THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY

FOR MARCH 1919 Published By The West Collegiate Institute Institute. W. Va. "

THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 3 The Institute lVlonthly be excessive in its advocacy, and Advisory Council are to receive r grow unmindful of its correlative $1000 each per year, and neces- Entered as second-class matter, January 29,1914, at the post-office at Institute, West Vir- educational value? sary travelling expenses. The ginia, under the act of Marh :t, 1879. r" Are not the thots suggested suf- new code makes the minimum Vol. 11 MARCH 1919 No.5 ficient to incite a holy desire, and term eight months, after 1923. a real effort to better conditions? Commencing with the school year, The road to Avernus is down 1919-20, the minimum salary for ~======lD hill and easy to travel; the road to first grade certificates is to be $75 the City Beautiful, is narrow, steep, per month; for second grade, $60; EDITORIALS and up. and for third grade, $45. Provision There is no royal road to educa- is made also for the gradual raising HE Monthly sorrows A similar complaint goes up tion. of the qualification of teachers. with those who sorrow about the fundamentals of English, r--- over the pas sing 0 f and we are wondering more and "Sec. 67. Shall Provide Schools Professor Hatchett, an more just where the trouble is EDUCATIONAL for Colored Pupils-White and col- assistant of Professor J. W. Scott, and what can be done to remedy ored pupils shall not be taught in the principal of the Douglass High the condition. At the regular session of the the same school, or in the same School of Huntington. In the discussions that have West Virginia Legislature which building, but it shall be the duty Professor Hatchett's death was arisen in our educational gather- closed February 21, 1919, the new of the board of education to estab- due chiefly to the flu. He had ings, many have borne witness as School Code was adapted which lish one free school, or more if nec- been associated with Professor to the condition, few, if any, completely revises the school laws essary, in any sub-district wherein Scott for many years, and was have had the temerity to prescribe of this state. The new code creates there are fewer than ten. For regarded highly in his profession. a remedy State Board of Education consist- the purpose of carrying out this His obsequies were observed It may be true that the average ing of seven members, to take the section the board of education may Sunday afternoon in Huntington, youth must enter practical life with place of all other State Boards re- establish schools composed of pu- and were attended by represent- no further mental equipment than lating to education. An Advisory pils from adjacent districts in the' atives from this school. that offered by the grammar Council to the State Board of Edu- manner provided in section fifty- Mr Hatchett has left an impress school. If this is granted, then it cation was created, to assist the nine of this chapter for white pu- in the hearts of those, whose lives seems that the most thoro and State Board in formulating and pils. he has helped to mold, that will efficient process should be applied earring out policies in respect to Whenever, in any school district, be long remembered. to accomplish the desired results. Surely, in this stage of educa- the education of the colored youth the benefit of a free school educa- -0- tional progress there is some estab- of the state. The Council is to con- tion is not secured to the colored sist of the State Superintendent, children of school age residing There seems to be a general lished, well defined, line that will and two other members of the Ne- therein in the manner mentioned lament over the decadence of thro- stand the test of time. gro race, to be appointed by the in this section, the funds applica- ness in the fundamentals of May it not be true that too Governor, on or before May 1, 1919 ble to the support of the free arithmetic among the products many of us are pursuing the false one for a term of two years and one schools in such district shall be di- of the common schools. gods of doubtful fads to the detri- for a term of four years. The vided by the board of education In the secondary schools, this is ment of the youth of the country? State Supervisor of Colored Schools in the proportion which the num- very noticeable among those who Since we have accepted the en- is to receive a salary of $2400 a year essay to take up secondary math- trance of the practical into our ber of colored children bear to the ematics, system of education, may we not and the other two members of the number of white children therein, 4 