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SATURDAY, FF.BRUAJtY 3. 191!
DEMOCRACY AND SCHOOL, TR.VCH
F.HS.
With the principles ot democracy
The Tlmes-Dlspatch is In lull accord. I
We believe that the people have a
Tight to choose their own officers and;
to determine their own forms of gov-j
eminent. Hut this belief does not mean:
that Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch approves and
applauds every so-called Step towards
democracy. The right to linve medical
treatment does not entitle o man to;
(spread contagious diseases because he
believes that tho faith cure is a better!
remedy for smallpox than vaccina-l
tloo. The public rights come in to j
override personal idiosyncrasies, and. j
for the good of all. the holder of such
?luctrlnes is compelled to forego his;
private feelings and submit ur po'lico
regulations. In the Legislature atj
rrosent there Is an obvious tendency to,
revolt against the so-called centraliza?
tion of education. A bill Is now pcnd-i
lng to elect division superintendents!
of schools by popular vote, and anoth-j
er bill has been Introduced to elect:
school trustees tho same way. Thej
prlnclplo behind both of these bills Isj
the same. Their supporters feel that
tho school affairs of Virginia as at
rreeent administered aie too far re?
moved from the pcoplo and do not re?
spond readily enough to popular
wishes. Yot all must admit that the
history of our government has shown
that no surer method can be discov?
ered for destroying tho value of pop?
ular election than by Increasing the
number of offices to such a point that
the voter losea all sense of Interest and
relative Importance.
As It Is io-dny so many officers are
el< -ted by popular vole that the actual
effect is to destroy in large measure
the power of the ballot. The real
principle behind the commission form
of government is that the voters ex?
ercise their power by chousing a man
who they deem fit and worthy to carry
out their wishes for them. No railroad
could run if the stockholders elected]
every section hand: no factory could
exist if the stockholders, voted for
each mechanic, and logrolled as they
voted. The proof of the volile of Vir?
ginia's school system is the growtli
that this Slate has made in matters of
education and the rank that it has
taken amonc the other states of this
Union.
The average division superintendent
has been trained for his work; he is
not a politician, and, if were, he
would be a worse superintendent. Uko
u man of science, his whole intellect
Is centred upon the development of
education and the Improvement of
school condittone. From every moiive.
the patrons of the school should de
Eire to keep this class of public ser?
vants out of politics. The less these
executives of the educational depart?
ment have to^d? with the ballot box
the better It i?. for-the school boy oi
Bchool girl: the better it :s for the
tax payer, the belter it is foi the State.
Under the present system, the same is
true of the trustees; they are respon?
sive to popular will; they perform
heavy services for practically no sal?
ary, and lite class of man who Is or
the most value on the school board is
nearly always one who would not un?
dertake those duties if he had first to
go through a house to house campaign
for votes.
In its rieslre to be powcrfc!, democ?
racy may overreach itself, and the bills'
we have been discussing show liowj
with the best Intentions to increase
the power of Hit- people, it muy be
imp
perfectly possible
the very energies
to set free.
A Till sj' SVMPHSII M.
An Illuminating poll of public
Ion on the Sherman antitrust dot ); .
just been completed by the National!
Civic Federation, which received more
than ir,,000 expressions from editors
buf-inett: men. economists and labor
leaders in reply to a series of trues-!
Hons on the general relations between
the government and the great comb!-'
nations. It is evident from a survcv
of the. replies that public thought Is
going along one main chuniel. Com?
bination Is regarded us :jp accepted
fact, and the need for -cguettion !n the
Interest of society Is equally reoog.
nlze?. A summary of the answers In?
dicates;
That there is very little demand for
an unconditional repeal of the Sher?
man act.
That there Is practically no desire
to abolish the large combinations
That unregulated and unrestricted
private or corporate control <i on >\
.nations is not favored.
That Federal license or Incorporation
for companies doing an Intersil, u
hui Ines? Is desired.
