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OYNAMIC FORCE
NEED OF SCHOOLS
(Uontlnued From First Page.)
and wlll loave an oiornal ntamp on
tho cducailon of tho country.
Nccessary Mncltlhery,
Mechanlcs, said Ijr. Mlins, are neocs
sary. We liavc great Stato systoms,
and now thero ls aotncthlng approach
lng a natlonul HyHtom. Tho great
teacher bncomes an educatlonal ox
pcrt, and the throad of system runs
from tho prlmary teacher to tlie pres?
ident of the greatcst unlverslty.
Yet thoro ls danger of forgettlng thi
dynamlca. It wero better, ho said, to
tcach llteraturo lnstead of the hlstory
of llteraturo, Tho soul of llteraturo
ls what muat ,.o taught. He hoped
the time would corno whon historlos
of Engllsh litorature would be
abollshed from the currlcula of pub?
lic schools, "I pload," he aald, "for
mon and women who wlll teach llter?
aturo. Whenevcr tho masses of a pco
plo havo como ln contact wlth liter
aturr there has been an intcllcctual
revolutlon." Llbraries, he said, aro of
no uso lf used as ornamonts. Students
are taught 1/atln and Oreek wlthout
knowlng there ls such a thinjr as Latin
and Greek llteraturo. So wlth French
and German. Many a studont ls on tho
outslde of stibjecta, when he mlsht
bo Inslde with vital and splrltual
power. ?
"The porsonallty of tho teacher,"
eontlnued Dr. Mims, "Is all that saves
the maehlnnry of cducatlon from being
moro machinery." He told toachcrs to
bo strong in nilnd and In body, to get
ln touch wlth the Inflnlte, to cllmb
th? mountain top at tlmes and get a
glimpse of higher things.
Mr. Maphls said that tho board of
examlnors works for and under tho
supervislon of the htate Board of Edu
catton. It Is not n flfth wheel, he said,
but an admlnlstrattvo body for the
pollcles of the Stato Board. Wlth tho
Stato spendlng rnllllons, ofheers to
expend it wisely nrc neccssary.
Some teachors thought the boarc
worked a hardshlp on tnem by re
rjulring examlnations In things they
nov<*r expoct to teach. Yet, he argued,
theso things. raise the standard. Thoy
protect tho schools from the low
gradc, tlmc-sorvlng teacher. MIs flg
uros showed a remarkable lncrease In
higher certlficatoa under the work of
the board, wlth a decrease ln ccrtlfi
catos of thfi lower grado.
On the suhject of profcsslonal traln
lng. Mr. Maphis said that toachcrs do
not always reallzo tholr calling. Ho
lald down tho proposltlon that no
teacher has a rlght to a posltlon
slmply becauso she Uvps ln the com?
munlty and could board at home, or
jFHsbie Collars
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] No tie-fussuv^ or collar-m.ussiti?
I witk Frisbio Collars. Plentv of
sli dV-room, eoid knot.sp&ce.
Every sk&pe and heigkt tkal
Fasruon. says "les!"to.
2 3 c en?s /'oj* Ti-^o
A t mo s r aooa ji/oas
fjaSBI?,?OOX& C*.
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Vcrs?just a few to makc the palate laugh
with joy.
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bardellen Schnitten .17c
Alipesto.25c
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hocauflo ane hait paronts dcpondent
upon hor and nccds help, or because
Rho haa tho Influencc nf offldlftl-i or
IincatiBO sho can get. up a petltlon
slgnod by a largo mnjorlty ot the
I^atrons. Tho only pcrBon to bc con
sldcred la tho child, nnd tho teacher
Is an aecldent, The only right by
which a tcarhnr ahould get a nchool
la that flhc can givo better scrvlcn
than any other appllcanl.
The snmo argument ripplled to tne
readlng cour_e-?tlie rnlsing of stand
ardH. Mr. Maphia thought any toachor
who regards .l aa a hardshlp for hor
to buy two booka a yoar on profes
slonal subjects hnu best get out of the
profosHlon. Touchlng brlefly on tho
better fltnndard of school buildlngs, he
concluded,
TEACHERS ELECT
THEIR QFF1CERS
Binford Discusses Pensions and
Advocates a Larger
Appropriation.