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 5 according to the last enumeration through the Hindenburg line last fully trained it. full course with honor to yourself and credit to the School. made for the school purposes, and September. I STlTUTE GRADUATE the share of the former shall be From my own experience with set apart for the education of col- ENLISTED IN Lieutenant Gordon in civil life our instructors, I realize that the was a meat inspector in Chicago. ored persons of school age in such Both men were members of Com- earning of this Diploma represents districts, and be applied for the pany C. They enlisted in Chicago He is a graduate of the West Vir- much conscientious study and purpose from time to time in such in April, 1917, in the eighth Illinois ginia Collegiate Institute and Wa- thought on your part. way as the board of education regiment which had returned from bash College. He intends to go You remain a member of our may deem best. Any board of ed- service on the Mexican border. to Chicago within the next few School, entitled to the use of all the ucation failing to comply with this Samuel Gordon was commissioned days from where he will go on a departments and I hope you will section may be compelled to do so a lieutenant in May, 1917, and sail- tour with the famous 370th in- call upon us if we can assist you in by mandamus. ed from Newport News in April, fantry regimental band. any way. 1918, and landed at Brest the latter The younger brother, Sergeant With my best wishes and con- part of that month .. Luther Gordon, was wounded gratulations believe me, GORDON BOYS WIN They were sent to the front while engaged in conveying food Very sincerly yours, HONORS in June where they served until to the regiment at the head of 60 Ella H. Nerille. the end of the war. men. His knee was fractured by shrapnel and he was confined to a The course represents work cov- Among the colored men of this It is stated in Lieutenant Gor- ering three years study, and the section who have won distinction 's citation, which is signed by hospital for two months and a half. holder of a diploma from this in the military service of the Unit- General Rondeau, that it was - The Charleston Gazette. school, has made more than ordina- ed States are Lieutenant Samuel earned through absolute disregard ry advance along a given line of S. Gordon and his brother, Ser- of personal danger while under knowledge. geant Luther Gordon, both of heavy bombardment and machine MISS MARY E. EUBANK The work of the school is highly whom formerly lived at St. Albans gun fire. He was not wounded RECEIVES HONOR endorsed by the standard educa- and are the sons of John Gordon, through experiencing almost con- tional authorities of the country, who lives there at this time. tinuous service on all fronts. He The following letter is self-ex- and the line of work chosen, by Lieutenant Gordon is a man of is the very proud prossessor of a planatory: Miss Eubank is especially fitting large stature, impressive bearing dog captured by him during a for the performance of the duties anb courteous manner and speaks . trench raid. The mother of the AMERICAN SCHOOL OF HOME ECONOMICS of the position held by her at this CHICAGO with modesty of his adventures. dog had been observed for several Institution. He wears upon an expansive chest days attending the German wound- February 24, 1919. Miss Eubank is a graduate, of the Croix de Guerre with a star, ed in no man's land and when the My dear Miss Eubank: the Va. N. and 1.1., and has studied and in company with his brother, trench was captured, the dog was at the Columbia University. who wears a wound stripe on his found with a litter of very young It gives me great pleasure in be- sleeve, he arrived in St. Albans pups. She was taken in charge by half of the Board of trustees to yesterday morning on a visit to the captain of the company and send your Institution Management his old home after an absence of Gordon managed to conceal one Diploma in Home Economics, to Summer School six years. The men were mem- of the pups in his shirt where he which you are entitled. At the West Virginia Collegiate bers of the famous 370th infantry carried it for several days during This is our formal testimony that Institute which, brigaded with the 59th the advance. He managed to re- you have accomplished, the by no June 16-July 25, 1919 division of the French army, went tain possession of it and has care- means easy task of completing our 6 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY

GORDON BOYS VISIT He succeeded in obtaining and was a great shock to the schooland W. H. LOWRYt D. S.t OUR SCHOOL transporting to this country a wide his fellow-teachers. He was out A HUSTLING CITIZEN OF variety of articles from the war of school only three days and a DES MOINESt IOWA zone. He displayed them in the half and the general feeling had IEUTENANT Samuel chapel and gave most interesting been that he was improving the We are in receipt of information S. G 0 r don and his accounts of how and under-what day before the end came. Ex- from the leading daily of Des brother, Sergt. Luther circumstances they were secured. pressions of sorrow were heard on MoinesIowa,that Dr. W. H. Lowry, Gordon, of St. Albans, Lieutenant Gordon is a graduate all sides. Principal Scott immedi- academic grad of w. V. C.I., class visited the institution Tuesday of this institution, class or 1902. ately notified Supt. Wright who ex- of 1902,and for many years teacher afternoon, , and gave in- While a student here, he estab- pressed extreme regret at the loss and efficientcommandant of cadets teresting talks on their experiences lished a sterling-record as a scholar of so worthy and faithful teacher in his Alma Mater, was ranking as overseas as members of the 370In- and athlete. He later entered and instructed Mr. Scott to adjourn one of that thriving city's most fantry, (originally the 8 IllinoisN. Wabash College,Indiana, where he the school when the funeral progressive citizens. G.). ~lThis regiment was one of recived the degree of Bachelor of occurs. Mr. Lowry after resigning from the first American units to reach Arts. His career has been charac- Professor J. B. Hatchett was this school entered the school of the Western Front, and among terized by a strong determination born in Virginia near Roanoke Dental Medicine, and Surgery in those of the Allied Forces which to succeed at all odds, and modest- and was educated at Denison Uni- the State University of Iowa, from bore the brunt of the fighting that ly, he attributes his success as an versity, 0., and Knoxville College, which he gradutaed, and opened checked the German offensive in officerto the inspiration he received Tenn. He served as principal of his officeas a dental surgeon in the early summer of 1918. It was at the West Virginia Collegiate the Colored orphan home for some Des Moines, Iowa. attached to the 59th French Divi- Institute. years before coming to Douglass. Prievious to his entrance to this sion,on request of the French Com- He was a prominent church and school, his intercourse with men mand, and by virture ofits impreg- Sunday school worker of the Six- had given him intimate knowledge PROF. HATCHETT TAKEN nability' later gained the name, teenth street Baptist church and of men and things which proves a "The Black Devils." BY DEATH was interested in all public efforts decided asset to a progressive per- , Lieutenant and Sergeant Gordon for the betterment of the commu- son. volunteered and were happily as- Prof. J. B. Hatchett, assistant nity. He was known and honored The mental training of this and signed to the same company. Mi- principal of Duuglass High school, for his high character, his sterling the Iowa institution has equipped raculously, the Lieutenant lead died at his residence at 1801Dalton honesty and his deep interest in him to be a live one in any com- his men in every engagement in avenue Tuesday about one o'clock, the young people who showed him munity where he may cast his lot. which the regiment took part, was following an attack of influenza- many tokens of affection during Since begnning his practice in never off duty on account sickness, pneumonia six days ago. His con- his brief illness. DesMoinesDr. Lowry has acquired won the French Croix de Guerre dition did not become alarming un- He is survived by his wife, Mrs. a beautiful home and a properly for unusual bravery under fire, til Monday when pneumonia de- Mariah L. Hatchett, and several furnished offiice on a business and returned to the veloped, then the end came swiftly. relatives in Virginia, including a street. Nor are his activities solely unharmed. Sergeant Gordon was Prof. Hatchett was one of the sister and two brothers, one of confined to the duties of his office; less fortunate. While in charge best known men of the community whom visited him during the but wherever in the city' socials of a detachment of men, whose and was possessorof valuable prop- Christmas holidays for the first system the services of a helper are duty it was to convey food to the erty. He has been connected with time. needed and accepted, Dr. Lowry men in the trenches, he was Douglass school for more then ten is becoming a prominent figure. wounded in the knee by shrapnel. years and the news of his death ------White and Negro citizens of in- 8 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 9

