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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-05-31

Gov. Odell OF New York has r soo
declined an offer made to MN " III is Is
lists to manage their AFFAIRS lions
the only statesman whose S ser, Son
in demand. Only the other gay sf,.spl
Hanna. according to report Lsau \
offer of 100000 year to peC ond &
dent of a business concern d, 1"I decI
tary Cortelyou has repeatedly
hatterinp offers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31

lawyer, she made John Marshall; when
she wanted statesman, she made Thorn
as Jefferson; when she wanted a warrior,
she moulded Stonewall Jackson; when
she wanted a statesman and warrior COM
bined, she fashioned George Washington:
when she wanted a perfect man. she gave
IT, humanity Robert E. Lee. When
welded to the idea of ruling class, she
developed one which in practical wisuom.
culture. courtesy and benevolence has
never been equally. Now that she has APP
parently, with renewed energy. set her
self the task of uplifting the masses. may
we not look for equal success in her new
enterprise? For the first sixty years of
her history the Old Dominion played the
part of Judah, a law-giver, in peace; a
lions whelp in strife. Forty years ago
the sceptre departed from her. and suf-
fering the fate OF poor Issachar she be-
came as an ass bowed down between two
buJoens-an ignorant suffrage at home
and a political and commercial domina-
ten abroad. When the first of these bur-
deus shall have been removed, the other
viii, quickly follow, and then we may ex-
pect her to become again even as Israel's
faNurite SON:
"a fruitful bough,
Even fruitful bough by well.
Whose branches runneth over the wall. y
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31
STUDENT LIFE WILL
SOON BEGIN AGAIN
The New Session Of Educationa,
Work in Richmond.
BETTER PROSPECT THAN EVER
Buildings Are in Good Shape, and
Changes and improvements Have
Been Made in Several Gases.
New Faces in the Faculties

a few days from now Will see the begin.
ring of new session Of work in all the
educa tional Institutions In the city.
Schoolhouses after the summer desertion.
will be again teemi1g with living student
life: books will be hauled to light from
out muSty corners, and the machinery OF
education will again be set in operation
From then on through the winter months
until far into next year the process Of
training minds will be carried forward
vigorously. more actively possibly than
eve- before.
It Is a source OF no little encoura cement
and qualification to consider. that in near
ly- every instance the prospect for attends
ance upon the various institutions Is bet-
ter than ever before. The public schools
expect an increase, and Richmond College.
the Medical College, the Woman's College,
the Summaries. have all spread before
them the cheering prospect of a flourish
irg year. The Richmond school buildings.
as a rule, are in excellent condition. and
| many improvements and additions have
| been made during he vacation months.
The courses of study, also, In a num-
Der of cases. have been changed and Inn
proved. the most marked instance Of this
being In the case of the University Col
leSe of Medicine. Finally, the opening OF
the new session will see several new faces
two cid ones will be missed, but in most
cases the new ones are additions and are
one OF the best indications of the increased
educational facilities
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31
This the Verdict Of Well-ln-
formed Bookmen.
HAVE MADE GOOD PROGRESS
While There Has Not Been as Large
Numerical Growth as in Some Other
States There Has Been General
Improvement-Awakening.
BvE. Glass, Lynchburg

