TUT: CITIE.V, W'VA M2SUAY, JUNE 14, 1011.
PAGE 3
PROVISIONS OF NEW SCHOOL CODE .
Creates Office of Assistant Superintendent and
Teachers' Salaries Remain Same as Heretofore
PIIESKXT HOARDS CAXXOT HI HE TKACHKKS FOR MORE THAN
ONE YEAR; TAXES ARE TO HE LEVIED AT OXCH; OTHER DETAILS.
The following are some of the
provisions found In the now school
code which will he of special Inter
est to the school officials and the
public In general. All districts In
Wayne county are of the fourth
class.
The present board will at their
first meeting In June levy taxes. The
tax limit Is 25 mills, no distinction
being made between money for
school and for buildings. They will
not however settle accounts till the
first Monday in July. All schools
must he open at least seven months.
Independent districts are abolish
ed, but may ho reorganized upon the
application of a majority of the tax
able Inhabitants. They may peti
tion the court, setting forth the
boundaries of said proposed district,
if, upon evidence, the judge deems
it necessary for the welfare of the
pupils and taxpayers, he shall enter
a decree making them Independent
districts. The school district or
districts from which said proposed
district is to be taken shall have ten
days notice of the hearing before
the court.
Next November five directors
shall be elected two for two years,
two for four years, and one for six
years. These shall meet on the first
Monday of next December and elect
a president, a vice-president, a
secretary and a treasurer. The last
two shall hold their office only till
the first Monday of July following.
It will be seen from this that the
secretary and treasurer elected this
July will hold offlce only till Decern-
The treasurer and collector must
each make a monthly report to the
board. Treasurers and collectors
must give bonds as In the past; but
the board may designate a bank or
trust company as a depository.
These must give bonds, and when
the school money is so deposited In
the name of the school districts the
treasurer shall not be liable for
loss. All money so deposited shall
be drawn only on orders endorsed
by tho treasurer and made "Payable
at depository of the school dis
trict of ." No orders can, in
any case be drawn when there are
no founds with which to pay them.
A provision is made by which boards
may borrow money If necessary, but
orders cannot bear Interest.
Tax Levy.
All districts shall levy an occupa
tion tax of at least ?1. In case any
such person neglects or refuses to
paid said occupation tax, after ten
days' notice, the tax collector shall
notify any person or corporation for
whom tho said person may work, and
said person or company shall pay
tho tax from the wages earned.
No rebates or discounts from the
full tax shall bo allowed and 5 per
cent, shall be added to all taxes not
paid by October first.
A severe penalty may be inflicted
upon all treasurers and solicitors
who use school money for their own
purposes.
All school supplies shall be di
vided into two classes. The first
includes desks, chairs, tables, type
writers and school apparatus; the
second, nil other supplies except
text books.
Supplies of tho first class exceed
ing ?100 must be submitted to at
least two firms or dealers asking for
sealed bids, and the lowest bid, kind
and quality being the same, shall
bo accepted.
Dills for supplies of the second
class costing $300 must be advertis
ed In ?it least two papers for three
weeks. No teacher can act as agent
for supplies in the district where he
teaches.
An Assistant Superintendent.
The code provides for ono assist
ant superintendent for such count
ies as Wayno for the chief purpose
of giving closer supervision. This
is ono of tho best features of tho
code, as great benefit will bo derived
from frequent visits by a supervisor.
Young teachers especially need such
help and suggestions as such super
visor could give. The legislature,
however, failed to appropriate any
funds for this work, hence nothing
of this nature can be done for at
least two years.
All school contracts must be in
writing and duplicate.
When a board of directors is
obliged to closo a school because of
fire, contagious dlseasejK other rea
sons, unless otherwise iBtted In the
contract they shall bo Halle for the
salaries of teachers of said schools
for the time the school Is closed.
Directors should take special notice
of this feature.
Relatives of Directors.
No teacher who is related to a di
rector as father, mother, brother,
sister, husband, wife, son, daughter,
step-son, step-daughter, grandchild,
nephew, niece, first cousin, sister-in-law,
brother-in-law, uncle or aunt,
unless such teacher receives the af
firmative vote of three-fourths of all
members of tho board, can teach.
Tho clause relating to an increase
of teachers' salaries Is not operative
because the legislature failed to ap
propriate the money, hence those re
main as formerly. A child shall be
considered a resident of tho district
in which his parent or guardian
lives. In caso no living parent or
guardian, then tho person standing
In parental relation. This settles
an aggravating question of tho past.
Time of Admission.