fluence are soliciting his aid and ment. training has been required, but tary courtesy and discipline, mili- counsel in matters of community While the address of each was this last provison makes military tary hygeine, and the service of uplift whether it is along the lines highly interesting and told from a compulsory science for all physical- security. Moss and Guild's mili- politics or social service. different angle, they mingled the ly fit' male students who have tary Students' Text Book, Volume As trustee of St. Paul Church, a horrors of war with a vein of reached the age of fourteen. The 1, should be purchased by each large church having institutional humorous and pathetic narrative, work is now under the direction cadet. functions, he is a power among in- that robbed the gruesome story. and supervision of the War De- The necessary arms, ammu- fluential men and women who are The address of each was told partment, thus a standard and pro- nition, haversacks, and uniforms making creditable history for the from a different angle, and mingled gressive course is rigidly required. (including shoes), are furnished city of Des Moines. the horrors of war with a vein of For purposes of administration, by the government. Cadets will In all these efforts he is ably as- humorous and pathetic narrative the cadets will be organized as a be required, however, to deposit sisted by Mrs. Margaret Mason that robbed, in a measure, the battalion of infantry and quartered the amount of $15 to cover the Lowry, his amiable wife who was grim story of its gruesomeness. in the way that lends itself best to cost of any undue wear and tear for years teacher of Plain Sewing Seldom has the faculty and the discipline and control of each or breakage of the outfit issued at this Institution. student body listened with more sub-organization. Cadet officers him. This amount will be re- We rejoice that Dr. Lowry is interest to the words of speakers. and non-commissioned officers are funded when all articles issued are giving to the people of Des Moines, Both the sergeant and corporal selected according to their special turned in at the end of the school an example of the useful virile were applauded to the echo. qualifications for the performance year. It is expected that each manhood of the Mountain State. The school feels very thankful of their respective duties, Chief cadet will take such pride in his that its young men are being re- among these qualifications are such uniform, his equipment and his turned with few physical blem- SERGEANT HUGHES AND natural abilities of leadership as quarters that they will always pre- ishes, and at this time, our service ability to handle men and military sent an acceptable appearance. CORPORAL FAIRFAX GIVE flag has lost but two stars. bearing. Faithfulness and effi- CHAPEL ADDRESSES ciency in the performance of duties assigned, and exemplary deport- ATHLETICS Corporal Elliott Fairfax, ex- THE DEPARTMENT ment. All officers are permitted member of academic class of 1918, OF MILITARY SCIENCE to wear insignia especially designed The local basket-ball team had and 'Sergeant Leonard Hughes, for cadet officrs of R. O. T. C. units, little difficulty in defeating the graduate of academic 1917, were Two provisions of the United and they will be accorded all the Nitro team Friday night, ,- the honored chapel speakers the States Government make military respect and all the courtesies and in Y. M. C. A. No.2 at the govern- morning of and 21 re- science a requirement for gradua- privileges which their ranks de- ment plant, by the score of 72 to 17. spectively. tion from this institution. The mand. Although laboring under the hand- Sergeant Hughes and Corporal first is the Morrill Act of 1890, The instruction is under an icap of having little practice before Fairfax were members of the 351st which makes colleges. The second officer of the , the game, the Institute men har- heavy artillery, and saw service is War Department General Order detailed by the War Department rassed their opponents with accu- in several engagements. The 49, Washington, D. C. Under this as Professor of Military Science rate passing and shooting. Goode signing of the armistice prevented order, the West Virginia Collegiate and Tactics. Instruction and and Brown had no difficulty in this division from engaging in the Institute is authorized to establish training will be given in extended locating the basket. In individual carnage of destruction that was and maintain a Junior Unit of the order drill, musketry, bayonet drill, playing, the local five far excelled due to follow the taking of Metz, as Reserve Officers Training Corps. interior guard duty, signalling, the Nitro team. the stage was set for this achieve- Heretofore some form of military map reading and sketching, mili- Line up and summary: 10 THE I STITUTE MONTHLY THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 11