That government regulation of
capitalization is favored.
That government ownership .,:
lie utilities is not wauled
Tho drift of all the suggestions foi
amending the Sherman law Is "Make
It so that business men cun understand
lt." or "Bring U Into Hue With mod?
ern buhlnosH conditions."
Perhaps the chief criticism which
cai\ be applied to lli'se answers Is
that they represent conservative opin?
ion, despite the filet that there Is pome
representation of labor ytows. There
, was a strong reactionary clement lit
J eluded, as Is evident from the Strength
I of the antagonism to the propositions
! for steadier employment of labor at
' hotter prices and for bottcr protection
o gainst Industrial accidents. Thlrty
I live per cent, of the replies formed
I this opposition.
I The National civic Federation has a
worthy aim, of course, but It roaches
very many men ul* the Btfrndput school
of political theory, who regard with
ultra-conservatism nny change toward
uplift or any Improvement of the lot of
the plain people. Tho middle class has.
perhaps, too little voice In tho mass of
opinions expressed. The opinion of the
people of the nation cannot be formu?
lated even by 15.000 nun Tho well
springs of public opinion He deep.
IM'Sll TUB RICHMOND LEGISLATION.
The bill embodying the charter
changes requested by the people of
Richmond passed the House yesterday
with i?ut ona> dissenting vote. The re?
sponsibility for tho passage of this
bill now rostj on Senators llarm.m
and Koike?. Th? Times-Dispatch urges
them, as it urged the House delega?
tion, to push this measure, with all
possible speed, so that ;t may be sent
to the Governor for his approval nt
once. Immediate passage of the bill
will quiet the runtor.s which have boon
afloat as to obstruction and opposition
to the charter legislation from an un?
known quarter. Little credence has
been placed In th?sc reports, but the
delay which this measure has suf?
ferer ha? given petty politicians about
llio city an opportunity to a.-i-crt that |
tho charter changes would be held j
up In the Legislature and bttrled until
the l&il days of tlio session, when the
l.ope of resurrection is slender and
the voice of minor opposition fatal.
No open antagonism has been mani?
fested. The length of tlmo consumed
in getting this Mil before the General
Assembly; because of its defective
shn-pe when first presented, has caused
anxiety on the part of tho citizens
who fought for the measure and who
app. aied successfully to tho city Coun?
cil for It. All fears will bo dissipated,
all rumors put to illght, by speedy ac?
tion in the Senate, and we trust that
our two Senators will cause this bill
to be put upon Its passage at tile
earliest feasible moment.
.Ml NICIPAI. IIUREAUCRATS.
Old privileges die hard, and one of.
the dearest rights has beer, the pro?
vision requiring ofllceholders to be 1
voters. That provision ::n '. that policy
was indorsed last night by the Board
of Aldermen when it went on record
as opposed to the Montague'bill, ?hieb
provides that cities may ''employ" such
services us they need without having
to look into the servant's Voting quali?
fications. A similar bill is before the
New York Assembly, only that bill
takes the other view. 1'l.c Walker bill
in New York provides that no oily or;
State Office can be held by a man who
has not been a resident cf the city or
State for a year at the Hind of hit- ap?
pointment, which Is an equally clllcient
method of obtaining the Rente results
as these desired by the trponcnts of
the emancipating bill before the Vir?
ginia Legislature.
The argument in New Yrrk Is, on It*
face, that the Governor and the Mayor
Should not have a free band in making
appointments, because, they have al?
ways made mistakes. If this were
true, it would follow that all Mayors
and Governors of New York were'
hopelessly incompetent, for It has notj
been found out thBt all banks or
schools or collects or lnsurnr.ee com-i
panies suffered byfreedom In choosing
the best talent they could secure for the
work Iii hand. Nor does It appear that
when New York City got Colonel War?
ing as a sired cleaning commissioner
It made H mistake. The fact Is the re?
verse. Colonel Waring was chosen
for bin general illness, and he estab?
lished an absolutely nc?V mark in
America for ofllclcncy In cleaning tho
streets of h great city.