Beginners shall be admitted to
schools only at the beginning of the
term or the first week in January un
less the board decides, other times.
A child becoming of school age be
fore January may be admitted at
the beginning of the term, and the
same way the ilrst of January.
School boards have the power to
designate which schools in the dis
trict a pupil shall attend; but if the
pupil lives 1 Vi miles or more.
When such schoolB aro closed and
transported the districts will not
lose the teacher's share of tho ctatc
appropriation. This applies to all
schools so closed since 1901.
Attendance.
Pupils between the ages of eight
and sixteen must attend school reg
ularly. The school board may, any
time before the school opens fix upon
any part of the term to which the
compulsory act shall apply provided
they do not reduce it below seventy
ty per cent, of tho whole term. Un
less such action Is taken the attend
ance applies to the whole term.
The secretary shall furnish tho
teachers or principals with a list
of all pupils within these ages and
the teachers must report absence,
unless It be in case of ill health.
Children between tho ages of 14
and 1G who can read and write the
English language may be excused
if they procure an employment cer
tificate. Teachers of every other
than a public must report to the
principal or secretary the names of
all such pupils when admitted and
when they leave, and also when ab
sent three days in a month.
School boards must, between April
first and September first, cause to
he prepared a list of all children
In the district between tho ages of
six and sixteen. A list of these
must bo sent to the county superin-
lenueni ueiore uctouer i. in
This is
? new leaiure ana musi noi do
neg-
lected, as one-half of the state ap
propriation will depend upon it.
The other half depends upon teach
ers employed, which must bo re
ported by October 1.
Health.
The state health department shall
provide medical Inspection in such
manner as it sees fit, unless tho
board of directors of districts of the
fourth class shall, by a majority
vote, decide not to have It, and .0
notify tho health department in
writing before July 1. This lnspec
tlon shall be made in the presence
of the parent If so desired.
No teacher, pupil or janitor suffer
ing from tuberculosis of the lungs
shall be connected with the school.
Unless otherwise decided by the
board, all schools shall commence
at 9, a. m., and. .closo at. 4 p. 'in.,
allowing 15' minutes both forenoon
and afternoon for recess, and one
hour for dinner.
Directors must, with tho advice
and consent of the superintendent
arrange a course of study, which
must conform as nearly as possible
to the course arranged by the state
Teachers must keep a record of
tho work and progress of all tho pu
pils in the school, and shall leave
such record with recommendations
for promotion as seem proper, with
tho secretary. No teacher shall re
ceive the last month's pay till this
provision has been complied with.
Other Facts.
No more high schools can be es
tabllshcd without first obtaining the
approval of the state and county
superintendent. The grades of high
schools, number of teachers, and
lengths of terms, remain ns before.
The requirements for teachers have
been slightly modified, Pupils from
districts having no high school may
attend tho nearest or most convenl
ent high school and pupils living In
a district maintaining third or sec
ond grade school may attend, after
graduation, a school of the first
grade at the expense of their home
district. This gives every pupil the
privilege of a four-year high school
course.
All directors whoso terms would
have expired this June will continue
till next December.
Boards will please notice that,
contrary to advices printed two
weeks ago, the financial settlements
will not bo made till the first Mon
day In July. Taxes, however, will
bo levied at once.
No teacher can be hired by tho
present boards for more than ono
year.
CARRIES Sl,r00,000 IXSURAXCh
Wniuuiiuker's Son Tho Most Heavily
Insured Individual in the World
Although he already possessed the
unique distinction of being tho most
heavily-Insured person In the world
Rodman Wanamaker, son of John
Wanamaker, and vice-president of
the Wanamaker establishment, has
added another half million dollars
to his list of life policies. When
death removes tho merchant there
will accrue to his family from life
insurance alone, tho sum of ?4,
500,000.
This amount is greater than the
Insurance of any other person in tho
world. There aro a few men who
aro insured to the amount of 11,
000,000, or Blightly above that
amount, but none approaches tho
total security held by Mr. Wana
maker. Tho $4,500,000 is divided among
a number of tho world's best known
Insurance companies. Tho policies
embrace almost every known form
of life Insurance. Several aro writ
ten as llfo endowments, to expire af
ter twenty years of payments, but
with the option that they remain
with the company as llfo insurance.
Rodman Wanamaker Is about
forty-three years of ago. His health
Is good and he works ten, twelve
and sixteen hours a day. His recrea
tion is largely walking through the
Wanamaker store. He covers it sev
eral times a day. v-
WHO'S
GOWNS INSURED
Policies Have Aiso Been Taken
Qui on Her Jewels.
