intelligence upon industry with all the attendant blessings that are sure to result. • With such a conviction, this Board feels that it should set out a few brief statements to show the conditions with which vocational education must deal, and some of the ways the problems that suggest themselves, may be solved. For the use of those who have to do with the administration of the Smith-Hughes Act, the details of vocational work done under this Act in our state in 1917-18 with the complete plans that will govern such educational work in 1918-19 are included in this report. OUR POLICY FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Laissez faire, meaning "Let things be," is the doctrine opposite the policy of this Board. Many say, "Labor will work out its own method of training workers;" " Capital should not be interferred with in its employment of laborers;" "Why worry about problems that will work out themselves." Such a policy that may seem sound when applied to big questions can be reduced to absurdity by applying it to small concrete situations. For example: "If the cow's in the corn, leave her alone; she will satisfy herself and leave the field presently;" "If the house is on fire, do not bother, it may rain soon;" "If the child is sick, do not send for a doctor for it will either die or live if left alone." We contend that the cow should be driven out, the fire quenched, if possible, and the doctor called. The savage, the ignorant, the lazy let things alone as much as their selfish desires wiU permit. The highly intelligent man will always put questions to his environment to learn what more he can make of it, and, in turn, what more it can make out of him. It must be remembered that people, the common folks, make up an important part of our environment, and ordinary good business requires that the state or nation through proper agencies of these same people must inquire into the worth and the welfare of each group to see how each may best contribute to the common wealth and thereby help to improve its own con- ditions. This Board takes the position that it should actively inquire as to how education may adapt itself to the special needs of those engaged in the honorable pursuits of agriculture, home-making and trades and industries. As will be shown in the following article, the possibility of making education serve the immediate needs of certain classes has been demonstrated in many fields of activity in this country — mostly in the professions requiring but a small percentage of our workers. We thorougnly believe in these professional voca- tional schools and are of the opinion that their standards and support should be increased. Furthermore, we believe in the common elementary schools for all and the American policy that all the children of ail the people should be given as much common knowledge as conditions will permit. Here in America, we must keep all education under the same management. If we estabUsh any special straight and narrow educational paths, let them one and all run side by side with no barriers between so that all combined will make the one great broad highway of American opportunity >\here our pupils can jostle about according to their changing tastes, but let us make sure that a youth looking for a special way and a special guide can find them. We believe in both general education and vocational education as defined by the Federal Board for Vocational Education in the following paragraph: "General Education, properly directed and controlled aims to make intel- ligent consumers of what society has produced, whether the product be music, art, service, literature, food, or what not. Vocational education, on the other hand, aims to make an intelligent producer, either of commodities or service." We believe that the vocational branch of our educational system has been neglected and pledge ourselves in our official capacity to use our best efforts to enlarge and improve this important means of making better citizens and thereby a better commonwealth. 60 Report of [W. Va. I THE SITUATION General Background Facts The General Situation. According to the last United States Census, the workers of our country were distributed as follows: Professions 4% Trades and Transportation 16% Domestics 20% Manufacture and Mechanics 24% Agriculture 36% The following facts are taken from 1916 report of the United States Com- missioner of Education : 21,95S,8i56 pupils were enrolled in the schools of the United States in 1915. 91% were enrolled in the elementary schools. 7%+ were enrolled in the high schools. 2% — were enrolled in higher institutions of learning. (See Fig. 2.) 42% of young people between the ages of 15 and 17 years were not in school. 41% of boys between the ages of 14 and 15 years were engaged in gainful occupations. 