Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-21
ON SUMNER SCHOOLS.
Mr.. MAssEY's CIRCULAR ON THE I'M
pOaTANcE or THE INSTITUTES.
Full Issts of Courses aod Teachers for
This Year-spccial and Attractive
Features-Pssbody scholsrshfp.

I IuDllc hto
meuts for holding institutes or summer
training schools for tho benefit OF VIZ
pinia teachers. These arrangements are
embodied in circular just issued u
teachers. in which Mr. Massey says:
THE public schools have proved theil
worth. The millions invested IN them oy
taxpayers are not expended to crafty
mere sentiment of the times; they are
used to meet need OF the day: bu'
there must be progress. AS new and more
/ liberal ideas are advanced new needs arise
! The schools must keep pace with other
improved methods in the great industries
of lite. No stsnd-stili policy will satisfy.
The public demands that the schools be
made more efficient. Shams will not de;
ceive them. Teachers must DC wei
equipped for the business or their work
will fail TO satisfy the demands OF an in
telligent public.
THE Two-FoLD WANTS.
1.-THE wants Of our teachers are two
fold more skill in methods of instruction,
more accurate and broader scholarship,
and wider information. In or
organizing institutes an effort has been
made to supply both Of these needs.
have endeavored TO keep IN view the exact
condition of our schools as / have learned
il from my inspection from my contact
with teachers and superintendents. and
from comparison with the experience of
other school managers.
Progressive teachers will attend one OF
the institutes from the first day TO the last.
They will 60 with an unselfsh determine
ton TO receive and give. to help and be
helped. and by their earneslness and in
dustry will fit themselves for better work,
and thus command better salaries"
Mr.. Massey In this circular explains that
these summer training schools are main
tanned by appropriations from the Peabody
Fund. made through the instrumentalltv
agent of the Peabody Board of Trust.
The State provides for the support of the
summer session of the Virginia Normal
and Collegiate Institute Petersburg) for
training colored teachers. but makes no
provision for other summer training
schools. The Superintendent believes
that i. should be the policy of the State
to improve the teachers now engaged in
the schools. MANY young women and a
goodly number of young men OF intelli-
gence enter the profession year after year
with but little preparation for Its duties.
and summer schools present about the
only opportunity offered for fitting them
for the work.
Abtl WIN DE- a LAh1NE'A'
Mr.. Massey expects to see these summer
schools grow into permanent institutions.
an organic part OF tho publc-schoOl sys-
TEN. He states that the Virginia Summer
School of Methods. which was organized
bv Superintendent T.. c. Glass at Bedford
City last summer. represents the best type
of the summer training school. In or
ganlziag il special effort was made TO
meet the wants and capacities of al grades
OF teachers. The prospects tor the school
this year OTIS second SESSION. are fine. Mr.
Massey believes that if this school can be
made permanent 1t will prove great
blessing to the cause of public education.
Teachers expecting to attend any one OF
the Institutes this summer must register
at the Office of the State Department Of
Public Instruction.
TEE SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.
Below is given the organization Of each
OF these summer institutes:
SALEM SCHOOL OF METHODS, OPEN JUNE 26rH
TO JULY 2lsT.
Conductor, F. G. Glass. Superintendent
Schools. Lynchburg Secretary and Urea
surer,,. Willis A. jenkins. Portsmouth To-
cal Manager, Superintendent X. &. Ste-
vens. Salem.
Faculty and Departments: Psychology
LID. ACKNOWLEDGMENT Schools. Gin
cinuati, o. Methods in Arithmetic-Miss
Celestia Parrish. Virginia State Normal
School; Methods in Geography-Hugh 5.
Bird, A. r.. professor pedagogics. William
and Mary College; Methods in History
Miss CelestIa Parrish. Virginia Stats Nor
nal School; Language and Grammar
Schools. Minneapolis, Minn. Ling Sys-
tenn of gymnastics Miss Corinne Harri-
son. Hemmenway School. Norfolk, Va. /;
Elementary Science--Professor Austin G..
Apgar. State Normal, Trenton. n. J. ::
Methods in Primary Work-blIss Sarah i.
Arnold. Supervisor Primary Schools Min
neapolis, Mimi; Reading. Grammar
Henry l.. Southwick, A. NJ. Emerson
School of Oratory; Reading. Primary-To
be supplied.
Academic Departments : English Lite
rature--W1lliam TAYLOR Thorn, A. NJ. for
merly professor of English in Hollins In
stitute Elocutiop ana Oratory-Henry l..
Southwick. A. NJ. Mrs. Jessie Eldridge
Southwick, Emerson School of Oratory ;
French and German Natural Method -
Mrs. Henry A. Allen, of Storms School of
Modern Languages. New York; Latin
j. Luther Sheppe, Salem; Form and Draw
ing-Miss Nj. W. CoulliDg, Virginia State
Normal School Vocal Music-Miss NJ. l..
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manship-To be supplied; English.
Luther Sheppe. Salem Arithmetic-Miss
Celestla Parrish. Virginia State Normal
School United States HIstory-Willis A.
jenkins, A. h.. principal High School.
Portsmouth Geographic. 9. Glass. Su-
perintendent of Schools, Lynchburg :;
Physiology Miss Virginia Reynolds, Vir-
GINA State Normal School.
Two lectures a week will be given in the
tlall H.
The Duty of the Hour" and "Charac-
ter Hon. George II. Vending will de-
liver his famous essays on Stonewall
Jackson and Saul of Tarsus." Profess
sor Austin c. Apgsr will repeat his delight
.ul discourse of last Summer on The Ami
nal Lfe OF tho Sea-" and add one other.
Thomas Nelson Page. LII. D., will give two
readings from his own writings. Mr.. and
Mrs. Southwick will fill engagements one
night each week.
FRONT ROYAL OPEN JULY 12rH TO AUGUST SrH
Conductor. Professor Charles II. Win
ston. of Richmond College; Assistant
Conductor. Mr.. George r. Pace, Principal
of Bellevue School. Richmond; Local
Manager, Mr.. G. +. Rov. County Superin-
tendent Schools. Front Royal.
Course of Instruction and Instructors
Elementary Sclence and Science and Art
OF Teaching-Professor Charles Ii. Win
ston: English Grammar and School
Management-ir. George II. Pace; Geog-
raphy and Methods Of Teaching-Mr ".
w. Robertson. Superintendent of Public
Schools, Staunton: Arithmetic, Algebra.
and History of Observation-Disclosures +. J.
Stubbs. State Male Normal School. College
of william and Mary; History and Physi-
cal Geography Mr.. ID. c. O'Flaherty,
Front Royal: Physiology and Primary
Methods l.. V. Faris. of the Rich
mond High School; Language Lessons.
Reading. and Elocution-Miss Lizzie 5.
McCue. of the stanton High School;
Drawing and English Literature - Miss
Anne s. Winston, of Richmond.
An effort will be made To furnish an at
tractiye course OF general lectures.
BY arrangement made through Superin-
tendent Roy. the work of the institute
will be carried on III Front Royal, Ran
dolph- Macon Academy.
FOR CoLoRED TEACHERS.
Hampton School (open July 5th 10 July
31st) J. Conductor. LEROY s. Edwards, prln-
cipal of of Springfield School. Richmond.
Course of Instruction and Instructors
Methods of Teaching and Language Les
sons-Frank Trigg, Lynchburg Arithme-
tic-B. A. Graves, OF Richmond; Gram
mar-John w. Williams, of Hampton His
tory-Mr. Edwards: Physiology-Mr.
George Stephens, Jr., Of Richmond; Ge-