There unod to be a time When only
the sons of nobli s could bold com?
missions in the King's army, and many
wise people believed?the Duke of
but so-called gentlemen's sens were nt
to command troops. And yet, the his?
tory of warfare has nhown that no!
party or faction und no class distinc?
tion determined military capacity. In
trying tu limit all offices to voters of
.1 city, wr see another attempt to es?
tablish a narrow and deadening bu?
reaucracy. The Ulli Montague measure
might to be a law. it Is essentially
s?"itd, and the cities of Virginia need
PR At IM ll, CONSKll VATION'.
.viiai prooiems con
routing th. country?is receiving I
iractlcn) attention, two most notable]
tnd gratifying proofs arc at hand.
3peelItcatty both have to oo with the!
question of the lumber supply. nut|
.may, it is to be hoped, be confident!}
J assumed t" In an earnest of coming',
j iirousemint of appreciation of the nr
cesBlty of conservation of other nr
iura! resources.
Not Ions since a ntimoer of lum-|
Iber manufacturers, representing live!
Western States, held a conference at
I Portland, Oregon, to discuss forest
I protection from lire, the ovllg of ,pro
i rllgnte cutting and the subloct of re
: fore-station. Now it lf learned that u
I lumber company Which had Ihm pur?
chased 250,000 acres of land in West
iin North Carolina, bus determined to
i put ihu entire tract under the advisory
supervision of tho United Btntos Koros,
try Bureau,
In uddltlon i" that, thu company pro?
pose! to utilize completely all tho saw?
dust und otlior waste rr j u Its ucvoral
mills, instead ?>r dumping them Into
Hie streams ot i>llli>ir them up to rot.
The sawdust wilt ho used at a central
power plant, where It will lie convert?
ed into electrical power to run all tho
mills and ructorles producing the
waste, together with a largo pulp mill.
Under tho iidvlsory supervision of
tho Forestry 'Bureau, Judgment In fell
i Ins will be exercised, and replanting
will be continuously carried on. with
a view to maintaining Indefinitely a
timber stand. In other words, the
company designs establishing u per?
petual timber farm by means of sclcn
! tlllo cultivation and conservation.
' This policy is a radical departure
from the short-sighted, selfish, ruth?
less methods of the vast majority of
the lumber or timber companies, which,
.after nctiulrltig a stretch uf forest
land 01 the timber rights thereof,
proceed us expeditlousl;.- as possible
to slay nnd spare not. Usually such
enterprises take no thought of the
morrow, either as it concerns them?
selves or bears upon the Interests ot
j others, as Involved In the prevention
of disastrous Hoods or the conserva?
tion of tho water supply.
But also the policy is a most signifi?
cant and encouraging departure as
mat king an advance of tho conserva?
tion movement towards practical and
widespread economic results. Coupled
with the Portland conference. It af?
fords evidence of a realization of In?
volvement of the nation's future pros?
perity in conservation, which appeals
for accentuation to all similar inter?
ests and enterprises in every State in
the Union.
Virginia, with her Immense resources
of forest and mine and her experience
with thoughtless and prodigal wastage,
should be among the foremost States
that Would be benefited through bark?
ening to the appeal.
There Is one affectation Of publl
speakers that is very absurd. An ora?
tor or near-orator will, after carefully
preparing his speech and using his
"Bnrtlott's Quotations" overtime, get
olT a .sentence ljko this: "Is It not
Quintlllnn who says, 'Thorn who wlshj
to appear wise among fools among
tho wise seem foolish""'' ci "Was lt|
not Macaulay who declared 'That that
Is the best government which desires
to mak'e tha people happy and know
how to mnko them happy'?" In otherj
words, a public speaker, after posi?
tively ascertaining that H was Quln
tlllan and Macaulay who said these
things, deliberately Insinuates that
ho Is hot sure about It. and pretends
that ho does not know something that
ho does know. This may bo a flat?
tery trap for the auditor, who. pleased
that the orator should credit htm with
any knowledge of literature, admits
to himself that Quintllian or Macaulay
undoubtedly must have said it. be
>.-iu.io he knows nothing to the con?
trary.