20% of girls between the ages of 14 and 15 years were engaged in gainful occupations. The schools of the United States, public and private, are already in the business of vocational education, having made general provision for the training of: Lawyers Nurses Preachers Teachers Doctors Engineers Dentists Stenographers Pharmacists Farmers (partially) It will be seen that most of the list above is included in about 5% of our popu lation. The United States Government has wisely used its machinery and financial aid first, to train leaders and to make investigations for important interests that the states with their traditional school systems were neglecting. Such Acts of Congress as the Morrill Act, the Adams Act and the Hatch Act expressed the Federal Government's conviction that there was a dis inct national need for trained leaders in the fields of mechanics arts (now provided in our college of engineering), and agriculture as naw provided in our national system of agri- cultural colleges and experiment stations. Time proved the wisdom of national aid and supervision in the occupations just referred to, but that was not enough. Early in this new century the grim picture of hunger and the handwriting on the wall of the desertion of the farms caused our Government to look beyond the scientific laboratories and the leaders to the real farmers, the men toiling the land, and to inquire what might be done to carry the message of science to their homes and their fields and to get them to use it. The Smith-Lever Act, providing for Agricultural Extension, was passed. The wise administration of this act has proved the clearness of the vision of its makers, and the possibility of giving defmite help to a large class of workers. Even before the urgent demands of war revealed a great national need for more trained workers in the mechanical trades and allied industrial fields. Con- gress had taken notice of this national weakness and had passed (February, 1918.] State Board of Regents. 61 1917) the Smith-Hughes Act, the purposes of which are well stated in the fol- lowing quotation from the title of the act: "An act to provide for the promotion of vocational education; to provide for co-operation with the States in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades and industries; to provide for co-operation with the States in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects; and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditure." At last our Federal Government has provided adequate supervision and generous financial assistance for the trade education of our great bodj' of work- men, and has called upon the states to fall into line in this business-like move- ment. That the states were prepared to take up such work is shown by the fact that the entire forty-eight put the vocational education program into opera- tion during the first year of its administration (1917-18) forty-six using the State Board of Education or a similar board as the State Vocational Board, thus showing that the states consider vocational education a phase of our general educational system. The amount of the Federal Government's financial aid to vocational educa- tion and the amounts for West Virginia are shown by Table I. TABLE I— AMOUNT OF GRANTS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, BY REGIONS AND STATES, FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR 1917-1926 AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER Total Grant for Vocational Education for Fiscal Year Ending June 30 NATION 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 Estimate Based on 1910 Population AND STATE 1920-21 1921-22 1922-23 1923-24 1924-25 1925-26 and annually there- after United States West Virg nia $1,655,586 21,722 $2,307,460 29,417 $3,052,072 37,508 $3,632,177 45.220 $4,124,977 51.599 $4,619,026 57,978 $5,199,255 64.357 $6,176,126 77,115 $7,161,726 89,873 Table II will show how the national aid will be divided among the interests it is intended to promote. TABLE II— ANNUAL GRANTS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION UNDER THE SMITH-HUGHES ACT APPROVED FEBRUARY 23, 1917 Agriculture: For Trade, Home Teacher Training: For Federal FISCAL YEAR Total for Salaries of Teach- Economics and For Salaries of Board for ENDING all ers, Supervisors Industry: For Teachers and Vocational JUNE 30 Purposes and Directors Salaries of Maintenance of Education (Section 2) Teachers (Section 3) Teacher Training (Section 4) (Section 7) 1917-18 $ 1,800,000 $ 548,000 $ 566,000 $ 546,000 $ 200,000 1918-19 2,512,000 784,000 796,000 732,000 200,000 1919-20 3,182,000 1,024,000 1,034,000 924,000 200,000 1920-21 3,836,000 1,268,000 1,278,000 1,090,000 200,000 1921-22 4,329,000 1,514,000 1,525,000 1,090,000 200,000 1922-23 4,823,000 1,761,000 1,772,000 1,090,000 200,000 1923-24 5,318,000 2,009,000 2,019,000 1,090,000 200,000 1924-25 6,380,000 2,534,000 2,556,000 1,090,000 200,000 1925-26 7,367,000 3,027,000 3,050,000 1,090,000 200,000 Annually thereafter . 