Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-21
city OF PETERSBURG,
MEETING OF THE NORMAL AND IN
in1rsTn1A1,s INSTITUTE BOARD.
COURSE. in MANUAL TRAINING.
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the schoor-sunday school on
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Cotton Mil.

/ PETERSBURG, VA. November ~
! Especial. 1.-THE semi-annual meeting 81
/ the Board of Visitors of the virginia ii,
Normal and Industrial Institute was helo
at that institution yesterday 1atternoo o u.
| The members present were DR.. Joseph w
so,1thall. Superintendent of Public IN
! struction: Captain c.. E. tVawter. OF Abe
marie county; Professor SC. Mftcneli' =.
Richmond, and Mr.. John D. Watkins, 81
! Petersburg the secretary OF the ooa'u-s
| While no business of special importance
was transacted, matters of interest were
! discussed. and thorough examination OF
| the building and of workings of the IN
! stitute was made, all OF Wnlcn was
| found highly satisfactory.
AS is well known, the General Assem-
| bly,. in March Of this year AMENDED tne
act of Incorporation OF this collese' anu
made manual training prominent ieat-
IRE in the normal course of INSTRUCTION.
and thereby the collegiate course was
practically superseded. Under the changed
system marked progress is being MADE
with a practical training that Will De
useful to the student when ne OF she
leaves the institute.
THE MANUAL TRAINING COURSE.
The SIoyd cooking, sewing. modelling,
and like departments Of manual training
have been introduced each one being IN
immediate charge of trained and educated
! teachers.
The model school gives such features
as are taught in kindergartens, with pre-
paratory education. 1t is designed to
give useful training to hand and eye. as
we'll as to the mind and the course; is
made attractive and interesting to the
student
The cooking school is in charge of De-
lima Ross, a graduate of the high and
Normal schools of Washington. Every
;rJs he ;t1,fo ic r. f.
tend this school three times a week.
In the sewing school four years
course is required. with two lessons a
week. The students are here taught from
the simplest needle work up to the finest
dressmaking, and under the newest and
best system.
The Sioyd department is in charge Of
W. A. Rogers. graduate OF the AT
lanta university. Students of both sexes
are taught here, and have to take two
years course. Here the student is pre-
pared for. mechanical trade. his mental
abilities are developed, and the eye hand,
and judgment are trained.
The teachers in these several depart
ments are paid salaries ranging from
5000 to $3.50 a year.
At Yesterdays meeting. of the board it
was practically decided to put portion
of the sixteen acres of Gland surround
ing the building in cultivation. and to
:
intend it. Them probably, agriculture
Will be taught.
The board will invite the full commit
tee on education in the two houses OF
the General Assembly to visit the insti-
tute, and see for themselves what is be-
ing done.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
At meeting of West End Baptist Sun
day school last night the following Of
ficers were elected: Superintendent, T.
C. Crowder; Assistant Superintendent, Il.
w. :Kruse; Secretary. r. NJ. Wharton;
Treasurer j. W. Holt: Musical Directors,
". H. sMaca seyr and H A: Savory..-
SENT ITO THE PENITENTIARY..
In the Corporation Court to-day Will
liam ~Moseley was convicted of robbery
and sentenced TO the penitentiary for five
years. Moseley's crime j was that Of
snatching a pocket-book from the hands
Of a young lady while walking along
Bank street.
Junius Davis (colored) was convicted of
a third offence of petit larceny, with
verdict Of one year in the penitentiary.
Sentence was suspended in order to hear
motion for new trial.
The trial Of other felony cases was
continued until next week.
MATRIMONIAL.
Invitations have been issued by Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Williams Amsden to
the marriage of their daughter, Har-
,riette TO Captain Leroy Springs Lyon,
Artillery Corps, United States army, to
take place December list in st. Bartholo-
NEW church, Brooklyn, n. Y. Captain
Lyon is a son of the late John Lyon,
distinguished lawyer of Petersburg and
Richmond, and was born and reared in
this city.
DESERTERS FOR THE NAVY.
. William Frost, deserter from this
United States ship Buffalo. at Norfolk,
and Howard Messler.' deserter from
the Lancaster at OLD Point who were
arrested here several days ago, were
taken back to their respective ships to-
day.
TOBACCO RECEIPTS.
The tobacco receipts to-day were very
heavy, with sales of about 10000 pounds
at the different warehouses
Police Officer Dyer made queer find
last night-a big coop Of chickens Ling
in the middle Of Friend street The own
Jer was found this morning. The box of
fowls had slipped from his wagon as he
was coming to market
FIRE AT a COTTON-MILL.
a fire occurred this afternoon in the
picking room at the Pocahontas cotton
factory in Battersea. tt is supposed to
have been caused by some friction in the
m Machinery. The cotton in the room was
,ab1aze at once and for while the sit
,uation was very threatening The en-
tp]oyees, OF the mill got to work a once,
and had the fire under control by the
time the department arrived The loss
was slight. Some damage to the ma
cnlnerV IN the room was caused by the
water thrown bv the dena rtnanf