I STITUTE YfRO Charleston Public Schools, Miss ed in the First Baptist Church of Our Sextette sang before the Goode f . Jones Mary E. Eubank, Director of the Montgomery, and she was buried Rotary Club in the Kanawha hotel Brown. f . Merriman Sunday School Teacher Training at there Sunday, March 16th. at Charleston, Friday night March Dickerson ..... g Spriggs the West Virginia Collegiate In- Mrs. Brown leaves a mother, son, 21. Bartlett. . g stitute, Miss Katie Belle Abney, . .Lightfoot and a husband, A. H. Brown, to President Prillerman and Prof . ... c··· ... Madison Superintendent of the Adult Divi- moum her loss. sion of the West Virginia Sunday Spriggs attended the funeral of The cause of Mrs. Brown's death Prof. J. B. Hatchett in Huntington, Substitutes-Saddler for Dicker- School Association, and Mr. J. R. were complications arising from . son, Wilson for Bartlett, Davis for Marcum, Superintendent of the a serious attack of the flu, Wilson, Smith for Davis; Guthrie Secondary Division of the West Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Gamble and Word was received here the 18th for Merriman. Virginia Sunday School Associa- son were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. inst, that Professor J. B. Hatchet, Field Goals-Goode 13; Brown 8; tion. Mr. Marcum is regarded the W. A. Spriggs the week end of an able assistant to Principal Scott Dickerson 5; Paris 8; Guthrie 3; best authority on young people's Febuary 21. of the Douglass School at Hunt- Jones 1, Spriggs 2; Lightfoot 2. work in the state of West Virgin- R. O. T. C. members are being ington, had succumbed to the flu. Goals from Fouls-Goode 2; ia. He is recognized by Mr. Marion measured for new uniforms. Mrs. Prill erman, wife of and Lightfoot 1. Referees+Spriggs Laurance as one of the ablest men Mrs. Lucy Lowry who has been secretary to the President of the and Featherston. Scorers-Camp- in this country engaged in work teaching at Whittaker, is at school, is able to resume her duties bell and Thomas. Timekeeper- among young people. Sunday home in the village. Mrs. Lowry after several weeks illness. Scott. School officersand teachers should is recuperating from a recent Her many friends are pleased begin to plan now to take ad- attack of the flu. over her recovery. vantage of this week of training- SUMMER SCHOOL Mr. Clifford Gore an alumnus, Lyman Conners, ex-student, and and betterment of Sunday School who has taught with credit the work. Other information can be recently returned from service in school at Omar, has been forced a heavy artillery battery over seas, Arrangements are being made by had by addressing President Byrd to give up his school on ac- which a course in Sunday School Prillerman, Institute, West Vir- gave a very interesting talk of his count of failing health. experiences in the over sea service Teacher Training will be given in ginia. Mr. Gore is now at a sanitarium connection with the Summer Tuesday morning the 18 inst, in at Denmar, Pocahontas county. the chapel. He interspersed his School at the West Virginia Col- Mr. A. W. Curtis with his LOCALS AND PERSONALS remarks with. the humorous and legiate Institute. The week of class in agriculture, visited the June 22-29 will be given to this in- serious and kept the student body agricultural department in Charles- and faculty amused and interested. struction. Rev. Walter A. Snow, Mrs. Georgia Rogers Smith, Class ton, and the closing scenes of the the General Secretary of the 1903, died at her home in Hunting- recent lesgislature, Feberuary 21. Mr. C. E. Mitchell, business West Virginia Sunday School ton, West Virginia, March 13th. The secretary of agriculture, Hon. manager, was confined to his room Association, heartily approves this She leaves a husband and three J. H. Stewart, gave a special view for several days during early plan and will be present at the children. Funeral services and of a farm exhibit movie to the March. opening of the school of methods. burial were held in Huntington. class. Mrs. Jessie Glover English, Among others who have been in- Mrs. Nellie Lewis Brown, Classes Leiut. D. L. Ferguson in- teacher was called to her home in vited to give instruction are Mr. 1902 and 1918, died at the home formally addressed the student Columbus , on account of D. F. Merrit, Trustee of the New of her mother in Montgomery, W. body Sunday evening of February the illness of her husband. York Bible Training School, Prof. Va., March 13th, after a very brief 23. He talked to an appreciative C. W. Boyd, Supervisor of the illness. Her funeral was conduct- audience. , I