Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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 MoBtph finsirr Joseph Hosier, super in tendent of the Fairmont public schools. was horn near WilsonImrg. in Harrison 4 onni v. West Virginia. Jamniry 24th. 1870. He grew up on a farm in that county, attending the public schools during the winter terms, and doing farm work the rest of the year. He attended the Salem graded school for three terms, and later tin Salem Academy for a number of terms, lb began teaching in the fall of 1890 as prin- cipal of tin Cherry Camp school, in Harrison county, and the next year was ap] ointed principal of the Salem graded school, which position In ln ld for four years, lb graduated from Salem Collegi» in 1895. Aside from the positions already mentioned. Mr. Hosier was a memlier of the County Hoard f Exam- iners of Harrison county, county superintendent of Harrison county for one term, member of tin faculty of Salem College for two years, instructor in the Glen- ville Normal School for one year, instructor in the Fairmont Normal School for three years, and for the past eight years has been sujierintendent of the Fair- mont public schools. Mr. Hosier is a memlier 4 f tin W« st Virginia Edu- cational Association, the National Society for the Pro- motion of Industrial Education, an active member of the National Educational Association, and a member of the National Society for the Scientific Study « f Edu- cation. He has conducted teachers’ institutes in twenty-one counties of West Virginia. I Miring his superintendency of eight years the Fairmont public S4 hooIs have made much progress in the character and efficiency of their work.

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ulu' Jfairnuntt Tin Fairmont High School is now well established in its new and commodious home at the corner of llcnoni avenue and Fifth street. The new building is complete and modern in all of its arrangements, bavin ample class room facilities, physical and chemical laboratories, library and reading room, gymnasium, and auditorium. Since the graduating system was established in 1880 in the High School two hundred and forty live young men and women have completed the course, and are now tilling useful and responsible positions in life, or are pursuing higher courses of study in colleges and universities. The prin- cipals to whom credit is due for the success and effiicieiicy of the High School are Miss Sarah Meredith, Prof. 10. 10. .Mercer, and Prof. T. J. Humphrey, the present principal, who has given his Ih»sI thought and energy to the manage- ment and organization of the school for the past seven years, the period of its greatest growth and development. Three courses of study are offered in the High School— the lOnglish, the Literary and the rlassical. The English course is offered to those who do not care to take up the study of a foreign language; the Literary course is offered to those who wish to study one or lsitli of the modern languages. French and Herman, and the rlassical course is ljutli $rlimil offered to those who wish to take Latin, and (lie regular college preparatory course. The requirements for graduation in each of tlx courses offered in the High School shall he the satisfactory com- pletion of 152 hours work, an hour in this connection mean ing one recitation per week throughout the semester or half year. In order to complete 152 hours work in four years the student must carry HI recitations per week. There were 21S students enrolled in the High School the past year. For the coming year there will he eight mem- bers of tin High School faculty, besides the special instruc- tors in vocal music and art. Hraduates of the High School enter the Freshman class of the State Fniversity at Morgantown without examina- tion. and they have also entered other universities and col- leges in recent years. With such secondary educational ad- vantages as an offered in the Fairmont High School there is no need for young people in the community to go away from home for their preparatory training. No better facili- ties for secondary education can be found anywhere than in this High School.

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