Klectlng a full corps of ofTlcers and
lndorslng Norfolk to the exc
cutlve commlttee Of tho Virginia Edu?
cational Conference aa tho place for
the next annual meetlng, tlie State
Teachcra' Assoclatlon adjourncd slne
dlo at l o'clock yeBterday afternoon.
This dld not meiin the end of the aes
stons of the depurtnients of the as?
soclatlon, but lt dld concludo the ineet
lngs of the State teachers aa a body.
The oftlcers, who were elccted unan
lmouHly. are as follows: W. II. Kci3ter.
of Harrisonburg, presldent; Algar
Woolfolk, of Courtland, secretary;
Miss Muud O. Hobbs, of Petersburg,
treasurer. Vlce-PreBldents by Congres
slonal Dlstrlcts: First, Oeorge W. Ouy,
Humpton; Second, J. It. _. Johnson.
Franklln; .Thlrd. .1. F. Fentross, Klch
mond; Fourth, (jeorge E. Bonnotl, Pe?
tersburg; Fifth, C, S. Whcatley, Dan
vllle; Slxth, F. 8. Fitzpatrlck, Koan
oke; Hov'enth. Orrnond Stonc, Univer?
slty of Vlrginia; Eighth, E. F. Burck
head, Loulsa; Ninth, J. P. McConnell,
Emory; Tenth, \V. E. Gllbert, Cllfton
Forge.
There waa no opposltlon to Norfolk
for tlio next place of meetlng, the con
ferenco having now met in Hlchmond
for two Rucceaslve years. In 1508 lt
had it.s session at Newport News.
Two new sectlons were rccclved Into
the membershlp of the State Teachers*
Assoclatlon. One of these Is the As?
soclatlon of Muslc Teachers, whlcli was
asslgned as a sectlon of the depart?
ment of grabimar grado teachers, tho
other being the Classlcal Assoclatlon
of Vlrginia, which was assigned to be a
aectlon of the Associaton of Collcgcs
and Sccondary Schools of Vlrginia.
Tho annual roport of Presldent N*.
P. Palntcr was rcad at the tlnal ses
fdon. He follcltated the assoclatlon on
its succoss and its growth. lle com
::.ended the earnest efforts of the men
v.-ho had v.-orkcd for its success.
Mr. I'ainter recommended that a com
.rnittee of three be appolntcd to present
an endowment plan for the teachers'
penslon fund to phllanthropists. Thls
waa Indorsed by the assoclatlon. and
$20 was approprlated to pay the e_
penses of thls commlttee.
He also recommended that a com?
mlttee he appolnted to revlae the Con
stltutlon, which suggestion was re
ferred to the commlttee on consfitu
tlon an<I by-laws.
A suggestion was made by 1'resl
dent Palnter as to the establisbment
ot a bureau of lnspection, by means j
of which teachers could be cmployed
oi could secure positlons. Thls seemed
to llnd [iivor. Other recommehdatlons
were reirardlng a hlgher standard of
ethlcs between teachers and trustees.
by which teachers shall nol be dropped
?wlthout re-employment for frivolo.us
reasons, and also that teachers sball
deal falrly with trustees in tlie matter
of contracts. It was also suggested
tha: the assoclatlon condemn tlie prac
tlce of teachers oflcrlng to accept a
ower salarj to defeat other appllcants.
These were referred to tlie cummittee
on code of ethlcs.
Onmotlon of rrofes.-;or Joseph Saun
ders, the executlve commlttee was au
thorlzed to elect a commlttee of three
to arrange a new currlculum ror tbe
prlmary and grammar jrrades.
Lurjn- Mciiiberslilli.