7,367,000 3,027,000 3,050,000 1,090,000 200,000 The national program for vocational education was expanded again in the summer of 1918 when Congress passed the Smith-Sears Act which makes com- 62 Report of [W. Va. plete provision for vocational education for disabled soldiers. This act will be administered entirely by the Federal Board for Vocational Education. In closing this brief discussion of the vocational education situation from a national point of view, we venture the prediction that our Congress will, in the near future, pass a Military Vocational Act that will require every youth of the land to learn at least the rudiments of a trade or profession that can be used for the common good in case of war or other calamity, and that will prove an individual asset in normal times. • The West Virginia Situation. West Virginia's chief industrial interests with which vocational education will have to do, may be divided into four principal divisions — manufacturing, ,f arming, coal mining, and oil and gas in- dustries. No figures are now available to show accurately the present status of manu- facturing in the state because each month many new concerns are springing up. The following figures are taken from the Report of the Labor Commission (1917) and represent only the factories actually inspected. At least 25% should be added to the figures to show the totals for that year. Number of factories 849 Total tiumber of employees 67,300 Male employees 59,101 Female employees 9,199 Value of annual product (estimated $200,000,000 A few of the leading manufacturing interests and the attendant educational problerns are indicated by the following figures taken from the report of the State Bureau of Labor (1915). All of the industries, with the possible exception of lumber, are much larger now (1918). Industry Number Employed Lumber , 12,279 Foundries and Machine Shops , 8,193 Glass • 4,637 Potteries 2,563 Chemicals (not incl. Gov't plants) 2,000 Brick 517 Enamelware 617 Clay 57 The United States Census shows that the number of farms in the State is about 100,000 W^ith an annual product of about .^100,000,000 Details about our farms and the education now being offered to our farmers are published fully in the report of the Extension Division of the College of Agriculture and for that reason need not be given here. How to reach these 100,000 farm family groups with real vocational education is an interesting problem. « The situation which the State Vocational Board faces when it undertakes to provide any special educational advantage for miners can be roughly pictured from the following figures. (Report Bureau Mines 1917.) Coal tonnage for year 79,806,652 Number of mines 1,203 Number of mining companies 667 Total number miners 88,665 American miners 48,237 Foreign miners 40,428 1918.] State Boabd of Regents. 63 Number pick miners 17,839 Number machine miners 25,634 Number helpers and to run machines 4,905 Laborers, not mining, inside mines 21,987 Laborers outside mines 15,730 Laborers in manufacturing coke 2,570 Since the oil and gas business, although large, is waning, and is carried on by mature men who go from place to place, it does not present a situation de- manding the special concern for those in charge of vocational education. While the notes and figures above show some of the main industries of the cities and towns where vocational education will be first offered, there are thirty or forty other industries with a great variety of sub-divisions that will offer abundant opportunities for special classes for special groups of workers. Now let us put the school situation in West Virginia over against the indus- trial conditions so as to suggest questions concerning their relationships. Table IIL Enrollment in Schools of West Virginia, Year 1916-17. Grade and Year Boys Girls Total First grade 40,284 35,084 75,368 Second grade 23,185 20,997 44,182 Third grade 23,005 21,578 44,583 Fourth grade 21,323 21,645 42,968 Fifth grade 16,363 16,897 33,260 Sixth grade 12,254 13,139 25,393 Seventh grade 9,506 10,589 20,095 Eighth grade 9,598 10,688 20,286 155,518 150,617 306,135 High School First year 2,820 3,655 6,475 Second year 1,807 2,211 4,018 Third year 1,175 1,461 2,636 Fourth year 792 1,147 1,939 6,594 8,474 15,068 What are some of the outstanding facts to be noted in Table III? Five per cent of the total number of boys and girls enrolled in the elementary and high schools are found in the high schools of the state, showing that 95 out of every 100 are out in the work of the world without high school education. One-half per cent complete a standard high school course. Seventy-seven per cent approximately of the boys who enter the first year of school are out of school at the beginning of the seventh grade. What can the school do to hold some of these 77 out of every 100 in school or to follow them with some kind of profitable instruction after they go to work? Our high schools are improving very rapidly, especially in instruction and equipment intended to help young people in preparing for a vocation, but the figures in Table III show that the high schools are still giving most of their attention to the 5% who rriay enter the professions, rather than to the 95% who will do the ordinary work of the world. Note — ^The figures for 1917-18 show a distinct tendency toward vocational work. Table IV. Number of students pursuing each high school subject: Agriculture 1,466 Algebra, elementary 4,965 . Algebra, advanced 855 64 Report of [W. Va. Aritnmeiic, general 974 Arithmetic, commercial 1,429 Biology 1,804 Botany 807 Bookkeeping 1,306 Chemistry 1,178 Chemistry, household 45 Civics and Citizenship , 1,945 Drawing, mechanical , 1,515 Drawing, free hand 924 Economics 284 English, first year 5,862 English, second year ^ 3,671 English, third year " 2,552 English, fourth year 1,914 English, commercial 220 Ethics 35 French, first year 528 French, second year 245 French, third year 55 General Science 2,026 Geography, commercial 939 Geography, physical 1,676 Geology 327 Geometry, plane 2,586 Geometry, solid 435 German, first year 1,860^ German, second year ■ 865 German, third year 151 German, fourth year 49 History, general • 126 History, ancient 3,526 ■ History, medieval and modern 2,041 History, English '. 