At a rocent examination of candi?
dates for th? police department Iii!
<"'Mcago the following woro some of
the questions asked and some of the
answers:
"Larceny?A man or a woman who
inarrlea. a relative.
".Larceny?Speeding an Irtutomoblla
or other rig on wheels.
"Misdemeanor?When a person is
taken into court and sued.
"Robbery?An act of murder, and
the time to shoot or hit.
"What bp: the duties of a police?
man??To take care of fl.-en, murder
'.tic and the United slates."
imagine any of Richmond's finest
putting up any such replies ?s that:
When it comes to cheering for one of
their alumni, the University of Vir?
ginia Wilson boomers can give points]
to any of tho lads at the University of
Cincinnati, Vale, Bethany College, or
any of tho other colleges with alumni
In the presidential timber lot.
The ground hog came out, saw hin
shadow and went hack to bis den. It
is to be Hoped that the bunding spring
poets will go and do likewise.
QUERIES &
ANSWERS
Poem \\ .nurd.
Can you publish the poem in which1
these words or some very like them
occur'.'
"We come on earth to cry, don't you
know;
We glow older, then wc sigh:
Older still, then wc. die," etc.
B. L. BHOWN.
Can any one Send copy'.'
wi- i Mary Johnston,
Please give the date and place of
Miss Mary Johnston's birth und the
date 01' her llrst book. M I
tbVii, Buchanan, Va. 1J.PS.
w bite's Georgia.
Pleuse be good enough to inform '
me when "White's statistical History
? if Georgia" was published, and whclh
r ;t Is regarded to be authoritative. ,
W1L??X K.
1849. Yes.
Subscription lo Periodical.
I subscribed to a paper for three !
months, it continued to come to 1110'
and I to receive It for thirteen months,
''an 1 bo forced to pay for the entlro
time? BARL BoXLl;i.
Not if tho subscription was under?
stood to be for three months only.
Addresses,
W..I you give the addresses of Mrs.
Hettj Green und Colonel .lohn J. Ae
'">? M. B.
Hollows trails; Vermont. 23 West
Twenty-sixth Street, Now York City.
Tnxntlon,
Please Btate the tnx r.itos In Vlr
K Ills and in Klchmond, anil inform mo
whcthi i' i should be taxed on furrii
I lure In my hr.usc, 'out unpaid for'.'
G. M. II.
Virginia rato, cents on the ?iuo:
Richmond rate, $1,40 on tho $100. !f
, title to the furniture hns passed to
I you you should. Ii" title Ik retained oy
1 tlie person who sold, you should not.
On the Spur of the Moment
_?y Roy K. Moulton ?
Sister's I'letiirc.
When sister nets her pi lule took
.Slio muk?s mi awful fuss;
Shu thrushes 'ruuud until she has
Tho whole house lu a rnuss.
Sho starts to gettlu1 ready
Long before lt's time to go.
.And the family's In an uproar
For a good long week or so.
She daubs the powder on her nose.
And on her cheeks some puint.
She thinks that In the picture sho
Must look like what she uln't.
Sho put? hoi best silk stockln's oil,
And fusses with her hulr.
And combs It lino II never was
On her or anywhere.
She gots down to the rrnllory.
And thou the fun begins, ,
She practices a lot Of smirks.
And frowns and scowls and grins. |
She trios to pose, unconscious like,
With easy poise and grace.
But most that sho makes out to do
Is Just twist up her face.
And when sho gets tho proofs up home
Tho folks all have to laugh.
For tho expression on the face
Is like a dyln* calf.
The picture aln'l like her at all,
"Tnln't natural a bit.
But sister thinks It Is Just prand,
And says there's class to it.