Accordlng to tlie annual report of
Secretary Algar Wooitoik, the htate
Teachers' Assoclatlon has about 4.900
members. Ho showed that last year
there were forty-soven teachers' asso
clatlons ln the United States. New
Jersey had 5,5G3 members; Wlsconsin,
5.000; Michigan, 4,953; Connecticut.
4,550. So, whlle the present member?
shlp in these States is not yet known,
it will be seen that Vlrginia ls cer
tainly up among the first flve.
Treasurer W. C. Kelster, who waa
just afterwards elected treasurer, rc
Ijorted about $1,400 ln the treasury,
which would be needed to pay the ev
penees of thls meetlng.
A resolutlon of rcgret and of eulogy,
offered by Dr. Orrnond Stone, was
iinaniiuouslv adopted regardlng the
death of Professor R. II. Sheppe.
The lli'HiiliitloiiN.
From the resolutlons commlttee the
followIr.K resolutlons wero presentod
and adopted:
Urglng the adoptlon by Congress of
the recomineiidatlon of the United
.States Conimlssioner of Educatlon that
575,000 be appropriated to support a
corps of field speclallsts ln Industrlal
educatlon ln tho rurul schools, school :
house eonatructlon and school board
accountlng.
Indorslnpr tliev Uavls-Dolliver bill.
provldlhg for help for aprlcultural and
mechanlcs arts and homo economics.
Thanks to the presldent of the asso?
clatlon. Governor Mann, Suporintend
ent Eggleston, the Chamber of Com
merce, the Ttetail Merchants' AssoHn
tlon of Rlchmond, the Valentlne Mu
seum, the B. F. Johnson Publishing
Ot TCI.ASSKD
IIY VA.VniCRIHI.T TEAM
Kashvllle. Tenn., November. 24.?
Vanderbllt outclassed Sewanee at'al?
most every nngle of the Held to-day,
winning doclslvely by the score of 23
to G. Over 10,000 people witnessed the
contest, which, In tho oarller part ot I
tho game, was one of tho most urll
liant on recor.d, But after tlio tlrst ten
mlnutes ot" play, Vanderbilt's terrific
rushes and strong defense wore tho
Tiger machlne down, and by tho end
of tho second quartor lt was completer
ly dlsmantled. Sewaneo galned but
ono down durlng the entire game, thla
being on an elglity-flve-ynrd run by
Eanicr. Her slx polnts, were duo to
two' hrllllant Held goals by Gillon, For
Vanderbllt; tho billllunl work- of Mor
rlson, couplcd with tho play ot Neeley,
Freoland, Metstger and others, awepfc
ihe Tlgora oll tholr feet. Scwanee.
worked forwttld passes b'rllliantly at
tlie'end, but her rally camu too lnte.
Vanderbllt'.- ull-round playlng was tho
best exlilbi tlnii shn haa glven all the
year, nnd iiowanoe had no chanoo at
uny stago of tlie Imttlo to ma.ko a
sliiiwing,
OA'era .lohnsou :sir.,(iiui.
Boston, Novemboi- _l.?.loe AN'ood
inhn, mapagcr nf Kani l.angford, ls ln
reeelpt of a lotter from Hugh Mc
lniosli, the Austrillan boxltlK pro
moter, In which IMcIntosh offora to
givo .laelt Johnson/815,000 apd expenaes
for hls end of a ilglit. with Langtord,
to take pluco ln Eondon durlng eor
onatlon week.
? SyvnduMe wIiin.
St. l.oiiis, Mo., Novoniber 21,?Svra
cuse Iliilversilv ilefoater] the St. T,ouls
Univnrsilv fouilmll to;mi lioro tbls af?
ternoon bv a senic nf ii to fl. The East
orti tniim niado three polnts ln tho tirst
pertod, and three mo.ro In tlio last. Tho
points wero made by goals from the
_xia,
. v ?
Company atid tho dtlzens for tho ro
fjption nmi ontortalntnont given the
gAta Toachois' Asiiiiciatlon of Vlr
tf.nlu: tho local enuimlttee, the pro?
gram commlttea and Hcerotary lt. C.