-
The public schools OF Virginia, taken
as a whole, are the best In the South.
This opinion, though doubtless questioned
by some, has the well-nlsh unanimous
reason Of persona knowledge to form a
judgment in the case. refer to the
bookmen. who for the last thirty years
have visited every nook and corner IN our
Southland, studying the schools and "siz-
ing up their managers. Better tnank any
others. these men know where the deS-
erts are and where the grapes OF Eshcoi
grow.
1t is fair 70 say, however. that TINS SUI
periority of the Virginia school system
is due mainly to the well-perfected shape
it assumes in the beginning under the
moulding hand OF DR.. w. II Ruitner. NO
more perfect piece of machinery was ever
turned out in so short a time or set to
going with SO much ease. The birth of
Minerva full grown, inevitably suggests
itself to the mind of one acquainted with
the origin of our school system. In thir-
ty days the work waas done substantial
ly, as ait exists to-day. When Charles
Dickens visited the United States among
the many things that tickled him was
the frequency with which he had pointed
out to him 'the most remarkable man
in this country, SIR So every State in the
Union now has its Horace Mann To win
the title one has only to make himself
little more prominent in educational work
than those around him. But Virginia
has really had her Horace Mann. In
mental force, scholarship and gifts of
speech, in powers Reorganization, in ex-
ecutive ability and professional zeal, no
State has ever had a chief. executive
school officer superior to Virginia's first
superintendent of public instruction. WHAT
our schools are we own chiefly to him.
MUCH ROOM FOR GROWTH.
SO far as statistics go. the public schools
Of Virginia have made no unusual pro-
gress since DR.. Ruffnef's4s day. Figures
show, indeed, that in many particulars
they have not kept pace with those OF
other Southern States. notably Texas.
In its increase in number of schools en-
rollment of pupils. number Of graded
schools. high school and normal schools,
and expenditure of money. the Lone
Star State in recent years has outstrip-
ped the Old Dominion to degree? that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31
FELT FOR HER CRAPERON
Breezy Western Girl Protected the Du-
emma from Annoyance.

emma from Annoyance.
The chaperon is not SO much OF an in
stitution in the breezy west as she is
in the east, and in some quarters there
are rather hazy ideas as to her duties and
responsibilities One western girl. the
freedom of whose life had made her ex-
ceptioually independent and self-reliant
gave an excellent Illustration of this at an
eastern summer resort. She was under
the protecting wing OF an eastern matron
with very strict ideas of prCpriety The
rcatron found her charge one day sitting
OF. the hotel veranda with :, strange man.
and naturally she was perturbed. She
tcol. chair reasonably near them, to
give the girl chance TO present the
odng man. but the girl ignored her. FL
rally, in desperation. the matron tried to
instruct the girl by signals what to do.
but the latter only smiled and shook her
head.
When the young man left the r,atron
asked who he was.
.Oh, he's from Denver" answered the
girl.
''It is chaperon's duty to decide who
are proper acquaintance for a young
girl explained the matron. You should
h.ttc presented him to me.
Il suppose So" answered the girl, non
chalantly, but. you see, he hasn't very
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31
Richmond College.

Judging from the applications already
before President Boatwright it will be
a banner year at Richmond College. which
will begin on September 18th. Old stu
dents will return in full numbers and
many new names win be added to the
rolls.
The refectory will be open for the
reception OF boarders on Tuesday. Sep
TENDER I'D Naturalization Will begin on
the day following. and on Thursday essrl-
ing the students will be publicly welcom.
ed by representatives of the city and
college College cases WILL be organized
on Friday: interesting reunion exercises
will be held by the literary socieues on
Friday and Saturday evenings Every
thing has been gotten In readiness at
the college for the reopen:ng. The cam
pus has been fixed up and the buildings
attended to as usual.
The course. OF study at the college will
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31
!, and substantial Improvements

spired, and substantial Improvements
are already in sight. There will be dur
ing the next session better schools and
better teaching. There will be fewer
schools in number, but the quality will
be improved and the attendance will be
enlarged. There will be better school
buildings and there will be more and bet
ter high schools. The people demand it
and wherever there is a popular demand
the supply will be very sure to come.
Besides this there is an awakened in
terest in kindergarten schools and man
ual training schools. Mrs. W I. Brooke.
of Norfolk. daughter of the Hon. John
-aode. has. with the aid OF her able
atSS.es, succeeded In having the kim
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31
BRIGHT PROSPECTS.

The State. department of public instruc-
ton. the superintendent of public schools
In the several counties. and the friends
of education here and there are urging
the people to increase this local tax for
the 5betterment of the schools and there
is promise that the taxzwil be increased
from time to time until it reaches the
Constitutional limit.
The prospect is Very bright for publ,
education, in this old Commonwealth and
the friends Of educa ton are not onlv
encouraged but enthused.
will be observed that this article
deals almost entirely with. the public
schools. but the private institutions of
learning are by no means laggard in the
race and are certainly keeping abrea 81
of the forward movement If not indeed
well in advance OF. it. Many of them
are referred to under separate headings
IN TN issue Of The Times. 20
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31
HAVE MADE PROGRESS.

