re such books as the annual _Reports of
the State Superintendent of Public Schools_, the _History of Education
in West Virginia_ (Edition of 1904), and the _History of Education in
West Virginia_ (Edition of 1907). Such local histories as the _Howard
School of Piedmont, West Virginia_, and K. J. Anthony's _Storer
College_ were also helpful.

At the conclusion of this study, President John W. Davis made the
celebration of Founder's Day, May 3, 1921, a convocation for
rehearsing the early educational history of the State. Most of the
living pioneers in this cause were invited to address this meeting, as
they would doubtless under the inspiration of the occasion, set forth
facts which an ordinary interview would not evoke, and thus it
happened.

Of those invited Mrs. E. M. Dandridge, one of the oldest educators in
the State, Mr. S. H. Guss, head of the Secondary Department of The
West Virginia Collegiate Institute, and President Emeritus Byrd
Prillerman responded with forceful addresses. Mrs. Dandridge gave in a
very impressive way a brief account of education in Fayette County.
Mr. Guss delivered an informing address on the contribution of the
early teachers from Ohio, and President Emeritus Prillerman expressed
with emphasis a new thought in taking up the rise of schools in the
State and the organization and growth of the West Virginia Teachers'
Association. Prof. J. S. Price, of the West Virginia Collegiate
Institute, showed by interesting and informing charts the development
of the Negro teacher and the Negro school in West Virginia.

At the conclusion of all of these efforts the facts collected were
turned over to C. G. Woodson to be embodied in literary form. Prof. D.
A. Lane, of the Department of English of The West Virginia Collegiate
Institute, also a member of the committee, read the manuscript and
suggested a few changes.

[2] Report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1864, p.
31.

[3] _History of Education in West Virginia_ (Edition of 1907), p. 274.

[4] See West Virginia Constitution.

[5] _History of Education in West Virginia_ (Edition of 1907), p. 274.

[6] _History of Education in West Virginia_ (Edition of 1907), p. 268.

[7] _Ibid._, 269.

[8] _The Parkersburg Weekly Times_, June 7, 1866.

[9] These facts were obtained from local records.

[10] _History of Education in West Virginia_ (Edition of 1907), pp.
269-270.

[11] These facts were obtained from the local records,