The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-23

RlCHNoSD PUBLIC SCHOOLS INSPECTED BY
THE LEGISLATIVE CcMMITTEE.-Tbe LegiSla-
tive and City Council Committees finished
their tour Of inspection of the Richmond
Public Schools yesterday. DR.. w. Ii. Ruff
ncr, State superintendent OF Public lnStruc-
ton: Messr-. kirkpatrick, Beas'cy, and Now
lin, Of ID" Senate COMMITTEE; McSsrs. kellom,
Christian W illmmS, Tanner. and Biss, of the
City Council Committee; Messr>. Rady and
Er"li>h, Of The City School Board; McSSl>.
Bllrlhcirl. Bigger, Tanner, and other ci,i-
zcu-. accompanied by Superintendent j. III.
B,n'o,d and Secretary Alfred Moses, assem-
ofrd al the High School a 8 O'Clock A. NJ.
The 9arty witnessed and crjo cd the open.
IN: ,xcrc>es, visited and Inspected the class
rouu>. and crmpimented the discipline and
method, Of instruction. The scholars who
have. been in charge of Miss Bass for the
yl>; W,Giy d:y> we're assembled in the hall,
whclc they san- very sweetly ahd went
through interesting exercises. Mr. Will
tau.s. member OF The Board Of Aldermen.
addressed The pupils and visitors after the
exercises. and expressed himself much
pleased with all he had seen and heard. He
WIS sa:I 1i"d that not Que dollar OF The peo-
pies money hid been Incorporated in
this directions, and he challenged all tax
,n.. Ell, who think otherwise 10 visit the pub
lie schools aud see for themselves.
SUPERINTENDENT Binford called the atten-
ton OF the visitors to the percentage of at
tcuda, CO of the various schools they. "ilsltct
for the preceding week.
1t viii be r,m,mblSGd that it was mos
inclcMnaa.,. 80, .ur >i veal days our streets were
really dat &clous TO pedestrians; and not
wililstnuGlug this the scholars of the public
schools. III their love Of scbool-wolk ant
Interest in The progress Of the schools. made
the following result in attendance High
school. IS per cent: Valley school, 81 pei
c,:!': Bethel school, Is per cent, !; Bellevue
school, % per cent. Madison school, 81 pei
cent.
RE party next visited the Valley School
tcnioIed). OF which Mr.. {. ID. Montague il
lilncist!. This school gave some cXtraor-
binary specimens OF scAool-w0rk in their
s,N,ial Io~mS, rs well rs some excellent
>!!E:in@ il the aS,rmby-room.
leaving the Valley School at o'clock, tit
Visitors proceeded to Bethel School. Here
the entire school Was assembled in the hall
Excellent reading and good singing was rem
dcrcd BY the scholars. M1jor kirkpatrick
and DR.. W. II. Rutluer made short speeches II
the children, expressing their qualification al
the rapid progress OF the public-school sys
tenn in the city OF Richmond.
Leaving Bethel the visitors went 10 Belle
vue school, j. ii. Peay principal. After
going through the various rooms and wit
Messing the methods OF instruction, diSci
pine, &c., which rather astonished some o
the visitors, the entire school of six hundred
scholars was assembled. The singing, calls
thenic exercises, and re1diug by the scholar:
was regarded by all rs well.nigh perfect
DR.. Rutlner, Judge Nowlin, and others
made encouraging speeches to the children
The visitors went from the Bellevue schoo
to the Madison school. 1t being late, this
school, in consequence of the illness of the
principal. Dir. E. W. Cone, was closed. Thu:
ended day of much enjoyment 10 all whc
took part in the tour OF inspection.