1,013 Histor>', American 1,753 History, industrial 95' Household science 2,375 Household art 1,797 Hygiene and Sanitation 839 Latin, first year 2,646 Latin, second year 1,466 Latin, third year 283 Latin, fourth year 154 Manual training 1,439 Music 3,087 Normal training subjects 162 Penmanship 361 Physics 900 Physical training 490 Psychology 107 Public speaking 139 Sociology, rural 68 Sociology, general 214 Spelling 1,491 Spanish ■ 229 Stenography 753 Trigonometry 87 Typewriting : 1,218 > Vocations, Survey of 168 Zoology f 267 1918.] State Board of Regents. 65 By summarizing the facts in Table IV, we get the following: Studv Students English 14,219 Mathematics 11,331 Science 9,965 History 8,554 Foreign Languages 8,531 *Domestic Science 2,375 ♦Domestic Art 1,797 ♦Agriculture 1,466 ♦Manual Training 1,439 All vocational subjects (mechanical drawing, typewriting, short- hand and Commercial English) 3,706 *These subjects may be considered semi-vocational, but, for the most part, they are taught for what is termed ' 'cultural purposes." Some Conclusions about the West Virginia Situation. It is not the intention in this first report of the State Vocational Board to suggest any definite, large program for vocational education in the state. What is recorded here is intended to show that there is an important educational problem to solve. The foregoing statements in this article seem to warrant the following general con- clusions. 1. This state needs schooling that will bring specially trained brains and hands into contact with some of our great natural resources that are waiting to be made valuable. Our geological surveys show great possibilities in sands, clay, stone and ores of our state. The table of industries shows how much education we need in that direction. Some of this much needed service should be rendered at our University, but some of it may be done better in small groups orgaui^ed about some master-worker. We need much more insight into our undeveloped resources. 2. We need education that will discover and train experts who will add the touch and value of the genius to some of our raw material. For example, we have 12.000 to 15,000 workmen in the lumber industry despoiling our fine hard- wood forests and shipping the raw lumber away to feed the immense furniture factories that are making other states rich. Our scheme of education should hasten the reduction in our "raw" products and increase the output of our "finished" products. 3. Through our Junior High Schools, part-time classes, and other classes, the possibilities of vocations should be thoroughly exposed to large numbers of young people who are now drifting out from the sixth and seventh grades in great armies to "blind alley" occupations. The application of such a policy may be indicated by reference to the classes in clay molding at Wheeling. Great numbers of young folks are attracted to these classes taught by an expert from a pottery. The leaders of the industry estimate that from five to ten out of each one hundred enrolled in these clases find their way into the industry and become experts; the other members secure satisfactory value from a general educational standpoint. 4. So far as the administration of the Smith-Hughes law is concerned, it will be directed for the most part toward the definite training of groups of workers for definite occupations, the training to be given in regular agricultural and industrial departments in high schools; also, for the improvement of the work of workers through evening industrial classes, and the general improvement of workers through part-time classes. 66 Report of [W. Va. We predict that the aid, supervision and encouragement for vocational edu- cation made possible by the Smith-Hughes Act will result in a general state- wide movement for the training of workers. Thus, the great service of the Federal Government will consist in what it causes the state to do for itself in the field of vocational education. BRIEF ACCOUNT OF WORK IN WEST VIRGINIA 1917-18 1. Legislation. The provisions and the benefits of the Smith-Hughes Act were accepted by the Legislature May 26, 1917. This act was general in its nature, making the State Board of Regents the State Vocational Board, with power to set up a system of vocational education to comply with the Federal Act. No money was appropriated for direction and supervision. The law- makers felt that the Legislature could act more wisely as to finances, and a complete vocational law after the State Vocational Board will have had exper- ience on which to base recommendations to the Legislature. 