The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-16

| Of the general public-school fund, was TOR
| the purpose of securing to al clNltuisli
! the rudimcnts Of education, anu the
promise that local taxes could be .leVleu
to be distributed by the local ooarus was
to encourage higher education.
PREVENT IGNO RANCE
Section provided for establishing agri-
| cultural. normal, manual training ana
| technical schools, and section >, author-
! izins. tl,e General Assembly to enact sucl
| laws as would prevent parents OF : t's.lu-
| ians from allowing children to grow up .. ~
I! ignorance, ana sect.o,t ~ ...a,,,. heinz
white and cclored children IRON p .l,is,
| tarph+ in the same school. he said, needed
He explaired that section II. relating 70
| approximation of funds to lnstltu.io ~, -, "
learning. not exclusively controiie., CO
owned by the State. or some polilic "a ~
| division thereof, was adopted, loi .iN-
n,1rnosa Of guaranteeing to all State In
stitutions adequate support ne .ne
reasons why William and Mary SotieSe
was cyccpted. and explained that the
Legislature was left to reguiatc 5itii h'se-
tiers in relation to bonds held by oeiler III
stitutions as in the I'ast.
He explained that minimum appLop =
alton had been provided in section u. so
that his canstone of the free-school
s, stern should be secure from partisan or
political influences as much as possible.
At the conclusion of DR.. McllWalne 5
statement. he was loudly applaudea.
Mr., 7. .. Moore moved to strike out the
words establish and in section one, ~ ie.
curing the General Assembly to estapi's, .
and maintain an efficient ssseeil
schools, etc. It was rejected.
ME-. LINDSAY'S AMENDMENT
Mr. LINDSAY moved to add the superii,
tendept of the School for the Deaf ane
Blind to the State School Board. lie sdiu
there was an erroneous impression pi
lent that this institution was Il ios pL'e',
when the fact is it was strictly 4 sci'oo,
in which were taught bright m mas a'u
loyal citizens. He spoke most con sihciii9
w of the right of this class OF zcltlzens "
no reoosnized and their institution be dis
nifed representation son ptlla state
BOARD 1he work done at Stanton was
off tl,n same character as at the pupllc
schools. and did not extende oeyoHu
graded school work. The superintendent
was much more in touch with the genera
free school work of Virginia than was tue
president of the University lie declateu
it would be a great injustice 60 Tue us<'t'
DUNN and blind of the State.rto allow
ever, state school in the Commonwealth
renresentei on the State Board of Edu-
cation except their educational instltu-
ton.
Mr. O'Flaherty offered substitute,
striking, out the heads of the State institu-
tons and Substituting i've 2s,s2ennten-
dents of county schools, to be chosen
from the five divisions of the State ana
| elected by the people.
Jud:.e Ouarlcs supported Mr. Lindsay
amendment, and said the superintendent
! of the Stanton institution was one OF
tho nost practical and able educators III
the State.
SHOULD BE ABOLISHED.
Referring to Mr.. O"Flaherty's Substitute,
he said county superintendent should be
abolished, an! the $4,000 it would save
| should be added to the school fund Tor
| cducat tin; tbs children OF the state.
General Ayers said his Committee on
Public Institutions had visited the school
at Sta,intun and were greatly Impressed
with the Splendid system of teaching ana
| mana celnent He strongly eSpoused Mr..
Lindsay's amendment.
Mr. O'Flaherty spoke for his substitute
and said he was sorry his admiration for
the personnel of the Committee on Educa-
ton did not extend to their report
He eloquently defended the county su-
perintendents. He said the recommends
tons of the committee would upset the
| whole school system of the State. Inc
! heads of the high institutions of learning
did not know a thing about the free
schools, and that was all some ci the
county superintenoents did know.
An effort was made by DR.. DunaWay to
sidetracl1 MI. O'Flaherty by the point OF
order that his substitute was not german
to the section.
The chair ruled that it was. AIR. O'Fla-
herty remarked that il they let him alone
he might be brief, but if he was interrupt
ed there was no telling how long lhe
would speak.
PEOPLE SHOULD SAY.
Proceeding. Mr.. O'Flaherty said the
propc sed system would inaugurate a sat
urnalia of ring politics. 1t should be left
in the hands of the people. He criticised
the whole report of the committee. and
had spoken a long time, when Mr.. Wysor
asked him if he was violating his prom
Use to be brief, if he was not interrupted.
Great laughter and applause.)
Mr.. O'Flaherty responded that he hoped
he was making himself interesting and
| continued his speech. Among other things,
| he said the proposed scheme would put
| the hands of the heads of State institu-
| lions on the throat of the Legislature
| and say: IF YOU do not give us liberal
| concentrations for our colleges, we Will
| destroy Your free schools He disclaim-
| ed any purpose of attacking these insti-
| tutiCEs. and Their severely criticised the
| State University as having no connection
| with any but the Weather classes OF the
| State
| A great many suggestions and requests
| were made by members in connection
/ with passing by consideration OF these
/ sections of the report, but the speaker
| refused to yield the floor for any motion.
He then criticised the placing of repre-
| sentative of William and Mary on the
! State Board He said, if the convention
/ wished to hear one great. grand howl
from the Valley of Virginia, just let it
| -, it from the
| committee There has been more politics
i 4,1,l, the Last tMeNtY