It makes her loolc a trood deal like
Some fourth-class nctorlne.
And ain't got no resemblance to
No one we've ever sfen,
She never jrlts dolled up like that,
Nor has that painful look,
Fxceptln' sometimes when sin goes
To got her picture toolf.
According to Uncle Abner.
Moro responsibility Is placed on sus?
penders thun on uny otiior invention
of this raco of men.
This would be a reasonably happy
world if every feller could get his
love letters back.
Among the members of the great
leisure class in this country must be
numbered the husb&nds of the china
pain tern.
Elmer Splnk has started in makln'
a burnt wood picturi tor Miss Pansy
Tlbbltt's birthday present, but hie- let
It be noised around that if she m-1 es
oyes at any trovclln' men during the
year, somebody else will he the fair j
r.-clpient of the same,
i'ne young fellers that got a lot of
Impossible necktlCF for Christinas I
should save 'em up until after they
get married. After a feller Is married
ho doesn't care what he wears.
There are two kinds of people that
there Is no use In trying to convert.
On.) Is tho kind that wears red flannel
underclothing and the other Is the
kind tnat dote on Ibsen.
Our Idea of having a good time is
goinir to an afternoon reception and
conversutzlone, whore the BUbJcct un?
der discussion Is Maeterlinck's "In?
fluence I'pon Modern Drams."
Fame.
Professor Archibaldus Mutt was quite
unknown to Famo until
He found a littlo microbe on a twenty
thousand dollar bill.
The papers used his portrait and tha
lecture managers got wise.
And signed him up .'or Hftoen years.
agreeing that he was a prize.
When tills engagement had expired,
with no more lecture dates to till,
Professor Mutt was not dismayed, but
Just went Into vaudeville.
Bo'r.unktis Jones, lie pined Cor fame.
i.l'.e sang for him a dismal tune.
And so he thought he'd try his hand
at getting up a power balloon,
lie built liio thing and advertised that
he was Just about to fly
Around the world, a wondrous feat
that no man yet had.dared to try.
He was profusely Interviewed. His
name was hoard on every lip.
He wont out lecturing, and then from
time to time postponed the trip.
Whenever interest seemed to lag once
moro he would prepare to soar.
He'd fly five miles and tiien come back
and lecture for a year or moro.
Miss Mazle Smith found life was tame.
She traveled with a burlesque
show,
For ?he tvas Jusi a chorus girl?one
of a long, and tiresome row.
She bribed a fellow passenger to kiss
her in a trolley car,
Tho papers played tho thing up big.
The managers mndo her a star.
Her name Is on the theatre, spelled
out in Incandescent lights,
And Mazle now Is waxing high on
"S. R. O." one hundred nights.
Just now she Is the howling rage. Her
luck Is qulta beyond compare;
It's said that sho Is now engaged to
wed a Pittsburgh millionaire
Erasmus Perkins thought h<*'d like to
grab some notoriety,
lie recommended "Pilklns's Pills" and
now his smiling face yon sm
In all the papers 'round about, and he's
tho lion of the town.
There are a thousand easy wayB to
Jump into a quick renown.
With all the avenues to Famo wide
open, safe and sane and sure,
Thorr'!! not a reason In the. world why
any one should he. obsoure.
Voice of the People
Change Thin i.nvr.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Ati open letter to tho Legislature of
Virginia:
The writer, tliouch an humblo citi?
zen of tho State, bus beon somewhat
surprised that with the bright array
of legal talent which has been present
In our General Assembly for years that
Abe Martin
We r, an self made men, lunt not
very many ?.' ua hnvo stayed on th'
job Time is a great healer?unless
you're, in bunlncra.
GHOSTS OF THE PAST
By John T. McCutcheon.
(Copyrl*ht: 1013: Dy John T McCutcbcon.J
Isn't it an awful thing
"to face the tragic truth
At you no it In the tintype
that icru taken in your youth?