2. Co-operation with Educational Agencies. The University of West Virginia, through the College of Agriculture, the College of Engineering, the Department of Education, and the Agricultural Extension Division, offered its full co-operation. Since the State Vocational Board has complete charge of the University, it made it easy to transfer some of the members of the faculty of that institution to the vocational work. The normal schools and other edu- cational institutions offered their services in the vocational field, but could not be recognized this year. Local Boards of Education, the State Council of Defense, Chambers of Com- merce, Rotary Clubs, and the industries have responded satisfactorily when called upon. 3. Method of Directing State Work. The State Board has held several meetings during the year. A committee of the Board held conferences with Federal experts in Washington. Other members attended the meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Vocational Education, and state conferences on the subject. There being no appropriation for a State Director, the State Vocational Board designated its secretary as Acting State Director. An office with complete files and records was maintained in the State Department of Schools in the State Capitol. From this office general directions were given to local boards as to general requirements, and to special supervisors as to their general duties. The Acting State Director, within the year, attended two conferences with the Federal Board in Washington, two national meetings for vocational educa- tion, and four conferences within the state with Federal supervisors and state leaders. He visited all schools, excepting agricultural schools, asking for approval. The method of administering the Federal Funds is ^ven in the next paragraph. 4. Handling of Smith-Hughes Fund. Below in topical form is shown the* method of making disbursements from the Smith-Hughes Funds. The State Board of Control (referred to in the outline), has charge of the financial affairs of state institutions of all kinds, including nearly all state finances. That Board has generously co-opcraled with the State Vocational Board by handling the requisitions and keepkng a full set of books for Smith-Hughes Funds. The steps are as follows: 1918.] State Board of Regents. 67 a. The State Treasurer receives the Smith-Hughes Funds. h. These are deposited as State Board of Control Funds. c. Local boards and institutions agree to meet standards set up by State Vocational Board. d. A State Supervisor visits local schools or institutions to ascertain if the standards are being met. e. If work is approved, the special supervisor certifies to the State Director the amount due a lo^al board or institution for reimbursement. f. The State Director makes a payroll in favor of local treasurer or institu- tion, approves it for the amount due, writes a requisition on State Board of Con- trol-Smith-Hughes Fund designating the proper sub-division of the fund, at- taches the requisition to copies of the payroll, which in turn are turned over to State Board of Control. g. State Board of Control approves requisition, makes proper entry in ledger, and forwards to State Treasurer. h. State Treasurer draws State-check and ssnds it to Acting State Director. i. Acting State Director sends the check to local treasurer or institution with instructions as to its use. j. Local treasurer sends ofTicial receipt to Acting Director for his permanent files. Before final payment is made for the year, the president of the local board is required to make affidavit that an amount twice that to be paid from the Smith- Hughes Fund has been spent by local board for approved vocational teaching. 5. The Work of State Supervisors. All schools and classes approved were visited by state directors or supervisors. On such visits class instruction and work were observed, equipment inspected, and conferences held with local principals and teachers. In some cases, especially in the agricultural work, forms and outhnes to guide local teachers and supervisors were furnished. Most of the classes in agriculture were visited several times as shown by the Special Report of State Director of Vocational Agriculture found in a later article in this report. The work for miners and mechanical classes for conscripts were checked up by experts loaned by the College of Engineering of the West Virginia University. The following report shows the nature of such inspection: May 14, 1918. Mr. J. F. Marsh, Secretary, State Vocational Board, Charleston, West Virginia. ' My dear Mr. Marsh : At your suggestion I inspected the work of the various classes in the Federal Evening School for conscripted men of Wheeling and Ohio County on May 9, and in the evening, accompanied by you. Super- intendent Githens, and Mr. Carpenter, Director of the School, visited each of the following sections while in session: Engine and Chassis Repairs, at the Engineering & Equipment Com- pany. Chauffeurs and Truck Drivers, at the garage of the Packard Motor Company. Ignition and Magneto Repairs, at the shop of J. D. Luken. Aeroplane Carpentry, Sheet Metal Woik, and Gas Welding, at the Wheeling High School. During the visit I met and talked with all of the instructors except the teacher of the chauffeurs and truck drivers. I found" them competent and enthusiastic, doing the work at a financial sacrifice as a patriotic service. The equipment in each instance is ample for the work in hand and the work is well organized. I particularly wish to commend the work of Mr. Carpenter in organizing and training his teaching staff; for the courses of study and practice which he nas developed and for the enthusiasm that he has instilled into both the instructors and the pupils. The work follows