Still there. has been progress, both in
general and along special lines, ana
that no poor dying rate" DR.. Ruff
ner's successor, Superintendent r. R.
Farr deserves more gratitude from Viz
GINA than he will probably ever get,
not only for the skill and zeal he ,ex-
hibited in quickly rescillns the system
from the slough into which it had been
thrown by the State debt fight, but for
also Strengthening it at several impor-
tant points DR.. Buchanan by his rare
personal qualities and by being so COM
pleteiy one of them Won over for the
first time the affections Of the college
men-a distant gain. surely. On Mr.. Mas
sey devo!ved the important task of at
tracing more largely the goodwill and
support Of the politicians. while the per-
sistencv and dextarity with which the
present administration has KEEP: poking
up the drones in the hives and encourag-
ing the workers has been both amazing
and amusing. as well as productive Of a
greatly increased hum. These officers.
by the above work alone, have given
increased solidity and efficiency to the
schools. But there has been advance
Il, other ways Barring some set-backs.
growth in matters OF administrative de-
tails. though entirely too slow, has been
steady. Enrolment of pupils has more
than kept pace with increase in popula-
+ion normal schools have been estab-
lished. one of which is Overlooking. grad
ed and high schools have grown in nuns
Der and efficiency. summer schools have
been multiplied and improved. the sys-
fem Of examination Of teachers much
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31

cannot be explained by greater relative
growth in population. Rumor has it
that during the last ten years there has
been greater educational stir in Texas,
as also in Georgia, Mississippi, Florida
and North Carolina, than in Virginia;
that the educatio atmosphere has been
more charged with electricity there than
here; that there have been more watch
men on the towers watching the coming
of new day; that the new education
has met with a more hospitals reception
Certainly in matter OF lliteracy Virginia
does not show up well, and in parsimony
toward her teachers fair guage Of
health, she seems to be outdone only by
North and South Carolina. There is
indeed good reason to fear that once
fine lead over her sister Southern States
has been sensib!y lessened in late years
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31
DIR. WILLIAM HENRY RUFFNER,
First Supe1intendsnt OF Public Institution Virginia.

the next Conference will be held in
Richmond next spring 1t should be
stated here that prominent representa-
tives Of the University of Virginia and
other Virginia institutions of learning
attended the Conference at Athens and
took an active part in the proceedings
Upon the return the Virginia dele
gates another meeting of the Richmond
Educational Association was held, and
the delegates gave an account of their
visit to Athens and of the work that
was accomplished.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31
good reputation. and 50 thought it bet

te- you shouldn't meet him.
IN another occasion this girl. who
thought it her duty to protect the chape-
ron. was present when an International
marriage was under discussion
w ell. she announced decisively, I'D
never buy a husband anyway
soh, this wasn't that kind OF mar
rage. explab' ed che of the other girls
OF course. she's rich. but she didn't
h:tSe to settle any part OF her fortune on
Eta. He is merely to have so much a
year
Perhaps that's safer" admitted the
wcsterper. without any effort to conceal
.tr contempt, Tx sying on the INSTALL
nlent plan always seems to me unsatisfac-
tory and cheap"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31
Wore Interest Than Ever Before
in Popular Education.
THE MOVEMENT IN VIRGINIA
People Aroused to the Great lnpor-
lance of This Matter-Elements
That Are Combining for the
eetterment of the People.

