Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-01
An Experienced Educator Discusses
the Gathering of Virginia Tench-
ers mt the Magic City-1he Virgin"
Teachers Co-Operatiyc League.
written for the pIspatch.l

CA1ltc-lIOUl the htlEAOHtf tll An' hNA 49,
TO Texas, on the south. venture the as
serton that not another four weeks sum-
mer school for the training OF teachers,
North or South, East or West. can boast
Of an attendance equal TO the Virginia
School OF Methods The great body OF
this attendance was, Of course, made up
Of Virginia teachers. IL Is compliment
10 the department OF supervision 10 say
that. OF the III county and city superin-
tendents OF the State. eighty-four were
in attendance more or less Of the time
Chief among the forces which contrlbu-
ted To this high attendance ! may men
ton the earnest efforts OF Conductor T..
c. Glass, OF I.ynchburg, and Secretary
wills A. jenkins, OF Portsmouth, and
the official management Of State Superin-
tendent Joseph w. SOuthall. and his as
sistants. Secretaries Frank =. Brent and
j. A. McGilVray. The newspapers of the
state did much to encourage the school,
by rejecting the sentiment OF leading SUI
perintendents and teachers. But no 9TH
er single element contributed 80 largely
20 the success Of the school as the Nir-
ginia School Journal, the official organ OF
the Department Of Public instruction.
No one can study carefully the following
list Of Instructors Of the School OF Meth
DDS without being impressed with the
ltflliS AilGL mere ~ a FfilAdht' ANi''A Va
university extension for teachers.
But the highest possible helps are given
TO teachers of every grade. The teach
ers who come from the rural districts,
hoping To learn how they can better teach
the common branches TO the children Of
the people, find their work especially en-
phasized. In fact, the teacher can here
find helps for every grade, from the kim
dergarten TO the university. l present
THE MANAGEMENT AND FACULTY.
Conductor-E c. Glass, superintendent
Of Schools, Lynchburg. Va
Secretary-Niliis a. jenkins, Principal
OF Schools, Portsmouth, Va.
Local Manager. Luther Sheppe, Roa-
n0ke, Va.
DEPARTMENT or METHODS.
DR.. Emerson L. White, ex-superintend-
ent Schools. Cincinnati. Pedagogy.
James l.. Hughes, Inspector of Schools,
Toronto, Canada, Talks on Teaching.
Miss Celestial s. Parrish. Womans Col
loge Lynchburg, Va. Psychology.
Superintendent Il. =. Moses, Raleigh, n.
c.. PhOnic Reading.
Or. r. w. Page, Professor Of History,
University OF California, Berkeley. Cal.
Methods In History.
Miss Celestia 5. Parrish, Woman's Col
itBtt l>yAtHDhibf VIZ *'i'-l4"N' ~ <NiiNi'
metic.
Miss NJ. Lizzie Harvey, Lynchburg Pub
lie Schools. Methods in Geography.
Mrs. j. II. Phillips, Birmingham, Ala.
Primary Methods.
Mrs Ida A. Myers, Principal OF the
Training School, Washington, ID. C., Pri-
mary Methods.
Miss Lucy Lee Davis, Principal Of Mod
el School. Lynchburg, Va, Model School.
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
Or. c. W. Kent, Department Of Litera-
ture, University Of Virginia, Literature.
Mr.. and AIRS. Henry l.. SouthwiclS, En-
erson School oil Oratory, Boston, Mass.
Professor Leroy S. Edwards, Public
Schools, Richmond. Va, History United
states.
Dr. J. Leslie Hall. william and Mary
College, Va, English.
Miss Ceestla 5. Parrish, Woman's Col
lege, Lynchburg. Va. Arithmetic.
Professor j. l.. Sheppe, Principal Of
Schools, Roanoke. Va, Physiology.
Miss Mamie Davis, Principal of Schools,
Lynchburg, Va. Reading in Grammar
Grades.
Miss Anna d. LeGrande, Public Schools,
Lynchburg, Va, Vertical Ponmanship.
Professor Bernard Gutman, Hamburg,
Germany. Drawing.
Professor Curtis Munson, Hartford,
Conn, Music.
Dudley X. Cowles, Principal of High
School, Hampton. Va, Civil Government.
Miss Mamie G. Davis, Principal OF
Schools. Lynchburg Va. Chalk Model
ling.
Dudley II. Cowles, Principal OF High
School, Hampton. Va. Latin.
lIffsa a O., l.
Portsmouth, Va, Algebra.
Professor j. L. Yoder. Principal of
Schools Lynchburg, Va, Study Of Trees.
THE ENTERTAINMENTS.
Seldom. ii ever have / seen a school
Of teachers where solid instruction was So
mixed with entertlnment-bOth literary
and scientific. The regular exercises OF
the school seemed like a summer chlu-
tauoua. So intensely interesting were
they that a number Of teachers connect
cd with private schools Ok high order
thought II worth while TO give their time
and their money for the instructions
which had been provided for the teach
ers OF the public schools. And twenty
FIVE citizens OF Roanoke paid the tuition,
and took the course for It's culture value.
Good as were the exercises OF the day,
the evening entertainments were stu bet
1 Ter. 1ntlt NtAt IVA "a tHHrf III AAlt
course where immense audiences. at the
opera-house, listened to great lectures.
And the lecture-cOurse was supplement-
ed by a grand concert OF hundreds OF
voices. enriched by several solos, and by
an orchestra OF fifteen pieces l must
not fail TO mention the fact that R0a-
noke gave the teachers so royal a well
come. and such satisfactory entertain
ment, that they desire 10 return. So the
next session OF the School Of Methods
will be held at Roanoke. Much credit
is due 10 Local Manager J. Luther Shep-
Dc. of Roanoke. He Seems to have sent
each teacher 10 the best home, and 10
each home the choicest guests.
1 haye not time 10 tell OF the places OF
interest within the reach of Roanoke |
NAV simply mention an excursion taken
Inv some 800 teachers TO the Natural
Bridge-"not made with hands," wide
enough 10 spau Broadway and high
enough 10 throw I'm shadow the turrets OF
Trinity church, OF New York.
THE TEACHERS LEAGUE.
The Virginia Teachers COOPERATIVE
League. organized at the Summer Normal
at Mount Jackson, year ago, was this
year so interlaced and interviewer viii
tho School OF Methods that | cannot find
u In my heart TO put them asunder.
The design Of the league, as / under
stand II. Is 20 direct the teaching force
10 discuss and establish certain privl'
Ieqss of pedagogy. and TO mould public
oripion for the benefit OF the CROWNS
system OF public education In the State.
Tba league held three meetings at tn,
scboo, OF Methods, and, at the election OF
of,icers. President Dudley II. Cowles, Of
Hampton. was unanimously reelected. by
| a rising vote