SERVANTS TO GUARD THEM
Wife of Special American Ambassador
to the Coronation Will Wear a Drees
of White Satin at Chief Ceremony of
the Occasion.
When Mrs. John Hays Hnminoua
sallod for England with Mr. Hnuimoud,
special ainbartsjvdor from tho United
Statos to the coronation of King George
V., she oarriod the most heavily In
Mired wardrobo ever taken out of thh
country. Mrs. Hammond obtained In
surance on her gowns and Jewels and.
it is wild, the aggregate amount of the
policies will run Into six figures.
The aowijs have been chosen with
infinite care and in keeping with the
rigid court rules set down by Queen
Mary and with the groat honor be
stowal on this American woman.
To wc that no disaster occurs, n
small coriw of Mrs. Hammond's per
sonal servants whom she took with
her to London for tbe coronation will
aenkmsly guard tho wardrobe until the
very hour when Mrs. Hammond dons
tho various articles for tho great galo
affairs scheduled for this royal exhlbl-
tlon of fashion.
Handsome as are her gowns nnd cost
ly as ore her jewels, many of them of
groat historic value nnd priceless, it
may Ikj sot down here that Mrs. Ham.
mond nml her husband will be the two
most democratic figures participating
In tho great coronation festivities.
Other Envoys.
Tho Hammonds will share royal hon
ors with tho following envoys from
other countries:
Duke of Aosta of Italy, Prince Henry
and the crown prince nnd princess of
Germany, Archduke Karl Franz of Austria-Hungary,
Prince Jolkinn George of
Saxony, Prince Henry of tho Nether
hinds, tho crown prince of Denmark,
the crown prince and princess of Swe
den, the crown prince and princess of
Roumanla, Prince Fushlmlva of Jupnu,
Prince Chun, son of the regent of
China, and the crown prince of Servlu.
Before tho coronation ceremony Mrs.
Hammond will be presented at Queen
Mary's drawing room. However, Mrs.
Hammond has met the queen on sev
eral occasions when her majesty rank
ed a s tho Duchess of York.
The first of these meetings took
place at one of Queen Victoria's draw
ing rooms, when Mrs. Hammond was
presented to the present queen; also
tho dowager Queen Alexandra, King
Edward VII. and George V.
For years in their early married life,
Mrs. Hammond says, an evening gown
or nny entertainment which would re
quire one was something quite foreign
to their mode of living in the great
gold nnd silver mines of California
and Mexico.
However, Mrs. Hammond returned
to civilization and royal drawing
rooms and distractions of this nature,
she made up for times when her ward
robe consisted only of a few simple
house dresses nnd a stout riding suit
worn on the long trips from tho rail
road through lonely nnd dangerous
mountain trails to tho mining camps
with her small children.
Some of the Gowns.
The court gown to bo worn by Mrs.
Hammond at a special drawing room
two days before tho coronntlon will
be a magnificent affair of robin egg
blue brocade. The material Mrs.
Hammond purchased at Moscow last
winter, when Mr. Hammond had an
audience with tho czar.
The beautiful satin brocade was
woven on tho same loom used to make
tho coronation robes of Catherine the
Great and tho czarinas succeeding her.
For the coronation ceremony Mrs,
Hammond will wear a handsome
white satin gown, magnificent in its
design and rich display of gems. With
this gorgeous robe Mrs. Hammond
will wear n tiara of diamonds nnd
emeralds and a diamond and emerald
necklace nnd a pair of emerald ear
drops which were ouco the property
of Catherine the Great of Russia.
At the gala night of the royal opera
in Covent Garden Mrs. Hammond will
wear another splendid gown, made en
tircly of gold cloth, ornamented with
beautiful designed embroidery of rals-
ed gold. With this she will wear
pearl and diamond ornaments.
At tho great ball' to" 1)0 held in Buck
Ingham palace Mrs. Hammond will
wear a silk bluo satin elaborately en
broldered in seed pearls. It is model'
ed on lines of ono of Nnttler's portraits
nt Versailles.
Oldest Newspaper In World.
The Tsing Pao, or Peking News, is
tho oldest newspaper in the world,
having been issued regularly for near
ly 1,400 years. Its circulation Is about
10,000. Tho extromo care necessary in
publishing this paper is shown by the
fact that until recent years tho pun
ishment for nn error in printing was
instant death. Another Chinese news
paiier, the Kin Pan, Is 1,000 years old,
Seoul's Population Increase.