We have had in the old State Of Vir-
Einia ali SORTS OF movements. We
had political movements, temperance
and religious movements. but until re-
Gently we never had a distinctly educa-
uonal movement. That remained for the
twentie-.4 century.
1t Is hard to say just how this educa-
tional movement started, but 1t cannot
be denied that the Richmond Education
Association had much to do with IL. ihis
association was organized In modest
md unpretentious way by a number OF
modest hut devout and enterprising wo-
men, and the association was here and
at work long before the general PUBIC
knew of its existence The work pro-
crossed. however and from time to time
rallies were held in the old All-Saints
Church building on Madison Street. The
women succeeded in interesting some OF
the men and addresses were made and
plans devised to awaken interest IN the
subject Of popular education. The news
papers also became interested and when
The Richmond 1lmes proaGheu eAie SUI
tect and opened It's columns to public
discussion Of the subject, communications
soon began to roll In by the hundred.
and page after page Of such commune
cations from all parts of the State were
published The people were thoroughly
aroused and there was manifestly uni
yersal demand for better schools and bet
ter school facilities. Complaint was made
that some of the criticisms Were harsh
md unjust, and many champions came
up to the vigorous defense Of the school
system and the schools. But without go
ing again into that phase of the subject
the fact remains that the criticisms pro-
vokcd discussion and started up an ag1-
tation which swept the State. the net
result of which was popular uprising
and q crusade.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31
SCHOOL TAXES,

In this State tax Of ten cents on the
hundred dollars is levied on real estate
and personal property for school purposes
ana special appropriation of 100000 is
made TO the school fund In addition to
this the revenue received from the poll
tax. and from interest on the literary
lnnc also goes to the public schools This
n1orey Is all put into general fund and
distributed throughout the various school
u!s''lcts IN the State. according to the
school population. But besides this, each
county and school district in the State is
permitted Under the Constitution to levy
a special tax not to exceed fifty cents
on the one hundred dollars for school prr-
poses.th money so derived being applied
Under local supervision to the locality in
which 1T is raised. In some sections the
local tax is considerably in excess of the
general tax, and it is hoped and believed
TIA. under the impetus of this crusade
AGAINST ignorance the local tax will be
stall further increased. Last wear it
amounted to nearly million dollars.
which sum is considerably in excess of
the sum derived by the State at large
from the school tax on real and personal
property. 1t is commended with much force
that the model way of improving the
public schools in the various localities is
by local taxation. When the money for
school purposes is derived from the State
treasury the people are apt to regard it
'nost or less as gift from the Common
wealth.. hnt When money is raised by
lccal taxation and extended in the local
ity IN which 1t is raised. the tax payers
fcri that they are paying fer their own
schools. and they naturally take ! greater
pride and interest in the schools which
t;lcy SUPPORT
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31
EDUCATION AS A NECESSITY.

The people of Virginia now realize, as
perhaps they never before realized. that
education is a necessity. rather than a
luxury; that it is a business necessity.
In this progressive age education is a
Very broad term. and applies to the me-
ckanic and the farmer and the business
man as we'll as to the professional man.
a man is valuable in the working world
according to his capacity to produce, and
education always increases that capacity.
1t has now become a maxim that the
NEST progressive and prosperous people
are the best educated people, and statis-
tics show that in these States where most
money has been expended on popular ed
Ucation the net output in products is
greatest, and there Is greatest wealth
Fi:ginans are now alive to the fact that
If they would keep pace with the pro.
gressive people of other States in the mat
ter CT production. they must keep pace
in the matter of education. They realize
that every dollar properly expended in
the public schools is good business In
restment. to say nothing of the moral
and intellectual Improvement involved.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31
SCHOOL OF METHODS