pretty closely that laid down in the bulletins 68 Report of [W. Va. issued by the Federal Board for Vocational Education and is highly practical in character. In every class I found more to praise than to criticize. In the class for gas engine and chassis repairs at the time of our visit, the, number of men working on one engine was perhaps too many. Ordinarily such practice might promote a tendency on the part of those who were inclined to be shirkers to allow one or two to do the thinking for the crowd, but the methods of checks adopted by the instructors seems to correct any tendency of this character. As previously stated, I did not meet the instructor for the class of chauft'eurs and motor truck drivers for the reason that he was out giving practical instruction in driving with a pari of his class. The members of the class that 1 saw at work were cleaning a motor. The work was being done well, but in the absence of the instructor one or two of the men were not working very vigorously. The criticisms" that I have made are perhaps too trivial to be men- tioned, and on the whole, Mr. Kizer, the instructor in auto and chassis repairs, is to be congratulated on the splendid results that he has ob- tained. Very truly yours, C. R. Jones, Dean 6. Publications. The State Vocational Board has published and distributed widely in the state one general bulletin, "Vocational Education in West Virginia Under the Smith-Hughes Law." Bulletin No. 1. "The West Virginia Plan for Vocational Agricultural Edu- cation" was prepared and distributed by Dr. C. H. Winkler, State Director of Vocational Agriculture. Circular No. 1. "Mining Extension" shows general basis for classes for miners, although the scheme has been adapted to meet Smith-Hughes require- ments. Many circulars and forms have been mimeographed and used in the general work. 7. Training Vocational Teachers. The Federal Act provided an allot- ment of .'§(^662.50 for aiding this state in training special vocational teachers. The State Vocational Board designated the West Virginia University as the institution to undertake this work. It was impossible to organize many classes that would meet the rigid requirements of this section of the act, and only $1,025 of the Federal Fund was used for this purpose. The classes included: (a) Candidates for teaching vocational agriculture 7 (Id) Candidates for teaching vocational home economics 15 8. Trades, Home Economics and Agriculture. The tables which follow will show the nature and extent of the work done in these branches, and the Special Report on Agriculture (Appendix A, Part Two) will give particulars about that subject which is better supported and farther extended than the others. 9. Plans and Prospects. The governing boards are in full accord with the purposes of this act and pledge themselves to carry out the government's pro- gram in this state in a thorough manner, using the institutions now established for the purpose. The Stale Boards will join in a recommendation asking the Legislature to designate certain appropriations to be used to meet the state' obligation to match the Federal appropriation. s 1918.] State Board of Rexjents. 69 STATISTICAL TABLES Table V— Enrollment in Evening Schools, 1917-18 Charleston Enrollment Home Food Preparation 6 Home Food Preparation 7 Home Food Preparation 11 Fairmont Mechanical Drawing for Machinists 8 Huntington Applied Electricity. 12 Applied Chemistry 10 Woodwork 18 Mechanical Drawing 17 Auto-Repairing 31 Sewing 18 Cooking • 22 Parkersburg Auto-Repairing 73 Applied Chemistry 10 Applied Electricity 16 Mechanical Drawing 34 Telegraphy 24 Dietetics 16 Cooking 10 Sewing 44 Dressmaking 32 Millinery 45 Wheeling Mechanical Drawing 55 Shop Arithmetic 55 Applied Chemistry 22 Cooking 20 Sewing 22 Parkersburg (Classes for conscripts) Radio-Buzzer 11 Gas Engine and Motor 17 Acetylene Welding 12 Forge Work 12 Wheeling (Classes for conscripts) Chauffeurs 34 Sheet Metal 17 Engine Repair 45 Air Plane Carpentry 24 Ignition and Magneto Repair 28 Oxy-Acetylene Welding 25 *TABLE VI— ENROLLMENT IN VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS 1917-18 NAME OF SCHOOL LOCATION ENROLLMENT Male Female Total Tyler County High School Middlebourne 18 11 10 9 15 20 3 1 5 22 9 10 2 14 3 23 33 Clay County Hic^h School Clay 19 19 Griffithsville 17 Ronceverte Shinnston Milton 34 3 Grant District High School 4 70 Report of [W. Va. Agricultural Evening Schools 8 3 8 2 6 3 10 9 Burton School Burton 11 *For further details see Special Report on Agriculture. TABLE VII— RECEIPTS FROM FEDERAL FUND 1917-18 Purpose Amount For Salaries of Teachers, Supervisors or Directors of Agricultural Subjects $10,059.77 For Salaries of Teachers of Trade, Home Economics and Industrial Subjects 5,000.00 For Preparing Teachers, Supervisors and Directors of Agricultural Subjects, and Teachers of Trade and Industrial and Home Economics 6,662.50 Total $21,722.27 TABLE VIII— EXPENDITURES FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 1917-18 PURPOSE From State Funds From Local Funds From Federal Funds Total For Salaries of Teachers, Supervisors or Directors of $ 800.00 500.00 1,025.00 $ 3,682.39 2,368.31 $ 4,482.39 2,868.31 1,025.00 $ 8,964.78 For Salaries of Teachers of Trade, Home Economics 5,736.62 For Preparing Teachers, Supervisors