Htearnes for tho oxoollont arrnnge
tncntH proparedj tho Cublc I'lano Com?
pany and iiiusiclHiia for cntcrtatnment
<nd the prcss of Blchmond for tho
able miininr Iu whlch It has rcportcd
thn prococdlngs,
As tn I'eiiNloiiH.
nf nrlrne Interest, hownvor. was thn
bi w *" "/ ''"'^"sor J. II. Blnford, of
Klchrnond, regarding tho toachers
penslon fund. Admlttlng that tho plan
llv&Wi by,!tny nicans porfect, ha
?trongly advocated Its rotentlon and
Improvomont. Tho prlnclple of pon
slon.s ho thought to bo so generally
approvod aa not to nced defonse,
Professor Blnford ropcatod his for
mer protest agalnst those youngor
teaohors who nro |n tlic*profcssion for
a .lif? llmo' aT"1 cxpoct to lcavo lt.
pontrolllng iu this rnattor. The older
teachors, who wlll make It. thelr llfo
work, ho thought, should bo heard.
Ah to tlus proposal that the State
should pay all of tho penslon monev
and the teacher., nono, ho tntlmated
that ho mlght ngroc, but ho would not
agrec that If tho Stato did not pav
all. the system should bo abollshed;
rho, hearers regarded It as one of the
strongost arguments for penslons
whlch has been presented to them.
Turnlng to the practlcal operatlon
if tne system, Mr. Blnford thought
that ln seven or ?ight yoars tho rnat?
tor wlll be on a ateady und permanent
basls. Now, the numhar of pensloners
is naturally growlng. A permanent
roli of 400 ho belleves to be the result
if tho futuro. Among those ho would
rllstrlbuto $60,000 a voar. The teach
ers are paylng $20,000 a vear, and
Iip thought It rlght that tho Stato
ihould pay the other $30,000. Thls
much wlll not bo nceded for some few
years. under tho prosent approprla
tlon of IB.ooo from tho Ktate, wlth
what tho tenchers pay, lt may be
fiecossary ner.t yoar to apportlon tho
run'. so that about seven-eighths of
the full amotint will bo payablo
EGGlESTOTllI
Superintendent Denounces Love
Bill and Will Keep Up
Fight.
Denouncing the Love blll of the last
Legislaturo as the most vlclous meas
ure offercd ln the GeTierai Assembly
of Vlrginia ln his day, Superintendent I
J. D. KgKleston. Jr? yesterday thrcw I
down tho Kuuntlot to his opponents In
.m address before tho School Trustees*
Associatlon of virginia. Ho declared
that if tho next Leglslature passes ;
such a blll It wlll have h-truck the '
cause of oducatlon ln this Stato the
hardffSt blow lt has recelved In years.
Mr. Eggleston sahi that he expected
such a measure will be ofTered, and.
while it could be consldcred at next
year'a meeting of the trustees. he want?
ed to say what he thought about lt now.
He evldently felt deeply on tho aubject,
hl? voico being full ot omotion as ho !
talked of th? last electlon of dlvlslon
superlntendents. when eeveral were Be
lectod from outside of the dlstrlcts ,
where they were to serve. 1-xe was not (
afrnld to say Just what he thought, and |
at times he said lt wlth force and em- l
plias-ls whlch were unmlstakable.
win no Dntr.
"The State of Vlrglnla," ho said,
"pays me a Falary to do somethlng, !
and. by heaven, I am golng to do It.
If th? State get too much of It it can
stand me on my polltlcal neck. Some
people say w* have too much exnort ;
supervision. What would you think;
of a great buslness' corporation. wltn !