Under the inspiration of this movement
Mr.. Edward c. Glass. Superintendent OF
the Lynchburg schools, and Mr.. Frank z
Brent Secretary of the State Board of
Education, sent out invitations and ap-
peals to the public school teachers
throughout the State to attend the School
Of Methods to be held during the sum
mer at the University Of Virginia A
splendid course of instruction was ar
ranged. and at the appointed time the
teachers began to make a pilgrimage to
the University.
They went by tens and by hundreds,
and soon after the school opened there
was an enrolment of considerably more
than one thousand teachers. While the
school was in session several important
educa tional conferences were held. chief
est of which was the conference of school
superintendent under the direction of
DR. Southall. State Superintendent. DR..
2. B. Barringer Chairman OF the Facul-
ty, met the superintendent in a most
liberal spirit and the net result of the
conference was an agreement between
the University and the superintendent by
which that institution was made in fact
as we'll as in name. a part of the public
school system OF Virginia
A GREAT SCHOOL
The School OF Methods was by far the
best from every point of view, best in
attendance. best in work. the best In net
results. ever held in the State, and it is
doubtful if a school OF this character in
all respects equal to it was ever held
in any other Southern State. The teach.
ers were earnest and even enthusiastic
They were greatly edited and inspired,
and went to their homes more than ever
Impressed with the fact that the teach
ers calling is a noble profession. carrying
with it the gravest responsibilities, AS
a result, of this School of Methods at the
University, there Will be better teaching
throughout Virginia during the next
school session than ever before in the
history of the Commonwealth.
SUBSTANTIAL RESULTS.
The agitation to which ailustion has been
made was not all talk. There was a great
deal OF talk, but it was talk that in
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31
A VISIT TO ATHENS.

On the same night the Northern dele
cation and number Of Richmond peo-
pie took the train for Athens and spent
several days In that educational center,
listening to magnificent speeches from
Northern and Southern men on the I'M
portance Of education and the need of
better school facilities. 1t was one of
the noblest meetings ever held in the
South or in any other section of the
country No question of secuonalisin
Was introduced and nothing was said
by the speakers on either side to mar
the harmony of the occasion new
clause was added to the Declaration of
Independence, toIwit: THAT every child
in this country has an inherent right
TO receive a common school education. !"
That was the slogan. and it was heard
and echoed and re-echoed throughout
the South.
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A NOTABLE MEETING.

One Of the most notable meetings held
was that under the direction Of the Rich
mond Education Association, in which
addresses were made by Governor Mon
tague Acknowledgement Anderson, Rev.
DR. Frazer and DR.. Mclver, OF North
Carolina. The meeting was largely at
tended and the people went away
thoroughly enthused. The magnificent
feature of this meeting was that Cover
nor Montague committed himself un-
ecuirocally to the new movement and SAD
that while the State had done much i:
should do more. He declared that the
measure Of patriotism was not what had
been done, but what could and should be
done.
Not long after this the Richmond Edu-
cation Association and number OF dis
tirsuished educators from the city and
State were invited by Or. II. B. Frissell,
or the Hampton Normal. to visit that
institution and to meet Mr.. Robert c.
ogden and party of distinguished e6u-
Gators from the North who were on their
way to Athens, Ga, to attend the South
ern Education Conference. A special
train was provided for the use Of the
guests and they had very pleasant day
at Hampton Our people met the people
from the North. and exchanged greetings
and assurances. Governor Montague
made an enthusiastic speech and again
p;edged the administration to the crusade.
In the evening the whole party returned
to Richmond to attend a reception at
the Governors Mansion. Governor and
Mrs. Montague and some OF their friends
received, and brief and brilliant addresses
were made by the northern visitors and
by some of the home people. The oc-
casipn was altogether ENJOYABLE and in
spring, and before the guests departed
IN y
Invitation to hold the next educational
conference in Richmond.
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bettered. new studies added to the course.
while the personnel OF the teaching force
has been perceptibiy advanced ana tne
general sentiment Of the people towards
the schools greatly changed in their ia
yor. But there remains yet much to be
done that ought not to have been LETT
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-31

dergarten incorporated as part Of the
public school system Of Norfolk. and
splendid work is being done in that city.
We have already started kindergarten
schools in Richmond, and the work will
be enlarged during the coming session.
Richmond will also introduce into It's
public schools as part of its curricu-
lu!n manual training. The object of this
is not to make tackleg carpenters OF the
boys, as SO many people seem to think
hut to teach both boys and girls the art
OF accuracy and precision, which is only
another term for truth. The value of this
sort of instruction has been demonstrated
wherever it has been tried and it has
bec1 shown concluslvely that children
who have had manual training get along
much better in other departments Of the
school than children who have not had
the benefit of such instruction.