and Directors of Agricultural subjects and Teachers of Trade and 2,050 00 Totals $ 2,325.00 $ 6,050.70 $ 8,375.70 $ 16,751.40 Work Contemplated for 1918-19 The experience of the first year in the administration of the Smith-Hughes Law, and the increased staff for 1918-19 will make it possible to expand the work of each division. Inquiries coming from principals and superintendents indicate that the State Board can make choice of communities that can make proper use of the entire amount of the state's allotment. There is special interest in the part-time work as offered under the new rulings of the Federal Board. It seems that this provision for general instruction for young workers will provide a contact with local boards that will later make provision for vocational training. The use of a part of the teacher-training fund for supervision will mean much for the increased efficiency of the vocational work in the state during the next year. It will make possible the gradual organization of a body of knowledge and sentiment relative to vocational education that is very essential to the permanent success of that phase of school work. Increase in Staff. Benjamin T. Leland, a man of adequate industrial and school-room experience, with thorough special training in industrial education, has been employed to give general courses in vocational education to prospective vocational teachers; to establish several teacher-training centers for groups of vocational teachers; to hold individual conferences and distribute material that will assist vocational teachers at work; and to assist in the supervision of the teaching of industrial subjects in part-time and evening schools. W. G. Carpenter, head of the industrial work in the schools of Wheeling and local director of the Federal School for Conscripted Men at that place, has been secured to act as Emergency State Supervisor of War Training Classes. As this is being written (August 7) he is hard at work with good prospects for flourishing classes at five or six centers. 1918.] State Board of Regents. 71 A. C. Callen, in charge of Mining Extension of the College of Engineering' will be ofTicially attached to the Smith-Hughes staff in the future. The voca- tional standards have suggested some changes in the Mining Extension work to make it strictly educational. In fact, the name may be changed to "Division of Mining Education." Vocational Education Recognized by State School Authorities. The new State Course of Study prepared by the State Board of Education (to be issued about September 1, 1918) is made on the 6-3-3 plan which provides for the organization of Junior High Schools (seventh, eighth and ninth grades) throughout the state. Much pre-vocational work and some short-unit voca- tional courses will be olTered in the Junior High Schools. This entire reorganiza- tion of our state course of study means much for the advancement of voca- tional education. The new course of study soon to be prepared for the Senior High Schools of the state will officially recognize vocational courses, and show how they may be organized to meet Smith-Hughes requirements. Proposed Legislation, 1918-19. The Legislature will meet in January, 1919. There are bright prospects for the passage of the following laws relative to vocational education : » a. Provision for State Director of Vocational Education and other super- visory officers with State appropriations to cover salary and expenses in ac- cordance with the requirements of the Smith-Hughes Law. b. A general law legalizing all forms of vocational education and types of classes, departments and schools to provide for it. c. A special provision for compulsory attendance in part-time or continuation classes by all person under seventeen years of ag^ who have not attained mini- mum educational standards. The law proposed will be based upon the recom- mendations and suggestions recently made by Mr. Holder, of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, in an address before the National Education Asso- ciation. d. A law providing for proper certification of vocational teachers. A State School Code Commission is now at work on a complete revision of the School Law of the state, which will be submitted to the Legislature after an intensive campaign in its favor has been carried to every community in West Virginia. The Plan of Work for Vocational Education in West Virginia for 1918-19 will be found in Appendix B of this report. APPENDIX A (Part Two) FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE State Director of Vocational Agriculture YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1918 To THE Honorable State Vocational Board, Charleston, West Va. Gentlemen : I hereby submit to you the First Annual Report of the State Director of Vocational Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918. Very respectfully yours, C. H. Winkler, Director of Vocational Agriculture General Summary — Statistical and Financial A. Vocational Departments and Classes. Number of vocational departments 8 Number of vocational evening classes 3 Number of classes in farm carpentry 2 Number of students in vocational departments 156 Number of students in vocational evening classes 29 Total number students in departments and classes 185 Number of