10.000 employes. and a costlv and val- I i
uable plant. whlch would try to save
the expense of the salary of a superin- : r
tendent? Tho dlrectors would all go! c
to a lunatic asylum. Can you oxpect! t
the State to do such a foolish thing? ; t
'T belleve thnt you trustees willagreei
wlth me ln the proposltlon that in *
most instances the personnel of the ? >
nuperlntendents has shown a grotit lm- '?
provement?not in all. bowever. T j
want to say to vou. speaking for tbe 1
State Board of Ediic.itlon. that that j ?
body has not n member who wlll con- ' '
slder any quallflcations save merlt ln ; *
the electlon of .sunerlntendents. I i
shall malntaln thls positlon whether I | t
get the sunport of the people or not. i *
I bad rather bold my present oasltlon : "^
than any other wlthfn the gift of the '
neoplc of Vlrginia. 'I would not give "<
It un to be I'nlted States .Senator or i 1
Governor. because It holds the greatest i -
opportunlt'.es of to-dav to make citl- j '?
7.ens and to work for the cause of tbe ' <
future. Yet, I toll you I had rathef"; 1
glve It up and walk out and make mv i i
livlng betw?en the plow handles than i >
to be a pnrtv to the selectlon of a man 1 t
for superlntondont slmply because he i l
ls a rosldont of the county or citv i i
whorp be wlll serve. wlthout rogard to '
Ketting tbe best mnn for tho place.
l?refi>r? Tlonto ITru.
"Of course, the hoTil baj rather get
a man at home if it can. It has no
earthly reason for goin? outside uniess
lt h-as to. But it wants to go outside I 1
If lt is oiillffoil to do so. At our last! '
meeting for tho electlon of superlnten- I f
dents we had pftoep or twenty petltions | '
before lis asklnsr us to go outside of j I
the countv or citv for these offlcers. ;
Had tho hlll In the last Legislaturo t
been n lnw we could not bave made a <
movef.In these Instinces. t
"Thls Infernal bill would havo tled ' t
ns down and nrevented u= in some
osos from iretting tho host man lor
tbe ivorlc. Its prlnclple is too fooH.sh
to illscpos ln tho presenca of Intelllgent
men. Of course. you peonle never go
outside of vouv Qonnty for a preacner,
do vou? You would not tblnk of go.ng
outside your county for a tencher. No
one of von would go to another qduntv
or Stato for a w"'" V"t some good
Headquarters for
Thanksgiving Siipplies
Fresh Hams, per lb.14c
Fresh Celcry, large stalks.6c
All Pork. Sausage, per lb.15c
New Vlrginia Buckwheat, lb....4c
Granulated Sugar, lb.5c
Good Salt Pork.10c
Good Lard.12c
Quakcr's or Mothcr's Oats, pkg_9c
California Asparagus, can.20c
1 lb. Seedetl Raisins, new.8c
Fresh Eggs, per dozen.27c
4-String Broom .25c
$1.00 bottlcs Duffy Malt Whiskey.85c
Swift Pride Soap. 7 for.25c
Large Juicy Lemons, dozen.20c
Large Ncv Irisli Potatoes, per
peck, 20c; or, per bushel..., 75c
Crcam Checsc^ per pound.20c
Try our 40c Green or Mixed.Tea
for cold tea. It's regular 60c
kind.
Extra Large Fat Mackerel, 6 for.. .25c
Old Virginia Herring Roe, in 2-lb.
cans, 2jfor.25c
Smoked California Hams, per lb.. .14c
Elgin Butter, per pound.33c
Eartyvjnno. Peas, 3 cana for.25c
Hamilton Roasted Coffee, 1-Ib.
packages .,.16c
3 cans Tomatoes for soup.10c
Best City JMeal. 20c peck.; or, per
bushel.75c
Chipped Becf, per can.,. ;8c
TWO?STORES?TWO
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AND VISITORS
NFERENCE
Each visitor to our office and salesroom, No. 18
South Ninth street, will be presented with a
in addition to which each one will be entitled to a free vote
on valuable presents, one of which may be awarded to you.
We know that you will be fully repaid, aside from the beau
tiful free souvenirs, in seeing our immense stock of modern
school supplies?everything fromastickof Chalk, School Desks,
Book Cases, Virgoplate Blackboards, Maps, Globes, Charts, to
our Old Dominion Heating and Ventilating System. In fact
everything needed in schools and colleges. Your visit to the
conference will not be complete unless you call on the
SCHOOL SUPPLY CO.,
No. 18 SOUTH NINTH STREET
W
leople In Virginia say that the oiiice
if superlntendent belongs to the coun
y. when w? know that it belongs to
ho chlldren.