In Seoul, the capital of Chosen (Ko
rea), tho Japanese population increases
at the rate of 3,000 monthly. Educa
tlon in Chosen (Korea) Is receiving vig
orous attention at the hands of the
JaDanese eoveronipnt
D
HOW THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
KEEPS IX CONDITION'.
When Pesldent Taft weighs 300
pounds he is In the pink of condi
tion. When he scales down to 280
ho is trained to the minute and
right on edge. He works best at
300: that Is what ho weighs now.
At this weight he Is in porfect con
dition. His skin is pink and rosy,
his eyes bright and clear, and he Is
at the top of his physical powers.
All day long tho President Is sub
jected to demands and importunities
that mako a constant drain on his
good humor, his natural buoyancy,
his cheerfulness and his nervous
strength. Experience has proved to
him that ho Is better fitted to cope
with the dally demands made upon
him when he weighs 300 pounds
than at any other weight.
Mr. Taft Is in training. He is
always In training. He never breaks
training. He lives under as strict a
discipline as a football man, or a
track man, or a crew man. He lives
at training table in tho White House.
His diet is prescribed, his exercise
Is prescribed, the hours that he shall
devote to play and the hours' that
he shall devote to work aro careful
ly laid down and scrupulously fol
lowed. Mr. Taft, since he went into
training, has learned something
about himself and so has his trainer.
In the beginning when Mr. Taft
began to be concerned about his bulk
he .weighed about 340 pounds. His
single Idea in starting regular exer
cise was to reduce his weight. He
pulled himself down to 2G7 pounds,
Dut found that involved too great a
drain on his nervous resources. He
was allowed grnually to take on
weight until he found tho point at
which his physical powers were
highest. Through tho winter months
Mr. Taft keeps at his present weight.
In tho summer when he Is away from
Washington he takes more exercise
and keeps himself down to 280 or
285 pounds. That Is his fighting
weight below which he may not re
duce without decreasing both his
nervous energy and physical
strength. Mr. Taft keeps himself in
physical trim just like any other
athlete. Ho has a physical director
or trainer, who works with him
every morning and prescribes his ex
ercises, his diet, and takes general
control of his bodily well-being, it
has made a different man of him.
Four years ngo his face was heavy
and pasty and covered with a fine
net-work of little purplish veins.
His eyes were dull more often than
not. To-day any one who knows any
thing about the physical conditioning
of men would need only a glance to
tell him that Mr. Taft was "fit,
but he keeps "fit" only by unending
work Intelligently directed.
Mr. Taft doesn't get much fun out
of his indoor exercises. Some morn
ings nfter he has been up late the
night before, It Is an awful pull on
his will power to tumble out of bed
and go through forty minutes or an
hour of calisthenics. He doesn't
work with weights or dumb-bells.
The exercises are confined to stoop-
lags and bondings and going through
the form of rope skipping without a
rope. It is a tedious and not a very
enlivening performance. But it is
not of record that Mr. Taft has ever
skipped a morning since he went In
to training or has shirked any part
of the work prescribed for him. He
does the things he Is told to do, be
cause It has been proved to him that
he Is better off for doing them, and
he goes through with It as ho does
most disagreeable things with a
cheerful good humor and without
complaint.
To a man who carries 300 pounds
above his feet, walking is no light
exercise. And Mr. Taft does not
get a great deal of enjoyment winter
afternoons out of the four or five
miles he sets himself to do. It is
at the beginning of spring that Mr.
Taft's real fun in taking exercise
begins. He likes to ride, and he
is as devoted to golf as any man
who plays tho game. The President
Is a real golfer. .He plays primarily
for the fun ho gets out of it and not
for the exercise. When he Is play
ing he forgets everything else. A
bird dog In a field with a covey of
partridges Is not more intent on tho
business In hand than Mr. Taft be
comes after he has driven off. Ho
plays the game for the game's sake,
and puts his wholo mind and heart
TheOriginal
rn.vainnT ittto
STROUSE 61 BROS.
DAL.TIMORK
mill-' - i$$y
into it. This moans that when he
gets into difficulties that ho has been
heard to use "language." Every
golfer knows that some "lies" defy
clubs, and Mr. Taft has the true
golfing temperament. He has been
heard to say " pshaw " or whatever
else the situation required. Edward
O. Lowry in Collier's.
First o'er battleships we fret;
Then we mako u gun
Bis and strong enough to get
Tho warship on tho run;
Then some armoring brand now,-
Better to defend; ,
Then a greater gun wo vlow. -
And so on without end.
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