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A Survey Of The School Libraries Of Mason County, West Virginia, Dorothy Hudson Atkinson

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

This survey of the libraries of Mason County was made to find the needs and weaknesses of the libraries in the county, and how they may be improved. In doing this it is hoped that a better library program may be worked out in which all the people of the county may have access to a good library with a well rounded program.

Non-Attendance And Ways To Improve Attendance In West Virginia, Richard Erwin Mccoy

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Partial completion of a task undertaken will never enable the participant to secure the full joy that accomplishment will bring. For a child to start this trend in the early stages of his training may lead to a thwarted aim, as well as, muted ambitions or incomplete behavior patterns. It has been the discouraging role of principals and teachers to observe the regressive effects of non-attendance upon children in the public schools. They have seen pupils who were doing good work in schools start being absent, their work become of poorer quality, until it was apparent the child would be …

Some Pupil Transportation Problems In The Public Schools Of West Virginia, Henry Leonard Clay Jr.

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Pupil transportation is coming to be considered an indispensable service in the West Virginia school systems. In the year 1941-42 more than 132,885 pupils were transported to and from West Virginia schools daily. This was an increase of 77,886 over the number transported in 1932-33 or an increase of about 8,660 annually.

The average daily attendance in the public elementary and secondary schools of West Virginia for the year 1941-42 and 395, 065 which shows that 33.63 per cent of all the pupils attending the public school were transported at public expense. The sum of $2,142,943.40 was spent for transportation, …