"No Intelligent reason can be ad
anced for such a propositlon. I want
'ou people to help me ln thls matter."
i.i'ii,! iiml lind TruMees.
Mr. Eggleston expressed his sym
latny for those school trustees who
ire worklng for the good of. the schools
n the mk'.st of udverse crmclsm. no
laid tfior? are a fow trustees In the
Hate who ought to be kicked out. and
hat lt ls treason in such an officer to
iccept a positlon of the klnd unless he
vlil work for tlie advancement of edu
:atlon. Eternal war, he announced.
vil] be waged by the Department or
Publle Instruction on any trustee who
itands In the way of child cducat'on.
rhe same department will back up
ivory effort of a trustee along the right
Ine. He doclared tho ideal to be a de
:ent, licalthfui school. with a good
eaclier therein, wlthln reasonable dls
ance of everv child ln Virginia. He
lrged the trustees to stand for such
i st mdard or jtot off the school boards.
It was a bad day for resolutlons m
he Assoclatlon of School TrusteeS. ."^1
hose nffered wero turned down. One
)f tliem proposed to secure a new law
ncreaplnjr tho coinpensatlon of clerks
jf distrlct school boards from $3 to $5
'or eacli teacher contracted v.ith,. and
?cfiulrinB each clerk to vlsit eacn
ichool at least twlco a term. Thls was
-eie.'tod hv a vote of more than two
o one. The assoclatlon also rejected
i proposal that boards of trustoes
should not encourago teachers to ac
'ept other posltions whlle under con
'ri'iet Also one that the slgnaTuro of
?ho etialrman of tho trustees should
iot be required on school warrants.
The bodv also tai/ed a propositlon
'hat the practlce of paylng clerks $10
oer session ln addition to the $3 ,per
?eacher be dlscontlnued as lllogal.
luat before linal adjournment. tho
rustecs electod lho following ofileers:
5r A G Crockett. Max Moadows,
jresldent; M. P. McGehee, Keysvlllo.
iccretary and treasurer. Vlce-presi
lents by congreaslonal distrlcts?First,
S r, Tankard, Franktown; Second. F.
r Brlggs. Portsmouth; Thlrd, J. W.
??in-lsli Dumbarton: Fourth, .1. R. Mor
on Meherrin: Fifth. Vv\ H. Wllson,
Unggold; Slxth, .1. B. Obershaln. Mont
'ule; Seventh, D. C. Graham, lVldgo
vater- Elghth, Franklln Williams,
,'lcnna; Ninth, J. W. Hlcks, Graham:
rentli. Dr. II. I!. .lustlce, Eowmoor.
Superintendents Feel Compul
sory Edueation Is a
Necessity.
With hardly a dlssontlng note. the
c-eltng that compulsory educatlon ln
lomo form ls an absoluto necoaslty ln
S'llrglnlft-, was volced vesterday af
ernoon ln tho linul meetlng of tho
'onference ot' Divislon Suporiiite-nd- :
? nts. ln the llbrary of tho Jolin Mar
ihall School.
The siiuject was discussed by Huper
ntindeiit .i. G. Jeter, of Alleghany,
he first county ln the. State to adopt
ho compulsory aystem under tho coun
>? option law. lt will go Into effect
iV Alleghany next session.
Superlntendent FranU w. i.ewls. ,of
.iinoasler, sald lie bad always favored
inforcod attendanoe, but felt lt would
nol be pructlciilile in hls cIIvIhIoii,
vhoro there is a largo negro populu
lon oui of the seluiolH. and,whero ul
?iiidv th" school levy Ims reaehed tho
Imlt Dri Eewls ls for tho prlnolplo,
ind tlilnka lt cun be smvessful ln
?ountlou with small negro populatlon.