Section 25?V Of the Code of Virginia
ha.s beeil allowed to stand as It Is to?
day tor many, rnuby years.
It seems It was taken from the Code
of tots, anil as the law then stood it
warf not calculated to work the hard?
ship that It may carry with It under
our present statutes.
Tho writer sees no objection to the
said statute, except as to the second
subdivision of the same That sub?
division reads as follows:
"If the Intestate was a married wo?
man her husband Shall bo entitled to
the said surplus of her estate."
"Sal.i surplus" is the whole of the
estate except debts against the decedent,
funeral expenses and charges of ad?
ministration. Now, In many cases this;
provision of the law might apply with i
justice. That Is, In cases whore the
children left as tho Issue of tho mar- I
rlago with the hutfaand were all the1
children of the wife.
But take the following supposed
case fund such cases may have arisen
or are likely to arise at'any time): I
Suppose a man marries a widow. She
has valuable personal property, and
she dies Intestate; tho husband is heir
to ttie whole estate and the children
are left penniless. Is It necessary to
discuss such a monstrous proposition"
Should not the law be changed, and
changed quickly, to provide for such
a contingency?
I saw from your valuable pupcr 1
that at the banquet of the legislators!
Hon. S. II. Love, of I.unonburg. ro
Hponded eloquently to the toast, "Our|
Women."
Will not the honorable gentlemen in?
troduce romc bin to protect the "wo?
men" and their children In such a con?
tingency as stated nbove? I
I. B. BELL. .
Milburn, Vo. i
1703-J. I
Wllllnm nnd IHnry's Work.
To the Kdltor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir. ? The people of Virginia are fa?
miliar with the greatness of the
achievements of William and Mary
College in the past, hut perhaps a
very few know tho truly wonderful
work that the college hnH been quietly
performing In the presonl educational
developments. The comparative fig?
ures given by mc in a recent address
to the Finance Committee of tho Legis?
lature are so striking as to be of gen?
eral compelling Interest. Every one
knows the failure of the university to
establish a successful school of agri?
culture, and how, despite the Immense
Federal nnd Stnte approprln tlono
which It bus received for the purpose,
tlie energies of tho Virginia Polytech?
nic Institute have been largely di?
rected to engineering, but only a few
seem to appreciate that the problem
presented lo William and Mary College
of popularizing the profession of touch?
ing among young men was even one
of greater trouble. Nothing Is moro
conspicuous In the statistics of other
Stntes than the dlfllculty which has
been experienced of inducing nialo
students to attend .the normal schools
und the educntlnnnl departments at the
colleges and universities. This failure
has led to u distinct femlnlxatlon of the
profession of public school teaching,
even in the higher fields. Hear what
tho director of Ihe course for tho
training of teachers of the great Uni?
versity of Wisconsin Hays: "In Juno,
1H10, out of a total of nlnoty-olght
university teachers' certificates grtmted
to students presenting mnjors In Eng?
lish, Ocrmnn, Latin and mathematics,
but three certificates were granted to
men. The decline in tho number of
men entering the work of touching,
and their almost complete disappear?
ance from some departments of Instruc?
tion, presents not only a university
problem, but o largo soclnl problem."
He states further that "this unfortu?
nate condition Is duo not primarily to
unpromising financial outlook of the
work of teaching, but rnther to the
idea that public school tenchers arc nn '
Inferior and socially mnrked class."
The problem of making teaching re?
spectable to young men, nnd of build?
ing up tin Ideal of constructive educa?
tion, and of supplying the State with
men liiiitilled with such Idoan. ha.s been
largely solved by tho college nt Wll
llamshurg, and Is Its most nlgnal con?
tribution a.i a State Institution to the
public welfare.