male students 107 Number of female students 78 Number of teachers in vocational departments 10 Number of teachers in vocational evening classes 1 Kinds of projects carried by students 11 Total number of projects 207 Salaries paid teachers in vocational departments $6,959.45 Salaries paid teachers in vocational evening classes 413.34 Total salaries paid for vocational instruction ' 7,372.79 Amount from Federal Fund 3,682.39 Amount from local funds 3,690.40 Expenditures for travel and supplies 351.03 B. Teacher-Training Numiber of teacher-training classes 1 Number of students enrolled 7 Expenditures for travel (training teachers in service) $ 100.00 Vocational Departments and Classes For three or four years agriculture has been taught in approximately fifty per cent of the secondary school of this state. These courses, mostly one year in length, however, are primarily courses in "book-agriculture" and definite courses in vocational agriculture for the high school student were first established this year. Immediately following the organization of your honorable body last October, and at the suggestion of your secretary, application for Federal aid for the estab- lishment and maintenance of a department of vocational agriculture were re- ceived from the high schools at Summersville, Middlebourne, Clay, Sherrard, Shinnston and Milton and from the West Virginia University Preparatory Branch at Keyser. Each of these schools was visited by me and upon my recom- mendation received your tentative approval. Owing to pecuUar conditions in the Preparatory School at Keyser, especially the lack of a school farm, this school was unable to comply with the terms of the vocational Education Act and was therefore dropped from the list of Smith-Hughes schools. Prior to the close of the first semester two additional high schools, at Ronceverte and GriflTithsville, and three evening classes in Church District, Wetzel County, qualified for Federal aid, thus making a total of eight departments and three evening classes for vocational agricultural education during the year 1917-18. The Course of Study A two-year vocational course has been organized in all departments except that at Milton. In view of the fact, however, that schools had opened prior to the organization of the vocational department, it was impracticable this year to establish courses composed of fifty per cent vocational studies. As shown in the two sample courses which follow, approximately forty-four per cent of the students' work was vocational. 78 Report of [W. Va. Sample Courses 1917-18 1. Vocational Department, Nicholas County, High School: First Year Non-vocational subjects, 3 units. English . 1 unit unit unit unit unit Physiology' and Sanitation y^ Civics y2 Drawing y^. Music Yi 3 units Vocational subjects, IJ^ units. Crops and soils y unit Farm animals 3^ unit Six months' practical work 3^ unit 1 Yz units Second Year Non-vocational subjects, 2 units. English Biology unit unit Vocational subjects, lYi units. Dairy and poultry Yi Forestry and landscape gardening Y2 Farm carpentry. 1 units unit unit unit unit Six months' practical work Y 2Y2 units 2. Vocational Department, Sherrard High School: First Year Non-vocational subjects, 3 units. English Civics and citizenship Occupations Mathematics Vocational subjects, XYi units. General agriculture Six months' practical work Second Year Non-vocational subjects, 2 units. English Botany 1 unit Y unit Y unit 1 unit 3 units 1 unit Yi unit 1 Y units 1 unit 1 unit Vocational subjects, 2Y units. Crops and soils Y Fruit growing Yi Farm carpentry 1 units unit unit unit unit Six months' practical work Y lYi units 1918.] State Boabd of Regents. 79 Table No 1 — ^Statistical Summary Showing Length of Vocational Course, Number of Teachers, Subjects Taught, and Enrollment by Departments and Classes SCHOOL Length of Course Number of Teachers Vocational Subjects Numberof Studen tsEnroUed Male Female Total •Summersville 2 years 2 years 2 years 2 years 2 years 1 year 2 years 2 years Ev. Class Ev. Class Ev. Class 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Agric. and Shop Agric. and Shop Agriculture Agr iculture Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Agron.; An. Husb; Horticulture Agron.; An .Husb; Horticulture Agron.; An. Husb.; Horticulture . 11 18 10 9 4 1 20 15 8 3 8 23 5 9 10 3 16 2 2 6 2 34 23 Clay 19 19 4 4 36 Griffithsville 17 10 9 10 Teachers The serious deletion of the ranks of our educational forces caused by the present national crisis is reflected by the record of resignations among the teachers ■of vocational agriculture during this, our first year. Nine of the eleven teachers in charge of vocational departments and classes during the first semester had resigned before the close of the year. Through the active co-operation of the principal and the board of education able successors were secured without serious interruption of the work and eight of the eleven teachers on the job June 1st had a course of preparation equivalent to graduation from a standard agricultural college. A list of teachers employed by each department and evening class, showing length of service, cause of resignation and successor is given in Table No. 2. Table No. 2 SCHOOL Summersville Middlebourne ■Clay Sherrard Milton Konceverte .Shinnston