Tlio address on tlio subject was made
iv Superlntendent F. M- Homervlllo,
,i \u_ueta county. He dld not at?
tempt I" K? l">to tho ob.leetions to
?ompulsory educatlon, but oonflnqd hls
?I'liiirlis to tlio argiiiiieuts for lt. lle
?alled nltcnlioii le tlie fact tliat lu Ihe
?olimlos of Massachusetts und Oounoc
ilcut tlio name subject was up 150
y<_u-? ago. when a, rosolutlort waa
adopted settlng forth that parents, fora
thelr own cause or buslness, neglecteda
provlding their children wlth an ed
ucation.
Came Ia Late.
One evll ot the present system.
whlch .would be obviated by enforced
attendance, is the custom of childron
.oming in during the term, to the dls- |
may of the teacher and the dlsarrange
nient of the classes. Superlntflndenl
?Somervlllc had found that whereas tho
school pooulatlon of AugUSta by tho
census of 1903 was about 10.000, tbe
attendance ln tlie schools last Jan
uary was about 1.000. und In Febrnary
only 3,000. At the most Uberal esti
mato regarding private schools 25 per
cent. of the children of the county
aro not enrolled.
He reoommended tliat a commission
ho appolnted to visit those States
whlch have compulsory cducation, and
then to prepare a lnw bost nrdapted
to Vlrginia and containlng the best
the other States have to offer.
Siuperlntendent Frank T. West, of
I oulsa acted as temporary eliatrman
of tho'meeting, and Superintendent J.
G. .lolinson. of Charlottesville. as tom
Dorarv secretary.
The latter dlscussed "Tho Relatlon
of the Clty Superintendent and tho
Teacher."' and Suporintend ? <? W L.
fJarbee of Campbell county. read a
paper on "How to Increase School
'?Final adjournment was reached
v.bout 5:30. ._
TALKS 0F REV0LUTI0N
Geogrnphlcnl Soclcty Hcnrs I.ecture on
portngal.
With an address on "The Recent
liovolntlon in Portugal, Dr. l?. A.
Mllledge of Farrhvllle, furnlshed tiio
fcature ' yesterday afternoon to tho
annual sesslon of the Oeographlcal So
cietv of VirKlnla. a department of the
St it,- Tea.hois' Associatlon. Dr.
Milledge desorlbed tho causes whicu
le up to the recent unpleasantneas
whlc 1 cost a monaroh hi? throne. Tho
attdndanca was excellent and he was
kiven the closest nttention.
"How Bost to Teach Geography in
the Country Schools," was dlscussed
by Mlss Bessle Coppedge. Miss I.oiillo
C. Ivelley, tlie president, wns in the
0lAtrthe conclusion of the meeting, Dr.
Milledge was elected president for tho
ensuinf jrear, and Miss Blanohe Bulll
fant of Hampton. secretary and treas
uror A vlce-presldent wns selectod
for oach ot the ten congrcsslonal. dis
trlcta. ______ -
CLASSIC ASS0CIATI0N
Teaohera uml Lovers ot l,atln nnd Greek
Are Organlieu.
For tho purpose of bringlng together
the' teachors of Latin and Greek, B8
well as all Intorosted in classlcal
Studles, for the dladusslon and promo
tlon of classlcal cducation, the ClasBlo
Asioelntlon of Vlrginia was organlzed
vestorituv mornlnst. Later lt was re
colved Into memborahip by tbe Stato
Teacliors' Associatlon, and waa made
a section of tho Associatlon of Collogos
nnd Seoondary Schools
Dr TbOmiiH Fitzhugh, ot tho Unl?
verslty of Vlrginia. wns elected pres -
ileiit'w Gordon McCabo, vico-presi
deut'- C. C, Read, ot Rlohtnond, secre?
tary and troaattrer, und Prpfeaspr
Bowen, of Randolph-Macon, and Pro
fo^Hor nlack, of Lynchburg, aa tho oxe
cntlvo commltteo with tho ofllcors.