We hear sometimes criticisms of the
number of students at William and
Mary, as compared with tho much larg?
er numbers at other Stato institutions,
but it Is not by comparing the col?
lege with theso Institutions, whoso ob
jcctn are different, that a correct con- |
roptlon of tho work of William nnd I
Mary 13 to bo arrived at. Tho com- j
pnrlson must bo made with tho col- '
leges and universities in other States
engaged in nlmllor work. Take tho
great school of education nt the Unl
verslty of Chicago, which le equipped
with ?very convenience that wealth can
supply, and though it has hundreds
of women taking Its courses, it has
only twenty-three undergraduate men!
engaged in .similar work. This is]
b.'med on a statement mndo by one of
Its directors. Thon, according to thoj
report of one of Its faculty, the famous!
Columbia University College of Teach?
ers, In New York, bus practically no
men among Its undergraduates, l'ur
I Hier evidence Is afforded by the re?
port of the United States Commission?
er of education, which mentions only
lour Institutions of higher learning In
America, having aa many male stu?
dents taking work In education as has
William and Mary; and this, despite
their Immense wealth, numoiou.i fac?
ulty and magnificent buildings. The
average yearly attendance at William
and Mary during the last ton years h-is
been about 'J20, and of this number the
{average taking education has been up?
wards of ICO. This number comprises
not only all those who tako the pledge
to leach In the public schools, but
many others, who do not euro to take
this pledge, but who. nevertheless, take
the same courses. Of the titled grad?
uates nf tho college during the past
few years, Si^i per cent, took special
work In education and TP per cent,
have actually entered tho profession of
teaching. Of tho unpledged graduates
of thu past four years C2?? per cent,
havo engaged In leaching, though un?
der no obligation to do so. At this
session there are as jnany mon of col?
legiate grade In thu department of cd-I
ticatlon at William and Mi\j>" as there'
uro In ull the colleges taken together I
of the States of Maine. New Hamp?
shire. Vermont. Massachusetts. Ithode
Island, Connecticut. Now Jersey and
Pennsylvania; or of Delaware. Mary?
land. District of Columbia, West Vir?
ginia, North Carolina, Georgia and
Florida; or of Kentucky, Alabama,
Mississippi. Arkansas and Texas; or
of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin. Wyo?
ming. Colorado, Now Mexico, Arizona,
Utah, Nevada, Idaho. Washington and
Oregon taken together. (Sec report ol
United States Commissioner of Educa?
tion for 1911.)
Qven when William and Mary is com?
pared with Institutions not. like it. of
college grade, but of merely school
grade, the result is equally remarkable,
in all theso lnatltutlnns, while the
number of women Is very large, the
number of men Is very small, ft is a
significant fact that at all tho univer?
sities In the country, Including our
own, at Charlotteevtllo, tho attendance
of men In their clabses of -education is
exceedingly small?a moro half-dozen
or so.
A comparison of records with tho
other male Institutions of tho State
shows that William and Mary as a
teachers' college does not merely give
to her students a special training for
school work, but thut she actually
draws men Into the profession, who. If
educated at another place, would not
consider It. Tho report of the Superin?
tendent of Public Instruction for 1910
shows that William and Mary has ns
many of her graduates touching In the
public schools as tho Virginia Poly?
technic Institute, Vlrglnln Military In?
stitute and tho University of Virginia
taken together. As the men who take
the teacher's diploma and the non
graduates greatly outnumber tho grad?
uates among tho teachers who have
been trained at the college, the com?
parison would be much more striking
wcro theso Included, especially In view
of the number of students nt William
and Mary. This showing Is. not dis?
paraging to tho other Institutions,
whoso spocial work Is not tho training
of teachers, but It does show that this
college is successful In preparing foi.
the public school system a large body
of trained tonchcra who remain In tho
teaching profession.
William and Mary to the Stoto
In not to be measured by tho
mere number of teachers she
sends out; for she Is a training
school for ofllcero, who uro vastly moro
Important than nn equal number of
privates In tho ranks. Approximately
one-half of the higher school officials,
who directly aid the Superintendent of
Public Instruction In enrrying forward
his great work, aro William and Mary
men; nineteen Willlnm and Mary di?
vision and city superintendents alono
hnvo under their enre ono-flfth of all
tho school children In Virginia, nnd all
through tho State, principals trained at
William and Mary may be found di
rectlng the -work of others. Each 01
these men represents not only himself,
but also the hundreds of children wlv>
tome under his charge.
