The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-13


meeting of the free holders will take
place for the election of eleven persons
To act as trustees FOR the school lands.
Signed, George Booker, Justice
And at a court held for Elizabeth City
county June q, 1905, present w. West
wood. George Booker. William Brough.
Robert Armistead. ST., John Cooper,
Samuel Watts, gentlemen justices, the
following order was entered: '.An cleo
ton of trustees for Syms-Eaton Free
School, agreeably to an act of assembly
entitled an act concerning free school
lands in the county Of Elizabeth City,
not having been held at the time APP
pointed therefor, the court, on the 2otl
day OF April. 1905, directed their sheriff
to notify that an election would be held
Under the said act of assembly on the
second Friday in this present month.
Public notice thereof having been given
and the polls being returned by sworn
poll-keepers and subscribed by two wit
nesses, as the act of assembly pre-
scribes, showing an election on the second
Friday of this month, the court proceeded
TO declare tho eleven persons having a
majority of the votes, and to oreer anu
declare that George Booker, William Low
cry, George INray, Robert Armistead, Jr..
Thomas Jones, Jr., Miles Cary, Samuei
Watts, Thomas Watts, John Cooper, VIII
liam Armistead and Charles Is. Mallory
are duly elected trustees for the Syms
and Eaton Free Schools, agrceably to
the said act of assembly. Signed, Wor-
Itch Westwood.
COL JOHN B. CARY.
From the same authority already
quoted we learn that Colonel John Is.
Cary, a noble and patriotic gentleman,
whose name will ever be held in grateful
and affectionate remembrance by the peo-
pIa IF his native Stat the last Drln-
cipal of the school prior to its union with
the public school system, and that he
gave, before his DEATH the following list
of teachers: Prior to 1926 Parson Hal
stead; 1926 to 1929, John Page; 1929 to 1882,
C. J. d. Pryor; 1882 to 1885, George Cooper;
1889 TO 1910, c. j. D. Pryor; 1910 to 1917,
John A. Getty; 1S47 to 1852, John B. Cary.
During my residence in the city of Nor
folk I have often met Colonel Cary at
the home of my gifted and lamented friend,
James Barron Hope, who had been one
OF his pupils at the Hampton Academy.
1t was indeed refreshing to witness the
cordial and devoted attachment that eN-
listed between these two noble and chiv-
alrous Virginians. 1t is one of the most
pleasant recollections of my life that 1
had the honor to enjoy their acqualn-
lance and friendship. If the Hampton
Academy had no other claim to diStinc-
ton, the fact that John B. Cary and
JdIleS IlO)C' NtIc 1OSil'iitS0 VIII
it, as principal and pupil, would be suf-
fcient to link its name with Immortality.
Their memory will live as long as honor,
Cllivalry, virtue and patriotism shall be
cherished among men.
An act of assembly having been passed
appropriatng funds in the hands of the
trustees of the Hampton Academy to the
use of the free schools of the county, Mr..
William NJ. Sclater, late treasurer, APP
peared on the 10Th Of January, 1852, be-
fore the Board OF School Commissioners
and delivered the books, bonds, etc, be-
longing to that institution. The fund
thus turned over amounted to s1o,706.55.
VIRGINIA SCHOOLS.
There is no subject in which the peo-
pie of Virginia feel deeper interest than
in common school education. AS a re-
suit Of this all-peryading sentiment, we
have in operation to-day a systematic
plan of public free schools based upon
Nh Jefferson's bill of 1179. Under that
plan every child in the Commonwealth
of requisite school age is entitled to the
benefits and advantages of common school
education. The statistics show that Vir-
ginia appropriates to her public free
schools a larger proportion of her total
revenues than any other State in the
Union.
It is well known that the present sys-
tenn Of free school education in Virginia
w tto puI 1HAO epSlitipll llNS GdlS Ill du-
vance of the time required by the Con-
sutution. 1t was inaugurated by that
able, learned and accomplished educator
Dr. VIM. II. -Ruffner. who was elected
Superintendent of Public Instruction in
1870. While the system has been attended
with beneiicent results, and has con-
ferred untold blessings upon the children
of the Commonwealth. it is neverthe-
less conceded fact that much yet re-
MAINS to be done in order to realize a
1uli and adequate return for the outlay |
of money; which amounts to not less
than two million per annum. Fully i'm
pressed with this idea, the Committee on
tducation and Public Instruction in the |
constitutional Convention, now sitting. |
has given most earnest and conscientious |
study to the subject. That committee is |
composed Of fifteen able and accomplished |
members Your own worthy and efficient |
delegate, Mr.. ]. NJ Willis, is one of them,
and Dr. Richard McIlwaine, president of |
Hampden-Si Sidney College, is chairman
The committee, after most 1aborious
Investigation, and after giving a patient |
hearing to all who had any suggestions |
to make or any information to impart, |
reported an article. which, with some |
notifications, has been adopted by the |
convention.
In concluding his remarks, Mr. Goode |
addressed earnest words of counsel and |
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stitution, both male and female.
Ine exercises at the armory were con- |
Guided with benediction by Rev. DR.. A.
3. Woodtn.
At night two enjoyable cantatas were
rendered by the children of the Syms-
Eaton and West End Acaoemies. repre- I
sentins the finished product OF three
months rehearsing.
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