John Ii WllHamB proslded over tho
meeting.
Tho avowed purposo of tho now nsso
ciatlou is to imik.) thorough nnd sound
the high school, college nnd unlverslty
work in the cliisslcs. In dolng thls
it alnis tn oduoato and strcngthen tho
graap ot the youth ' upon madorri
thouRlit and speoch, and thus to inako
ofllclent men and women in all wulUs
of llfe.
Dr. Fltzliugli made somo remarks
upon the necesslty of Latin ln ? oul
tural educatlon,
TO-DAY'S"PROGRAM
CU'.llilorntlVc AnnooIiMIoii uml I.llirnry
IVnpl,- 11 lll Meet.
Thls Is tho Co-orVoratlve l3duoa.tl.on
AssoctiUlon's duy. Tho buslness sea
ion will be held at 9:30 thla mornlng
t the Young Men'a Chriatlan Assocla?
tlon. with Presldent John Stowart
Bryan In the chalr. J. H. Blnford and
Mrs. L. R. Dashiell wtll make their
reports, the latter dlrecLlng statements
from cltizens' loagues.
To-nlght Dr. Edwin A. ' Alderman
will preslde at the general meetlng of
the Vlrginia Educational Conference, ln
tho John Marshall audltorlum. This
meetlng will be under the ausplcos of
the Co-operatlvo Educatlon Assocla?
tlon.
John Stewart Bryan will speak on
"Tho Work of the Co-operatlve Asso?
clatlon of Virginia." He will bo auc
ceeded by Dr. Walter H. Page, edltor
of Tlio World's Work, with whoso ad?
dress the flfth annual conference will
come to an end.
Llbrnry MeetlUR.
The Vlrginia Library Assoclation also
has Its innlng to-day. Its general
meetlng will be held in tho John Mar?
shall audltorlum this mornlng at 11:30,
wltli former Governor A. .1. Montague
pi.'sldlng. Espectal attentlon will be
pald to school librarles and those ln
rural communltles, with a general In
Might into library condltlons^ ln Vir
glnla Superntendont J. L). Eggleson,
.Ir I'rofessor J. C. Metcalf, of Itich
lvond College, and 1'rofossor W. M.
runek, of the Lynchburg Hlgh School,
will bo among tlie speakors.
At 5:3" this afternoon a buslness
meetlng of tho Vlrginia Library As?
soclatlon will be held ln the Htato
Library for tho election of ofllcurB and
other matters.
The onlv other body to haf-o a rrs
slon to-day is tho Assoclatlon of Col
leges and Secondary Schools, tvhich
?will hold- lta closlng meetlng at u
o'clock in the Hlgh School mualc room.
Luncheon will be had at the Valentine
Museum, as usual.
Paror Woman'i College.
Tho teachers met by congressional
dl.strlcts In dlfferent rooms of the
Hlgh School building yesterday morn?
lng, preceding the flnal session of tho
State Teachers' Assoclatlon. To each
moeting was preaented and Indorsel
a resolutlon offered by the executiva
commlttee, urging the General Aa
sembly to make provlslon at the Uni?
verslty of VlrgUnia for tho 'hlgher
educatlon of women.
TeacherH WlU See Play.
Thls afternoon tho Acadomy of Muslo
will be the property of tha Vlrginia.
house having been bought out by thd
Educational Conference, the wholo
body. The play will be a dramatlzatioii
ot' Roe's novel, "He Fell In Love Wttli
Hls Wlfe." Tickots were distrlbuted
yesterday afternoon, the drawlng being
by lot and causlng much excitement
among the tremendotis crowd of teacb
ers and school workers gathered in tho
reglstratlon rooms and lobby of tho
John Marshall Hlgh School.
Here ln Foree.
Headod by Divislon Superlntendent
W. G. Edmondson. the teachers and
trustees of Loudoun county chartered
a special car for the trlp to Rlch?
mond to attond the Educational Con ?
ference; Seventy-tive of tho school
workers of Loudoun aro here.
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