In concluding this letter, 1 bet;
emphasize a- -olnl mude by mo bofori
tho Committeo of finance In favor ot
an Increase of the annual appropria?
tion. The college Is anxious to reach
the teachers of the State bv holdlnp
each year u summer session In sonu
suitable location accessible to the pub?
lic. The many young men who are
employed In tho rural schools and un?
able to attend th"o college at Williams
burg will thus have the special Oppor?
tunities of tho higher Instruction. Such
attendance would bo permitted to count
In credits at the college, should un)
one care to prosecute h!B studios lit
the regular session.
I.YON O. TYL.BI1
Conditions at Cntamba
To tho Kdttor of The Times-Dispatch.
Sir,?In your issue of Sunday, the
7th, I notice an article supposed to
be written by Dr. Knnlon <",. Williams,
Mating my charges against tho man?
agement of the Catawba Sanatorium
had been Investigated by the State
Hoard of Charities* and * Corrections,
and thoy had found my charges were
not bused on fuels and there was no
foundation for sntne.
They said I had charged that the
Catawba Relief Association was gotten
up to deceive the people, and I claimed
Ihere wore vacancies at Catawba in?
stead of being crowded; und they had
Investigated the matter thoroughly anil
found my charges were not bared on
facts.
Now, Mr. Editor, the report of the
Stute Hoard of Charities was made on
November 30, 1911, and on November
00, the same day they made this re?
port. I received a letter from tho resi?
dent physician at Catawba, stating
that there worn vacancies at Catawhu
nnd no applications on file, nnd ho was
tilling theso vacancies up with old pa?
tients who were sent home on ac?
count of tho six months' rule. This
letter was published along with my
statement In the Tazcwoll Republican
of January 4. Now. will Dr. Wil?
liams and the Rev. J. T. Mastin explain
that? I also notice Dr. Wllllnms did
"not explain why thoy sent those old
patients home because they had no
money for new buildings, and on the
same day ordered a new residence for
the resident physician, which Is no\v
completed, nnd thoy said, an for drink?
ing water not being furnished bed
patients was ridiculous, yet any pa?
tient who has been to Catawba will
tell you It is, or was, so a bed patient
could not get n drink of water, ex?
cept through the kindness of some, pa?
tient who wns able nnd willing to go
to tho spring. There was never any
understanding as to how n bed patient
was to get wator. No ono was sup?
posed to furnish them with water, and
thoy will tell you It was so up to July.
1011.
I also notice Dr. Williams failed to
say why it was that Attorney-General
K. W. Williams stated to a friend In
Rdanoke that In traveling around over
tho State that he hod found a grcnt
rienl of complaint against the. Catawba
Sanatorium and he was afraid it npai
goingi to be a failure. Now. "11 thin
and much more was In; my charges, and
there Is moro to come, and I will ask
you In fnlrneps to me to publish this
along with my charges as they appear?
ed In tho Tazewell Republican on Jan?
uary 4, and hereafter publish both sides
of what you 6ec in other papers re?
garding thin matter, and let the peo?
ple sec both slrfes. and then they can
decide for themselves.
Now I will close by asking Dr. Kn
nlon G. Williams nnd Rev. J. T. Mas
tln. who constitute the State Board of
Charities nnd also the State Board
of Health, to give the names of twelve
people out of the 1,101 or 1.200 who
hnvo hcen treated nt Cntnwba Sanato?
rium, and prove that they have Hcen
cured of tuberculosis. That Is just !
per cent. Now. that will show If Cn -
tnwha has been a success or not. and
wl]| show what kind of treatment they
have been getting there.
J. M. KT/HTOTT.
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