CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The Rev. Rose Edington is tired of seeing
history disappear. Edington, 64, has thrown her support behind
those who are clamoring for West Side Elementary to be renamed
in honor of the late Mary C. Snow, a prominent African-American
educator. If school officials don't go along, Edington said it
would be another example of a prominent African-American being
lost in history. She recalls growing up in St. Albans before
integration. Some days she would take a walk with her mother and
younger sister past Carter G. Woodson Junior High School. At
least, that used to be the school's name. She was too young to
realize the school was strictly for black children. Edington,
who is white, also was unaware of the history behind its
namesake. "I always liked to go by that school because they had
the best windows. They had student art, and it was always the
best-decorated school, and I remember telling my mom, 'Gee, I'd
love to go to that school. It looks like a great school.' And my
mom would say, 'Well,